Dave Nicholls in an MMA fight
Dave was born in Auckland, and has been doing martial arts since the age of 14. Dave has various belts in Judo, Tae Kwan do, ninjitsu, Go kan Ryu Karate, a 1st degree black belt in Zen do Kai and a puple belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. After training in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu with Brazilian Top Team in London under 5 time world Champion Ze Marcello and Eduardo Cariello Dave competed and won medals in several British tournaments. Dave decided to take the next step and start competing in Mixed Martial arts. Dave has since fought in Wales, New Zealand and Australia, with wins grappling, MMA, and kickboxing.
Dave now currently trains under Grand Master Hamish Robertson at Auckland MMA and hopes to fight again in the future
Highlights from Daves Career are:
- 2005 Bronze Medal Senai British BJJ Open (Blue belt)
- 2005 Bronze Medal British No Gi Submission Champs
- 2006 ADCC UK Qualifiers Quarter finalist
- 2006 Second round Submisison victory AFL MMA Wales
- 2007 Bronze Medal Senai British BJJ Open (Purple Belt)
- 2009 Finalist in ICNZ 4 man middleweight tornament
- 2009 First round submission in Rize 1 Australia
- 2009 First round submission in Rize 3 Australia
- 2009 Ranked 3rd middleweight in NZ MMA by Infinitemma.com
- 2011 Rize 7 title champion (Australia)
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