Since he left his job to fully engage in mixed martial arts, Mathieu Rakotondrazanany has been training relentlessly, hoping to turn his big risk into a winning bet. The opportunity offered by HEXAGONE MMA is a springboard not to be missed.

From the outside, Mathieu Rakotondrazanany’s life is far from being the most hectic in the world. “I’m not someone who likes to go out. I prefer to stay quietly at home, enjoy what I have, my family. I’m pretty simple, and martial arts are a very big part of my life. I don’t do much besides training.” Dedicating his heart to the discipline, the Frenchman originally from Malagasy explained he spends his life between Narbonne, where he lives, and Toulouse or Montpellier, where he trains. “I counted, in total, that I do 13 hours of training per week!” If he can afford it, it’s because Mathieu Rakotondrazanany, 27, has put all his eggs into the MMA basket.

“I remain very comfortable standing”

“I’m banking a lot on this career. I stopped working to train twice a day. I give myself the means to succeed. It’s now or never!”
This marks a continuation of a sports career that began very young, with taekwondo punctuated by excursions into French boxing and Thai boxing. “Of course, I had to adapt my taekwondo to MMA, but I am still most comfortable on my legs. A pure striker’s style is that he tries to apply pressure as possible in the cage: In the past year, Mathieu Rakotondrazanany has had four professional outings, perfectly illustrating his desire to succeed. He concludes, “It’s simple, I do everything I can to build myself a good career.”