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Jason the Warrior Whateley had an extensive Amateur Boxing career having represented Australia in events around the world including competing at the 2016 Olympic Games and the 2018 Commonwealth games where he earned a sliver medal. A fighter at heart, he was committed to competing in the commonwealth games, and his professional career commenced shortly after. So far his pro record of 90% finishes...

Josh the Kamikaze Kuhne is a graffiti and tattoo artist who turned to MMA for a personal challenge and as a tool to channel his aggression and energy. In doing that he has unleashed his raw potential in 6 fights, winning all the fights by brutal KO. All fights have ended with boxing skills, however Josh is waiting for the right opponent to allow him to demonstrate an overall skillset developed dur...

MMA Fighter Ramona Pascual is Hong Kong's first female to compete in the UFC. Starting out training Muay Thai and MMA in Hong Kong, she began a journey to be an elite professional fighter, travelling to Korea, Thailand, Shanghai China and finally the US where she has taken hold training with Syndicate MMA under John Wood. After her first fight in the UFC octagon, she is driven to progress and...

Isaac Headsplitter Hardman is an Aussie battler that is proving to be quite the fighter, having an unbeaten pro MMA career at 9 fights for 9 wins, and now venturing into boxing with a record of 12 fights for 12 wins. Fighting out of Nitro Boxing with Blair Studley, and previously training MMA at Integrated Martial arts Academy under Adrian Pang, he is in the right hands to take a shot at stardom....

MMA Fighter Michelle Montague trains across several gyms, firstly out of Core MMA, CKB and American Top Team. she has trained alongside several great MMA athletes such as Brad Riddell and Kayla Harrison. Having a great amateur record including a world title in the IMMAF, she has entered the pro ranks through the PFL Challenger series.  In this interview we discuss her fighting experience, upbringi...

New Zealand MMA Pioneer and renowned coach Karl Webber (Coach Hostile) and his student, gold medallist at the IMMAF world championships Fergus Jenkins represent the beginnings through to the future of MMA in New Zealand. Starting with No Holds Barred tournaments in the mid 90's, Karl and other enthusiasts sought to develop the best fighting style by training in different combat sports and mar...

Josh Culibao is a rising star in the UFC who fights in the Featherweight division. As an Australian Pinoy he started martial arts inspired by his family, and driven to be successful yet humble like other famous athletes from the Philippines. After an unbeaten streak on the Australian scene, he tested himself in the UFC, and is improving by leaps and bounds each fight. In this interview we discuss...

Jalin "The Tarantula" Turner is a rising star in the UFC who fights in the Lightweight division. A natural athlete, who is encouraged and supported by his family, Jalin has the potential to rise to the top of his stacked division. A humble and friendly nature, coupled with his hobby of collecting spiders and other animals, makes him an interesting character, and one that will be popular...

The Guv'nor Ben Edwards has a great life story: from a child with little confidence, to an elite Rugby League player, then onto being an elite combat sports fighter, competing in Boxing, Kickboxing and MMA at the highest of levels. Ben experienced the highs and lows of life through the death of his mentor, addiction and losses, to the wins on the highest stages of combat sports and competing...

Kai Kara France from CKB Gym in Auckland New Zealand demonstrates that determination can take you to great heights. From a shy and bullied child who now fights at the elite level of MMA, and is striving for the title belt, he shows that persistence above all else can help you achieve your goals. Having travelled the world for fighting and training he has overcome many obstacles and doubters on his...

Julija Pajic is a female MMA fighter from Montonegro, Bosnia. She has been fighting professionally since 2019, including 2 fights on the PFL Circuit and plans to continue a career in MMA. Julija feels that she has truly grown as a person through training and competing in MMA. In this interview she talks about her start in martial arts, how she benefits from training and competing, the experience o...

Dan "Hangman" Hooker from CKB Gym in Auckland New Zealand represents the pinnacle of Combat Legends. He is a man that is willing to face all challengers at any weight and any time. Being a Dan Hooker fan is not an easy run, but many of us choose to be a fan, because we love that he shows that he is human, is down to earth, works hard, talks shit and fights like a man possessed. The inter...

Australian Combat Sports Athlete Jacob "The Flamingo" Ng has followed in his father's path as a competitive Boxer and martial artist. Starting in BJJ at a young, age, followed by Muay Thai and Boxing, he is now focused on boxing and a potential switch to MMA after his boxing goals are accomplished. In this interview we discuss his start, different areas of training, his upcoming fig...

MMA Fighter BJ "Quicksand" Bland fights out of the famous CKB Gym in Auckland New Zealand. He trains alongside lightweight MMA athletes such as Brad Riddell, Dan Hooker & Shane Young and enjoys the daily grind of fight camp. He is coming up to a big fight in the PFL Challenger series and hopes that this will lead to his place in the league where he can fight for a million dollar purs...

Cam Rowston won the 2022 King in the Ring 8 man tournament, following those that did the same before him such as Israel Adesanya, Blood Diamond and Carlos Ulberg. Following on Cam has goals to compete in the UFC. With experience in both MMA and standup fighting, and a good record, this goal may be realised soon. Travelling from his hometown in Sydney Australia in order to train at CKB in Auckland...

Richard Walsh has dedicated his life to fighting and coaching Muay Thai. Training and competing in the early days of Muay Thai in Australia he learnt many lessons that he transfers to his students. Having travelled to Thailand in the early years of his career he learnt about Muay Thai and Thai culture in a different era before commercialisation. He has trained and held pads for many fighters such...

Rocky Ogden, who trains with Nugget McNaught at NTG, is one of Australia's combats sports rising stars. In the true essence of Martial Arts he competes across different combat sports such as Muay Thai, Boxing and soon MMA, and he has amassed a fight record of 45 fights. Encouraged by his dad he started martial arts at a young age, and then ventured to Thailand in 16 to train and fight. In thi...

Billy started boxing at a young age after being bullied, and set a vision to become world champion like his hero Prince Naseem Hamed. Through his vision and perseverance he realised that goal. His goals through his life shifted from winning belts and money to a renewed focus on supporting his family, and through his strong family ties and faith he is still fighting today after a long career in the...

Muay Thai Coaches Mark "Too Smooth" Pease (Strikeforce Gym in Burleigh Heads, Australia) & Darren "The Riddler" Reece (Riddler's Gym in Perth Australia) discuss building a Muay Thai Fighter. These two men are experts in their field having fought Muay Thai professionally before establishing gyms and coaching fighters from beginner level through to champions. In this int...

Fari has travelled a long road in Martial Arts, and adheres to some of the old Martial Arts values such as hard work & loyalty. Fari has learnt and taught many different martial arts from Hapkido & Taekwondo, to boxing, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu & MMA. He has selflessly devoted his life to the development of others in his school KMA in Liverpool Australia, where everyone is valued, whether a...

MMA Fighter Martin Nguyen has experienced an exciting and tumultuous career, having won and lost big fights with One Fighting Championships including a time when he held dual titles in the Featherweight and Lightweight divisions after two awesome KO victories. In this interview we discuss these wins,  his losses, journey in martial arts, his background, training and more.

Muay Thai & K1 fighter Josh Tonna has been described as "All guts and intestinal fortitude!". This is  mantra he trains, fights and lives by since he discovered Kickboxing and Muay Thai to better himself after a bullying incident. Now after 51 fights he is a well established fighter competing with some of the best fighters in the world, most notably in One Fighting Championships. In...

Master Coaches Lolo Heimuli & Larry Papadopoulos talk on building an MMA fighter. These two men have devoted their lives to fighting and coaching and have a lot to share. Larry was a pioneer in Australian MMA, and also fought Wrestling, Jiu Jitsu and grappling, while Lolo also fought Boxing and Muay Thai and is well know for developing world champion fighters such as Ray Sefo, and has links to...

Nugget McNaught started training at the age of 16 in martial arts and later discovered Muay Thai, developing a passion that led him to where he is today as a former pioneer of Thai boxing in Australia, and now world renowned trainer.   Nugget is an opinionated man, with a great deal of knowledge to share having trained and coached extensively in Thailand and other international destinations. In th...

"Smokin" Shane Young  is an MMA Fighter from Napier, New Zealand who is currently contracted to the UFC. Shane is of Scottish and Maori descent, and spreads a positive message about connecting with heritage. Shane represents his culture on the UFC stage with the Maori flag, Te reo language, and displays of ceremonial Maori challenge. Currently training out of city kickboxing (CKB) well k...