Poland is fast becoming a hot bed of European mixed martial arts talent. With two Polish women stepping in for the first ever all-European UFC title fight earlier this month at UFC 205 and talented fighters on the rise; they certainly have plenty to shout about.

One of the hottest teams in Polish MMA right now is Shark Top Team (STT) who are based out of Lodz, Poland. STT is home of UFC women’s strawweight title contender Karolina Kowalkiewicz as well as the former The Ultimate Fighter contestant and future KSW featherweight title contender, Marcin "The Polish Zombie" Wrzosek.

The head coach at STT is Lukasz Zaborowski and recently he allowed FloCombat access to a training session with one of his most promising students, Adam Zajac (9-2-1).

Zajac is currently fighting in the Russian Promotion Absolute Championship Berkut and is coming off the back of an impressive win back in February against Shamkhan Barakhanov. Zajac is looking forward to a big 2017 and is hoping he start to make a big impact on the European and world scene with some impressive victories.

“I’m currently signed to ACB and after a disappointing first fight with them I showed that what I was worth in my second,” Zajac explained. “Since that last fight, I know I’ve just got even better. I’ve been working hard with my team improving in all areas and I know next time I get in the cage I’m going to show to everyone that I’m a force to be reckoned with in this middleweight division.”

Zajac puts all of his improvements down to the works he’s been doing at STT and says that being surrounded by so many training partners who are achieving great things is a real inspiration for him.

“People don’t understand why we are so successful here but it’s really quite easy,” Zajac said. “Everyone here is like family. We work hard in the gym and push each other to our limits, but outside of the gym we are also friends and hang out together.

“We always watch each other’s fights, whether it’s with them there or watching it all gathered in the gym. We live and breathe each other’s success and disappointments and that is what makes us all so strong.”

While Zajac is happy to celebrate the success of his other teammates, what he really strives for is his own success and he believes that 2017 will be his year to break through to the top of the ACB middleweight division and further onto the world scene.

“With the improvements I’ve made recently there is really no reason why I can’t kick on a lot and make my presence felt,” Zajac said. “I would like to fight as soon as possible, but I know that ACB are planning a big event in Manchester in March so that is always an option.

“To be honest, it doesn’t matter when I fight. I just know that whoever stands across from me next time I’m in the cage is in for a bad night and they are going to remember my name.”