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Muhammad Ali's grandson Biaggio Ali-Walsh is putting his football and modelling career on the sidelines to pursue MMA full-time.

Ali-Walsh makes his amateur MMA debut tonight against Devin Rothwell at F usion Fight League. The 23-year-old was signed to the University of California's football team, the Berkeley Bears, but has since ditched to dedicate his future to fighting.

He started training MMA at Xtreme Couture in Las Vegas at the start of Covid-19 pandemic. Over two years later and Ali-Walsh will step into the cage for the first time and he credited the sport for improving his mental state.

After college football I felt very lost and didn’t like where my life was heading," he told FITE TV. "Pursuing MMA makes me feel more emotionally, spiritually, physically, and mentally positive. I did no previous combat sports before MMA. I was always just a huge fan of martial arts and boxing.

"I have been training MMA for about two and a half years now. Covid hit shortly after I began training so there was obviously a little delay but I worked out in the garage during that time. I train everyday two or three times a day. I want to become a champion, the organisation or promotion doesn't matter. I want to make a name for myself and continue the tradition of fighting in my family."

"I would say that growing up in