Elvis Sinosic (born 13 February 1971) is an Australian retired professional

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who competed in the

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(UFC). He also competed in the

Cage Rage Championships Cage Rage Championships, also known as Cage Rage, was a United Kingdom-based, mixed martial arts promotion that premiered on 7 September 2002 in London. Cage Rage went into liquidation and is now no longer trading. Cage Rage had been owned and ma ...

K-1 K-1 is a professional kickboxing promotion established in 1993 by karateka Kazuyoshi Ishii. Originally under the ownership of the Fighting and Entertainment Group (FEG), K-1 was considered to be the largest Kickboxing organization in the worl ...

, and

Pancrase is a Japanese mixed martial arts (MMA) promoter (entertainment), promotion company based in Tokyo. It was founded in 1993 by professional wrestlers Masakatsu Funaki and Minoru Suzuki. The name was based on pankration, a fighting sport in the An ...

. Sinosic is currently a political candidate for the Libertarian Party, contesting Bass Hill Ward on Canterbury Bankstown City Council in the 2024 New South Wales local elections.

Biography

Sinosic was born in

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, to Croatian immigrant parents, and now resides in

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. He currently owns and runs Kings Academy of Martial Arts (formerly Sinosic Perosh Martial Arts SPMA) as well as UFC Gym Macarthur Square. Elvis ran SPMA with business and training partner Anthony Perosh for 16 years before Elvis and Anthony split the Academy. Sinosic was exposed to a myriad of art forms including:

Wrestling Wrestling is a martial art, combat sport, and form of entertainment that involves grappling with an opponent and striving to obtain a position of advantage through different throws or techniques, within a given ruleset. Wrestling involves di ...

Tae Kwon Do Taekwondo (; ; ) is a Korean martial art and combat sport involving primarily kicking techniques and punching. "Taekwondo" can be translated as ''tae'' ("strike with foot"), ''kwon'' ("strike with hand"), and ''do'' ("the art or way"). In a ...

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, Kai Shin, and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Elvis was also the first BJJ Pan-Pacific Absolute Champion at the Inaugural event 1999. Elvis worked on the

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Fight Week. Elvis has been running Kings Academy

Mixed martial arts career

Considered to be a pioneer of Australian mixed martial arts, Sinosic fought on the first ever Australian MMA show, Caged Combat. Mr Sinosic competed for and won the first ever Australian MMA title, the Australian Vale Tudo Heavyweight Championship. He was also the first Australian to fight for a nominal World Title (Universal Combat Challenge 1 vs Dave Beneteau), and was the first Australian to fight in an MMA match in

when he lost at the

K-1 World Grand Prix 2000 ''K-1 World Grand Prix 2000 Final'' was a kickboxing event promoted by the K-1 organization. It was the eighth K-1 Grand Prix final, involving eight of the world's top fighters, with all bouts fought under K-1 Rules (100 kg/156-220 lbs) ...

vs Frank Shamrock. Mr Sinosic was also the first Australian to fight in the UFC –

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– his only winning performance with the organization, where he was the first Australian to fight for a UFC World Championship ( UFC 32 in a loss vs.

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UFC career

Sinosic's last fight in the UFC was a loss to

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due to TKO (strikes) at

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. This fight earned him a $30,000 '' Fight of the Night'' award. He was scheduled to return to the octagon in 2010 for a rematch against

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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.

Political career

Sinosic contested the electorate of Blaxland for the

United Australia Party The United Australia Party (UAP) was an Australian political party that was founded in 1931 and dissolved in 1945. The party won four Elections in Australia, federal elections in that time, usually governing Coalition (Australia), in coalition ...

at the 2022 federal election. He was unsuccessful, receiving 6.25% of the vote. Sinosic joined the Liberal Democrats and was on the party's

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ticket at the 2023 NSW state election. At the 2024 New South Wales local elections, Sinosic is again contesting for the Liberal Democrats (renamed to the Libertarian Party), running for Bass Hill Ward on Canterbury-Bankstown City Council.

Professional wrestling career

All-Star Wrestling Australia hosted the professional wrestling debut of former UFC fighter Elvis Sinosic.

Other media

Sinosic's knockout loss to Forrest Griffin appeared in the 2007 film ''

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'' starring

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and

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. Elvis was also cast member and appeared in the movie " Gods of Egypt". He appeared at All-Star Wrestling Australia to make his professional wrestling debut. Elvis also trained popular Australian Martial Artist Michael Bray who he graded to purple belt, who has spent time pursuing reform in wealth distribution and marriage equality.

Championships and accomplishments

** Fight of the Night (One time) vs.

** UFC Encyclopedia Awards *** Fight of the Night (One time) *** Submission of the Night (One time)

Mixed martial arts record

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