Ex-Jackson Wink GM details Aaron Pico's destructive sparring habits

Former Jackson Wink general manager Mikhail Lyubimov has described Aaron Pico as one of the most physically dangerous sparring partners he ever witnessed, with training partners regularly leaving the gym with broken ribs, orbital fractures, and knockouts. Lyubimov recounted that one of Pico's coaches suffered a permanent dent in his orbital bone after Pico broke it, and that sparring partners frequently refused to return after sessions with him. The destructive dynamic eventually created a rift between Pico and Steve Garcia, who had trained together at Jackson Wink before the two separated and stopped communicating. Pico has since been conducting training camps in Morocco, where he is provided with high-level partners and significant financial backing, though he was recently spotted training at Cub Swanson's gym in California.