Gyms in Dagestan may lack state-of-the-art ... Dagestan’s influence in wrestling and MMA is only getting stronger. With new prospects emerging every year, the region remains a breeding ground ...

Two active-wearing women have been caught wrestling on a gym floor as their respective partners trade punches and kicks just metres away in a MMA-style brawl.

Myriad Mixed Martial Arts Academy, led by a former ISU wrestler, is teaching residents that in MMA, "the whole is greater than the sum of its parts." ...