Former UFC lightweight champion T.J. Dillashaw talked about how he once trained with Olympic wrestlers in Ukraine.
"I remember going to Ukraine and training with Olympic wrestlers. I was competing for college and wrestling with young guys who had already won European championships. They didn't go to school, they just wrestled. That's their education. They expect to do it for a living. They are selected from a young age, they are prepared for competitions without a break. I think it's the same situation in Dagestan. Have I been beaten by Ukrainian wrestlers? Oh, I got my ass kicked a bunch of times," Dillashaw said in an interview with Jaxxon Podcast.
Recall that Dillashaw finished his career in October 2022.