Filed under: Featured Videos , News , UFC , Videos STOCKHOLM – From Olympic hopeful to UFC prospect, Abdul Razak Alhassan arrived in Stockholm for UFC Fight Night 109 having followed the road less traveled. Born in Accra, Ghana, but now living and training in Arlington, Texas, Alhassan said he fell into the sport of MMA by accident after arriving in the U.S. with dreams of competing in the Olympic Games as a judoka. “(MMA) wasn’t something I planned to do,” Alhassan admitted. “I just got into it by my coach talking me into it.” Things seemed to be moving in the right direction for Alhassan before his sudden career change, which came after a snap decision to stay in the U.S.
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