I had six fights in 15 months and I
thought to myself you know that wasn't
so bad I'll do that again when I think
about MMA I get so happy I get so
excited it's the competition you can say
it drives me I think it's a simple thing
you step in there there's gonna be a
winner there's going to be a loser and I
think that's that's a beautiful thing
the love I have for it it's it's
something different when I grew up in
your own I stayed in a small village
called Drita max I would say 2000 people
but I actually think is like 1200 people
so a really small village that was a
farmer I would help my uncle's with all
his farming stuff I had close to 50
family members within maybe a mile
radius I spend a lot of time with family
I grew up the family
we have 20-plus cousins they're all
really amazing supportive it's a
blessing to have a big family you know
certain Christians for us for the kids
better opportunity in America and at the
time we had a chance to come over it was
incredibly difficult we didn't know a
word of English that's when our bond
grew stronger and stronger because it
was just him and I for a while all the
kids American everybody speaks English
no other language no Assyrians around me
it took me maybe six months to learn
English just because I had no choice you
got to survive and survival is your best
teacher
everybody looks at me as a grappler
Kings Emma Mayen Master Raphael had been
so important for my growth in striking
there's so many things to it so many
elements to it I enjoy it quite a bit
and I think that's been the biggest
reason why I've been improving good
customers however the main almost six
years all the time when he comes in he
do his best here you know he helped his
report on his team for sure he's the
future of his division what should we
Kings
I just saw a just a gym near us no I'm
gonna go check that out I turn 18
because my mom wouldn't actually let me
sign up for jiu-jitsu so when I turned
18 I was able to go but on my own I went
there I signed up a health Gracie gym
and that was kind of it after I signed
up I got addicted my mom I didn't tell
her about jiu-jitsu for maybe a year
until I got this cauliflower and she
realized okay so the week before my
fight my first fight I remember her
freaking out a little bit
she was very laid back but she
definitely had a hard time with MMA
I was happy if he was famous or popular
and the Chinese or golf or something
like this not Emily you should go and be
the doctor be lawyer be something why
are you choosing MMA and he says mom
because I love this game so if he loves
the game I love it because I love
begging I told her that either he will
have to support him or he will lose
their son because I knew he was really
serious about it her acceptance took a
long time but it was it's been worth the
trip so one handed yet
the goal is greatness in MMA this sport
is my life I don't train MMA I don't
train Jitsu I live this this is my life
for me I have I'm strong everywhere I
have a good wrestling game I have a good
jujitsu game and I have a good striking
game I have more weapons than ever I'm
going to be the one putting the pressure
on it you won't know if I'm looking for
a takedown on the 404 I'm looking for a
knockout the most important thing for me
right now is to just keep fighting
consistently because I'm able to improve
faster this way my confidence says I'm
going to be champ I'm not I'm not
worried about ranking system I'm not
worried about if I'm top top 15 top 10
top 5 I'm going to be champ