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Pull No Punches 21 - Two Guardian Angels Saved Hakeem Dawodu From a Life of Crime

Your hosts Shak Mahjouri & former UFC fighter, Kajan Johnson are here each week on Saturday’s at 2pm CST as “MMA’s most colorful and entertaining personalities”. They will present you a half hour or so of MMA content, varying from fighter interviews to discussions on current MMA Topics.

This week on the show, Canadian prospect Hakeem Dawodu joins the “Pull No Punches” podcast for a candid conversation. He opens up about his father’s deportation, growing up in gangs, going to juvenile detention and finding his path through MMA, and more...

Discussion Points:

  • 0:30 - Origins of “Mean” nickname
  • 2:03 - Recovering from double shoulder tears
  • 6:30 - What it’s like being groomed by the UFC
  • 10:40 - Deportation, juvenile detention and more

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