Andre Fili (MMA Fighter)

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03/08/23 • 63 min

Andre Fili is your new favorite MMA Fighter. Not only is he one of today's most exciting competitors in the UFC, but he is an avid lover of alternative and heavy music. So much so that he started a hardcore band called "Born Breach" who are set to work with legendary producer Will Yip this year. In this interview, we discuss the parallels of coming up as a mixed martial artist and coming up as a musician and how there is an immense amount of hard work for an unknown amount of reward. Also, we dive into his musical endeavors with Born Breach and his upcoming solo projects that he says sounds like "Mac Miller meets Title Fight" which has us really excited.

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