In a small gym in the regional Victorian city of Ballarat, children run around a ring while athletes stretch and get into the zone.
Meanwhile, Winona "Winnie" Greenhalgh is focused and poised.
Striking a boxing bag with quick, efficient punches, she looks every bit the title-winning fighter she is.
The proud Wadawurrung woman won one of Australia's first amateur, women's-only, Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) title fights last weekend.
But Greenhalgh hit a snag moments before she was due to fight.
"I was meant to compete at 48 kilogram [weight class] but there ended up not being enough competitors," Greenhalgh explained.
"So, I ended up having to go up a weight class, to 52 kilos … it's a big jump."
Despite the hurdle, Greenhalgh was able to not only compete but also took the gold at the Women's Amateur Strawweight Championship hosted in Melbourne, against her opponent Ashlinker Rachwalski.
It was the first MMA professional or amateur women's "strawweight" title fight to be hosted in Australia.
The "strawweight" division is for competitors between 48 to 52 kilos.
"It was a surprise I won … it was a long journey," she explained.
"I was meant to wrestle, but my boxing felt on point ... and it ended up getting me the win."
At only 5 foot 1 (1.55 metres), she is physically on the smaller side in the division, an extra challenge as her "reach" to her opponent isn't as long.
But Greenhalgh packs a punch, and took out the top spot, though the odds were against her.
She puts her success down to hard work.
"I was super nervous … but then, I got in the cage and just felt comfortable," she said.
"Between rounds my coach was like, 'You've got this'. We won the first round, then the second round, now let's do the last round.
"And then I got my hand raised at the end."
Mixed Martial Arts is made up of Muay Tai, boxing, Olympic wrestling, jiu-jitsu, as well as traditional martial arts.
Taking away the belt means the mum-of-one now has a perfect record of 4 wins and 0 losses.
Greenhalgh said interest in the sport had been gathering steam of late, but she would like to see more women "give it a go".
"It's brought the best out of me, not just the physical side but the mental side of things as well.
"I have little girls come up to me now and say, 'I want to be just like you'.
"I have private [classes] with them now and I tell them, you've just got to keep going.
"Just keep showing up … it's the best sport ever."
