Jackson explains decision to corner Alrovksi against teammate Overeem
Jackson recently spoke to MMA Junkie about what was different about this situation and why he will work with and corner Arlovski.
Under normal circumstances, Greg Jackson would never corner one of his students fighting another, but in the case of Andrei Arlovski vs. Alistair Overeem, Jackson is breaking protocol. Jackson recently spoke to MMA Junkie about what was different about this situation and why he will work with and corner Arlovski:
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“I’m going to work with Andrei and corner Andrei for the fight because I promised him I would. Usually I step out, but Andrei’s kind of a special case. Alistair will come train at different times, Andrei will train at different times, and it will be business as usual. We’re an enormous team and we knew we would have to fight each other at some point. We put protocols in place to deal with it when it happens. It’s unfortunate. I don’t like it, but it’s part of the job, and I’ll deal with it.”
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