Former Teammate Recalls Revelatory Conversation with Jon Jones

Former UFC middleweight Derek Brunson was a consistent presence at the gym for a few years during the Jackson-Wink MMA heyday.

During his time in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Brunson was able to develop a relationship with Jon Jones as “Bones” was just beginning to reach great heights in the UFC’s light heavyweight division. In a recent post on social media, Brunson recalls a conversation with Jones that may have foreshadowed some of the troubles that were to come for the two-division champion.

“Jon Jones and I use to hang out just about every day when I was in town from 2011-2014,” Brunson wrote on X. “One night we went out and I said to him, ‘Bro, why are you doing all of this, let’s just hang…