Elvis Sinosic


Elvis Sinosic is an Australian retired professional mixed martial artist who competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He also competed in the Cage Rage Championships, K-1, and Pancrase.
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Biography

Sinosic was born in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, to Croatian immigrant parents, and now resides in Sydney, New South Wales. He currently owns and runs Kings Academy of Martial Arts 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, Tae Kwon Do, Boxing, Jeet Kune Do, Kali, Silat, Muay Thai, Capoeira, Judo, Shootfighting, 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 Fox Sports Australia 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, and was the first Australian to fight in an MMA match in K-1 when he lost at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2000 vs Frank Shamrock. Mr Sinosic was also the first Australian to fight in the UFC – UFC 30 vs Jeremy Horn – his only winning performance with the organization, where he was the first Australian to fight for a UFC World Championship.

UFC career

Sinosic's last fight in the UFC was a loss to Michael Bisping due to TKO at UFC 70. 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 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.

Political career

Sinosic contested the electorate of Blaxland for the United Australia Party 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 legislative council ticket at the 2023 NSW state election.
At the 2024 New South Wales local elections, Sinosic is again contesting for the Liberal Democrats, 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 Next starring Nicolas Cage and Jessica Biel. He also appeared in the movie Gods of Egypt.
He appeared at All-Star Wrestling Australia to make his professional wrestling debut.
Sinosic 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