Joe Rogan nonetheless can’t wrap his head round the truth that Jon Jones doesn’t prepare between fights.
After constructing an iconic profession contained in the Octagon over the past 16 years, ‘Bones’ lastly determined to hold up his gloves, relinquishing the UFC heavyweight championship and driving off into the sundown because the undisputed GOAT of combined martial arts.
Although he retires with an undefeated report (relying on who you speak to), Jones’ profession was crammed with ups and downs — most of them associated to run-ins with the regulation. However maybe probably the most weird factor was the truth that Jon Jones by no means educated except he had a combat scheduled.
It’s not a completely unusual observe amongst fighters, however it’s particularly uncommon for a fighter like Jones, who delivered a string of dominant performances for almost twenty years.
“Jon Jones stated he wanted six months to organize for Aspinall if he’s going to combat Aspinall. In order that they had been attempting to make a deal, after which he determined to retire. But it surely’s six months as a result of he’s not coaching in any respect. Like, he simply doesn’t prepare in between fights—simply doesn’t prepare. Which, to me, he used to do this rather a lot when he was youthful, too, which I at all times thought was loopy. That’s loopy to me,” Rogan stated of Jones’ coaching routine throughout a current episode of his JRE podcast.
“I at all times noticed guys try this, like after I was in my 20s, and I might watch these actually huge fighters simply not prepare except it was a coaching camp time, and I’d be like, ‘I’m by no means being that manner.’ I don’t know, man, that’s like a extremely bizarre one to me, however I don’t need to bash it too dangerous as a result of I do know numerous guys that do try this,”
“However have a look at Jon—best of all time. It’s like, how did he try this? Actually gifted. I don’t know the way that works. I would like it to make sense in my head that like, the tougher you’re employed, the extra you’ll get from it, which is like true to an extent, however then you’ve these bizarre outlier guys that possibly have one thing extra discovered than me that I don’t have discovered.”
Jon Jones’ Retirement provides the heavyweight division a brand new lease on life
With Jones formally retired, the heavyweight division can lastly transfer ahead beneath the rule of a brand new king — Tom Aspinall.
Earlier this 12 months, Aspinall turned the longest-reigning interim champion in UFC historical past as he continued to sit down again and anticipate Jones to both signal on the dotted line or step away. Now that ‘Bones’ is out of the image, Aspinall has assumed the throne and intends to be an lively champion after the final two titleholders — ‘Bones’ and Francis Ngannou — virtually held the division hostage for 4 years.
First up for Aspinall? Maybe a long-rumored showdown with ‘Bon Gamin.’
