“It’s just experience,” he said. “I’ve had a lot of fights. I’m 14-3. I’ve had over 30 kickboxing fights, a bunch of amateur MMA fights, as well. So it’s just experience that I’ve built up over my whole life and my career,” he said.
“And as well, it’s listening to the corner, you know? I have the best cornermen and the best coaches in the world, and I can tune in to their voices. I can hear it in a stadium of 15,000 people. Whatever they say, I can just go for it and put together all their instructions.”
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With a plethora of experience gained on the regional scene, Rowston has found the jump to world level relatively straightforward so far, and he puts it down to the elite-level training he’s benefited from as part of the City Kickboxing team in Auckland, New Zealand.
“I’ve been operating and training with the best in the world, high-class training partners, so I knew that I’ve always been on this level,” he said. “It’s just been a matter of time until I’ve kind of had my opportunity to show it in front of a crowd on TV in the Octagon.”
