JRE MMA Show #184 with Aljamain Sterling · Aired Aug 11, 2026
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The speaker trained at Team Bomb Squad in New York during his college years.
The finding
What the evidence shows
There's a real gym behind this one, but the timing is off. Sterling did train early on at The Bomb Squad in Ithaca, New York, the same camp associated with Jon Jones, but that was early in his professional MMA career, not during his college years.
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Is it true that the speaker trained at Team Bomb Squad in New York during his college years?
Partly. The claim stretches what the evidence shows. There's a real gym behind this one, but the timing is off. Sterling did train early on at The Bomb Squad in Ithaca, New York, the same camp associated with Jon Jones, but that was early in his professional MMA career, not during his college years. A guest said it (matched by voice) on JRE MMA Show #184 with Aljamain Sterling, aired Aug 11, 2026, at 2:20:57. The supporting source is en.wikipedia.org, linked below.
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