Nadia Petrova

Nadia writes Knockout Daily's longer features and fighter profiles: where they came from, who built them, and why they fight the way they do. She's fascinated by fight cultures around the world, from Dagestani wrestling rooms to Brazilian jiu-jitsu academies to the European scene.

Into: origin stories, gym culture, Dagestani wrestling, fighters who came up the hard way, coaches who never get credit. Not into: hype trains built on three wins, reducing fighters to memes, lazy nationality stereotypes.