{"id":519899,"date":"2026-03-05T08:24:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T08:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/519899\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T08:24:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T08:24:07","slug":"high-fives-for-radcliffes-harvey-after-latest-mma-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/519899\/","title":{"rendered":"High fives for Radcliffe\u2019s Harvey after latest MMA victory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Harvey defeated Oldham\u2019s Kieron Mathews by stoppage just two minutes into the first round of a scheduled three.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cI\u2019m just 18 and was easily the youngest fighter on the show,\u201d said the former Tottington High School student.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cI\u2019m so proud to have made a dramatic statement showing just what I\u2019m capable of.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cThis win means I\u2019ve won three of my five amateur bouts.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cI love everything about MMA and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.burytimes.co.uk\/jobs?ref=au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">training<\/a> at my club &#8211; Roundhouse &#8211; where I also help coach the juniors. For me it\u2019s just the best way of life.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Dad Craig Knowles took his very young son to kickboxing and Harvey had frequently competed by the time he started MMA <a href=\"http:\/\/www.burytimes.co.uk\/jobs?ref=au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">training<\/a> aged 14.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  He added: \u201cI wanted my son to learn to defend himself. He quickly showed aptitude for it, talent even and enjoys both the sports and social side.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cWe\u2019re proud of Harvey who did very well at school, but now wants to concentrate exclusively on his training.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cMMA keeps him occupied and off the streets, but we\u2019ll support him wherever this exciting commitment to martial arts takes him.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Harvey went on: \u201cI got the submission win by a triangle choke. It\u2019s a ju-jitsu move, basically.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cIf people want to know more about the technical side of it then why not come along to Roundhouse and do some training?\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cWe\u2019re based in Radcliffe and our head coach James Duckett has competed in professional MMA and BJJ bouts. It\u2019s the place to learn from the best.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cWe were delighted to return to Bradford Live for FSC36,\u201d said FightStar\u2019s Raj Singh. \u201cWe\u2019ve been putting on high quality MMA shows throughout the country for 13 years now featuring top amateur MMA fighters like Harvey as well as professional bouts.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  * Roundhouse is located at Windley Works on Wolsey Street M26 3BB. For further information call 07706 586328 or visit https:\/\/roundhousemma.com\/\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Harvey previously did his kickboxing training at Bolton\u2019s North West Warriors Martial Arts Centre who are also contactable on 07779 142502.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Harvey defeated Oldham\u2019s Kieron Mathews by stoppage just two minutes into the first round of a scheduled three.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":519900,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,785,85],"class_list":["post-519899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=519899"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519899\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/519900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=519899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=519899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=519899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}