Top-Tier MMA Talent From Central And South America Vied For Continued Training And Support From Industry-Leading Facility
By Steve Latrell, on X: @TheUFSteve. Special thanks to Maddie Roth & Juan Cardenas. • Apr. 18, 2024
On the heels of its grand opening last February, the UFC’s newest Performance Institute in Mexico City got down to business earlier this month with one of its prime objectives: holding a combine to identify some of the best emerging MMA talent in Central and South America.
Similar to the format used in recent years at the UFC's PI in Shanghai, China, more than 40 male and female athletes from the region were selected to compete in the inaugural Mexico City combine; a grueling, fast-paced week of striking, wrestling, grappling and conditioning drills.