Why fight MMA?
I first fought MMA to prove to my brother and my BJJ coach I could do it, my older brother got me into the sport as I was wasting my time doing nothing. He paid for my first month gym membership so I didn’t have an excuse not to go and my BJJ coach had always told me I need a black belt b4 I have a MMA fight but I didn’t want to wait that long.
Who is the best MMA fighter in your opinion?
The best MMA fighter is probably GSP or Anderson Silva as they seem to have very rounded styles, my favorite MMA fighter is Nick Diaz he is exciting to watch and has proved himself so many times
What fighter do you most resemble?
I think I have attributes of many fighters; my mind set is that of Kenny Florian, my ground game is like Nike Diaz or Jason Miller very flexible and good off my back. My stand up is like Rickson Gracie (just kidding), probably Kenny Florian
Who was your toughest opponent?
I’d have to say a fighter called Rodrigo Aruzu. It was my first MMA fight and my main thing was grappling and he was the better there, so I had to try keeping it standing or get on top. He was a late swap and I was so eager to fight I took it without thinking.
Where do you train and who are your trainers?
I train all over the world. My goal is to spread my self thin every where so I have lots of connections and places to train. I went to Brazil when I first started and trained at Gracie Barra, just BJJ. Then in Hastings with Paul bridges, he was my first coach. Then I went back to Brazil and trained with the GB72 combat team training Vale Tudo. I then came back to UK and started hassling Sol Gilbert (ZT fight skool) asking him to get me fights, place to live near the school and a job and he really helped out with it all and pushed me in my training and also introduced me to Alexis and Paul at London Shoot who prepared me for my fights. After a bad fight were I cut too much weight and didn’t perform well I didn’t know whether MMA was for me so I went AWOL for a while and moved to India for three months were I spent time with a Guruji doing yoga, meditation and taking different highs. Whilst there I saw two kids wrestling and I was messing around showing them submissions and I realized I loved MMA and needed to get over the fear so I traveled to Thailand were I was training at Superpro Kho Samui for 1 year. I had a few Muay Thai fights out there and then competed in a wrestling tournament at tiger Muay Thai and trained there for a while. I tried to get a fight in Australia through Roots Martial Arts in Sydney, but it didn’t work out. I trained there for a month then come back to the new ZT fight skool in hove were I took a fight in the same arena that I lost in before against Richard Griffin and won in 1:02 seconds via triangle. I’m now a Ronin traveling and training all over. I just got back from Holland training with Dennis Rock, and have been accepted to train and fight in USA Portland Oregon at team quest.
What do you look for in other fighters?
I look for fun and love for the sport, as soon as that goes its time to find a new sport. Some days it can be really hard and leave u feeling rubbish but the highs are worth it, similar to a hang over.
What motivates you to fight?
I’m motivated by not wanting to fold into the modern man who has had the passion sucked out of him by the day to day life that were led to believe is normal, I look at old films of gladiators and warriors and hunters and I realize that with out that passion, we are already dead
If you could fight anyone in the sport of MMA, who would it be and why?
I would fight, Josh Koscheck. I respect him as a fighter but something about him grinds my gears and makes me want to tear him apart, but I think a couple more years before I’m doing that.
If you could fight anyone NOT in the sport, who would it be and why?
I’d probably fight in a tournament of the girls in the playboy mansion, we can all dream right.
Are there Fans, Friends or sponsors you would like to thank and give a shout out to?
I don’t have any sponsors as I’m not in the country long enough which is strange as I would be a world wide advert. I’d like to thank all my fans on my face book page Mad Jack Magee. I would like to thank all my training partners and coaches. I would mainly like to thank John The Hitman Hathaway, he’s my best friend and training partner who lets me stay on his sofa when I’m in UK, and Joel Bowen my best friend from USA who’s setting up connections there. I’d like to thank all the gyms I’ve trained at, Hastings Gracie Barra, Gracie Barra brazil GB72, Superpro Kho Samui Tiger Muay Thai, Thai Pinyo ATT coach Mario Big Hurt Rinaldi, London shoot fighters Rock gym Holland team quest USA and last but not least ZT fight skool and fitness all the guys there are great and Sol Gilbert is doing a good job there
Thanks be to god also.
I first fought MMA to prove to my brother and my BJJ coach I could do it, my older brother got me into the sport as I was wasting my time doing nothing. He paid for my first month gym membership so I didn’t have an excuse not to go and my BJJ coach had always told me I need a black belt b4 I have a MMA fight but I didn’t want to wait that long.
Who is the best MMA fighter in your opinion?
The best MMA fighter is probably GSP or Anderson Silva as they seem to have very rounded styles, my favorite MMA fighter is Nick Diaz he is exciting to watch and has proved himself so many times
What fighter do you most resemble?
I think I have attributes of many fighters; my mind set is that of Kenny Florian, my ground game is like Nike Diaz or Jason Miller very flexible and good off my back. My stand up is like Rickson Gracie (just kidding), probably Kenny Florian
Who was your toughest opponent?
I’d have to say a fighter called Rodrigo Aruzu. It was my first MMA fight and my main thing was grappling and he was the better there, so I had to try keeping it standing or get on top. He was a late swap and I was so eager to fight I took it without thinking.
Where do you train and who are your trainers?
I train all over the world. My goal is to spread my self thin every where so I have lots of connections and places to train. I went to Brazil when I first started and trained at Gracie Barra, just BJJ. Then in Hastings with Paul bridges, he was my first coach. Then I went back to Brazil and trained with the GB72 combat team training Vale Tudo. I then came back to UK and started hassling Sol Gilbert (ZT fight skool) asking him to get me fights, place to live near the school and a job and he really helped out with it all and pushed me in my training and also introduced me to Alexis and Paul at London Shoot who prepared me for my fights. After a bad fight were I cut too much weight and didn’t perform well I didn’t know whether MMA was for me so I went AWOL for a while and moved to India for three months were I spent time with a Guruji doing yoga, meditation and taking different highs. Whilst there I saw two kids wrestling and I was messing around showing them submissions and I realized I loved MMA and needed to get over the fear so I traveled to Thailand were I was training at Superpro Kho Samui for 1 year. I had a few Muay Thai fights out there and then competed in a wrestling tournament at tiger Muay Thai and trained there for a while. I tried to get a fight in Australia through Roots Martial Arts in Sydney, but it didn’t work out. I trained there for a month then come back to the new ZT fight skool in hove were I took a fight in the same arena that I lost in before against Richard Griffin and won in 1:02 seconds via triangle. I’m now a Ronin traveling and training all over. I just got back from Holland training with Dennis Rock, and have been accepted to train and fight in USA Portland Oregon at team quest.
What do you look for in other fighters?
I look for fun and love for the sport, as soon as that goes its time to find a new sport. Some days it can be really hard and leave u feeling rubbish but the highs are worth it, similar to a hang over.
What motivates you to fight?
I’m motivated by not wanting to fold into the modern man who has had the passion sucked out of him by the day to day life that were led to believe is normal, I look at old films of gladiators and warriors and hunters and I realize that with out that passion, we are already dead
If you could fight anyone in the sport of MMA, who would it be and why?
I would fight, Josh Koscheck. I respect him as a fighter but something about him grinds my gears and makes me want to tear him apart, but I think a couple more years before I’m doing that.
If you could fight anyone NOT in the sport, who would it be and why?
I’d probably fight in a tournament of the girls in the playboy mansion, we can all dream right.
Are there Fans, Friends or sponsors you would like to thank and give a shout out to?
I don’t have any sponsors as I’m not in the country long enough which is strange as I would be a world wide advert. I’d like to thank all my fans on my face book page Mad Jack Magee. I would like to thank all my training partners and coaches. I would mainly like to thank John The Hitman Hathaway, he’s my best friend and training partner who lets me stay on his sofa when I’m in UK, and Joel Bowen my best friend from USA who’s setting up connections there. I’d like to thank all the gyms I’ve trained at, Hastings Gracie Barra, Gracie Barra brazil GB72, Superpro Kho Samui Tiger Muay Thai, Thai Pinyo ATT coach Mario Big Hurt Rinaldi, London shoot fighters Rock gym Holland team quest USA and last but not least ZT fight skool and fitness all the guys there are great and Sol Gilbert is doing a good job there
Thanks be to god also.
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