Yeah they sure as hell were scrappy then. Lot of good boxers, tough guys who liked to bang. Very knowledgeable coaches, had a great time there.
I also noticed that a lot of Russian guys trained over there.
Cool story about my time in Sweden:
At the beginning of 2020 I went to Sweden for an internship, training at a boxing gym everyday, mainly with a guy from Chechya, called Mohammed.
He was my main sparring partner and became my buddy over there.
At the time, he told me that a good friend of his was going to make his UFC debut, which I thought was really cool (he told me this around March 2020).
Unfortunately COVID shortened my internship, so by april 2020 I returned to the Netherlands.
Around July 2020 a Russian guy debuted in the UFC and he reminded me of the stories Mohammed told me (plus he really impressed me), so I decided to text him about it and that’s when I found out Mohammed and Khamzat were best friends and I just missed out on meeting one of the UFC’s hottest prospect’s.
Down below I will post the conversation between me and Mohammed (Khamzat’s friend) at the time.
After all it’s a special story I think…
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