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Wrestling on mats is a common site, but wrestling in the classroom? That too with a professor? As weird as it may sound, the incident did take place and the video of it instantly went viral.
The students and the people on social media thoroughly enjoyed the contest and were delighted to see the incident take place.
When you challenge your college professor to a wrestling match in class 🤼♂️ pic.twitter.com/1CIScOp13d
— Bloody Elbow (@BloodyElbow) September 7, 2022
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Even UFC veteran, Marion Reneau, joined the comment section to share her response.
People’s reaction to the post:
•The Bantamweight fighter wrote, “ha, nice!”
•”They are actually really good”
•”Shirt still tucked in. I’m impressed”
•”If school was like this I might’ve enjoyed it more”
•”Youngsters today don’t know enough about Old Man Strength. Also, bonus points to the professor for doing all that in those pants.”
•”I want this guy in my local teachers’ union”
•”The fact that two people in the state of Connecticut can wrestle this well is what amazes me.”
•”Some damn good wrestlers. That professor is a boss though.”
•”The professor is a Laguna hills high school wrestling alum. Great wrestler back the day.”
•”Have to withdraw and try next semester”
•”What in the extra-curricular! is going on here”
•”bros’ literally wearing a singlet to work”
•”Very entertaining, but I bet if the camera pans back the classroom is mostly empty seats.”
•”This is so on brand for wrestlers, any time, any place.”
•”Actually pretty damn good wrestling on both sides. The kid almost hit that Firemans throw at the end.”
As we can see in the clip, the tussle between the two was quite close, and the class was in for a treat.
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Both got in some incredible scrambles and outwitted one another; however, the professor had the better of the student on several instances.
The students and the people on social media thoroughly enjoyed the contest and were delighted to see the incident take place. The two showed some ‘decent’ wrestling skills which are also important in MMA.
How important is wrestling in MMA?
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Wrestling in MMA is one of the most lethal tools to have in the arsenal. Wrestlers have dominated the sport for a very long time; moreover, the majority of the fighters who’ve been UFC champions were wrestlers.
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ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – OCTOBER 25: In this handout image provided by UFC, (R-L) Khabib Nurmagomedov of Russia takes down Justin Gaethje in their lightweight title bout during the UFC 254 event on October 25, 2020 on UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)
Cain Velasquez, Daniel Cormier, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Henry Cejudo, and Jon Jones, along with being impeccable fighters, all of them share two things in common: they were all UFC champions and all of them had a wrestling background.
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