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Khalifa’s enthusiasm for combat sports is no secret. The rapper recently had a training session at Syndicate MMA in Las Vegas with coach John Wood, who trains former Ultimate Fighting Championship bantamweight king Merab Dvalishvili, among other big names. Wood recently detailed just how good the 10-time Grammy-nominated artist really is.
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John Wood praises Wiz Khalifa’s striking after Syndicate MMA training session
Wood has some serious praise for Khalifa’s standup game. The veteran coach claims Khalifa is a serious striker with an athletic build and solid training experience. He also praised the rapper’s ability to learn, claiming their training session was in a flow state towards the end. Wood believes he could be a serious threat on the amateur kickboxing circuit.
“He brought his whole squad in, and we did a session, and it went great,” Wood told Home of Fight. “That dude is legit. He could whoop some ass, man… I don’t know if he’s got some ground base. But in an amateur stand-up fight, absolutely. It’s legit; he is real. He’s like 6’4”, lanky, long, hits pretty good, flexible. He’s been training for a long time… He’s athletic. He picked up everything that we’re doing, and we were just flying at the end.”
This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com
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