‘Wasabi’, the Spaniard fighting Sage at UFC 200
Jonathan Shrager for The UnderGround catches up with TUF Latin America Season 2 runner up Enrique “Wasabi” Marín, ahead of his fight with Sage Northcutt at UFC 200 on July 11.
Jonathan Shrager for The UnderGround catches up with TUF Latin America Season 2 runner up Enrique “Wasabi” Marín, ahead of his fight with Sage Northcutt at UFC 200 on July 11. Wasabi discusses his curious moniker, his profession as a Physical Education teacher at a primary school, his training at Kings MMA under the tutelage of renowned coach Rafael Cordeiro, the origins of the opportunity to encounter much-vaunted Sage Northcutt at landmark UFC 200 event, his opinions on the hype surrounding Sage, the narrative underpinning Northcutt’s defeat to Bryan Barberena, his psychological preparations to deal with the magnitude of the occasion, his aspirations to raise the profile of MMA in his native Spain, and much more.
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