Franco-Moroccan MMA Star Salahdine Parnasse Aims for Historic Third Title Belt

Salahdine Parnasse wants to make history in mixed martial arts. Champion of the lightweight and featherweight divisions of the KSW organization, one of the best European MMA leagues, the "Kylian Mbappé of French MMA" will try on December 16 to win a third belt, that of the welterweight division. Meanwhile, he trains at the Atch academy, and gives advice to the young people who inspire him and who wish to follow in his footsteps. "What does he eat?", "How many workouts per day?", "Can he go even further?" His fans want answers to these questions. "There are no secrets, you have to work like he did," replies Atch’, the coach of the 25-year-old athlete.

Atch’ has been training Salahdine since the age of 11. The young athlete trains twice a day, Monday through Saturday, reports the website bondyblog.fr. "I know a lot of high-level athletes, but never with so much rigor," praises his coach. Today, he is proud of the progress and success of the native of Aubervilliers. His wish is to show the whole world that his club is "capable of training a kid and leading him to the top!"

Knee raises, heel-to-butt, push-ups, scrawls (ground take-down and quick stand-up, ed.), grappling - a ground combat phase inspired by wrestling -, three-minute sparring. Rapper Oldpee from the 13Block group, who participated in the champion’s training session, confesses: "In reality, we weigh the same, but the way he positioned his body... I couldn’t get rid of him!" "He’s not mean like in his fights," observes 11-year-old Meissa, a longtime fan.