Hey guys just wanted to show my appreciation for this site by writing a little summary of what this site has done for my life.ive just turned 17 years old and live in Australia or down under as you yanks say and until about 6 months ago i had only ever seen one mma fight on DVD and that was liddel vs Ortiz.

One day i was browsing on the web and came accross a site called mmamania.com and i found myself glued to the page and the comments section. I thought i was the only person who knew anything about mma but just from reading your comments i have learnt so much about it and how wonderful this sport is. Now days whenever there is a fight night or ppv im stuck on this site reading comments to find out results because my family doesn't have pay tv and main event is far to expensive. I followed the whole story about ak and his fight camp and enjoyed that so much i decided i had to give it a go myself. 3 days after the ak fight i told my parents i wanted to get into training and they supported me because they knew how much i enjoyed the sport and competition. so know after about 3 or 4 weeks of training i have my first amatuer fight coming up this weekend and i couldnt be more excited. I guarentee if i had not of found this site i would not be fighting this weekend. Even though i am fighting i am not looking to make a career out of this i actually want to be a sports journalist and im doing a university course on it currently. I just want to thank all the mods and the maniacs on this site for opening my eyes to the greatest sport in the world thanks guys.