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News editor Phil Doherty talks to up-and-coming MMA fighter Stacy Hayes
about her her journey through the fight game.
The
interview is one of a series of articles on up-and-coming fighters to
give them a raise in profile at the start of the Pro careers.
PHIL Doherty: How long
have you been training in martial arts? Who did you start training
with and where was this? What system was your first martial art?
Stacy Hayes: I have been training in
Mixed Martial Arts continuously for 2 years now i
started at a young age with taekwondo but stopped practising after a
year or
so.
I started training with small club in Essex Then moved on to Titans in
Edmonton London.
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Phil Doherty
PD: How
old were you when
you first started martial arts and what style was it?
Where was it based and who taught you?
CJ: I
was around eight or nine
when I first started and I started out training in WTF Taekwondo under
an instructor
called Dean Colbourne in my home town of Balby in Doncaster.
The
school
was located in a primary school hall directly across the road from my
house.
Every week I would see people going in, in their white suits and belts
so I
couldn't resist going for a look...
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AN
INTERVIEW WITH CLAUDIO HENRIQUE DA SILVA
By
Daniel Towers
Claudio Silva is a
29-year-old BJJ black belt from Brazil who was
trained under
Ricardo Viera, one of the most recognised
instructors for the sport in the
world.
Claudio is
currently
working out of Shootfighters in London. Just the
name of
the place can make opposition very weary of these guys as
it’s a
respected
training camp in the UK and worldwide.
He
started his career as a welterweight in his early days. He then took
three
years out from MMA. On his return it was clear that whatever he did
in his
time away he was now back a stronger, faster and far more skilful
athlete.
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INTERVIEW WITH BJJ FIGHTER LEE AMBLER
 By
Daniel Towers
LEE
AMBLER is a 26-year-old MMA and BJJ fighter from Gillingham Kent. He
has also
recently started a new style called TUFF, which is a mix of grappling
and
BJJ.
Lee's
first competition in TUFF was against a Brazilian who trains under
CLAUDIO
SILVA who had a far greater experience and under London's top club
SHOOTFIGHTERS.
So
many great Brit fighters have trained here and still are
training
there.
Lee held his own for five gruelling minutes. He leg swept his opponent
twice,
but due to something in the rules was not given the points...
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