MMA fighter Alexander Poniris daring for breakthrough 2025

Greek Australian combatant Alexander Poniris is gearing up for a immense 2025 and looking to ignite his Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) career, starting with an upcoming lucifer adjacent period arsenic helium builds the instauration towards his ultimate dream: getting into the UFC.

Poniris, who works arsenic a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu manager astatine SJJA Gladesville, took a large leap successful his vocation past year when helium featured successful his archetypal nonrecreational outing (losing by technical knockout to Alastair Volders).

The 26-year-old went into that bout with tons of amateur warring acquisition under his belt, having a 6-2 grounds successful MMA, a 1-0 grounds successful Muay Thai on with implicit 50 Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu matches.

The Sydneysider is present aiming to spell a step further and win his archetypal nonrecreational combat successful his debut quality with Australia’s largest MMA organisation, Eternal, facing Mayson Nobetsu astatine the Eternal 92 lawsuit connected February 8.

Poniris views the upcoming combat arsenic the opening of what helium hopes to beryllium a fruitful year.

“With a engaged 2025 planned I will marque some sound and then get my changeable astatine the Eternal featherweight title belt,” the combatant with roots from Lipso, Skopelos and Tripoli told Neos Kosmos.

Alexander Poniris mid-fight. Photo: Supplied

He does not take the accidental lightly, acknowledging Eternal arsenic the champion way for Australian fighters to get into the UFC.

The premier MMA promotion is what inspired him to take up Jiu Jitsu successful 2017, adding to his Taekwondo acquisition which helium began learning astatine the property of 12.

“I was competing successful Taekwondo for 12-13 years, nationally and internationally,” said Poniris, who is simply a two-time nationalist champion and six-time state champion that besides represented Australia astatine the Korea Open successful 2017.

“When I started jiu-jitsu, I fell successful emotion with it straight away. It was something caller and wholly antithetic to Taekwondo.”

The Greek Australian, present a third dan achromatic loop successful Taekwondo and a brownish loop successful Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, is looking to maximise connected the years of training and subject helium has enactment into MMA.

He explained that helium committed to warring aft 8 years of training alongside his main occupation arsenic a carpenter, yet being inspired by his manager to take the leap.

Alexander “The Killer” Poniris sets sights connected a breakthrough year. Photo: Supplied

“One time my Jiu-Jitsu manager said, ‘leave your occupation and travel and work for maine successful the gym teaching kids and you tin train each time and pursuit your imagination of becoming UFC champion’.”

Poniris has been a full-time Jiu-Jitsu manager for three years now, teaching kids and adults successful the day on with his ain training that helium conducts successful the different parts of the day.

“I perfectly emotion the beingness I person created and get to unrecorded each day,” helium said.

“I unrecorded and respire martial arts each day, I teach what I americium passionate astir arsenic a job. I person a team with maine who are unthinkable and judge successful maine and I could not bash what I bash without them.”

Poniris remarked that helium has gone done galore highs and lows already and remains excited successful his pursuit of his UFC dream.

“I person made so galore large memories and had astonishing experiences already this aboriginal successful my vocation and I can’t wait to spot what the aboriginal holds.”