On the UFC website is an article on my fight at UFC Afight Night Adelaide, my training camp at Jackson-Winklejohn’s MMA and my goals for the future.
Here is an article from MMA Kanvas about my fight in May at UFC Adelaide, teaching at my two Sydney MMA gyms and mental toughness.
Back in February 2010 I fought Mirko Cro Cop Filipovic at the first UFC event held in Australia. I took the fight on 2 days notice. I tell the whole story to Adam Ireland of MMA Kanvas. You can read the full article here.
Here’s an article about the performance of mma fighter’s in the UFC 40 years and older. I am one of 3 fighters out of 18 over 40 who have a winning record. Read here for the full article.
Peter Theodosiou from the Inner West Courier Inner City edition talks with me about my up and coming UFC match in Adelaide, my love for coffee and much more. Read here for the full article.
Congratulations to the Victorian government for seeing the light (and coming to their senses!) on lifting the ban and allowing the UFC and local promotions to use a fenced in enclosure for MMA matches. The fenced in enclosure was always a much safer alternative to the boxing ring for MMA fighters. I look forward to MMA growing even faster in Victoria and Australia and I am looking forward to walking out for my UFC match at Etihad stadium in November in front of a sports crazy crowd!
I am fighting next on 10th May at UFC Fight Night in Adelaide, Australia versus Sean O’Çonnell from the USA. It’s the first time the UFC is having a show in Adelaide. It is headlined by Mark Hunt versus Stipe Miocic. The card is stacked with fighters from Australia and New Zealand including Robert Whittaker, Jake Matthews, Bec Rawlings, Dylan Andrews, Alex Chambers and Vik Grujic. You can read more on MMA Kanvas and also see the full card on Sherdog.
I was asked by MMA Kanvas to comment on lifting weights and MMA. Two other Aussie UFC fighters give their view too.
Team SPMA competed in 5 BJJ comps around Sydney the past 4 months and won an outstanding amount of medals. About 80 Team SPMA BJJ competitors won 25 gold medals, 25 silver medals and 18 bronze medals. Adult stand outs include Shaher Khan, Frances Bavaro, Tony Pycroft, Daphne Cuniowski and Dominic Lees. Kids stand outs include Oliver Silvestro, Eemil Iivonen, Zander Mucenski, Anwar Kumar and Aadam Kumar. What a team!
