Episode 47 - Part 2: Ivan Batinich AKA Gym Pro MMA Fighter, Entrepreneur, Health & Fitness enthusiast, family man and father of 3!
40m | Jul 26, 2021In this Episode we sit down with Ivan Batinich. He's a an NSC Certified personal trainer and Health & Fitness enthusiast, he's a family man and father of 3, he's an entrepreneur and gym and fitness center owner and a professional MMA fighter fighting out of the world famous training center AKA (American Kickboxing Academy) in San Jose, CA.
In Part 2...We talk about him quitting nicotine products and taking his fitness and MMA career more seriously.
Ivan talks about him being a family man being in a committed relationship for 10 years plus and having 3 children ages 5, 3, and 1. He talks about his first child being the catalyst for him taking his MMA career more serious.
We talk about Ivan being part of AKA and his MMA journey. He talks about trying out for AKA after being injured in college and being matched up with future UFC Star Luke Rockhold and got submitted and he ended up quitting his pursuit for MMA at that time. He went on to pursue his career in Arena football. After that didn’t workout his friend Joe Adamo talked him into returning to AKA and he destroyed his friends so he decided to give it another shot.
His first sparring session was with future champion DC Daniel Cormier. Not being afraid to fight anyone he went toe to toe with DC but ended up getting gassed out. This gave him the confidence if he worked on becoming better at MMA he could do well. This was a great episode, enjoy the show!
IVAN BATINICH
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