Jon Jones has been an affect on Aljamain Sterling, and that was made even clearer in a current video that ‘Funk Grasp’ uploaded to his YouTube channel. In it, he credit the reigning UFC heavyweight champion with altering his outlook on combating as a career.
As Sterling tells it, Jones’ strategy to combating impacted him tremendously. On the onset of his profession, Sterling believed that abstaining from alcohol and sustaining a strict coverage on what he intakes forward of his fights have been elementary. Jones’ instance, thtough, modified his outlook.
“I meet him, I am considering I gotta stay the lifetime of a monk, I gotta be tremendous disciplined. I am considering, ‘That is what Jon Jones is doing. This is the reason he is killing these guys, trigger he is simply right here with the psychological and the sacrifices and every part, the dedication.’ After which I see him on the bar, possibly two or three fights into the UFC. He is in all probability obtained a combat the week later, and he is getting smashed, consuming, having a great time, and he is providing me a drink.”
This encounter with Jones utterly shifted Sterling’s strategy to combating, permitting him to plan much less restrictive coaching camps.
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“I am like, ‘Nah, I obtained a combat in 5 weeks. You are combating tomorrow, bro.’ I am confused, what the hell is going on proper now? And this modified my mindset. I gave up all of the issues I loved in life that made coaching extra pleasurable. However I used to be like, ‘The sacrifice, the sacrifice, the sacrifice.’ However then I noticed it got here right down to the psychological. Should you consider that one drink or these two nights out on two and a half weeks aside is gonna tear down a whole coaching camp, then possibly you simply did not put together sufficient.”
Take a look at Aljamain Sterling detailing Jon Jones’ affect on his mentality (4:14):
In the end, Sterling went on to attain championship success within the UFC bantamweight division. Nonetheless, struggles with the load reduce and a loss to Sean O’Malley led to him transferring as much as featherweight.
Jon Jones has struggled with substance points within the UFC
Whereas Aljamain Sterling credit Jon Jones with altering his outlook on combating, the all-time nice MMA fighter has handled quite a few controversies regarding what he consumes. Jones, for instance, examined optimistic for cocaine metabolites following his UFC 182 win over Daniel Cormier.
Furthermore, he examined optimistic for a turinabol metabolite following his UFC 214 win over Cormier of their rematch, inflicting the end result to be overturned. He has additionally blamed a few of his behavioral controversies on alcohol.
