{"id":15459,"date":"2022-01-18T20:10:20","date_gmt":"2022-01-19T04:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.combateglobal.com\/?p=15459"},"modified":"2022-01-18T20:15:53","modified_gmt":"2022-01-19T04:15:53","slug":"combate-global-newcomer-georgie-medina-followed-his-fathers-advice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/combateglobal.com\/en\/combate-global-newcomer-georgie-medina-followed-his-fathers-advice","title":{"rendered":"Combate Global Newcomer Georgie Medina followed his father\u2019s advice"},"content":{"rendered":"

Growing up in the west side of Chicago could be rough, but undefeated amateur mixed martial artist Georgie \u201cLionheart\u201d Medina counted on his father\u2019s motivation to supersede in his life.<\/p>\n

Medina, who will debut in Combate Global professionally this year, has an illustrious amateur background going 9-0 in MMA and 10-1 in Muay Thai. He earned three belts in three different weight classes including a national Muay Thai championship. His last amateur bout was in May.<\/p>\n

But raised in a rough area, it wasn\u2019t an easy path to get to where he is currently today.<\/p>\n

\u201cI grew up in the west side of Chicago surrounded by gang activity, drugs, crime poverty, and a broken school system,\u201d he said.\u00a0 \u201cI feel like this was already a set back to life, but with the guidance of my parents we overcame adversity something my dad would say champions do all the time.\u201d<\/p>\n

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