Things changed a little when I went to college and I discovered snowboarding. I really enjoyed that and spent more time on a board than I did training – but I was always going to come back to fighting. 

The hardest thing for me in my life happened four years ago, when I lost my father.

It was an incredibly tough time for me and my family. But you have to get through those dark days. A year and a half after that I met my new coach, who is now my finance, and my life changed. 

Now I am more determined than ever to go as far as possible in my fight career.

I am where I am today because of my father. He was a wrestler, and he was the one who got me into karate and a kid, and then a little later into MMA.

When he trained I would always watch him and try to learn – even though he is no longer with me, he was, and always will be my inspiration.

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