Jon Jones has found a new training home but he’ll be surrounded by plenty of familiar faces.
The former UFC light heavyweight champion announced on Thursday that he’s started working with the Jackson’s MMA Acoma gym, which is an affiliate school associated with head coach Greg Jackson.
The program is run by veteran MMA fighter Nick Urso, who came up under Jackson during his own fighting career before branching out to start the affiliate gym.
“I want to sincerely thank Gym owner/coach Nick Urso and everyone at the original Jackson’s MMA program for allowing me to call their dojo my new home base,” Jones wrote on Instagram. “I was so proud to see the condition of the gym, it was so well taken care of and the energy felt amazing exactly the way it was before.
“It has wonderful memories of my time learning from [Georges St-Pierre], [Rashad Evans] ‘The Dean of Mean’ [Keith Jardine] and so many more. I won my first world title out of this gym. I am grateful to have this comfortable place for both my local and visiting training partners to come enjoy. The best is yet to come!”
