THE first victory in the cage in two years for Mildura mixed martial arts star Jesse Medina has come as a "huge relief".

The 33-year-old reverted back to his submission specialist guise last Saturday with a first-round victory via rear naked choke over Josh Kuhne at the Eternal MMA 94 event on the Gold Coast.

It marked two MMA victories in as many weeks for Sunraysia athletes as John Loughhead o...