3/2/2023 0 Comments Trainer quake 4![]() ![]() After a while I moved to Thailand for about four years and lived, trained and worked there. I thought it looked cool so I went down to my local gym and joined them. I actually got into kickboxing through YouTube. "I started in kickboxing when I was 14 and did that for about nine years before moving on to MMA. Why don’t you tell me a little bit about you and your background? Sounds great! We can’t wait to watch the fight to see how you get on. I’m fighting a Russian fighter called Magomed Mustafaev, he’s really good so it’s going to be fun. It’s going to be here in Auckland and it’s the first time the UFC is back in New Zealand for three or four years, which is very cool and I’m very excited for it. “My day has been good, my next fight is getting closer so that is exciting, it’s going to be fun. Hi Brad, thanks for chatting with us today. The fight takes place on home turf in Auckland, New Zealand, and Brad will be fighting Russian lightweight Magomed Mustafaev. ![]() We caught up with Brad over the phone last week to get to know our latest Wattbiker better, and to find out how his training is shaping up ahead of UFC Fight Night 168 on the 23rd of February. In addition to this, the last time City Kickboxing shipped its fighters off to compete on a UFC fight card, all three fighters who represented their gym won. This title seems incredibly well-deserved after Bareman entered 2019 with no UFC champions under his wing and finished the year with two (Adesanya and Volkanovski). The fighters at City Kickboxing are all supervised by coach Eugene Bareman, who was named ‘Coach of the Year’ by MMA Junkie in 2019. ![]() It’s safe to say that this gym is bursting with hard working, talented athletes. The team there includes Kai Kara-France (currently ranked #8 in the UFC flyweight division), Israel Adesanya (current reigning UFC Middleweight Champion), Alexander Volkanovski(current reigning UFC Featherweight Champion), Dan Hooker (currently ranked #7 in the UFC lightweight division), and Luke Jumeau (former UFC Welterweight). But he’s just getting started.īrad currently trains at City Kickboxing in Auckland, New Zealand, which has been dubbed ‘Best MMA Gym of 2019’ by Forbes Magazine. As it stands, he is a WKBF World Kickboxing Champion, a New Zealand WMC Champion, a Commonwealth Middleweight Champion, and his pro MMA record currently stands at 7-1. In his mission to reach the top of the rankings and make his mark on the MMA world stage, Brad recently decided to join the Wattbike tribe to take his fighting performance to the next level.Ģ8-year old lightweight Riddell is a decorated kickboxer with more than 80 fights under his belt. Brad’s efforts in his first UFC fight won him Fight of the Night, and the kiwi is not looking to stop anytime soon. Brad ‘Quake’ Riddell made his UFC debut at UFC 243 in Melbourne last year, with a unanimous decision win over Australian Jamie Mullarkey. ![]()
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