Naked-knuckle brawler Jamie Driver had an attention-grabbing interplay with Jon Jones.
Final month, the undisputed UFC heavyweight champion attended the closed-door debut of ‘Platinum’ Mike Perry’s Soiled Boxing Championship promotion in Miami. Initially, followers solely acquired a glimpse on the night’s motion through a collection of highlights posted on social media, however a choose group of fighters scored an invitation to the occasion, together with Jones.
Whereas there, Jones was approached by Driver, who described her interplay with ‘Bones’ throughout a current interview with Dylan Bowker on his Naked Knuckle Bowker podcast.
“It’s Jon Jones, he’s the GOAT. I used to be going to make my manner over there to a minimum of say what’s up and get an image. In fact, the very first thing I rattle off is I’m a bare-knuckle fighter. It is best to come to my combat December sixth. I principally simply informed him about myself and he ought to come to my combat. Lots of people have been type of getting it confused within the video.
“Thinking he was flirting or whatever. All he said was, well they missed this part of the video because it wasn’t in there, but he was punching me in the stomach [laughs]. He said wow, you’re like a brick. You’re built like a brick and whatever, whatever, he wished me luck. That was really it but it was really, really cool to meet him” (h/t Sportskeeda).
Except for taking a couple of pictures from the champ, it sounds as if Driver has a optimistic expertise throughout their temporary interplay.
After a lackluster MMA profession, Jamie driver finds new life in bare-knuckle
Driver received her bout at BYB 34: Brawl within the Pines IV, ending Sonya Dreiling inside the gap to seize the BYB Police Gazette Diamond welterweight championship. It was her second profession win over Dreiling after scoring a break up resolution of their inaugural assembly in October 2022.
Total, ‘The Red Queen’ is 4-1 in bare-knuckle competitors, all coming underneath the BYB banner.
Earlier than turning to bare-knuckle, Driver competed as a blended martial artist in CFFC and Valor Preventing Championship, amongst different regional organizations. She went 2-4 in MMA earlier than making her bare-knuckle debut in Could 2022.
