The postman always delivers, but in borough postal worker Jerome Bourne’s case, he is delivering knockouts as well as newspapers.

Bourne will be competing this Saturday for the Aggressive Combat Sports 170-pound Amateur Mixed Martial Arts Championship at Fitzgerald Gym at Queens College in Flushing, just a short distance from his daytime mail route for the U.S. Postal Service.

Juggling nighttime fight training at Tiger Schulmann’s in New Jersey with his day job at the post office in Forest Hills is no simple task. Bourne, 31, knows his hectic schedule may put him at a disadvantage when he steps into the cage, but he has never been afraid of putting in a little extra work.

In fact, he embraces it. It is his incredible work ethic that earned him the nickname “The Android.”

“Most fighters, that’s their life. Fighting is their full-time job. Sometimes I wish I had it like that, but that’s life,” Bourne said.

via Forest Hills mailman vies for MMA title • TimesLedger.