Elvis Sinosic

Elvis Sinosic
Born	(1971-02-13) 13 February 1971 Canberra, Australia
Other names	The King of Rock n' Rumble
Residence	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Nationality	Australian
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight	205 lb (93 kg; 14.6 st)
Division	205
Reach	77.5 in (197 cm)
Stance	Orthodox
Fighting out of	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Team	Sinosic-Perosh Martial Arts
Rank	black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Rigan Machado     1st degree black belt in Taekwondo     yellow rope in Capoeira     Orange belt in Judo     brown belt in Silat Full instructor in Eskrima Full instructor in Muay Thai
Years active	1997-2007
Mixed martial arts record
Total	21
Wins	8
By knockout	4
By submission	4
Losses	11
By knockout	7
By decision	4
Draws	2
Other information
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog

Elvis Sinosic (born 13 February 1971 in Canberra) 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. Sinosic's began Brazilian Jiu Jitsu around 25 of age where he holds an 8th dan black belt and he has also 1st dan black belt in taekwondo, which was his first style.

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 Australian to fight for a UFC World Championship (UFC 32 vs. Tito Ortiz). 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 is good friends with Australian actor Michael Bray, who recently starred in Smooth Criminal with Johnny Boxer

Sinosic claimed to be the first person to perform a Gogoplata in MMA competition, although his opponent did not submit.

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  Sinosic's attempted Gogoplata vs. Tamura, 14 October 1997

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	1 December 2007	1	0:21	London, United Kingdom
Loss	8–10–2	Michael Bisping	TKO (punches)	UFC 70	21 April 2007	2	1:40	Manchester, United Kingdom	Fight of the Night.
Win	8–9–2	Mark Epstein	Submission (armbar)	Cage Rage 19	9 December 2006	1	2:37	London, United Kingdom
Win	7–9–2	Shamoji Fuji	Submission (armbar)	Xplosion	30 September 2006	1	2:40	Sydney, Australia
Loss	6–9–2	Alessio Sakara	Decision (unanimous)	UFC 57: Liddell vs. Couture 3	4 February 2006	3	5:00	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Loss	6–8–2	Forrest Griffin	KO (punches)	UFC 55: Fury	7 October 2005	1	3:30	Uncasville, Connecticut, United States
Draw	6–7–2	Daijiro Matsui	Draw	Pancrase: Spiral 5	10 July 2005	2	5:00	Yokohama, Japan
Win	6–7–1	Roberto Traven	KO (punch)	WR 1 – Warriors Realm 1	3 September 2004	2		Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Loss	5–7–1	Sanae Kikuta	Decision (unanimous)	Pancrase - 10th Anniversary Show	31 August 2003	3	5:00	Tokyo, Japan
Win	5–6–1	August Wallen	Submission (armbar)	FE 3 – Fighter Extreme 3	2 May 2003	1	5:36	Stockholm, Sweden
Loss	4–6–1	Renato Sobral	Decision (unanimous)	UFC 38	13 July 2002	3	5:00	London, United Kingdom
Loss	4–5–1	Evan Tanner	TKO (doctor stoppage)	UFC 36	22 March 2002	1	2:06	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Loss	4–4–1	Tito Ortiz	TKO (punches and elbows)	UFC 32	29 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	23 February 2001	1	2:59	Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Loss	3–3–1	Frank Shamrock	Decision	K-1 Grand Prix 2000 Final	12 December 2000	5	3:00	Tokyo, Japan
Draw	3–2–1	Dave Beneteau	Draw	UCC 1 – The New Beginning	2 June 2000	2	10:00	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Loss	3–2	Al Reynish	TKO (retirement)	Rings Australia: NR2	13 September 1998	1	7:52	Australia
Win	3–1	Daniel Bond	TKO	AVT – Australia Vale Tudo	16 November 1997	1		Australia
Win	2–1	Kevin McConachie	TKO	AVT – Australia Vale Tudo	16 November 1997	1		Australia
Loss	1–1	Chris Haseman	TKO (chin to the eye)	Caged Combat 1 – Australian Ultimate Fighting	22 March 1997	1	2:47	Sydney, Australia
Win	1–0	Matt Rocca	TKO (submission to strikes)	Caged Combat 1 – Australian Ultimate Fighting	22 March 1997	1	0:41	Sydney, Australia

• Sherdog.com. Retrieved 20 July 2006.
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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, Filipino martial arts, Kempo Karate, Muay Thai, kickboxing, mixed martial arts, wrestling and yoga.

External links

• Official website
• Professional MMA record for Elvis Sinosic from Sherdog
• Elvis Sinosic's Official MySpace
• Official Facebook Page