Evans: No reason to return to Jacksons
“When I came out here, I didn’t really know how things were going to be. Coming from Greg Jackson’s camp,…
“When I came out here, I didn’t really know how things were going to be. Coming from Greg Jackson’s camp, I was just not thinking that there could be another situation that could rival that one,” Evans said on the UFC 133 media call.
“But I was pleased to find out that things here are very good. I’ve got a great team, great training partners, and we’ve got this energy in the gym that’s just amazing. When you have a gym that has great energy, and great training practices and it’s just fun to be in, it makes the grind of training that much easier. It makes you grow that much more as an athlete because you don’t mind putting in the extra time in the gym because it’s fun to be there.”
“When you get to a certain point, you really need a lot of time, and coaches that spend a lot of time with you and make sure you get the one-on-one, and you’re just seeing different things,” said Evans. “After being at Jackson’s for a while, with so many people at the gym, it just got harder and harder for me to get that time. When you’re in a situation like that, sometimes it gets a little bit stagnant. It’s just one of those things where it’s like, how am I to reinvent myself if I’m pretty much learning the same things and I’m not getting the time that I need? You kind of get stagnant in your learning and you kind of get a little bit disinterested.”
At Imperial, Evans said, he has training partners from all over — the team calls itself the “Blackzilians,” he noted — and with that comes “a freshness.”
“That was the biggest part and that made the biggest difference in this camp,” he added.
