Elvis Mutapcic blog week 1

Elvis Mutapcic

What’s up everyone, my name is Elvis “The King” Mutapcic.  I was born and raised in Sarajevo, Bosnia along with my older brother (Emir) and my younger brother (Ermin).  When I was 4 years old the Bosnian War started and lasted until I was 9 years old.  Five years after the War was over my family and I moved from Sarajevo, Bosnia to Des Moines, Iowa and have lived here ever since.  Two year after my family and I moved to Des Moines my parents got divorced and my older brother Emir, whom was only 18 at the time, took on the roll of “Dad” and raised my younger brother and me.  If it wasn’t for Emir pushing me to do my best (and then push a little more) I wouldn’t be where I am today; and for that I could never thank him enough!

Ever since I was a little boy I was always drawn toward fighting and martial arts.  While the Bosnian War was going on we had to move out of the city limits; during that time I made a heavy bag and put it in the front yard of the house we were living in.  Whenever I would watch fighting on TV I would practice the moves on the heavy bag; I spent hours outside hitting the bag.  When the war was finally over and we were able to move back to the city I got the opportunity to take my first martial arts class; I took every opportunity to better my fighting skills, even though I was just a boy.

After we moved to the United States I lost touch with martial arts.  As I got older I started getting into trouble street fighting.  One night I went down to Toad Hauler and they were having amateur fight night.  I went back a few more times and really enjoyed what I saw; I decided then that I wanted to try it out.  The first time I participated in a submission competition; the second time I had a kickboxing match.  I enjoyed both the grappling part and the kickboxing part; that’s when I decided I wanted to pursue Mixed Martial Arts.  After those two competitions at Toad Hauler work and other priorities took center stage in my life; the next time I entered into any sort of MMA competition was on opening night of DMX in June of 2007.  After fighting a few times at DMX I was offered a fight at an MCC show.  After two years of training with the Des Moines Mixed Martial Arts Academy, the last five months with Spartan Strength and a few wars in the cage; I finally get the chance to be the MCC Middleweight Champion and take one step close to my dream of someday being in the UFC.

Aside from fighting I also work full time at Helena Industries in Des Moines as a Maintenance Mechanic.  Between training and working I don’t have much free time; on the rare occasion that I have time to relax I like to spend time with my beautiful girlfriend Alicia, my family and friends.

Now that you know a little bit about me and how I got to where I am now, stay tuned weekly until the fight to find out more about my training routine and more.  Hope to see you all out on Wednesday, November 25th for the MCC Thanksgiving Throwdown, as I take on Mike “Mini Van” Van Meer, for the Middleweight Title!