“The Punisher” talks EFC77, reclaiming his belt and UFC

This week on the BigAl Podcast , BigAl was joined by South African MMA pioneer Martin Van staden. Van Staden handed some important advice for younger athletes with regards to the lifestyle of dedication required to be a profesiinal MMA Athlete .

Van staden has reignited his career since dropping to lightweight and has gone on a rare locally, which has left a lot of people wondering the UFC would ever be a reality for the now 36 years old MMA veteran. Van Staden had this to say on the matter

“ I have a management company that’s based in the UK, Heavy Duty Fight Management, and they’ve really been pushing for me to get in there. They kind of said, ‘Listen, if you win this fight,UFC will be knocking and there will be an offer for you. Whether that happens we will have to wait and see but these are the words they are saying “

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