1. Elvis Sinosic was born on 13 February 1971 and is an Australian retired professional mixed martial artist who competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
19 Facts About Elvis Sinosic
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Elvis Sinosic competed in the Cage Rage Championships, K-1, and Pancrase.
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Elvis Sinosic was born in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, to Croatian immigrant parents, and now resides in Sydney, New South Wales.
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Elvis Sinosic currently owns and runs Kings Academy of Martial Arts as well as UFC Gym Macarthur Square.
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Elvis Sinosic ran SPMA with business and training partner Anthony Perosh for 16 years before Elvis Sinosic and Anthony split the Academy.
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Elvis Sinosic was exposed to a myriad of art forms including: Wrestling, Tae Kwon Do, Boxing, Jeet Kune Do, Kali, Silat, Muay Thai, Capoeira, Judo, Shootfighting, Kai Shin, and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
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Elvis Sinosic was the first BJJ Pan-Pacific Absolute Champion at the Inaugural event 1999.
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Mr Elvis Sinosic competed for and won the first ever Australian MMA title, the Australian Vale Tudo Heavyweight Championship.
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Elvis Sinosic was the first Australian to fight for a nominal World Title, and was the first Australian to fight in an MMA match in K-1 when he lost at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2000 vs Frank Shamrock.
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Elvis Sinosic's last fight in the UFC was a loss to Michael Bisping due to TKO at UFC 70.
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Elvis Sinosic was scheduled to return to the octagon in 2010 for a rematch against Chris Haseman at UFC 110, the first UFC event to be held in Australia.
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However, just days before the fight, Elvis Sinosic was forced to withdraw with a shoulder injury.
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Elvis Sinosic's last fight was a KO loss to Paul Cahoon at Cage Rage 24 on 1 December 2007.
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Elvis Sinosic contested the electorate of Blaxland for the United Australia Party at the 2022 federal election.
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Elvis Sinosic joined the Liberal Democrats and was on the party's legislative council ticket at the 2023 NSW state election.
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At the 2024 New South Wales local elections, Elvis Sinosic is again contesting for the Liberal Democrats, running for Bass Hill Ward on Canterbury-Bankstown City Council.
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Elvis Sinosic was cast member and appeared in the movie "Gods of Egypt".
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Elvis Sinosic appeared at All-Star Wrestling Australia to make his professional wrestling debut.
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Elvis Sinosic trained popular Australian Martial Artist Michael Bray who he graded to purple belt, who has spent time pursuing reform in wealth distribution and marriage equality.