Alexa Pagaduan interview · ข่าว Ireland

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Alexa Pagaduan is a combat sports athlete from Team Fantom, she competes in Various disciplines, such as K1 and MMA Lena caught up with her before her upcoming fight in rumble fighting championship

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Alexa Pagaduan speaks ahead of an upcoming kickboxing bout on Rumble. She describes a fight camp that has been rough, with injuries forcing her to take time off and learn to rest when needed, though she says she is healthy again and happy with how she adapted. She usually walks around about 67–68 kg and will fight at 64 kg for Rumble, calling it a manageable cut because the bout is kickboxing. For the rest of the year she wants one or two MMA fights and several kickboxing and K-1 bouts, with her name down for possible October and November bookings abroad that are not yet confirmed. Pagaduan says she started martial arts about four or five years ago when her ex introduced her to a women's self-defense class, initially for fitness and self-defense before she came to love performing for crowds. Most of her MMA fights have been around 61 kg, which she thinks is flyweight; she is open to other weights but is staying where she is for now and may drop later if she turns pro. She advises women entering martial arts to do it for themselves and not worry what others think, and says training made her less shy, more confident, more willing to take risks, and more independent.

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Hello, today I'm here with Alexa and yeah, Alexa, so you're fighting on Rumble soon. >> I am, yeah. >> So, what what does day for you during fight camp look like? So, yeah. >> So, my camp for this fight has been kind of rough, so I've had a few ups and downs, but I think that's the whole kind of beauty of it is I've learned to like adapt with all the challenges that keep coming my way. So, overall, I'm quite happy with how this fight camp has gone and I'm just ready to get back in and blow. >> All right. That's good. So, what kind of downs you had? >> Um you know, injuries, you know, yourself, had to take a bit of time off training here and there and just learning to like rest my body when it was needed and like listen to it. Um but that was kind of the main the main challenge of this fight. >> Uh okay, but everything's all right now. >> Everything's all good and I'm back on. >> very good. Do you have to cut a lot of weight for this fight or are you comfortable on with the weight you walk you walk around? >> Um so, I usually walk around about 67 68 and I'm fighting at 64 for this fight. So, it's not a major cut. I I actually I'm going into this and I feel quite good. Um so, yeah, it's not a major cut because it's only kickboxing and >> Okay. Uh that's good. So, what what what's next after Rumble like? Do you have any plans or any goals you want to achieve until the end of the year? >> Ideally, I'd love to get one or two more MMA fights in. I know my name's down for a a few kickboxing and K1 fights. Um I think October and November. Possibly abroad. I'm not too sure yet. Nothing's been confirmed. But yeah, that's the goal anyway, to get one or two MMA fights and then a couple kickboxing fights as well by the end of the year. >> Oh lovely. Oh, that's good. So, um actually, what's the like what was the reason you started martial arts? So, what who or what got you into >> So, I started martial arts about I want to say 4 or 5 years ago. And my ex actually introduced me to it as like a women's self-defense class. So, I started mainly just for fitness. And then over time it became a way to like protect myself and defend myself. And then I just kept doing it. Um and now I do it, too. Obviously protect myself, but I genuinely love just performing in front of a crowd and like putting on a good performance. >> Okay. Oh, that's good. So, Yeah. Have you ever considered to fighting in other weight class? So, like you go up a weight class or even lower? >> I'm open to do any weight to be honest. At the minute the majority of my MMA fights have been like 61 kilos. Um which I think is that flyweight. I can't even remember. But um I will eventually have to drop down at some point. But right now I'm taking my time. You know, I'm figuring out what fits my body. Um but for now I'm staying where I'm at. And then hopefully in the future maybe if I go pro, then I'll go down. >> Okay. Well, um so you know, it's hard for women to be in martial arts because it's obviously a man male-dominated sport. So, do you have any kind of tips or anything for the girls out there that would like to start, but are not confident enough or anything to go for it? >> Just do it for yourself, to be honest. Don't worry about what anyone else around you has to say. Like the reason why I do this is for me. And that's why I've Sorry, I'm like stuttering every now and again. Let me answer that one more time. >> [laughter] >> Okay. >> Um for any girls out there, do it for yourself. Do it to make you proud. Um at the end of the day you chose to be here or you're choosing to put yourself at age so that would be my piece of advice is to do it for yourself. >> Yeah. Okay. And what what uh always Sorry. >> So both of us are just like flustered. >> [laughter] [gasps] >> Uh Now [snorts] what what has what have changed for you uh after you started martial arts? So >> Um I used to be really shy, really quiet and like kind of reserved and I feel like the martial arts has definitely made me more confident, you know, I'm more open to risks, more challenges. Like just overall my own personal development I feel like I've improved so much. I feel like I've definitely become more independent. >> Okay. Yeah. [snorts] Yeah. So I have no more questions for you. So Thank you.