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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 6𝖋𝖙 5, 𝖀𝖑𝖙𝖗𝖆 𝕳𝖊𝖆𝖛𝖞𝖜𝖊𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙 𝖘𝖚𝖇𝖒𝖎𝖘𝖘𝖎𝖔𝖓 𝖌𝖗𝖆𝖕𝖕𝖑𝖊𝖗 𝖐𝖓𝖔𝖜𝖓 𝖆𝖘 ‘𝖀𝖈𝖍𝖎𝕸𝖆𝖙𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖜’ 𝖆𝖓𝖉 ‘𝕸𝖔𝖚𝖓𝖙𝖆𝖎𝖓’
@markmacqueencoaching 🦾

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You learn the most about yourself in the fire. Never turned down a challenge since I started grappling 🤼 🔥

Grateful for the opportunity to compete on @nurograppling against such a game opponent … a huge thanks to @rhesusbel for capturing these. 🤝 📸

Thank you to @markmacqueencoaching for getting me in my best shape yet for this. Onwards! 🫡

@carlsongracie_farnborough

P.s. would be rude not to select my walk out music for this post. 👊🏼

Thank you to @jodiegatenby_x for supporting me mat side and doing so much behind the scenes ❤️

#grappling #competition #nogi #wrestling #progress by @uchimatthew

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Locked in 🔐 at the @ibjjf London International Open recently.

Looking forward to many more of these moments this year 🙌🏼 🤼

@remiwhitephotography @grapple.culture 📸 👏🏼

@markmacqueencoaching 🦾
@carlsongracie_farnborough 🫡

#heavyweight #purplebelt #grappling #brazilianjiujitsu #martialartist taken in Crystal Palace National Sports Centre by @uchimatthew

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End of a chapter. 🔵 > 🟣

Yesterday I was delighted to be promoted to purple belt by @seanwhyte_bjj at the @carlsongracie_farnborough grading. It all still feels very surreal! But also extremely gratifying. 🙌🏼

That’s because the past 3 years at blue was an intentionally challenging journey for me, here are the highlights:

ADCC Trials twice ✔️
European No Gi ✔️
Four Super fights ✔️
I must be closing in on 40 competitions since white belt. ✔️
I’ve competed abroad in Poland, Croatia, Belgium and Italy ✔️

I knew that if I wanted to become the best version of myself as a grappler, I needed to throw myself into the fire as early as possible. I’d like to thank @hpucoaching especially on that front, for his mentorship and encouragement to step into the unknown, to take leaps I wouldn’t have taken otherwise. 📈

I’d also like to give a big shout out to the following coaches who’ve had a massive impact on my game - I really appreciate the technical guidance and wisdom that has been shared with me over the past 3 years. 🤝🏼

@seanwhyte_bjj @windsor_maidenhead_sub_grapple @owenlivesey @eoghanoflanagan @silviunastasa @markmacqueen2 @hpucoaching @lucusnorth @benfletcherjudo92

And also to the following gyms 💪🏼:

@carlsongracie_farnborough
@carlsongraciehull
@submission_grappling_club
@losbanditosclub
@subzone_fight_academy

It was also a blast to attend my first of many @carlsongracie_farnborough gradings yesterday. 💥 lots of technique drills followed by a comp round in the gi and the notorious belt beat down by my over eager training partners and coaches at the end. 😂😂

One thing is for certain, the deeper I get into this martial art that has changed my life in innumerable ways. The more I know I have to learn! Stoked to keep pushing on and enjoying the process as a 🟣 belt, and for much of the same on the competition scene! 🥋

Let’s go! 🫡 🔥

@markmacqueencoaching S&C 🦾
@jodiegatenby_x ❤️

#bjj #brazilianjiujitsu #purplebelt #promotion #2025 taken in Carlson Gracie Farnborough by @uchimatthew

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Taking no prisoners - not even @jodiegatenby_x 😂❤️🤼‍♂️

Recent open mat pictures - big shout out to @adam1kar (@hook_grappling) and @jamesihezue (@rgamarlow)for capturing these. 🫡 📸💥

@markmacqueencoaching S&C 🦾

#grappling #heavyweight #purplebelt #nogi #goodtimes by @uchimatthew

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Gordon Ryan Experience in Budapest 🇭🇺 ✈️ ADCC 2026 in Krakow. 🇵🇱

Back in the UK and reflecting on the best couple of weeks that I’ve spent in a long time! Also a special trip in that it was mine and @jodiegatenby_x first trip abroad. (She joined me for the ADCC portion of the trip) ❤️

Grateful for everyone that I shared these moments with 🫶🏼 - feeling refreshed, inspired and ready to get back to a routine.
💪🏼

#ADCC #travelling #budapest #poland #grappling taken in Kraków, Poland by @uchimatthew

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23 days ago

5 days of full immersion in Budapest 🇭🇺 at the @gordonlovesjiujitsu experience learning directly from the 🐐

There’s a famous quote by Albert Einstein that this seminar reminded me of “if you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough”

Gordon’s ability to distill world class technique which has helped him achieve unparalleled dominance in the sport, into actionable, repeatable steps that even a gym bro purple belt like me can understand and implement easily was second to none. 😅👌🏼

Not only this, the conceptual and experiential wisdom that Gordon shared with me and the group, will stay with me for a very long time. 📈

I feel like I’ve really started to connect the dots on positions I was struggling with and I’m looking forward to taking what I’ve learnt and ingraining it into my training and game moving forward! 🙌🏼

A huge thanks again to the champ and also @hadesjiujitsu for facilitating this camp. 🤝

Next stop. Krakow! 🇵🇱 to watch @adccworld ‘s live. 🔥

#goat #brazilianjiujitsu #submissiongrappling #progress #seminar taken in Budapest, Hungary by @uchimatthew

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Cam back Mathew 😢 by @uchimatthew

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Super happy to get this match back over the line 💥

After unfortunate circumstances we couldn’t see this on Nuro 2 but now we are back and we get to experience this great match up 🚀

@bobbyleescott_95 is one of the north east’s best and we are glad to finally have him step foot on our mats, Bobby steps up in weight for this matchup 💥⚔️

@uchimatthew travels from @carlsongracie_farnborough to play his part in this open weight match up ‼️ We can’t wait to see what he brings ⚔️

What a match this is going to be 🧨

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“Built for a bad day - not a beach day” - unknown. 📈

I haven’t posted a deadlift update since March so here we are. 265KG for 5 for an all time rep PB earlier. Working to an RPE 8. 🦾 When I attempted this back in March strapless I failed on 4 so this is huge progress. 📈

Adding the straps back in for just my final warm up, top set and back downs has been very refreshing. I can just focus on my technique and me vs the weight now. 🙌🏼

All set for a 270KG for 5 attempt next week which would be a two rep PB. 🔥

Let’s go. 👊🏼

@markmacqueencoaching
@arc_gym

#deadlift #personalbest #heavyweight #progress #powerlifting taken in ARC Gym by @uchimatthew

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When I hit my all time one rep max on bench of 170KG with @oe_pt - I never expected to be taking that for a triple 5 years later (whilst grappling at the same time). 👀 🔥

Huge session earlier to finish this block. I’ve hit four new PB’s this week:

💥 170KG x3 on bench - a lifetime PB which felt easy and like I had more. 🤯
💥 100KG x3 strict on OHP, which is also a technique/form PB for me.
💥 70KG on each side for Bulgarian split squats.
💥 270KG x3 on conventional deadlifts strapless.

The whole team is flourishing at the moment. If you want to elevate your training and fitness goals in 2026. @markmacqueencoaching is your man to help you achieve them. 🫡

@arc_gym
@arctreatmentbox

#powerlifting #grappling #heavyweight #bench #personalbest taken in ARC Gym by @uchimatthew

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Second to final weights session of the block got smoked earlier. 💥

Mad to be in a position where you’re achieving PB’s in the weights room but you also know there’s still lots being left on the table. 👀 this is supposed to be me pulling it back for my super fight next weekend. 😂

165KG x3 PB on bench. 🔥 This felt ridiculously easy. Honestly like a warm up set to a weight much heavier. I messed up the bar path on the third rep and it still flew. My all time one rep max is 170KG and it’s safe to say I’m tracking well above that now.

105KG for 3 on OHP 🔥 first rep was completely strict and the following reps had a slight use of leg drive. Very happy with this too. Two back downs of 90KG for 3 followed this - completely strict.

Unequivocally at my all time strongest - and lifting numbers I never imagined would be possible as a grappler first and strength athlete second. Let’s go. 🦾

Also a massive shoutout to @meg_alice__ and @arctreatmentbox for keeping me in one piece on a weekly basis … and helping to make these lifts possible. 🫶🏼

@markmacqueencoaching 🤝
@arc_gym 👊🏼

#powerlifting #grappling #personalbest #heavyweight #progress taken in ARC Gym by @uchimatthew

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The stage is set. The stakes couldn’t be higher‼️
Open weight. No limits. No backing down🔥

@bobbyleescott_95 vs uchimatthew — power and precision, and only one walks away on top⚔️💥

Expect fireworks. Expect war. Expect a main event you won’t forget🏹

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@exilejiujitsu by @uchimatthew

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