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Alavanca gym's Mikey Galea is a young BJJ champion hailing from Sydney Australia. Having won several titles in the sport he is setting his sights on world competition before potentially transitioning to MMA in the future. Interview details below:
00:00 Introduction
00:15 Alavanca Gym
00:46 Mikey's attacking BJJ style
01:50 Mikey Musumeci
02:45 Favourite submissions
03:43 Start in the sport
04:48 Family of strikers but doing BJJ
05:22 Gi or no-gi and nosebleed
06:34 Competing since young, grounding in BJJ
08:25 Training overseas and wrestling
10:32 Complexity of BJJ vs other arts
12:05 Standup training
13:10 Other training
14:15 Thoughts on injuries in grappling
15:57 BJJ for self defence
18:37 BJJ in MMA
21:23 Benefits of BJJ
23:14 Fighting family
23:38 Psychology in competition
26:00 2026 and beyond
27:45 Conclusion
By TobyAlavanca gym's Mikey Galea is a young BJJ champion hailing from Sydney Australia. Having won several titles in the sport he is setting his sights on world competition before potentially transitioning to MMA in the future. Interview details below:
00:00 Introduction
00:15 Alavanca Gym
00:46 Mikey's attacking BJJ style
01:50 Mikey Musumeci
02:45 Favourite submissions
03:43 Start in the sport
04:48 Family of strikers but doing BJJ
05:22 Gi or no-gi and nosebleed
06:34 Competing since young, grounding in BJJ
08:25 Training overseas and wrestling
10:32 Complexity of BJJ vs other arts
12:05 Standup training
13:10 Other training
14:15 Thoughts on injuries in grappling
15:57 BJJ for self defence
18:37 BJJ in MMA
21:23 Benefits of BJJ
23:14 Fighting family
23:38 Psychology in competition
26:00 2026 and beyond
27:45 Conclusion