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I take it US gyms dont have these large sparring sessions with multiple matches going on unless it is a TMA gym. I remember TMAs will line up their students and have everyone spar at simultaneously. That way no one is singled out.
I can't speak on the context of what they're doing there, or for every U.S. Gym, but I've never seen it. I don't even do this, because our Gym is tiny and has no room. I think this was just used for the large session with the international guests. My gym only looks like this when I have a shitload of people all doing drills. However, sparring in the U.S. is definitely different than what they think of as "sparring"...I realized that after two of my guys sparred the #3 and #1 Amateurs in the World and they told the trainer they didn't want to come back to our Gym because they felt it was "too intense." I thought that odd because they're far more qualified than my guys were. But even Conlan agreed: