MMAJunkie gets the answers to the questions we’ve all been asking – namely, why the hell Greg Jackson’s guys have been pinching their nipples before fights and why Rashad Evans was sporting a t-shirt with nothing but Bill Gates’ mugshot during his entrance at UFC 88.
“Georges St. Pierre was the first do it, and it’s just sort of an inside joke,” Evans said.
Evans said St. Pierre had heard it was supposed to bring good luck — according to some ancient fighting myths, anyway. And if there’s anything the New Mexico-based Team Jackson group knows, it’s unity. Led by famed fight strategist and head trainer Greg Jackson, the team has created a sense of brotherhood among team members Evans, St. Pierre, Keith Jardine, Nate Marquardt, Joey Villasenor and others.
“Georges said it was supposed to good luck or something, so I said, ‘Cool, alright,'” Evans said, laughing.
As for the T-shirt, Evans said it was also an inside joke with the team.
“That shirt, it’s [Gates’] mugshot,” Evans said. “He was arrested in Albuquerque, N.M. He started off Microsoft in the basement of the Bank One Building. That’s right next to the (Team Jackson) gym.
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