It’s not every single day that you just get to see an MMA fighter that idolizes a tennis star however David Forster proudly stands out as a consultant of this uncommon anomaly.
The 26-year-old Slovenian will return to motion at BRAVE CF 81 when he takes on Chad Griffiths in a Tremendous Light-weight battle. Whereas Forster is now thought of as probably the most promising fighters in Europe, rising up, he had dreamt of changing into a tennis participant.
Forster’s first actual encounter with tennis got here earlier than he turned 10-years-old. He stumbled upon the 2005 French Open Semi-Ultimate matchup between Tennis superstars Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer and this put a seed in an already pushed Forster to decide on tennis as his profession.
“I grew to become an immediate fan of Rafael Nadal, due to his work ethics, at all times combating until the very finish, by no means breaking a racket and at all times very respectful to everybody. I preferred his character on the courtroom and off the courtroom,” Forster recollects.
Forster developed goals of changing into a tennis star similar to his idol Rafael Nadal and even skilled himself by conditioning classes. Curiously, Forster was already concerned in one other sport throughout this time: soccer.
He was an achieved goalkeeper in soccer as a teenager and gained a number of trophies for finest goalkeeper as properly. Regardless of this success in soccer, his must turn into extra impartial, pushed him in the direction of tennis.
Sadly, destiny hit a smash at him when his mother and father divorced and monetary difficulties compelled him to cease the costly sport of tennis. The divorce of his mother and father derailed his sporting profession fully and he began gaining weight.
“It was troublesome for me; I don’t actually bear in mind 2-3 years of my life, I used to be fats. These years are simply form of a blur. I believe I acquired over it in high-school, I simply form of accepted it and moved on with my life,” Forster stated.
It was at highschool that Forster first tried out MMA. Whereas he was not totally dedicated to the game initially, he ultimately got here again after having fun with success in weightlifting. And after this, there was no wanting again for Forster.
He’s now making ready for his return to probably the most world MMA promotion on the planet and one factor that he has discovered from his rollercoaster sporting profession is that onerous work beats every little thing.
“I really feel like anybody can obtain something with onerous work, you simply must put every little thing you might have into it and you’ll achieve success in something. I selected Combined Martial Arts, however I’m positive if I attempted one thing else and labored onerous as I’m working at this, I may very well be profitable in different issues as properly,” he concluded.
Roberto Villa is the CEO, Founder, Government Author, Senior Editor of FightBook MMA. Has a ardour for Fight Sports activities and in addition a podcast host for Sitting Ringside. He’s additionally a former MMA fighter and Kickboxer.
