Growing up, Chris Spang lived in a very small Swedish village. He had his older brother, Andreas, to help provide entertainment, and his boxer father got the boys involved with his former sport when they were very young.
But because his area was so small, it was difficult to find fights. The boys took to their mother's sport for more regularity in competing.
They were gymnasts.
"Where we come from is in the woods," Spang told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com). "We were training all the time with my dad, but it was hard to find competitions. In gymnastics, there were competitions a lot."
So Spang showed his gymnastics agility in front of crowds until he could find more steady work in combat sports. That has come recently, as Spang has jumped to a 4-0 MMA professional record entering a short-notice fight on a new Strikeforce contract.
Spang (4-0 MMA, 1-0 SF) is set to face welterweight Ricky Legere (13-4 MMA, 0-0 SF) on the preliminary card of Saturday night's "Strikeforce: Rockhold vs. Jardine" event at Las Vegas' The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. The four-fight preliminary card
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