Biography(references)Young was born in Napier, New Zealand, He trains at Auckland's City Kickboxing gym where he is the teammate of UFC fighter Israel Adesanya, Dan Hooker and Kai Kara-France. .mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 40px}.mw-parser-output .templatequote .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;padding-left:1.6em;margin-top:0}I wanted to see sporting stars ... especially half-cast people, people of European and Māori decent – the colonised and the coloniser. So many people especially at my age feel very whakamā, feel very shy to let people know that they're Māori because of the stigma attached to it. I feel like Māori is magical and people need to see that magic. My ancestors were warriors, fighting to the death in battle.
Fighter Trivia(references)Young was a builder and foreman prior to competing in MMA professionally.
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UFC: Fight of the Night (One time) vs. Rolando Dy
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