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Biography
Elvis Sinosic (born 13 February 1971 in Canberra, Australia) is a retired Australian professional mixed martial artist. While he is perhaps best known for his seven-fight stint in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), he has also competed in the Cage Rage Championships, K-1, and Pancrase. He has fought all over the world including Tokyo, London, Montreal, and Las Vegas. He fought for the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship at UFC 32.
Biography
Sinosic was born in Canberra, Australia to Croatian immigrant parents, and now resides in Sydney, Australia. He currently runs Sinosic Perosh Martial Arts SPMA with business and training partner Anthony Perosh. Having trained in various arts for over 20 years which takes back to his early twenties, the "King of Rock N Rumble" has been exposed to a myriad of art forms including: Freestyle Wrestling, Tae Kwon Do, boxing, Jeet kune do, Filipino martial arts, Silat, Muay Thai, Capoeira, Kickboxing, Judo, JB Will Shootfighting, Pankration, Jujutsu and Machado BJJ.
The "King of Rock N Rumble" has been competing on a national level since 1995 and has competed in such prestigious events as the Abu Dhabi World Submission Championships, the Ultimate Fighting Championship and the K-1 Grand Prix as their highlighted superfight as well as Pancrase, RINGS, Warriors Realm, Fighter Extreme, Universal Combat Challenge (UCC) (now called TKO Major League MMA (TKO)), Cage Rage, Australian Vale Tudo Open and Caged Combat.
Mixed martial arts career
Sinosic is a pioneer of Australian Mixed martial arts (MMA). He fought on the first ever Australian MMA show - Caged Combat. He won the first ever Australia MMA Title - Australian Vale Tudo Heavyweight Champion. He was the first Australian to fight for a World Title (Universal Combat Challenge 1 vs Dave Beneteau). He was the first Australian to fight in an MMA match in K-1 (K-1 World Grand Prix 2000 vs Frank Shamrock). He was the first Australian to fight in the UFC (UFC 30 vs Jeremy Horn). He was the first and only Australian to fight for a UFC World Championship (UFC 32 vs. Tito Ortiz) (Mark Hunt is the second closest only fighting for an interim UFC Championship) . Sinosic was the first Australian to commentate on a UFC PPV (UFC 33). Sinosic is also a pioneer in the grappling scene being the first Australian to compete in the ADCC World Submission Wrestling Championships when he competed in the inaugural event in 1998.
UFC career
Sinosic is a UFC veteran holding a record of 1 win and 6 losses within the UFC, contributing to the 8 wins—12 losses—2 draws in his mixed martial arts career. He debuted in 1997 defeating Matt Rocca in Australia. In the year 2000, after an unexpected performance against Frank Shamrock, he made his UFC debut defeating Jeremy Horn by armbar at UFC 30. Sinosic was then offered a match with Tito Ortiz, the then UFC Light Heavyweight Champion at UFC 32 but was defeated in the first round via Technical knockout(TKO).
He has since fought several times in the UFC, with matches against Evan Tanner, Renato Sobral, Forrest Griffin, and Alessio Sakara at UFC 57. Since then he has defeated Shamoji Fuiji and Mark Epstein both by armbar.
Sinosic's last fight in the UFC was a loss to Michael Bisping due to TKO (strikes) at UFC 70. On 21 April 2007, Bisping scored a TKO win over Sinosic at UFC 70 in Manchester, England. Sinosic came out fighting, and Bisping eagerly obliged, firing back before throwing the Australian to the canvas. Bisping then launched into a vicious ground and pound attack, opening up a cut on Sinosic's forehead. In the second round Bisping was knocked down from a knee. Then Sinosic almost secured a kimura. Before Bisping reversed and pounded away until referee Steve Mazzagatti stopped the bout at 1:40 of the second round.
Sinosic was scheduled to return to the octagon in 2010 for a rematch against Chris Haseman at UFC 110, the first UFC event to be held in Australia. However, just days before the fight, Sinosic was forced to withdraw with a shoulder injury.
Post UFC
Sinosic's last fight was a KO loss to Paul Cahoon at Cage Rage 24 on 1 December 2007.
Other media
Sinosic's fight with Forrest Griffin appeared in the 2007 film Next starring Nicolas Cage and Jessica Biel. Elvis has trained notable social activist and former N.S.W Greens candidate Michael Bray; who has spent time pursuing reform in wealth distribution and marriage equality. Elvis appears on UFC Fight Week in Australia as an Analyst. The show occasionally holds a segment known as "MMA 101" in which Elvis shows a short visual demonstration on a particular technique.
Sinosic claimed to be the first person to perform a Gogoplata in MMA competition, although his opponent did not submit.
Sinosic's attempted Gogoplata vs. Tamura, 14 October 1997
According to The Daily Telegraph Sinosic is set to co-anchor a UFC Tonight style show for Fox Sports on Australian pay television network Foxtel called UFC Fight Week that premiered on Thursday, 16 April 2015
Championships and accomplishments
- Ultimate Fighting Championship
- Fight of the Night (One time) vs. Michael Bisping
Mixed martial arts record
| Professional record breakdown | ||
| 21 matches | 8 wins | 11 losses |
| By knockout | 4 | 7 |
| By submission | 4 | 0 |
| By decision | 0 | 4 |
| Draws | 2 | |
| Res. | Record | Opponent | Method | Event | Date | Round | Time | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 8–11–2 | Paul Cahoon | KO (punches) | Cage Rage 24 | 000000002007-12-01-00001 December 2007 | 1 | 0:21 | London, United Kingdom | |
| Loss | 8–10–2 | Michael Bisping | TKO (punches) | UFC 70 | 000000002007-04-21-000021 April 2007 | 2 | 1:40 | Manchester, United Kingdom | Fight of the Night. |
| Win | 8–9–2 | Mark Epstein | Submission (armbar) | Cage Rage 19 | 000000002006-12-09-00009 December 2006 | 1 | 2:37 | London, United Kingdom | |
| Win | 7–9–2 | Shamoji Fuji | Submission (armbar) | Xplosion | 000000002006-09-30-000030 September 2006 | 1 | 2:40 | Sydney, Australia | |
| Loss | 6–9–2 | Alessio Sakara | Decision (unanimous) | UFC 57: Liddell vs. Couture 3 | 000000002006-02-04-00004 February 2006 | 3 | 5:00 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | |
| Loss | 6–8–2 | Forrest Griffin | KO (punches) | UFC 55: Fury | 000000002005-10-07-00007 October 2005 | 1 | 3:30 | Uncasville, Connecticut, United States | |
| Draw | 6–7–2 | Daijiro Matsui | Draw | Pancrase: Spiral 5 | 000000002005-07-10-000010 July 2005 | 2 | 5:00 | Yokohama, Japan | |
| Win | 6–7–1 | Roberto Traven | KO (punch) | WR 1 – Warriors Realm 1 | 000000002004-09-03-00003 September 2004 | 2 | Sunshine Coast, Queensland | ||
| Loss | 5–7–1 | Sanae Kikuta | Decision (unanimous) | Pancrase - 10th Anniversary Show | 000000002003-08-31-000031 August 2003 | 3 | 5:00 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Win | 5–6–1 | August Wallen | Submission (armbar) | FE 3 – Fighter Extreme 3 | 000000002003-05-02-00002 May 2003 | 1 | 5:36 | Stockholm, Sweden | |
| Loss | 4–6–1 | Renato Sobral | Decision (unanimous) | UFC 38 | 000000002002-07-13-000013 July 2002 | 3 | 5:00 | London, United Kingdom | |
| Loss | 4–5–1 | Evan Tanner | TKO (doctor stoppage) | UFC 36 | 000000002002-03-22-000022 March 2002 | 1 | 2:06 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | |
| Loss | 4–4–1 | Tito Ortiz | TKO (punches and elbows) | UFC 32 | 000000002001-06-29-000029 June 2001 | 1 | 3:32 | East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States | For UFC Light Heavyweight Championship |
| Win | 4–3–1 | Jeremy Horn | Submission (triangle armbar) | UFC 30 | 000000002001-02-23-000023 February 2001 | 1 | 2:59 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States | |
| Loss | 3–3–1 | Frank Shamrock | Decision | K-1 Grand Prix 2000 Final | 000000002000-12-12-000012 December 2000 | 5 | 3:00 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Draw | 3–2–1 | Dave Beneteau | Draw | UCC 1 – The New Beginning | 000000002000-06-02-00002 June 2000 | 2 | 10:00 | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | |
| Loss | 3–2 | Al Reynish | TKO (retirement) | Rings Australia: NR2 | 000000001998-09-13-000013 September 1998 | 1 | 7:52 | Australia | |
| Win | 3–1 | Daniel Bond | TKO | AVT – Australia Vale Tudo | 000000001997-11-16-000016 November 1997 | 1 | Australia | ||
| Win | 2–1 | Kevin McConachie | TKO | AVT – Australia Vale Tudo | 000000001997-11-16-000016 November 1997 | 1 | Australia | ||
| Loss | 1–1 | Chris Haseman | TKO (chin to the eye) | Caged Combat 1 – Australian Ultimate Fighting | 000000001997-03-22-000022 March 1997 | 1 | 2:47 | Sydney, Australia | |
| Win | 1–0 | Matt Rocca | TKO (submission to strikes) | Caged Combat 1 – Australian Ultimate Fighting | 000000001997-03-22-000022 March 1997 | 1 | 0:41 | Sydney, Australia |
Sinosic Perosh Martial Arts Academy
Sinosic runs Sinosic Perosh Martial Arts (SPMA), with his business and training partner Anthony Perosh, a martial arts school located in Sydney, Australia teaching Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Muay Thai, kickboxing, mixed martial arts, wrestling and yoga.