Trainer Greg Jackson: "Fighting safe is an illusion" but fighting smart isn’t

Greg Jackson’s philosophy on finishing fights is not too far from a well-worn cliche in mixed-martial-arts circles: Impose your will.

Still, he’s been criticized for grooming fighters who favor scorecards over submissions and points over punches.

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Greg Jackson’s philosophy on finishing fights is not too far from a well-worn cliche in mixed-martial-arts circles: Impose your will.

Still, he’s been criticized for grooming fighters who favor scorecards over submissions and points over punches.

He’d like to set the record straight with those who question him. When it comes to how things play out inside the octagon, he asks only that his fighters be smart when they compete.