“I Was Like 17”: Former Michigan Wolverines World Wrestling Champion Stevan Micic Uncovers a Decade-Old Secret

World Wrestling Champ Stevan Micic is escalating his training level for the Olympics with every passing day. The former Michigan Wolverines star can be seen having a lot of fun via his social media updates, but he is also training hard for Paris. Moreover, he is also back at his college gym and training with some of the world’s best.

While the 27-year-old is choosing between several great sparring partners, he used to train with a secret wrestler ten years ago. Interestingly, a social media post has now revealed who the Michigan Wolverines star trained with when he was still a growing cub. 

When the US-born Micic trained in Dagestan

FloWrestling recently tweeted a video on X with the caption, “Stevan Micic and Ismail Musukaev trained together as teens in Dagestan, then won world titles together 10 years later!” While the Michigan Wolverines wrestler emerged victorious in the 57kg category at the 2023 World Wrestling Championship, Musukaev clinched the 65kg title.

The video showcased the two exchanging a brief dialogue right before the 2023 Belgrade contest. After both of them wished each other good luck, the Michigan Wolverines wrestler said, “Tell him to come to America. Yeah, come on. Mohammed always saying, Oh, Ismail doesn’t want to come.”

Turning to the camera after Musukaev left, the Michigan Wolverines grappler said, “I’ve known Ismail since I was like 17. We trained in Dagestan together. I trained with Uguyev as well. I have a video. I’ll have to find it and show you guys. It’s crazy. We wrestled like a 10-minute float. It was live, but kind of like push-push or whatever… It’s just awesome. I’m like 17 and he’s like 19 in Dagestan.”

From the footage, it seemed like the Michigan Wolverines star misses his younger days with Ismail Musukaev. However, while the two may not be training together, they will aim to win two Olympic golds just like two world golds. In fact, Micic is already training with an Olympic Champion to reach this goal.

Michigan Wolverines star goes all in

Stevan Micic is currently perfecting his technique of holds under the guidance of US Olympic wrestling champ, Helen Maroulis. The 3x world champ is working on his offense and capitalizing on certain wrestling mechanics. Interestingly, The Michigan Wolverines wrestling star is availing training from cross-sport legends also.

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UFC Champ Sean O’Malley is known to be helping Micic with his defense and his grappling. To top everything off, Micic’s Michigan Wolverines Wrestling HC is also helping him upgrade himself. In the midst of all this, the 27-year-old isn’t forgetting to have fun like his 17-year-old self. Moreover, his boyish charm in the short and funny reels he posts online shows that he’s enjoying his routine as well. Will Stevan Micic be able to clinch the gold medal alongside Ismail Musukaev once again?

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