Yorgan De Castro was one of Jon Jones' main training partners before his UFC heavyweight title win - and the 280lb PFL star now wants to win a world title of his own.
De Castro, 35, trained with Jones for six weeks in the lead-up to his UFC 285 fight against Ciryl Gane earlier this month. Jones choked out Gane in just over two minutes to win the vacant heavyweight belt and De Castro wasn't surprised at how the fight went. The PFL star revealed Jones, a former two-time light-heavyweight champion, was manhandling his other training partners who weighed over 300lb during training camp.
"I have nothing to teach that man, when it comes to MMA we all live in Jon Jones' world and his fight IQ is different," De Castro told Mirror Fighting. "He is such a hard worker, just because you train with the man it doesn't mean that you are the man but I take a lot of confidence from training with him. Working with him for a month and a half, I observed a lot and have the formula. Now I've just got to put it together."
