OKTAGON MMA cage fighter Jacinta Austin believes she will change into the following fan favorite from Australia, following within the footsteps of her outdated sparring companion and boxing world champion Ebanie Bridges.
28-year-old Austin challenges for OKTAGON MMA’s strawweight world title on Saturday in Frankfurt, Germany – a great distance from the place Austin and Bridges’ paths first crossed.
Austin stated: “I’ve recognized Ebanie Bridges for a very long time, I knew her earlier than she was an enormous famous person. We used to coach collectively in a dingy little fitness center out in western Sydney collectively.
“The primary ever boxing fitness center I went to – Ebanie was there. She’d simply gotten began herself [in combat], she was about six months to a 12 months forward of me, so she was one other lady there at a time when there have been no different women that I may prepare with and we might encourage one another.
“She was the primary lady I ever bought to spar with and I’m actually completely satisfied about what she’s completed and I believe that’s most likely why she’s so supportive of me, we have been sort of good pals in there for eachother earlier than she was an enormous star.”
28-year-old Austin heads into hostile territory on Saturday to face hometime hero Katharina Dalisda at Frankfurt’s iconic FestHalle – and with a win, Austin says, she will start to succeed in an even bigger fan base.
“I believe I may [become a big name like Bridges],” Austin stated. “Our fundamental similarity is that we’re powerful weapons. Aussies’ are powerful – you’ve seen Ebanie battle and also you’ve seen me battle – we get in individuals’s faces and we’re completely satisfied to bleed if we will make different individuals bleed, and we simply have numerous coronary heart once we battle. I believe the largest parallels between me and Ebanie is simply our aggression and the center that we convey into fight.”
“I’ve had some nice assist despatched to me to date, particularly after my final battle, and if I keep and battle in Europe, I may undoubtedly change into a little bit of a fan favorite.”
Austin plans to showcase her entrance foot model this weekend when she challenges primary ranked strawweight Dalisda in Germany – and Austin is relishing her function because the away fighter going into the lion’s den.
Austin stated: “I adore it [going into the opponent’s backyard]. I feed off it. And off individuals’s feedback saying that I don’t have an opportunity, or I’m not going to be the champion, or I’m not adequate for what Dalisda has to supply. I feed off it. I’ve solely had one battle in my skilled profession the place I keep in mind being the betting favorite and I didn’t like the best way that made me really feel as a lot as after I’m the underdog.”
Austin continued: “I’m very aggressive, I prefer to stand up in individuals’s faces and strain them and power the battle. Wherever my opponent takes me – cage wrestling or if she’s going to take me down or if we’re gonna strike – I’m sturdy in all these positions. I’ve the higher hand over Dalisda in all facets of MMA. Wherever she takes me I’m gonna have solutions.”
“You are taking that one factor they’re good at, and also you shut it down, and also you don’t enable them to make use of it. If they’ll’t use it, their entire plan will disintegrate. I believe as quickly as she will’t land the putting that she’d prefer to land, the left hand, I believe fairly shortly. She’s gonna flip to wrestling.
This might be Austin’s second battle beneath the OKTAGON MMA banner and talking of her new promotion, she stated:
“OKTAGON MMA are superior, they’ve taken actually excellent care of me. Even earlier than we signed with them, they have been so good to cope with. The media staff has been superb. Folks take care of us once we journey, like on the lodge. The people who bought right here for us are superb. Yeah, they’re an incredible model.
“I really feel like I’ve sort of opened possibly a little bit door for different Australians, as a result of we’re not too conversant in European MMA. I actually hope it opens a little bit door for extra Australians to get into this sort of factor. Again dwelling all of us wrestle getting matched. A whole lot of the ladies. battle one another two or thrice, otherwise you go battle two or three divisions above your weight as a result of there’s not many ladies. However you come to Europe and also you’ve bought the decide of the litter.
OKTAGON MMA has confirmed itself on the European MMA scene, with high-level manufacturing worth mixed with aggressive and interesting match-making serving to them change into one of many main MMA promotions on the planet. They just lately made the 5-promotion shortlist for MMA promotion of the 12 months.
Followers can watch OKTAGON 46 and the Austin in motion on OKTAGON.TV
Roberto Villa is the CEO, Founder, Govt Author, Senior Editor of FightBook MMA. Has a ardour for Fight Sports activities and likewise a podcast host for Sitting Ringside. He’s additionally a former MMA fighter and Kickboxer.
