John Jones, the current UFC heavyweight champion and former light heavyweight champion, spoke about how he prepared for his debut in the promotion.
āAndre Gusmao trained with Gracie in BJJ and had a black belt in capoeira, which was rare in our country. IĀ believe he also trained with Roger or Jeff Mayweather for a while. These achievements of his frightened me. And at that time I was training on my friendās farm. He had a big barn at the back of the farm and I trained there for my UFC debut. It was likeĀ Rocky vs. Drago, this guy was Drago andĀ he had it all...ā said āBones.ā
Let us remind you that Jones won his debut fight in the UFC against Gusmao by unanimous decision.