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The Townsville Bulletin has done an interesting article on MMA fighter Gokhan Turkilmaz, who will be fighting on Brace for War 6 in Townsville.

Wanna be a pro MMA fighter? Be prepared to train your guts out. Jade Kennedy reports

DISCIPLINE, hard work and courage are just three of the attributes needed to fight.

Professionally, we mean.

With a nickname like Carnage it's easy to see how local mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter Gokhan Turkyilmaz, 24, could be seen as a tough guy.

The aircraft maintenance engineer moved to Townsville two years ago to work with 5th Aviation Regiment, which is when he took up MMA.

"Prior to moving here I was into professional kickboxing and muay thai in Sydney and the Gold Coast," he said.

Click here to read the full article from http://www.townsvillebulletin.com.au/

Photo by Mark Tabone

Deney Hayward from Shuriken on the North Shore will take on Kate Aroa for the ICNZ womans title on September 25th in what should be a very exciting fight. Deney is coming off a win over Tash Chambers on ICNZ and Kate off a win over Angela Parr in Australia.

The Aucklander interviewed Deney about her training and the upcoming fight, here is a link tot he interview 

Girls of MMA head over to VT1 Gym in Chatswood, Australia. VT1 gym is home to a few recognised Kick-boxers, BJJ and MMA fighters

We go upstairs to meet Alex Chambers for an Interview.
Alex Chambers has a female MMA record at 1 win-0 loss.
Alex made her professional MMA debut during Rize 5 which was held in Queensland. She fought Jessica Tolhurst which Alex won via decision.
Alex will now face off against Claire Fryer in Rize 6. Claire missed the chance to fight at the last Rize MMA event and Rize 6 will be Claire’s first Cage fight. Rize 6 – Defiance will be held on the 31st July 2010 at Sleeman Sports Centre in Queensland.

Claire Fryer is one the up and coming female fighters in Australia, she has had 2 victories on Rize in Brisbane and is preparing to fight again on Rize 6. 

Girls of MMA interviews Female MMA fighter Claire Fryer . Claire will be battling it out MMA style with Alex Chambers at RIZE 6. We cross over to Sunny Queensland to Interview Claire.

Girls of MMA chats to Roxanne Modafferi about her upcoming Strikeforce Challenger 9 fight against Sarah Kaufman. After Interviewing Sarah Kaufman, Girls of MMA speaks to Roxanne Modafferi to hear her thoughts on Strikeforce Challenger 9 fight against Sarah.

The Girls of MMA head head down to a town called Bay of Plenty in New Zealand, to interview one of the very first female from New Zealand to fight in an International MMA competition. Kate will also be fighting on Elite Fight Night MMA event which will be held at Penrith Panthers in western Sydney, Australia in July 16.

The Girls of MMA Interviews female MMA fighter from Australia Mandy Stewart. Mandy is the first Australian female to compete Internationally in MMA. Mandy trains with the Integrated MMA team in Queensland. Integrated MMA holds some well known MMA fighter with the likes of Adrian ‘The Hunter’ Pang and Kyle Noke who has just won the Ultimate Fighter Challenge season 11 against Josh Bryant.

We cross over to British Columbia to Interview one of the most decorated female MMA fighter Sarah Kaufman. Sarah Kaufman is a professional female MMA fighter, fighting in the 135-pound bantamweight division. She was the first and only Hardcore Championship Fighting Women’s Bantamweight Champion and now competes for Strikeforce. Sarah is currently the #3-ranked pound for pound female MMA fighter in the world by MMARising.com and the #1-ranked 135-pound female fighter according to the Unified Women’s MMA Rankings. She is the current Strikeforce Women’s Welterweight (135lb) Champion with a record of 11-0.

Ever had one of those weeks? Last week Jamie Yager did, but instead of letting it drag him down or trying to hide from his problems Jamie stood tall above the accusations and criticism being shot at him from every person with an internet connection. Just two weeks out from the TUF 11 Finale he took time out from training last Friday evening to tell me a little about himself, his thoughts about the current series of TUF…and to straighten out the ledger about THAT fight.

George Sotiropoulos is one of the most successful Australian MMA fighters to date. He has won numerous Australian BJJ titles, represented Australian at World Submission Championships and also held a Victorian state boxing title, He was a contestant on the The Ultimate Fighter Series and didnt win the series but he has gone on to prove himself by winning 5 fights in a row on UFC shows, including victories over George Roop, Jason Dent and more recently he beat Joe Stevenson in front of a home crowd at UFC 110 in Australia. George answered a few quick questions for infinitemma.com