Veckans profil är det finska energiknippet Suvi Salmimies. Det diskuteras allt ifrån Rock n’ roll till hur det är att vara en vandrande naturkatastrof.
Suvi Salmimies (3-0-1) är i början av sin karriär och har kanske inte hunnit skaffa sig en ordentlig fanskara ännu, men det är minst sagt svårt att inte dras med i den positiva aura som omger henne.
MMAnytt bad Salmimies beskriva sig själv för de som inte känner till henne:
” I am energetic like a chipmunk, hardworking like a bee, strong like a lion (a small one cause come on, I am a girl), weird like a tarsiidae and oh yes I can sing like a siren.”
Hur kommer det sig att du trillade in på just MMA? Fanns det någon tidigare erfarenhet av kampsport innan du valde att tävla professionellt i MMA?
”I was preparing for the entrance tests for the police academy in 2011 and thought that I should have some experience in a combat sports. In any combat sport.
That was because I had never even crabbed a persons wrist before and I thought that it would be good to at least have that in my back pocket when I went to the police academy. Well the school lost its way from my path when I fell in love with the hard sport that I now do daily.
I don’t have any other martial arts training but of course I have focused a little bit in particular things in boxing, muay thai and submission wrestling, but only to support my MMA training.”
Så MMA betyder väldigt mycket för dig?
”MMA is a neverending life lesson. You learn as long as you keep on doing it and I think even after that.
And for me it is also a way to get tired. I have a slight ADHD problem.”
Har du satt upp några mål för ditt tävlande?
” I look at it this way: My MMA is like a child sitting on a beanbag chair with like tons of different colored crayons and paints and brushes from which to choose and make yet another stroke to this not even half full canvas. I always concentrate on the next color that I use and draw with… That said I still in the end want to have a finished painting.
I always try to be a happy fighter and my goal in every fight is always that there is nothing that can suprise me. Whatever happens I stay ready during the whole ride.”
Du gick ju din senaste match på Cage 29 tidigare i år. Motståndet stod Karla Benitez (10-8-0-1 NC) för. Vet du något om när du kommer att gå match igen?
” I know nothing. Well I know this thing; I will be more aggressive and the tempo of the fight will be higher than in the previous one against Karla Benitez.”
Vem tror du blir nästa finska fighter i UFC då?
”I am kinda hoping it’s my teammate from Team East Front, Toni Tauru.”
Det är ju inte bara MMA som Suvi Salmimies brinner för, hon sjunger även en hel del. MMAnytt ber henne att berätta lite om den delen av hennes liv:
” I love Rock’n’Roll and I sing it. I perform and get some food on the table with it.
It’s fun and it makes my life fuller and more exciting. I even have my own, I mean truly my own entrance song.
Singing for living is part of my normal day and I think it’s pretty awesome.”
När det nu har blivit dags att runda av pratstunden så får Salmimies chansen att säga något till MMAnytts läsare:
” I am a walking and talking natural disaster,in a good way. So if you ever see me or even could come to see me you should. That’s what we people do. We look at car crashes and accidents about to happen cause we are curious. In me you can do that in a positive way. And I always have time to meet new people and share a few laughs.
if you smile at me I can even share you some of my chocolate… Just maybe.”
