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No questioning Joey G's heart
Middleweight looking to make his mark at MFC 19
By MFC Staff
When it comes to getting the job done, Joey Gorczynski is a hard-working, blue-collar guy who finishes what he's started.
A 13-3 record shows "Joey G" has certainly proven that when given the opportunity he will accept the challenge before him
and overcome the obstacle - a theme that he adopted in the face of severe adversity. The Oklahoma native will get the
biggest break of his blossoming career at MFC 19: Long Time Coming when he meets Kyle Sanford on the televised HDNet
Fights segment of the card from the River Cree Resort and Casino.
With a solid background in wrestling and a developing stand-up attack, Gorczynski is becoming a more complete fighter every
day. One area that Gorczynski has never lacked is heart and determination. Those qualities have taken him from the brink of
a career-threatening injury to becoming a fighter capable of re-energizing the MFC's middleweight division.
"I come to fight. No one can ever question my heart and no one will ever say I gave up," said Gorczynski, who proved to be
a fighter outside the ring as well. A three-time state champion and high school All-American, Gorczynski moved onto to the
college ranks but in the midst of a two-month undefeated run, he suffered a neck injury.
An initial misdiagnosis by team trainers led Gorczynski to continue competing but eventually the issue became too much to
handle and it was finally determined that he had continued to battle with two broken vertebras. His parents and doctors
recommended that he never compete again yet after a two-year layoff from action, Gorczynski came back -- not as the well-decorated
wrestler but as a mixed martial arts fighter.
Now 24, Gorczynski comes to the MFC riding the second six-fight winning streak of his career although he feels this time around
he'll be a decided underdog against the larger Sanford, who is a teammate of MFC light heavyweight champion Roger "The Hulk"
Hollett. Still there's no doubting the inner confidence that Gorczynski exudes as he finished up his final preparations for the
encounter.
"I know that if I don't do the right things I could get my ass kicked but if I do the right things I know I'm going to win,"
said Gorczynski, who goes solo in preparing for a fight.
"I do everything on my own - no trainer. I control everything which is what I like because that's the way it is when you fight
- you're on your own. This is an important step for me. I've kicked pretty much everybody's ass in Oklahoma and the surrounding
states so I need to move up.
"For a while I was relying too much on my wrestling but now I'm throwing combinations and really been focused on using my hands.
I'm going to try and knock him out but if I can't knock him out, I'm still going to be able to take him down and then pound him
some more. I know a few things about him but I never rely on one game plan. I think I've got a few things up my sleeve."
And that isn't the only trick Gorczynski has in the works, although the other one is more of a tinkering to his own mental
strategy to a fight. Unlike the preparation for the majority of his past fights, Gorczynski is making the trek to the MFC with
a more light-hearted and relaxed approach.
"I'm looking forward to making a bit of a switch," he explained. "When I went to Las Vegas and New Mexico for fights I considered
them business trips. This time I want to take it more like a vacation. I've done all my hard work in training and now I need to
go on a good vacation. I'm going to have a fun time and chill before the fight and not be so uptight which I think really
effected me before."
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