After weeks of denying his involvement in the main event at UFC 145 between Jon Jones and Rashad Evans, Greg Jackson will reside with the UFC light heavyweight champion.
Jones confirmed the news on his Twitter account, saying Jackson will be his corner on the night of the fight.
“Greg Jackson confirmed today he will be in my corner for UFC 145,” Jones wrote.
The news comes as no surprise, considering Jackson is Jones’ head trainer at Greg Jackson’s Mixed Martial Arts in Albuquerque, New Mexico. However, he did state in previous interviews that he would refrain from cornering the 24-year-old champion due to his past relationship with Rashad Evans.
Evans, a longtime member of Team Jackson, left the New Mexico-based camp last year after Jones’ title victory at UFC 128 caused a rift between the two fighters and the rest of the camp. Since then, Evans has been training at Imperial Athletics in Boca Raton, Florida.
Evans has been very vocal of his relationship with both Jones and Jackson since leaving Greg Jackson’s MMA on bad terms.
It will be interesting to see how Evans and his camp respond to Jackson’s decision, as Jones and Jackson will already begin planning a strategy to defeat “Suga.”
UFC 145 is scheduled for April 21, live from the Phillips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia.
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