{"id":171575,"date":"2025-06-30T23:52:16","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T23:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/171575\/"},"modified":"2025-06-30T23:52:16","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T23:52:16","slug":"cardinals-c-hjalte-froholdt-trains-with-ufc-fighter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/171575\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardinals C Hjalte Froholdt trains with UFC fighter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Arizona Cardinals <a href=\"https:\/\/arizonasports.com\/cardinals-corner-podcast\/why-is-hjalte-froholdts-contract-extension-significant-for-the-cardinals\/3555386\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">center Hjalte Froholdt<\/a> has plenty of ways to train ahead of an NFL season, whether it be lifting <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Cardschatter\/status\/1816609494899826804\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Atlas Stones<\/a> or slamming protein drinks.<\/p>\n<p>This offseason, however, he added another avenue in the getting-after-it department.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside fellow Cardinal Evan Brown and other NFL offensive lineman, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Tdrake4sports\/status\/1932868910061412474\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">the Desert Viking<\/a> stepped into the octagon at the UFC Performance Institute in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>His challenger? Former UFC champion Sean Strickland.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Hjalte Froholdt, Evan Brown, and other NFL offensive lineman visited the UFC Performance Institute in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s no surprise that the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AZCardinals?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">#AZCardinals<\/a> center ended up in the octagon. Here he is lining up across from former UFC Champ Sean Strickland.<\/p>\n<p>(Via linemanissues on IG) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Lh3QUFQgwA\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/Lh3QUFQgwA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Zach Gershman (@ZachAZCards) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZachAZCards\/status\/1938948732017320437?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">June 28, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Combining football and UFC, the duo went head-to-head in blocking drills.<\/p>\n<p>And based on the footage, it was a unanimous decision for the Cardinals center.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Tdrake4sports\" data-show-count=\"false\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Follow @Tdrake4sports<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arizonasports.com\/arizona-sports-newsletter-signup\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/AZSportsEmail-830x100-1.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0 auto;\" class=\"mobile-signup\"\/>\t&#13;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/AZSportsEmail-830x100-1.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0 auto;\" class=\"desktop-signup\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Arizona Cardinals center Hjalte Froholdt has plenty of ways to train ahead of an NFL season, whether it&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":171576,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2078],"tags":[375,390,1632,2604,1327,7,1631,6,1630],"class_list":{"0":"post-171575","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arizona-cardinals","8":"tag-arizona","9":"tag-arizona-cardinals","10":"tag-arizona-sports-now-on-98-7-fm","11":"tag-arizonacardinals","12":"tag-cardinals","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-home","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-phoenix-arizona-sports-news-phoenix-breaking-sports-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114775009313222080","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171575\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}