Uma Denver, umuzi owaziwa for kubanda okuhlabayo, ephula irekhodi for kweqhwa, mhlawumbe kungcono ukuhlala ezindlini – futhi welterweight ekuphumeni Bojan Velickovic bangakufakazela, “The gym (Ukuphakama Fight Team) wavalwa. Kwakungekho ukuqeqesha ukuthi ntambama. Akuve crazy. Two izinyawo iqhwa wawa futhi omunye abaqeqeshi abakwazanga ukwenza kube (ejimini), ngakho umnikazi wanquma ukuvala. The imigwaqo awful. Ngacishe ngangena izingozi ezimbili imoto namhlanje ekuseni!”

Ngakho ukubanjwa ngaphakathi endlini, Bojan “Guardian” Velickovic (9-3) Abanye wesikole yakhe oluzayo welterweight iziqubu nge Chris “The Hitman” Hugh (16-9). The meet ezimbili at RFA 24 on Friday, March 6 at the Mystic Lake Casino & Ihhotela in Prior Lake, Minnesota. The iziqubu uzobe isiqephu bukhoma futhi lonke on AXS TV. “Ngithathe ekhaya ngizama manje ukwenza izinto ukulwa ukubukela esitheni sami, ukulwa yami, ukwenza okungenani into kusukela angikwazi ukuqeqesha,” Velickovic Explained.

With “The Hitman” Hugh touting a 5-fight win streak, Velickovic uyazi kanjani yingozi nje umphikisi wakhe umi, “Into ebaluleke kakhulu ngenze ukubeka ijubane yami futhi sibone indlela uya zisuse yesiteleka yami futhi wrestling.”

Velickovic uyaqaphela ukuthi ngokuwina impi akuyona nje ukutadisha Umphikisi, kodwa ukufunda komuntu self, “Hugh has 25 ukulwa, kodwa ukulwa ezimbili kuphela YouTube ukuze angikwazi ukufunda naye ukuthi okuningi, kodwa angikwazi futhi ubone ukulwa kwami ​​kwangaphambili futhi nibone engakwenza okubi – hhayi ukwenza lezo zinhlobo amaphutha futhi.”

Ukuqeqeshwa kanye ohlonishwa Elevation Fight Team, Velickovic walithanda bomlilo ejimini Denver-based, “I waqeqesha a lot kanye UFC fighters Brandon Thatch and Neil Magny for UFC wabo ukulwa, ngakho ngicabanga yesiteleka yami game and wrestling waba ngcono futhi, njengenjwayelo, Ngithanda ukuba ngilwe nesikhulu izici MMA wonkana futhi ngicabanga ukuthi lokho Ngizozama ukwenza for kulempi (nge Hugh).”

At the age of 12, Velickovic waqala ukuqeqeshwa Judo iminyaka eminingana futhi uphendukile zibe Kickboxing eneminyaka 18, “Kwadingeka like 7 ukulwa amateur futhi 7 professional. Ngicabanga irekhodi lami kwaba inani 14-2 noma 15-2 – futhi kusukela Kickboxing, Ngashintshela MMA. Ngizibheka manje njengoba exubile karate artist. Ngithanda ukuba okuhle kuzo zonke izici. Angikho betshakadula class wrestling ukuya jiu-Jitsu. Ngizama nje babe kwansuku kangcono kuzo zonke izici MMA futhi lokho umgomo wami.”

Futhi Velickovic Akazange abheke emuva kusukela, “Ngifika United States ngokusebenzisa engokoqobo show, “Road to the Ring of Fire”. Ngokuyinhloko, omunye abaqeqeshi (oluzayo engokoqobo show) kwaba pro MMA fighter futhi wangitshela 'Kukhona okuhle engokoqobo show ekhuphuka. Unayo yesiteleka omuhle, isizinda Judo, mhlawumbe kungcono ithuba elihle kuwe.’ Ngakho I obhalisiwe okungokoqobo show futhi bangimema. Ngiphumelele 4 lwa the show futhi won show – futhi nganqoba elilandelayo yami 3 ilwa kanye.”

Ukusebenzisa for a visa professional, Velickovic usehlale uthi kusukela 2013, lapho ukubuthwa American Top Team (TO) in Coconut Creek, Florida, “ATT wasiza isicelo visa lami isivumelwano nabo 5 Eminyakeni.”

Ebuzwa uma kukhona yini ukungezwani, ngoba zihlukanise isikhathi sakhe phakathi ezimbili zisetshenziswa Umthombo gyms (Ukuphakama Fight Team and ATT), Velickovic ecacisa, “Ungenzi. Nginomuntu American Top Team – a lot of guys at ATT isitimela ezindaweni zokuzivocavoca ezahlukene kwamasonto ambalwa ngaphambi belwela ke babuyele ATT for a amasonto ambalwa sparring futhi olwengeziwe ukuqeqeshwa amakamu, kodwa lihlale 'American Top Team’ on amabhanela yabo.”

Uphinde asitshele on the kwezombangazwe futhi kwatheleka on fighters ukuthi aya ATT, “Kunezinto ezimbalwa of guys ukuthi zikhona esigcwele, kodwa fighters evakashele njalo Florida and ATT. A lot of them emuva naphambili kusuka (izindawo like) California, Texas and uhlale amasonto ambalwa, umsebenzi sparring, bese bebuyela ekhaya futhi balwela ukuthola American Top Team and emzini wakubo gyms.”

Quick ukuze amqinise kwakungekho gazi okubi noma ukungaqondani nge ATT, Velickovic uthi, “Ngabatshela ukuthi ngamenywa Elevation Fight Team ukusiza Brandon Thatch and Neil Magny ulungele ukulwa zabo bese Nganquma ukuhlala lapha ekamu wami lonke for RFA 24. Kuyinto a ephakeme, gym omuhle, Isimo esihle, kanye guys kusukela ejimini angamukele okuhle ngempela- futhi ngizizwa Ngisekhaya futhi into ebaluleke kakhulu. Kodwa uma ngikhetha ukuthuthela Colorado, I isazoqhubeka ukugqoka 'American Top Team’ on izikhindi zami for the eminyakeni embalwa eyalandela, ngoba ngiyathula namanje ngaphansi kwenkontileka.”

Ukuba fighter ngokuvamile kudinga khona abayimizulane, eshiya umndeni nabangane ukuze aqhubekisele amakhono akho. Ukulwa out of Novi Sad, Serbia, Velickovic ukhuluma lakubo futhi izwe basazikhumbula kungakhathaliseki yokusondelana amazwe ezilwayo, “Novi Sad indawo enhle kakhulu futhi lapho Wars eYugoslavia kwenzeka, Novi Sad kwaba kude emngceleni lapho impi nomlilo-impi futhi ngandlela-thile wakwazi ukuhlala out of the ukungqubuzana. Manje Serbia ubelokhu enokuthula the last 15-20 Eminyakeni.”

Uyanezela, “Ngahamba futhi weza lapha ube ngcono at MMA, ngoba imvelo ukuqeqeshwa the U.S. kanye namakhono fighters kakhulu advanced ngaphezu ekhaya emuva. Ngacabanga uma ngafika lapha ukuqeqesha ngezisusa, I bangaba nomunye the best. Yileso sizathu esikhulu esenza ngithutha to ESIZITHOLAYO”

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