Rising Stars: Here Are Sweden’s Top 17 MMA Prospects

8. Nermin Hajdarpasic

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• Weight class: Heavyweight
• Pro record: 4-0
• Age: 28

The only heavyweight on this list is Nermin Hajdarpasic who’s a real maniac in the best way possible.

The Västerås Fight Club fighter likes to talk a ton of trash, although he’d probably disagree with that notion himself as he feels that he’s just being honest speaking the truth. Furthermore, the former Swedish boxing champion has proved multiple times that he’s got cardio enough to go three full rounds – despite smoking a pack of cigarettes everyday, even during his fight camps.

Hajdarpasic made his professional debut last year on extremely short notice and has basically been learning mixed martial arts on the fly, which just makes his 4-0 run that much more impressive as he’s managed to defeat much more experienced opponents such as former IMMAF world champion Irman Smajic.

Let’s see how far he can take this.