February 04, 2023

#183 - Justin "Lockjaw" Van Heerden: From Johannesburg to Australia, bullying, parenting, training regimes, title wins, and realising dreams.

2 hours 35 minutes

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Justin "Lockjaw" Van Heerden is the current Australian Eternal MMA Featherweight champion. In this week's episode, Justin discusses:

Life growing up in South Africa,
His family's decision to move to Australia
Being subjected to bullying at school
Becoming a father
The importance of positive co-parenting relationships
His Australian title
His current injury preventing him from a title defence fight
Being a co-host on the Fight Talk Down Under podcast
His Journalism degree
Training under the tutelage of Joe Lopez and the pound for pound UFC champion Alex Volkanovski at Freestyle Fighting Gym

I loved getting to know Justin, and was so intrigued by his back story. It wasn't what I expected at all and he was yet another personal reminder to me to NOT JUDGE A BOOK BY IT'S COVER!

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February 04, 2023

#183 - Justin "Lockjaw" Van Heerden: From Johannesburg to Australia, bullying, parenting, training regimes, title wins, and realising dreams.

2 hours 35 minutes

Send us a text

Justin "Lockjaw" Van Heerden is the current Australian Eternal MMA Featherweight champion. In this week's episode, Justin discusses:

Life growing up in South Africa,
His family's decision to move to Australia
Being subjected to bullying at school
Becoming a father
The importance of positive co-parenting relationships
His Australian title
His current injury preventing him from a title defence fight
Being a co-host on the Fight Talk Down Under podcast
His Journalism degree
Training under the tutelage of Joe Lopez and the pound for pound UFC champion Alex Volkanovski at Freestyle Fighting Gym