Derek Brunson at UFC Middleweight has trained with many fighters in his long career MMA. The North Carolina has been involved in many fight camps and is unsure who she thinks stands out among the full horizon of MMA fighters.
In a recent issue of The Schmozone Podcast, Derek Brunson told guests Helen Yee and The Schmo that Jon Jones and Kamaru Usman are two fighters who train as true champions and stand their ground. -off from the rest in the gym.
“It’s funny. I’ve trained with so many UFC champions, so many top athletes just with my time in the game and Kamaru Usman and Jon Jones were the boys who stood out for him- For all the stuff he does outside the cage except when he’s in the gym and when he’s focused … you want to talk about the work that someone puts in the gym … it ‘s unique. I see the same thing as Usman. He comes in to train his man and he’ s there 20-30 minutes before and stays 20-30 minutes. So those are two guys who separate themselves and train as champions. I trained with GSP and a lot of other guys but those two guys were definitely different, “Derek Brunson said.
Considered among the greatest MMA fighters ever, Jon Jones and Kamaru Usman have been major champions in the individual Lightweight and Heavyweight division. Both men have cleared their divisions while in power.
Reigns Welterweight champion Kamaru Usman who previously trained at Sanford MMA, the gym that Derek Brunson calls home. After his teammate Gilbert Burns entered the Welterweight title shot put the pair on a batting course, Usman left the gym to train with celebrity coach Trevor Wittman in Denver, Colorado.
While talking about how Kamaru Usman could return to the fighting camp now that the beef between him and Burns has been scoured, Derek Brunson said he would like the nightmare Nigerian see back in the gym in a rather short response.
“I wouldn’t worry about it,” Derek Brunson said.
Derek Brunson plans to end another hype train in his next fight
Long regarded as a gatekeeper in the UFC Central division, Derek Brunson has seen mixed success in the UFC while maintaining a stable position in the bottom half of the top ten in the rankings. But after his move to MMA Sanford, the resurgent veteran has stopped a lot of people coming up in the tracks including Glendale Fighting Club stand Edmen Shahbazyan.
Registered for fighting at No. 10 on Kevin Holland on UFC Fight Night 188 on March 20, 2021, Derek Brunson plans to end the hype created by Holland’s five-fight win streak in 2020.
“They’re all trains of hype … in terms of fans building a rally behind them. I think Shahbazyan had a bit of higher skill and is a better fighter overall. But Kevin Holland is confident at the moment, he believes in everything he does, he thinks he can be a hero that I’m sure Edmen did too, that was my job. get out there and put those thoughts and dreams away or at least put them off, ”Derek Brunson said.
Published 18 February 2021, 08:20 IST