Why do people hate greg jackson

Swagger jacker. Even Guida I don't think Guida would be fighting in the big show if he had not changed his style. You can say "well glad for him to be gone" but Jackson empowers fighters to reach their potential and goals pretty well. MaTaLa , Jul 28, Joined: Jan 22, Messages: 1, Likes Received: 0. Rather than advancing the sport, he takes advantage of loopholes and flaws in the system to game it and get cheap wins. Nothing honorable about that.

CelticThunder , Jul 28, Joined: Oct 12, Messages: Likes Received: 0. He produces winners though, can't deny that. Mike Oak , Jul 28, LongTermLurker , Jul 28, Joined: Nov 19, Messages: 2, Likes Received: 1. He ruined the Condit Diaz fight and Guida Maynard fight, but intellectually he is above a lot of other coaches. Though never directed at him personally, criticism keeps landing at the feet of Ultimate Fighter winner John Dodson. As a long-time member of Team Jackson-Winkeljohn, the year-old Albuquerque native has had to listen as fans, critics, and other fighters have lined up to take their shots at his coaches, teammates, and the results they earn in the cage.

The most popular, of course, that fighters from the New Mexico super-camp never finish fights. UFC proved those criticisms invalid, as long-time Jackson student Cub Swanson took home Knockout of the Night honors for his first-round win over featherweight prospect Charles Oliveira.

Dodson is one of those fighters in the Jackson camp who has done nothing but win since entering the UFC. Login to reply. Cancel Reply. Contact Us. GDPR Compliance. Writer Awards. Tech Blog. Don't want to injure myself further.

Evans was originally slated to face Mauricio "Shogun" Rua at UFC , but he had to withdraw from the bout after suffering a knee injury during training. With Evans on the sidelines, the UFC offered Jones the opportunity to step in for his injured teammate and challenge Shogun for the world title.

A little over a month later, Evans was forced to watch Jones decimate Rua and take his place atop the pound division. I knew I would've been able to beat Rua. I knew there was a chance he'd look bad coming off of surgery because of the last time he fought [ Forrest Griffin ] coming off of surgery," Evans said.

That kid, he fought crime at day and then beat a world champion at night. You can't be nothing but impressed by that, despite how much you want to hate him. The heroic plights of Jones, Jackson and coach Mike Winkeljohn are well documented. Before Jones' championship bout with Rua, the trio came to the rescue of an elderly couple by apprehending a would-be thief. According to Jackson, Evans said he was okay with Jones being brought onto the team, but Evans admits that he was never comfortable with Jones joining.

He's from way back in the day. He told Chris that he wants Jones because he's the wave of the future.