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For Natan Schulte, fighting a teammate in PFL’s tournament final is a double-edged sword

Natan Schulte and Rashid Magomedov have a unique perspective on their opponents for the upcoming PFL lightweight tournament final.

Schulte and Magomedov are teammates at American Top Team, and both earned spots in the promotion’s million-dollar tournament final on Dec. 31, which is set to take place at the PFL 11 card in New York. Both men have been training under the same roof for more than two years in Florida, and the Brazilian sees the situation as a double-edged sword.

“We always trained together,” Schulte told MMA Fighting. “I did less training with him when we started fighting on the same grand prix.