Mandy Stewart

Record: 2 – 2

Height: 156cm / 5′4″

Weight: 56kg / 125 pounds

Rank: Blue Belt Integrated MMA

In 2001 a friend of mine from High School asked me to come along with her to join a Kickboxing group at the Local PCYC were we trained for a few nights each week under Nathan Stahr and Dominic Delaney.

In 2002 I competed in my first Martial Arts event; the Queensland All styles Martial Arts Championships and I won the Female Open Weight Division. From this I was offered my first Professional Fight on the Spartan Reality Fight Series, which was to be the first Female MMA fight to be held in Australia. I lost my first fight to Fiona Attig by KO at the end of the first round.

It was after this event that I wanted to really learn about the sport of MMA and every aspect of it.

I was then introduced to Dan Higgins and Ian Mellor who ran a Freestyle wrestling club out of the Redcliffe PCYC. This is where I also met Adrian Pang, Kyle Noke, Kelly Jacobs and Sam Nest and continued to train with these guys on a regular basis.