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A true martial artist in every sense of the word, Newport’s Wayne Arandjelović has wandered the globe on his martial arts journey, acquiring knowledge from every corner. With over 33 years of experience, his pilgrimage began at age six when his father introduced him to the Korean art of Taekwondo, the discipline that earned him his first black belt and in which he would become a Welsh and British champion. At age fifteen he moved on to Muay Thai, many trips to the Fairtex camp in Bangkok followed. 

Whilst living in Canada he discovered Brazilian Jui jitsu and trained under Trevor Clarkson. 

In 2003 he returned to Wales where he founded Newport MMA, one of the first and most successful MMA schools in Wales. 

His most notable students are Tim Newman , Nathan Beer , Nathan Ford , Rikki Fortuna and Grant worthing where Newman and Beer were consistently ranked in the UK’s top ten at lightweight and featherweight, respectively. 

Wayne guided Newman to the OMMAC and Angrrr Management lightweight titles and Beer to Shock N Awe and Cage Rage featherweight titles , Ford won the Pain Pit lightweight title that became cage warriors , fortuna winning BUDO and UFL title and worthing also winning BUDO title .

Wayne remained active in BJJ, competing at home and abroad earning many titles along the way. As a testimony to this, in 2017 he received his BJJ blackbelt from Pedro Bessa, a belt well accomplished. 

2019 Wayne became head coach of MMA CYMRU .