>>18763800I'm an immigrant from the former Soviet Union, grew up in South Brooklyn (major Russian-speaking enslave for those that don't know). Knew a fuckton of Chechens growing up - we went to the same boxing gym.
It's really funny when various weak ass Arabs, Turks, Persians, South Asians, Pakis and Muslim island niggers think they have solidarity with Chechens just because of Islam. Ironically, Chechens are the least observant of all Muslims, regularly drinking and smoking weed, rarely going to a mosque or doing the prayers.
People in the Caucuses maintain a warrior culture, where fighting ability and honor are very important virtues. They tend to train in wrestling or some other combat sport starting at age 5. The reason they are successful in MMA is because your average 20 year old Chechen has 10+ years of fighting experience already, particularly wrestling, which is very culturally popular, and happens to be a major deciding factor in MMA (more so than striking).
The warrior honor culture has its downsides, as they get pretty revenge-driven and destructive over perceived slights, limiting their social development, but that's not really relevant to this conversation. In any case, weak inbred Arabs/Turks aren't really comparable in culture, attitude or physicality.