"I put my career aside, the country is more important than everything": the MMA fighter who fought in Gaza in a special interview | Israel today. Eli Aharonov (27) took his first steps in martial arts at the age of 6.
He was a "problem" child who needed to release energy, and the judo class was the way to do that. Eli progressed quickly, and last April the moment of truth came when he met the American Zachary Reese in a fight for the direct ticket to the UFC.