Matt cain from Intergrated Martial Arts in Brisbane is set to face Liu Wenbo on the upcoming Legends 7 MMA show in Macau. Here is an interview that MMA Orient did with Matt
Matt Cain (9-6-2) was born in Otahuhu in South Auckland NZ and lived there with his mum and grand parents until he was 5. Matt’s family then moved to Dunedin which is in the southern area of the south island of NZ where he lived until he was 10 before moving to Melbourne, Australia. Finally he moved to sunny Queensland in 1992.
Matt always excelled in sports making representative sides in basketball, cricket, football and softball. He never really had a great interest in doing martial arts, although he definitely respected each and every martial art, even more so now. The extent of his martial arts as a young fella was watching Bruce Lee movies, but as for actually getting his hands dirty eh…not so much. A mate got him into watching these UFC videos for a while and they thought they were great, they had no idea about this bjj stuff but were amazed that a guy so much smaller than everyone else could beat them with such ease! This was about 2001, so with a passion to become one of these grappling wizards he hunted down a bjj school in Norman Park; it wasn’t Gracie Jiu Jitsu but they were willing to give it a try.
Once Matt had started to prove himself in the gym, and being one of 5 Matt’s in the class, it was decided that he needed a nickname. This is the start of the “Rolling Bear” name which now follows Matt into the cage for his fights. One night after training, Matt and a couple of the boys sat out the front of the gym and went through some possibilities. After about an hour of deliberating one of the boys said, “So what’s your ancestry?” Matt told them that as far back as his family has been able to trace his ancestory they are descendants of the American Indians, so using “Running Bear” as a base and combining that with the grappling the choice became obvious and “Rolling Bear” was born.
To read the full interview visit www.MMAOrient.com
