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Glenn Brown

Mick Cutajar

"Working out at the gym was my saviour but the old jail gym was a very, very intimidating place. One day I was in there doing a workout with Ivan Milat. He was a good training mate, and we were halfway into our session when two guys walked in with a metal pole. It was made from a bed leg but they had reworked it into a kind of syringe - a metal pole inside a metal pole. They rammed it into the side of another guy's head. He had been using the lateral pull-down just next to me. The weights crashed back to base, and Ivan and I just looked at each other. We were covered in thick, sticky blood. The guy was stretchered out of the gym, his exposed brain still pulsing. Nothing came of it. We finished up our training for the day but I knew I would be back as soon as the mess was cleared up. I had an Olympic dream to train for."

  • Awesome Aussie
  • Cool Teacher: Owns Cutta's Submission Fighting School.
  • Dark and Troubled Past: Was sent to jail for 3 years when he robbed $39,000 in a bungled armed robbery. His motive was that there was a chance to become one of the first Australians to feature in the Ultimate Fighting Championships. The only problem was that Cutajar didn't have the money to get to the US.
  • I Know Judo: An Australian national champion, 3rd dan black belt and qualified for the 2008 Australian Olympic Judo team as a reserve.
  • Odd Friendship: With serial killer Ivan Milat as they were cell mates in jail who Mick quotes "People talk about Ivan Milat, but he certainly wasn't the worst bloke in there.".
  • Red Baron: "Cutta", "Wollongong Warrior".

Dominic Deligny

Stephen/Steve Gillinder

Jacob Hamilton

Christopher Haseman

"Everybody looks for their true calling in life. Some people spend their whole lives searching for a passion or a hobby that can make them feel satisfied and happy. Fourteen years ago I realised that my calling would be a career in mixed martial arts."
— Chris Haseman in a 2010 interview.

  • A Day in the Limelight: He took part in the ADCC Championship in 1999, but was eliminated by Ricardo Morais at the second round, winning a bronze medal in the 99kg division.
  • The Apprentice: To his father Mark Haseman.
  • Arch-Enemy: Elvis Sinosic.
  • Authority Equals Asskicking: Head of RINGS Australia and its best shooter.
  • Awesome Aussie
  • Badass Family: His father Mark Haseman is an 8th dan jujitsu black belt, was a South Pacific Jiu-Jitsu Champion and is the founder of Tohkon Ryu Ju Jitsu.
  • Badass Teacher: Trained a few of the RINGS Australia guys like Sam Nest. He was also an operational skill instructor for the Queensland police force.
  • Bash Brothers: With Danny Higgins.
  • Big Brother Mentor: To Troy Ittensohn.
  • Cool Teacher: A fitness trainer and started up Fitness Industry Training in 2008.
  • Hidden Depths: Despite being known more for his grappling skills, he also was a somewhat competent striker with a specialty in hook kicks.
  • I Know Karate: Competed in full contact Karate, but mostly known as a black belt in Tohkon Ryu Ju Jitsu. He also did amateur wrestling and even coaches sometimes.
  • Improbable Weapon User: His chin. Like Mikhail Ilyukin before him he defeated two opponents at Caged Combat 1 – Australian Ultimate Fighting with the old chin to the eye submission, they were Hiriwa Te Rangi and Elvis Sinosic. Mario Sperry however was more Genre Savvy and prevented him from using it by getting it banned just before the fight (though according to Haseman, he wouldn’t have have been able to get him with it in the first place since the technique requires complete control and dominance).
  • Leotard of Power: Wore a black with green highlights one for most of his RINGS run.
  • Power Trio: Was the captain of the Australian team along with Danny Higgins and Troy Ittensohn for the World Mega Battle Tournament of 1998.
  • Red Baron: "The Hammer".
  • Took a Level in Badass: Debuted as a rather low ranked fighter for a RINGS branch head, but later ascended the ranks.
  • Ur-Example: Along with Elvis Sinosic, brought MMA to Australia.

Daniel/Danny Higgins

"What’s interesting is that Dan was a full time student of mine when I was fighting pretty much full time and he come through a program and now here we are, Dan Higgins is now my coach and putting me through the places now on the other side. But I’ve got a lot of faith in Dan. I would class him as probably the best MMA coach in the country."
— Chris Haseman

Troy Ittensohn

"I’ve been doing jiu-jitsu since I was 4."

  • The Apprentice: To Mark Haseman.
  • Awesome Aussie
  • Big Brother Mentor: Had one in Chris Haseman.
  • I Know Jiu-Jitsu: A Tohkon Ryu Ju Jitsu practitioner and a South Pacific middleweight jiu jitsu champion. He also trained in amateur wrestling.
  • Jobber
  • Leotard of Power: Wore an amateur wrestling one at least once in RINGS.
  • Power Trio: Was part of the Australian team along with Chris Haseman and Danny Higgins for the World Mega Battle Tournament of 1998.
  • Private Profit Prison: Now owns and operates MTC Broadspectrum, which operates 26 correctional facilities and detention centres in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.

Kelly Jacobs

Maynard Marcum

Malcolm Nay

Sam Nest

Elvis Sinosic

"I'm the sort of fighter that always moves forward. I always fight to win. I never fight to "Not lose". I am always looking for the finish. To me that is the most important thing in a fight. I want to end the fight. If the fight goes to the judges, then I am responsible for any result. Why leave it in someone else's hands?"

Tohkon Ryu Ju Jitsu and RINGS Lismore and Toowoomba Gyms

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MMA & Self Defense Gym
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Toowoomba's Premier Combat Sport Training Centre

Stuart Ashby

Glen Barnett

Daniel Bond

Craig Booth

Kevin Carey

Warwick Dawes

Duncan Downham

Steve Farnell

Derek Ferrari

Mark Haseman

  • Authority Equals Ass Kicking: Is the Vice President and National Tournament Directorof the Australian Ju Jitsu Association, State Director of Coaching for Ju Jitsu in Queensland.
  • Awesome Aussie
  • Badass Family: Is the father of Chris Haseman.
  • Badass Teacher: A Queensland State Ju Jitsu Team Coach, an Australian National Ju Jitsu Team Coach, a World Ju Jitsu Federation Instructor, and an Australian Ju Jitsu Association Instructor.
  • Cool Old Guy
  • I Know Jiu-Jitsu: An 8th dan jujitsu black belt and a multiple time Australian jiu-jitsu champion throughout the 1970s.
  • Non-Action Guy / Retired Badass: In RINGS Australia.
  • Old Master: Has been teaching jiu-jitsu since 1979.
  • Special Guest: He and his students would appear on the RINGS Australia shows to present Tohkon Ryu Ju Jitsu demonstrations as half-time entertainment.
  • Start My Own: The founder of Tohkon Ryu Ju Jitsu.

Cam Herbert

Pete Hickmott

Chad Jappe

Dennis Kefalinos

Sean Kelly

Gary King

Sam Koch

Noah Magnus

  • Awesome Aussie: Is an Australian born of Malaysian Irish decent.
  • Badass Family: His father was a boxer and served in the Malaysian Military.
  • Bouncer: Head of security for Erina Fair.
  • Cool Teacher: Is the head instructor of Magnus MMA. He also is a former control & restraint instructor and taught methods of non-violent restraint to Security Operatives and Law Enforcement Personal.
  • Hidden Depths: Created the Training Awareness Program to rehabilitate young offenders through sport, mentoring and social connectedness.
  • I Know Karate: A 2nd dan black belt, he is also a 3rd dan in Tohkon Ryu Ju Jitsu, and a 4th dan in ninjitsu. He also trained in boxing, amateur wrestling, kempo, Taekwondo, hapkido, kung fu, Muay Thai, silat, savate, arnis, and Judo and is also a Pankration champion.

Daryl Naumann

Joe Neurauter

Damon Paine

Hayden Pollard

Shaun Price

Mark Rebbettes

Al Reynish

Tim Thomas

Kevin Thompson

Colin Turnbull

Mark Williams

Wayne Williams

Others

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Brad Aird

Leigh Brein

Barney Cook

Paul Coonan

Tyrone Crosse

David Frendin

Ryan Harvey

David Krstic

Corey Lang

Deane Lawler

Dustin Matterson

Maurice Mirabito

  • Alliterative Name
  • Awesome Aussie
  • Combat Referee: For judo bouts. He started refereeing as a blue belt at all local and later state events and went on to referee at all state titles, North Qld games, at Australian Intervarsity Games, JFA and Kodokan Nationals , Australian Masters, many Asia Pacific Masters and been a Kata judge, also refereed at the World Masters 1994 and Oceania World Cup Teams Event 2005.
  • Cool Teacher: Is a prominent Australian Judo coach.
  • Hold Up Your Score: Was a judge for RINGS Australia shows.
  • I Know Judo: A 6th dan black belt
  • Teen Genius: In December 1972 he passed his Sho-Dan grading at the age of 17, making him the youngest Judo black ever in Australia.

Tsuyoshi Morikage

Joseph Perry

  • Awesome Aussie
  • Badass Family: One of his brothers, Vincent is also a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt and the owner and head instructor of Potential Unlimited Mixed Martial Arts.
  • Big Brother Mentor: His brother Vincent is this to him.
  • Cool Teacher: Owns and is the head instructor of Ka-Chi Mixed Martial Arts.
  • Hidden Depths: He also runs a business called Glenfield Interiors that renovates kitchens and bathrooms.
  • I Know Karate: A black belt in Shorin Ryu Karate under Peter Williams, who also taught him some form of kung fu. Before that, he started his martial arts training at the Toowoomba boxing club under, at the time one of the best boxers in his division in Australia, Merv Wockner. He later trained with his brother Vincent in Muay Thai, Filipino Arnis and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, in which he is a black belt and is the gold medalist of the 2010 Will/Machado BJJ Nationals in Melbourne at the Brown Belt Masters Division under 94kg.

Kas Seden

Masashi Sugano

Shiro Tenma

Nick Tolewski

Bill Turner

  • Awesome Aussie
  • Combat Referee: Was the referee for RINGS Australia shows.
  • Cool Teacher: Was Chris Haseman’s wrestling coach and was the head instructor and manager of the Operational Skills and Tactics Program for the Queensland Police Service for 13 years. He is now the head trainer of the Best Practice Regulatory Services company.
  • I Know Amateur Wrestling: An Australian national champion.
  • Super Cop: Has a distinguished police career spanning 41 years in the United Kingdom and Australia.

Nathan Woodington

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