Nordine Taleb (red, Left) sparring with his Tristar teammate Rory Macdonald. Photo by Andy Cotterill

By Andy Cotterill (andy@mm-eh.ca)

As members of one of the best mixed martial arts teams in the world, Tristar MMA’s Nordine Taleb and John Makdessi get their fair share of excellent training partners.

But this week the pair have decided to try something a little different, and have followed in the footsteps of their training partner Georges St-Pierre and traveled South to Albuquerque, New Mexico, home of Jackson-Winkeljohn MMA.

Taleb told MM-eh that it’s the first visit for both of them, and that they both wanted to experience a new group of quality training partners.

Makdessi is preparing for a March 24 meeting with fellow striker Anthony Njokuani at UFC 145 in Montreal, and Taleb is still riding high from his November 2011 TKO of UFC veteran Pete Sell at Ring of Combat 38.

Video of Nordine Taleb knocking out Pete Sell

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