Tommy Brendle is a student at MoWest who has the aspiration and determination to become a Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) Champion. He has had this dream since childhood, as he had a champion to look up to.<\/p>\n
Conor McGregor, an MMA Champion, stood out to Brendle due to his own Irish heritage.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy family is Irish,\u201d said Brendle. \u201cMy grandpa is from Cork, Ireland. We have a lot of Irish roots there, and one of the biggest figures in the history of Ireland is Conor McGregor, a very big MMA figure, very polarizing, very brash, very loud.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Brendle has been training in MMA and has been aspiring to get in the ring. At the same time, he is balancing his life as a devoted student at MoWest.<\/p>\n
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Being the champion is a high bar to ascend to, but this isn\u2019t just a whim that he wishes to explore; he has thought considerably about how he takes care of his body and how much damage he can take.<\/p>\n
\u201cI’ve never had any serious issues,\u201d said Brendle. \u201cI’ve never had a serious injury, broken a bone, anything like that. I think if I keep being smart, being safe, having controlled sparring sessions, and keep training at the rate I’m at now, I think anything’s possible.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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With a fighter like McGregor, who boasts a record of 22 wins and seven losses, it’s easy to see why an aspiring fighter like Brendle would come to idolize him.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI admired the moxie he carried with him, the amount of strength and the confidence, and that kind of got me into it because if I could achieve something like that, that would mean crazy things to me,\u201d said Brendle.<\/p>\n
Brendle’s final goal is to be a champion one day, and then ultimately bring home a belt to his family; all he truly wishes for is to support his family and go as far as his body will take him.<\/p>\n
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\u201cHopefully in the UFC, fighting for a title shot or being the champion, you know, wherever that may lead me, I want to be as good as I can be, you know, provide for my family, provide for myself, you know, that’s all I can ask for,\u201d said Brendle<\/p>\n
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Brendle, much like McGregor, has a signature style in the ring that he felt he should share.<\/p>\n
\u201cI’m a bigger guy,\u201d said Brendle. \u201cMy family was really into football and wrestling growing up, so I kind of inherited that. So wrestling is definitely the biggest part of my fight, but I also implement parts of kickboxing and Muay Thai.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Brendle is still undergoing training, patiently biding his time till he is ready for a real ring, with an opponent to wail into.<\/p>\n
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