I spoke with highly regarded prospect Tywan Claxton who's making his pro debut at Bellator 186. We discussed quite a few things.
Tywan seeing his upcoming opponent as a stepping stone fight, how mma went from an "amateur wrestling escape" to being his main focus in life (2:35), his main training partners in this camp being guys like Abel Trujillo, Pat Cummins, etc (3:42), how he could never make the Bantamweight limit unless he "cuts off his third leg"(4:50), what music Tywan trains to (5:35), maintaining his savageness on social media (6:59), understanding the need to entertain and have your personality stand out as a prizefighter (7:53), his desire to get an Aaron Pico fight in the future and how he would take that fight after a day of heavy drinking (8:28), the benefits of an amateur mma career and how the learning curve informed his efforts as he enters the pro ranks (9:26), the desire to fight Zach Freeman who also competes on Bellator 186 (11:08), "If we were in a bar and I was drinking and he smacked a beer out of my hand. I would not ask him how many fights he had before I hit him" (11:49), looking for some pretty ladies to slide into his DMs after his pro win (12:31), and more!
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