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I WENT ALONE TO COMPETE IN LA, SEE WHAT HAPPENED | LOS ANGELES OPEN 2026

I WENT ALONE TO COMPETE IN LA, SEE WHAT HAPPENED | LOS ANGELES OPEN 2026

From Athlas Training Team

July 19, 2026

This was the first time I ever traveled alone to compete. No family, no teammates, nobody from Athlas by my side. Just me, my bag and the Los Angeles Open 2026. I did not know exactly how it was going to go, but I knew I had to find out.

I documented everything — arriving in LA, training the night before, the sauna, the weight cut, fight day. That is what I do when I compete: I show up, I prepare and I fight. This time it was just different because I had to do it all alone.

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