Keith Jardine used to be a Firefighter, Bounty Hunter and a Miner

With the UFC's Australian debut just a few days away the Aussie media is acquainting themselves with several UFC fighters.

The Daily Telegraph talked to Keith Jardine who told them about his previous employment and how it was more dangerous than his current job:

"I've been a personal trainer, a wild land firefighter, a football coach, a miner, and - for two months to help out a buddy - a bounty hunter," he said.

"I like to experience different things in life, and if you look at all those jobs, one thing they have in common is they all entail hard work. I take a pride in being a hard worker.

"People ask me what is more dangerous or scary, being a UFC fighter or a bounty-hunter - but the scariest job I've ever done is mining.

"That was a very dangerous experience. It wasn't an operational mine, but it was climbing up and down ladders that go straight down the shaft a couple of thousand feet and the ladders were all old and breaking - that was easily the most dangerous job I ever had.

"You would climb on to the ladder and hope the next few minutes went well ...

All I know about mining I learned from October Sky so I am going to Jardine's word on it being dangerous.

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