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Rashad Evans praises Jon Jones for not being ‘big fish in a small pond’ after JacksonWink split

JacksonWink and Jon Jones had a pretty public split and fallout, with the former UFC champion no longer welcome in his longtime gym after his latest arrest in 2021. Jones was forced to find other training, and according to his former JacksonWink teammate turned rival, that could end up being a very good thing for him.

Rashad Evans discussed Jones’ new training environment, praising him for “getting out of the box in Albuquerque,” where they both came up together.

“I do like him training with ‘Triple C,’ and i like it because he’s in a new environment and he’s being challenged with new training activities,” Evans said on ESPN (transcribed by MMA Mania).