Jon Jones picked up the most important — and perhaps most impressive — win of his career at UFC 214, but he may not have even been 100-percent healthy going in. Mike Winkeljohn, one of the head coaches at Albuquerque’s Jackson-Wink MMA, revealed Thursday on Submission Radio that the current light heavyweight champion injured his arm while preparing for his long-awaited rematch with Daniel Cormier during fight week.
“A couple of nights before the fight, he couldn’t lift his arm. He had hurt it wrestling,” Winkeljohn said. “He wrestled a little too hard with his partner and maybe from a lack of warm up — I’m not sure — but it was kind scary.