About Josh Culibao

Joshua Culibao (born May 24, 1994) is an Australian mixed martial artist who competes in the Featherweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

Background
The youngest of four siblings in a Filipino family, with his mother from Boracay while his father is from Pampanga, he was given the nickname "Kuya", a familial term used in a respectful manner to address an older male relative, brother, or friend, by his teammates at the Sydney-based Igor MMA, since he calls everyone in the gym by the Filipino kin endearment. Having practised taekwondo in his childhood, Culibao eventually started training mixed martial arts in order to lose weight in his adolescent years.

Before signing with the UFC, Culibao was a full-time electrician doing 40-plus-hour workweeks with training on top.