Holly Holm har ett hemligt vapen inför sin kommande match mot Ronda Rousey under UFC 193, nämligen den bästa P4P-fightern i världen. Holm har tränat med Jon Jones på Jackson-Winkeljohn i Abuquerque enligt Brandon Gibson, coach på gymmet.
Det här berättade Gibson, via ”MMAFighting”:
He’s been helping Holly Holm a ton. Jon is a leader and he inspires the team and we just try to do the same for him. We try to inspire him wherever we can. He’s getting stronger ever day.
He helped Andrei a lot for the Travis Browne fight. That was kind of after he got in trouble and he would still go in there.
Jones var tidigare inblandad I en smitningsolycka där han krockade med en gravid kvinnas bil och smet från platsen. Han är för tillfället avstängd i UFC på obestämd tid. Han håller dock ofta till på gymmet och hjälper andra, berättar Gibson:
He has definitely been around. He’s a brother to these guys. He helps the team out. As he matures and gets older, he’s becoming more of a mentor to these guys. I don’t think Jon was necessarily ever like a selfish fighter. He was always giving to his team and working as a training partner.
Jon is very creative and [Mike] Winkeljohn has been grooming Holly since she was a teenager. Him and Greg [Jackson] and Coach Izzy [Martinez] have put in a lot of work with Holly. I think Jon just brings a different perspective and a different view, whether it’s technically or the mental aspect of it, to help prepare our sister for this championship fight and to take this title.
Holm kommer möta Rousey under UFC 193 den 15 november i Australien.
