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Tatiana Suarez – UFC Strawweight

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Suarez has Mexican ancestry She started wrestling before her fourth birthday as all of her older brothers wrestled and she insisted that her mother let her wrestle too She graduated from Northview High School before attending Lindenwood University She is a two-time bronze medalist in the world championships of freestyle wrestling In 2011 she was ranked the number one freestyle wrestler in the US at 55 kg 121 lb While training for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London Suarez suffered a neck injury which derailed her Olympic aspirations An MRI and CAT scan not only revealed a bothersome disc in her neck but a cancerous growth on her thyroid Suarez underwent radiation therapy and had her thyroid and several lymph nodes removed After successful treatment her thyroid cancer was gone and she eventually began to train again Suarez started practicing Brazilian jiu-jitsu which led her to discovering mixed martial arts Thanks to our main sponsors Go Check this months feature sponsor http advancewarriorsolutions com https inforce-mil com https www watchwpsn com code BARTOLO https www pulsarnv com https www gallowtech com https rhinosafe com https www galcogunleather com https blackwaterammunition com https ritonoptics com www JohnBartoloShow com Visit our Friends Kenzies Optics https www kenziesoptics com Visit Microtech Knives https microtechknives com johnbartoloshow johnbartolo Click here to visit this podcast episode