White questions Jackson’s decisions as coach
Dana White: “I wanted to pick the phone up about 20 times and call [Greg Jackson] and say ‘What are you doing? Why’s he training with Alistair Overeem to fight Daniel Cormier?”
Last week Jon Jones had to withdraw from UFC 177 after injury his ankle in a training session with Alistair Overeem. Jones was scheduled to fight Daniel Cormier, so UFC President Dana White today expressed concern over coach Greg Jackson’s decision on training partners for the champion:
“It drives me crazy. First of all he’s fighting a 5′ 10″ unbelievable wrestler – that’s who he is facing in Daniel Cormier. [But] he’s training with 6′ 10″ no-wrestling, all-stand up kickboxer Alistair Overeem. And Alistair Overeem lands on his leg and busts his knee up and gives him a high ankle sprain. I mean, I just don’t know why he would be training with Alistair Overeem for a fight when he’s going to fight a 5′ 10″ wrestler. I don’t know, it’s frustrating. I wanted to pick the phone up about 20 times and call [Greg Jackson] and say ‘What are you doing? Why’s he training with Alistair Overeem to fight Daniel Cormier? Please tell me how that makes sense?’ But I didn’t. I bit my tongue, until right this second.”
