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MMA & Martial Arts Rising Stars #87 - Kasib Murdoch, New Zealand MMA Fighter

Toby Season 3 Episode 87

Kasib Murdoch had an extensive amateur wrestling, boxing and MMA career before turning to professional MMA. With this depth of experience, big things are expected from Kasib who is training in Australia at the Freestyle MMA gym with a dream of making it to the UFC like his stablemate Alex Volkanovski. Full interview details below:
00:00 Introduction
00:13 Freestyle gym and how Kasib came to be there
01:59 Start of training in New Zealand, background in boxing
03:59 Boxing experience and MMA
06:20 MMA Career
06:48 Fighting in Bali
07:22 Association with Fergus Jenkins, Karl Webber etc
09:09 Aspirations short and long term
10:29 Mental prep routine
11:12 Motivation to compete at a high level 
11:47 Post fight reflections
12:56 Typical day in fight camp
14:37 Injury prevention and recovery
15:53 Plans outside of fighting
16:24 Go to street fight moves
16:45 CTE in combat sports, is it worth it?
19:32 Fight a bear, lion or gorilla?
21:09 Conclusion