\n Max Holdsworth, from Gomersal, came out on top in the Bradford-based promotion\u2019s recent show at Cedar Court Hotel.\n<\/p>\n
\n He beat Jacob Baldwin on a unanimous decision points victory.\n<\/p>\n
\n Despite his young age, the fighter is already making waves in the MMA world.\n<\/p>\n
\n Last year, he returned from the IMAAF youth tournament in Abu Dhabi with a silver medal.\n<\/p>\n
\n He then followed this up with a gold medal win just months ago in his category at the IMAAF European Championships in Belgrade.\n<\/p>\n
\n Speaking of his win,\u00a0Holdsworth said: “I\u2019m pleased with this win and the points I scored for takedowns and attempts to gain a submission, although I need to work harder on these to achieve the submission and not just attempt.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Jacob was a quality opponent, fit and strong, and a little older than me.\n<\/p>\n
\n “I love being in the cage showcasing skills we\u2019ve practised.\n<\/p>\n
\n “I\u2019m 14 at present but like all of us juniors, we\u2019re looking forward to shots and strikes to the head once we turn 16, although elbows will wait until we\u2019re professional fighters.\n<\/p>\n
\n “That\u2019s my long-term goal.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Holdsworth’s dedication is evident as he undergoes rigorous training sessions, clocking up to 10 hours every week at the AVT Youth Academy in Morley.\n<\/p>\n
\n His uncle, Matt Holdsworth, who was present at the Bradford bout, said: “This was a brilliant entertaining combat between two young boys whose lives centre around success in MMA.\n<\/p>\n
\n “They\u2019re great role models for children their age and younger.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Max just wants to have as many bouts as possible and be out frequently to show continuous improvement.\n<\/p>\n
\n “All his family are proud of what he\u2019s achieved so far and what is yet to come.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Saif Khan, the promoter behind Combat Challenge, said: “We\u2019re proud of Max and Jacob, and indeed of everyone who competed in exciting bouts against tough opponents.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Combat Challenge will return to Cedar Court on September 5.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Max Holdsworth, from Gomersal, came out on top in the Bradford-based promotion\u2019s recent show at Cedar Court Hotel.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":741367,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,785,85],"class_list":["post-741366","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\/741366","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=741366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/741366\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/741367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=741366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=741366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=741366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}