{"id":363645,"date":"2020-10-08T11:42:29","date_gmt":"2020-10-08T18:42:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=363645"},"modified":"2020-10-08T11:42:29","modified_gmt":"2020-10-08T18:42:29","slug":"the-painter-and-the-fighter-the-duality-of-simon-biyong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/exclusive-interviews\/the-painter-and-the-fighter-the-duality-of-simon-biyong\/","title":{"rendered":"The painter and the fighter: the duality of Simon Biyong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Who is Simon Biyong? A basketball player for an Italian team? A Bellator fighter? Or maybe he is a talented painter?<\/p>\n<p>What is sure, is that he hasn&#8217;t always been a mixed martial artist. Born in 1991 in Yaound\u00e9, Cameroon, the Italian-based fighter recalls his early days as a sportsman.<\/p>\n<p>Before he eventually attended his first MMA class, &#8220;Helml\u00e9&#8221; practiced some team sports, such as football and basketball.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Being born in the nineties, my first approach with the sport was with football,&#8221; Simon Biyong told BJPENN.com. &#8220;The Cameroonian national team was doing well in those days, so I started playing football, just like any other young boy in Cameroon. We were not all that good, though, so I realized that&#8217;s wasn&#8217;t the sport for me. I then switched to basketball, when I was 15. I&#8217;m a tall guy (6&#8217;6&#8243;), so I used all my natural physical gifts to excel in that, and it worked out just better for me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The young Cameroonian then decided he had to bring his talent to Italy, in his pursuit of greatness.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I had a contact in Italy, in Turin. A Cameroonian just like me. He had me staying at his place until I got all my things sorted. Being in a new country is never easy. I had some issues at the beginning, filling all those papers on my own, learning the language, adapting to a different culture,&#8221; Biyong remembers.<\/p>\n<p>His time in Turin didn&#8217;t last long. The young artist was looking for a Fine Arts academy and he found one some miles away, in Genoa.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I started studying at Ligustica Fine Arts Academy in Genoa. Meanwhile, I found myself a basketball team to continue playing it, and joined the Varazze basketball team. My first season with them didn&#8217;t go as I wished. So, I started looking for a different sport, an individual one. I didn&#8217;t want to play team sports again. In a team, you have guys that work harder than others. I started getting frustrated about this and found peace in mixed martial arts. I had never practiced martial arts or combat sports before, but I was watching it on TV, so I kind of know what it was about. I never thought I could compete, that I could fight against another man, but here we are.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Simon Biyong, though, is not only a man who punches people in the face to make a living. He&#8217;s also a skilled painter.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Art has always been part of me,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I draw since I was a kid, I always liked to express my feeling through drawings, colors. It&#8217;s not that different from mixed martial arts. It&#8217;s still art. Martial arts make people express themselves through their bodies. Also, to manage both of these arts you have to work the hardest to reach your goals. I&#8217;ve been educated to give my best to reach my goals through hard work and sweat. Moreover, painting and martial arts teach me to be patient, to have a routine to be the best version of myself.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_363764\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-363764\" style=\"width: 699px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-363764\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Simon-Biyong-2.jpg\" alt=\"Simon Biyong\" width=\"699\" height=\"1048\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Simon-Biyong-2.jpg 699w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Simon-Biyong-2-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Simon-Biyong-2-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Simon-Biyong-2-696x1044.jpg 696w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Simon-Biyong-2-280x420.jpg 280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 699px) 100vw, 699px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-363764\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Gabriel Kudu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Simon Biyong should have clashed with Dutch legend Melvin Manhoef at the first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tapology.com\/fightcenter\/events\/72486-bellator-paris\">major MMA event<\/a> to be held on French soil, but on Wednesday the scrap was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/1santiago_mma\/status\/1313816566262312960\">reportedly called off<\/a>. In fact, hours later, Bellator officially announced that Manhoef will lock horns with former UFC light heavyweight Corey Anderson at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScottCoker\/status\/1313957194841300993?s=20\">Bellator 251<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, Simon Biyong is still waiting for what the future holds for him. Prior to what would have been his Bellator debut, the Italian-Cameroonian had a successful debut in Japanese promotion <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/exclusive-interviews\/simon-biyong-is-chasing-rizin-gold\/\">Rizin Fighting Federation<\/a>. He&#8217;s also the current Extreme Fighting Championship light heavyweight belt-holder.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;EFC is currently on hiatus, Rizin is doing events with only local fighters, due to these COVID restrictions, but I didn&#8217;t want to stay benched for too long, so I quickly caught this Bellator opportunity,&#8221; Biyong concluded. &#8220;I had multiple offers from different major promotions and I have to thank my management, Calibian Sports Management, and my coach Mauro Salis for this. I don&#8217;t know where I&#8217;m fighting next, but I hope it will be soon.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who is Simon Biyong? A basketball player for an Italian team? A Bellator fighter? Or maybe he is a talented painter? What is sure, is that he hasn&#8217;t always been a mixed martial artist. Born in 1991 in Yaound\u00e9, Cameroon, the Italian-based fighter recalls his early days as a sportsman. 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