“I hate water, but the coach makes me swim”, the Russian swimming champion on the transition to MMA

Russia’s Victoria Dudakova (5-0 in MMA) spoke about switching from swimming to mixed martial arts.

– I won the junior championships of Russia in the 200-meter butterfly several times, then the results began to fall and I ended my swimming career. And I happened to be a rather problematic teenager in my childhood, so we decided to work in a section. As a child, I watched Ronda Rousey’s fights and decided to try my hand at MMA, I joined trainer Hasanali Gasanaliev.

Now the coach forces me to take classes in the pool, but I hate water, while I was swimming I was very tired from the pool, so I don’t like these workouts,” Dudakova said. during a question-and-answer session at the press centre”.

Dudakova’s statistics – five wins in five fights. The athlete is due to perform in the Ural FC promotion on June 1, and then fight in the Dana White Candidate series, which will allow her to sign a contract with the UFC if she wins.

Source : MatchTV

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