\n Noah Toothill, 15, was so inspired by his brother Zac’s success as a mixed martial artist that he started training in January last year.\n<\/p>\n
\n He said: “My brother Zac is a world champion in various disciplines many times over and was also the youngest ever Kids IMMAF world champion.\n<\/p>\n
\n “I thought I’m having some of that.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Guiseley School pupil Noah, who is the youngest in year 11, trains at Strike Kings in Bradford, under the guidance of coaches Callum and Tom Mullen.\n<\/p>\n
\n His dad John Toothill, said: “Noah trains at Strike Kings in Bradford coached by the Mullen brothers Callum and Tom.\n<\/p>\n
\n “His progress has been exponential as he\u2019s committed to daily training in a range of combat sports which underpin MMA including Jiu Jitsu (BJJ), Kickboxing, Wrestling, and MMA.\n<\/p>\n
\n “He trains in Bradford but also has regular training arranged in Manchester each week and Liverpool for Team England training.”\n<\/p>\n
\n In a short span of time, Noah has already made a name for himself in the fighting world, bagging British and European MMA titles and a world BJJ title.\n<\/p>\n
\n He has also represented the Team England squad in international tournaments in Serbia and Poland.\n<\/p>\n
\n This year, he has won at Saif Khan’s Bradford-based promotion Combat Challenge, which takes place three times a year at Bradford’s Cedar Court Hotel.\n<\/p>\n
\n His wins included defeating opponents from as near as Nottingham and as far away as Ireland, as he’s competed at various weights between 40kg and 51kg.\n<\/p>\n
\n Noah has been diagnosed with ADHD, and his dad believes that his commitment to intense training has made formal learning easier for him.\n<\/p>\n
\n John added: “Mum Sarah and I are proud of him win or lose, but of course absolutely delighted with his achievements.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Noah hopes to be selected again for the national squad for the IMMAF European championships in Belgrade early next year and then the world championships in Abu Dhabi next summer.\n<\/p>\n
\n As participation is entirely self-funded, Noah would appreciate potential sponsors contacting Sarah Toothill at abinoah@hotmail.co.uk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Noah Toothill, 15, was so inspired by his brother Zac’s success as a mixed martial artist that he…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":906795,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,785,85],"class_list":["post-906794","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\/906794","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=906794"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/906794\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/906795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=906794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=906794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=906794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}