Cam Rowston is a 10-3 professional mixed martial artist who trains out of the world famous City Kickboxing in New Zealand under the great Eugene Bareman. Cam was born an raised in Sydney, NSW but made the trip over back in 2019 to chase his UFC dream. Cam recently featured in Dana White Contender Series where he competed for a UFC contract, unfortunately coming up short against American Torrez Finney.

Timecodes:

00:00 - Intro

4:00 - Cats

06:05 - Balancing Life & MMA

07:21 - City Kick Boxing

16:50 - Finding A Home In New Zealand

17:38 - Day To Day Life

18:25 - Dana White Contender Series

22:10 - Fight vs Blair Bretag on Eternal

24:40 - Why MMA

26:42 - Fight vs Alfred Stoddart Eternal Sydney

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Jimmy Crute is a 12-4-1 professional MMA fighter out of Melbourne in Australia. He competes at UFC 312 in Sydney against Renato Bellato at 205lbs. Jimmy looks to rebound from a spate of recent losses and remind everyone just how good he can be. Jimmy has found Christianity and states how that has helped his UFC journey and life!

Jono Micallef is a 7-1 professional MMA fighter out of Melbourne in Australia. He was recently awarded a UFC contract for his win on Dana White Contender Series. He is the former  @HEXFIGHTSERIESAU  welterweight champion. On February 9th, for his UFC debut, he takes on another former Hex FS 170lb champion in Kevin Jousset at UFC 312 in Sydney.

David Martinez is a former 2-time  @EternalMMA  lightweight champion and after a brief rivalry with the scale is headed up to welterweight to challenge Irishman Stephen Costello for the Welterweight crown on February 9th in Sydney.

Jackson Weir-White is a 2-0 professional MMA fighter out of Ipswich in QLD. He trains out of Team Compton and is scheduled to face Dimitri Petridis at Eternal MMA 92 in Sydney, the night before UFC 312.

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Recorded on the 2nd of December 2024, after the 2024 finale (Eternal 90 & 91), this exclusive interview dives into Cam’s journey in MMA, founding Eternal, TV rights, sponsorships, and the financial challenges of promoting.

Cam also opens up about his daughter, UFC fighter Casey O’Neill, her injuries, and another daughter making waves as a promoter.

We cover Eternal MMA’s impact on Australian MMA, the rise of the golden era, future plans for the promotion, and advice for fighters aspiring to make it to the UFC.

Timecodes:

00:00 - Intro

03:34 - Cam O’Neill

04:20 - Disappearing from the media

05:12 - The origin of Eternal MMA

09:45 - Financial misconceptions of promoting

14:56 - Eternal MMA’s goal

16:00 - Selling Eternal MMA

16:40 - Embarrassing moments

19:42 - Picking and choosing fights

26:30 - Exclusive contracts

34:52 - Fighting on a liveable wage

38:20 - MMA on free-to-air

41:38 - Fox Sports & Kayo

42:50 - Issues with other promotions

45:57 - The golden era of Australian MMA

47:30 - Demolition Fight Series

49:40 - Former Eternal athletes

55:00 - MMA sponsorships

1:00:01 - Casey O’Neill in the UFC & injuries

1:03:20 - How he got into MMA

1:08:23 - Why he started Eternal MMA

1:10:20 - Work-life balance

1:11:11 - Pressure to keep going

1:15:04 - Spending money to make money

1:16:15 - Eternal’s best ticket sellers

1:19:10 - Australian MMA origin

1:20:11 - Retiring from MMA

1:23:12 - Setting fighters up for the UFC

1:25:13 - Casey O’Neill

1:27:20 - Being a father

1:30:40 - Regrets

1:32:03 - Being #1

1:38:01 - Eternal’s future

1:41:20 - MMA community

1:43:24 - Streaming vs traditional media

1:47:12 - Building the sport

1:48:41 - Being remembered

1:51:12 - Outro

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