Wrestling
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Time in the wrestling room is grueling and has produced some of the world’s best and toughest athletes.
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Chris Palmquist
Wrestling is often considered the most important base for mixed martial arts, as often the fighter with the best wrestling can dictate where a fight takes place. Time in the wrestling room is grueling and has produced some of the world’s best and toughest athletes.
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Current UFC champions Daniel Cormier, Chris Weidman, and TJ Dillashaw have extensive wrestling backgrounds and some of the UFC’s best fighters have come from wrestling.
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