out of thE CaGE
Cage fighting has all sorts of nasty connotations, but so you see the full range and there are a lot of experienced fighters.”
newport’s tim newman is keen to make it clear exactly
what his sport does and does not do. newman is semi-pro but hoping to work his way up the ladder to the ultimate
fighting championship which would allow him to turn fully professional. at
to start with the cage – that is there to protect the competitors from the moment he is ranked 27th in britain in the lightweight division, but with so
falling out of the ring, not to keep them away from the public or to stop many disciplines to master the 25-year-old is comparatively young.
cage fighting
them getting away from each other.
next up it is the cage gladiators event in liverpool in march, but then he
“when it started they were getting thugs to come and watch, but now hopes to compete for the british angrrr management title in april.
it is a recognised sporting governing body and they are trying to get
sports fans to watch,” he explained.
“it is a mix of all the martial arts, thai boxing, wrestling, ju-jitsu and judo
– you have to learn them all which makes the sport so exciting.”
a very simplistic way of looking at it is as an extremely physical version
of paper, scissors, stone – you try and take on your opponent at
whichever discipline works best for you, but second-guessing them is
easier said than done.
“i have been to thailand to learn thai boxing, i go to england twice
a week for wrestling practice, it is a very disciplined and interesting
sport,” explained personal trainer newman.
“for instance if your opponent is best at thai boxing then you try to
get them on the floor so you can wrestle and take him out of his game,
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