Bound for World Championships in Italy

SEVENTEEN year old Lochlan Eadie from Scone has earned a place on the Australian team to compete at the World Pankration Championships in Italy in November.

Mr Eadie won two gold medals at the Australian Pankration Championships in Australia on the weekend representing local academy Jiu Jitsu Dynamix and said he was excited to represent Australia.

Lachlan Eadie with his two gold medals from the weekend Australian Pankration Championships.

“The fact that I will be representing Australia has not really sunk in yet,” said Mr Eadie.

“I won a gold in the 71 kilogram 17 years for grappling and one in fighting,” he said.

“I was able to make both opponents submit, in the grappling it was with a knee bar and with the fighting it was with a triangle,” he said.

“At the Australian Pankration Championships there is only striking below the shoulders, but for the World’s there is full body contact, the competition is more extreme and I am excited about competing at that level,” Lochlan Eadie said.

Pankration is an ancient Olympic sport of fighting which has a close resemblance to the modern sport of mixed martial arts.

Lochlan’s father and coach Rod Eadie said the opportunity to compete at the World Pankration Championships was an important step in Lochlan’s career.

“The opportunity for Lochlan to represent Australia on the world stage will provide the perfect platform for him to build and further his career as a professional mixed martial arts fighter,” said Rod Eadie.

“At the World championships in 2012 the Australian team were amoungst more than 4,000 competitors representing more than 100 countries,” he said.

“The competition is run around the clock and the fighting is intense,” Rod Eadie said.

While the Australian team are provided with some funding, team members also need to source sponsorship to cover the costs of competing.

For sponsorship opportunities or to support Lochlan representing Australia contact Jiu Jitsu Dynamix.