Jon Jones coach Greg Jackson – I guess the opponents really don’t really matter to me because I consider we have to fight everyone as long as we do it in a way that’s reasonable.”
UFC light heavyweight Jon Jones’ coach Greg Jackson was recently interviewed about the controversy surrounding his fighter’s choice to not take a bout against Chael Sonnen at UFC 151 on less than a week’s notice. Check out some highlights below:
On Jones being willing to fight anyone:
“I guess the opponents really don’t really matter to me because I consider we have to fight everyone as long as we do it in a way that’s reasonable,” Jackson said.
On Jones not taking the UFC 151 fight against Chael Sonnen on short notice:
“Fighting somebody on three days’ notice is not reasonable to me,” Jackson argued. “Three weeks, four weeks, that’s pushing reasonable, but it can be done.”
On Jones not being afraid of fighting Sonnen:
” [It has] nothing to do with Chael at all,” said Jackson. “There’s nobody else who really fights exactly like Dan Henderson. If it was closer, maybe it would be be more of an option, but none of the 205-pound fighters are like him. They’re all dangerous and they’re all good.”
On the “samurai” spirit of taking the fight on short notice:
“To not respect them enough and to not take them serious like ‘Ok, we’ll fight whoever on three days’ – I mean, that’s a very admirable samurai warrior spirit and that’s cool and you’ll fight anybody – but the other part of being a samurai and a warrior and stuff is intelligent fighting and making sure you’re going to give yourself the best chance at winning.”
Source: MMAFighting
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