WINNING by technical knockout is a strange place to be for MMA fighter Jesse "Funky Cold" Medina.

Mildura's submission specialist has won the majority of his professional MMA bouts by making his opponent tap out, but that was always going to be a tough ask against experienced grappler Rodolfo Marques.

However, a third-round stoppage against the Brazilian-born former Australian No.1 marked just t...