Holly Holm: Jon Jones has a great heart on him

UFC women’s bantamweight and former multiple-time world boxing champion Holly Holm recently spoke with Damon Martin for FOX Sports in a wide ranging interview. Expectations were irrationally high when she debuted in the UFC. When Holm struggled in winning a split decision over Raquel Pennington in February, some of the asses in seats got cross with her.

“I knew that there was no way to live up to what everybody was expecting,” said Holm. “There’s a lot of criticism in this job and what we do. It’s in front of everybody and for everybody to have their own opinion about what we do. Don’t be in this position if you can’t handle that criticism.”

Former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones who is a Jackson/Wink teammate, has been back in the gym, and ‘The Preacher’s Daughter’ said his positivity has been a help.

“I think Jon’s always been a really supportive teammate,” said Holm. “He’s really put himself available since then. He’s always been helpful. We don’t train at the exact same hour. They finish right when we start and a lot of times he’ll stay and watch the lightweights and he’s said before ‘this is the pay-per-view right here, I just watch this.’

“It doesn’t matter who it is, he’ll go up and say ‘hey you should try this, I think this will work for your style.’ Jon’s always a personable person and he’s always pretty positive and he’s got a great heart on him. Any time anybody gets to know him they really want the best for him.”

“He has helped out a lot with my camp. I’ve been very positive,” Holm said. “We’re all positive about it. We all want great things for him.”

Holly Holm fights Marion Reneau tonight, on the main card of UFC Fight Night 71: Mir vs. Duffee, live on FOX Sports 1.