MIKE Hales celebrated his 20th birthday with a blistering victory against Danny Joel.

Hales took just 50 seconds to get his latest triumph with a rear naked choke.

And he did so after receiving words of advice from former superstar boxer Nigel Benn.

“I went to a night with Nigel Benn in Basildon the night before the fight and he gave me some good advice about punching in MMA,” said the Canvey Island based Hales.

“He was a great guy and had some really good advice for me.

“So all in all it’s been a great couple of days and getting the win was the best possible way to celebrate my birthday.”

Hales has now won all six of his professional fights.

And he took little time in maintaining that 100 per cent record at the weekend at Garon Park.

“It was good to get the win because I knew that the opponent would go for the takedown early on,” said Hales.

“I was prepared to defend it though and was happy to finish him in the first 50 seconds of the fight “But now I’ll be go back to training and look for the next fight.”