Getting high with Jon Jones
During an episode of his podcast, Rogan’s long-time friend Ari Shaffir recalled a time when they smoked weed in a hotel room in Montreal with a young Jon Jones, who was only 2-0 in the UFC at the time.
During their conversation while stoned, Rogan recalled giving the future star some words of wisdom.
“I was like, ‘You’re too good. You should be in a real camp.’ He was like, ‘You really think so?’ I was like, ‘I know so.’
“I go, ‘You only have a certain amount of time in this thing. Your time should be invested with a real coach who’s going to hone your skills. You could be an all-time great, man.’ I remember telling him that.”
Soon afterwards Jones joined the famous Jackson-Wink camp and the rest is history.
“I hope (the conversation) helped,” Rogan said.
“…He was so good, who knows how far – he might have been a world champion even with the camp he was in. He was so good, and his wrestling is so powerful and he’s so physically talented, but it made a big difference, him to go to Jackson’s.”
