Mike Bronzoulis Interview: MMA Career, UFC

Fred Richani of the Sports Courier. I’m joined by a very special guest. He’s actually in the middle of training right now. He is Mike the Greek Bronzoulis. He’s taking on Brandon faren this Thursday night for AAA MMA cage hostility in the main event. Sir, how are you I’m doing great. Thanks for having me on the show. I really appreciate it. I’m over here at Main Street boxing gym in Houston Texas just get my box on tonight very nice. Now. What’s this experience been like for you for those that don’t. You were on Bellator mma’s reality show fight master and you did pretty damn well had a little setback against the veteran Joe rigs, but you’re back on track right now.

What’s these last few months been like with your new found Fame. It’s been pretty cool. It was a great experience overall, you know, it sucks losing, but I did make it to the finals I beat some really tough guys met a lot of good guys on the show got the Train Randy Couture and the whole Camp. Tim Lane World kickboxing champion and Frank Trigg. MMA Legend. It was awesome. You know, and after the show you know, I just resumed training, you know, it’s been great experience overall? It’s really helped me. And I think it’s gonna really give me a good good experience for this year.

Of course, and I think you do have a lot of upside that people don’t realize, they might look at your age say. All right. He’s 35, but I look at the record. And I see you’ve had no TKO or knockout losses in your career and in a sport where a guy has, you know, 21 22 fights or more. I mean, you know, that’s tough to avoid sometimes how have you been able to avoid taking major damage and being able to continue to progress your career each year. I’m just a real tough guy. You know, I haven’t like you said, I haven’t been TKO or knocked out yet, I haven’t taken a lot of damage in my fights.

It might be because of my style. I have a very different style Unique Style. It’s a brawler style. And I wear guys out I break them mentally physically and emotionally and I don’t know. I’m good at? I’m good at not taking damage. I avoid damage. And you know, it’s really worked to my advantage, you know, I you said yourself. I’m 35 years old. I got a late start in my career. I started Pro fighting about 28 years old. And you know, I’ve got 26 fights now and I’ve barely been hit in my fights to be honest with you, the only real wars. I’ve had, you know, is basically just people trying to take me down to the ground and me fending for my life trying to get back up to my feet.

So I can try to knock them out. So, not a whole lot of people want to engage with me standing up. So, I’ve been pretty fortunate in that area, but I expect it to happen soon, you know, I expect people wanted to engage with me. Of course, and you’re actually a little bit older than Joe rigs, but you’re actually younger in fighter years. So, yeah, I mean, hey sky sky the limit Still Still for you. Now you’re facing Brandon faren and on paper. I mean, you are definitely the favorite on paper a lot of people are going to assume. All right, fight Master finalist, you know, you’re definitely going to win this one pretty handily.

How do you avoid the I guess what they call a trap fight, you know, and maybe not how do you not get caught up in the fact that you are the favorite and that you’re expected to just run over this guy? Well, I mean, this is MMA. We all know anything can happen and you know, my mind doesn’t get the, you know, I don’t my mind doesn’t get the best of me. You know, it’s a real tough game. It’s like chess match, you know, the smarter figh is going to win. Most of the time and you know, I’m just prepared I’m prepared and I don’t overlook Brandon.

I don’t look Overlook Brandon Faron. He’s a tough strong guy. I’m taking this fight out of my weight class close to 180 and you know, I just gotta fight smart. I gotta fight real smart because he’s a tough dude. I got a press L today from trpo MMA saying Johnny Hendrick is going to be cagide. He is a dude. That’s in your weight class. Of course, he’s at the top of the food chain right now is it a little more motivating to see a guy cagide to fight in front of him who to a lot of people might be the uncrowned world champion, man to me.

Honestly, I mean, Johnny Henrick was a great fighter, you know, he’s one. He’s one of the best fighters in the world. But I really don’t think about that too much, you know, I’ve met a lot of great Fighters and at this point in my career, man. You know, we see each other in and out we Corner guys in the UFC were in the back locker room? I know a lot of guys in the UFC. You know, it is what it is, man. This is our job. I don’t get all star struck or nothing like that, you know, he’s a fighter just like me. He’s human just like me.

He bleeds like me and he just happens to be where I want to go. So, you know, it’ll be really nice to meet him, it’ll be an honor to meet him and I have a lot of respect for him. But you know, it really doesn’t. You know, I don’t get too excited about it. All right. And before we go. I don’t want to jinx for the year, obviously you’re focusing on this fight, but what do you hope to accomplish by the Year’s End I hope to be in the UFC by the Year’s in, you know, I’m starting off this year with two fights in January?

I’m trying to line one up for February 1st. So that’ll be three fights in three weeks. I just want to get in the UFC man, you know, I want to retire in the UFC and you know, I want my name to be a household name. I want Mike the Greek. I want everyone to who Mike the Greek is, you know, Spartan, you know, helmet wearing Spartan, you know, there’s not too many Greeks there’s not too many Greeks in the UFC and you know, this is our game. This is our Sport and man. I just really feel like I belong in the UFC. Well, we certainly wish you the best of luck, man.

That’s a hell of a schedule. Thanks so much for the time, man. I really appreciate it. Thank you for your time. I really appreciate it, man. God bless take care, man.