Shamil

No-Gi Europeans - 6 matches - 5 wins and 1 loss 🥈 (middle weight - 100 man bracket)

Competing at such a prestigious competition and being able to podium was such a blast and great experience.

This trip did come with its challenges as I had contemplated competing since I had a grade 2 tear in a ligament in my elbow from pan pacs 2 weeks ago. After my 22 hour flight, my elbow flared up really bad to the point where I told myself I am not gonna compete. After eating a pizza and some gelato it got to a point where it was usable so I had chugged some anti inflammatory pills.

This played a role in my finals loss as I couldn't really feel the urge to vomit and uncontrolably vomitted as a result.

This resulted in me getting dqed (pretty fair) and was pretty upsetting to lose in such a way. Other than that, i felt great and was very competitive in my finals run to a great opponent.

Big thanks to my nutrionist @jizelnutrition for helping me cut the weight and optimize my diet to maximise my performance. I highly recommend if you need to cut or diet plan to work with her.

Thanks to my awesome sponsor @humble_fightwear for providing me with my kit (Code SHAMIL10 on checkout).

All of this wouldn't be possible without my awesome coaches @sirajsoufimma @cupcake_bjj for helping me evolve my jiu jitsu to a point where it doesn't matter whether I am playing guard or passing, I feel like I can beat anyone at these tournements.

Thanks to my team @completemixedmartialarts for always supporting me and encouraging me to compete despite the challenges.

Lastly, my brother really helped me out this trip and I wouldn't of had the support and courage to compete in such an intense environement.

Thanks for reading my yap

No-Gi Worlds will break the podium curse 🙏🙏🙏