 It's true, Israel is a Jewish state but alongside the Jews there are also Muslim Arabs, Christians and Jews along with also other ethnicities including a small and special sect, the Circassian sect. The Circassians are a Caucasian people consisting of 12 tribes who live mainly in the North Caucasus, Russia, Turkey and the rest of the Middle East. In Israel, there is a small community of Circassians who live mainly in two villages in the Galilee, Kfar Kama in the Lower Galilee and Rehaniye in the Upper Galilee. Most Circassians, including those in Israel, belong to the religion of Islam and one of them is the Israeli MMA fighter Yannal Ashmoos aka the Red Fox. Why this nickname and who chose it? I was working at the factory back then with a friend so I had my first fight amateur so they told us to come up with some nickname so you know we were thinking about like couple stuff came up but eventually he said like Red Fox and I just liked it. Yannal represents Israel in the largest competitive fighting league in the world, UFC. He's only the second Israeli there. I represent Israel because I was born here. I'm a Circassian, I'm a Muslim so I represent three of them. Everyone should be happy for it, instead of fighting each other it's like a piece. Why to make a fight from nothing, right? He won his debut fight in the UFC in one minute and 15 seconds. Even though his opponent was considered a favorite both because of his size and physicality but also because the crowd strongly favored the opponent. Still Yannal defeated him in a knockout. Because Yannal represents Israel, many people assume he is Jewish but believe it or not he's unfortunately been in the receiving end of some pretty disturbing anti-Semitism. Every time they post something of mine they say like you know a Jewish guy is going to fight or stuff like that you know he's going to lose that Jewish guy something like that. The Circassian guy says that they say to him no he's a Muslim, he's a Circassian he's not Jewish but he's an Israeli guy like they protect me so I don't have a problem with that you know no matter what you do people will always say something about you so just do what you believe in right say what you believe in and that's it. Despite all the obstacles nothing will stop Yannal and he will continue to represent the country and the Circassian community with dignity on his way to the top. Tell me what is your goals and dreams? My dream was to get to UFC first of all so I made it I did it now I want to go for the build. I know it's going to take time like two years three years but the consistency is the key so you just need to keep to train and fighting all the time it's going to come eventually if you're like serious you will get there so that's my dream and my goals to be healthy all the time. Whatever the situation is just try your best if you love it go for it because there's going to be a lot of obstacles you know in the way that's going to make you sometimes think why is it good I need to do this but eventually if you keep going at it you will get it no matter how much time it's going to take you'll get there so that's like never give up that's that's my message. Israel is a country of equality and partnership between different cultures and religions and that's part of its beauty on the other hand Israel is a strong country with real fighters so don't mess with us.