Ex-Jackson Wink GM reveals Jones, Pico, Swanson, Shields gym secrets

Former Jackson Wink general manager Mikhail Lyubimov has shared a series of revelations about the gym's top fighters. Jon Jones routinely forgot his sparring partners, including Jiri Prochazka, Vagab Vagabov, and Modestas Bukauskas, yet dominated all of them including heavyweights. Jones once forced Roman Dolidze out of the gym after Dolidze repeatedly submitted him and his BJJ coaches. Lyubimov says the legendary gym's decline stems from Greg Jackson and Mike Winkeljohn burning out, with Winkeljohn now more focused on real estate than fighting. Claresa Shields' MMA career failed because she was 'very lazy in wrestling,' while no one could convince her to train grappling despite her dominating everyone in boxing. Cub Swanson permanently left Jackson Wink after Arman Ospanov broke his ribs with a spinning kick.