I was born and raised in Kranj, Slovenia a small town, that thankfully had a judo klub. I started training there when I was about 9 or 10 years old. During my teenage years I was fortnute enough to train with the Slovenian national team, which produced a number of Olympic gold medalists.

My own results in judo left something to be desired. My best result was placing second in the National championship as a junior and third as a cadet. When I was 18, I was awarded my black belt 1. dan in judo. Around the same time, the rules of judo were changing in a way that made it a less complete martial arts. There also wasn’t many people my size and age training in the club, so I decided to porsue MMA.

I joined the almost brand new MMA academy in my town, which also to have jiu jitsu classes. I trained in every available class and soon discovered that MMA is ok and all, but jiu jitsu was what I was made to do. During the next 3 years, I competed in both MMA and jiu jitsu. In amateur MMA I compiled a record of 11-1 with 11 first round finishes and one decision loss. In jiu jitsu I remained largely undefeated as a white and blue belt in regional competitions.

In 2012 I began competing internationally, first taking double bronze at the 2012 IBJJF Nogi Europeans. I the same year I also became sponsored by Scramble, which helped me compete more frequently. In 2013 I left Slovenia for a year to train at what is now Berszerkers team Warsaw. In 2015 I left first for Norway and eventually Dublin, Ireland. There I finished my masters degree and much more importantly earned my brown belt under Darragh O’Conaill. Even more importantly it was around that time that I began competing on Polaris Professional, so far amasing a record of 3-1.

For the last few years, my wife and I have been travelling around the world (link to /travel), training at academies like Renzo Gracie Academy NYC, Atos San Diego, Absolute MMA St. Kilda, Carpe Diem Tokyo and many, many more.