MIXED MARTIAL ARTS has finally met the X-Factor – with a brand new show being created to unearth the next crop of un-scouted stars.
Cage Warriors has teamed up with Mola to launch ‘Fight Academy’ -which has been created to give professional fighters the opportunity to bag themselves a lucrative contract with Europe’s premier MMA promotion.
CAGE WARRIORSCage Warriors have launched revolutionary new MMA show – which has the X-Factor[/caption]
MMA FIGHT ACADEMYMMA Fight Academy will give undiscovered fighters the opportunity to bag a Cage Warriors contract[/caption]
INSTAGRAM@GRAHAMBOYLANCage Warriors president Graham Boylan reckons Fight Academy will unearth new gems[/caption]
Trials for the show will be held in Bali, London and San Diego in December and January respectively.
The hopefuls will duke it out for one of 20 spots at an all-expenses-paid training camp in San Diego, which will culminate in a lucrative competition worth £421,000 ($500,000),
In addition to having their training and living expenses paid for, contestants will be given access to world-class career advice from an in-house management team.
Cameras will document the entire process from start to finish – giving fight fans a unique insight into the trials and tribulations of the fighters looking to fulfil their dream of signing with one of the biggest promotions in the world.
The Bali leg of the show takes place in December, while UK trials will be in February and then San Diego in March.
Cage Warriors president Graham Boylan said: “This is the opportunity of a lifetime if you are a fighter who thinks he has what it takes.
“These open trials will form the basis of a team of 20 fighters that will live, full time in San Diego, all expenses paid, for three months.
“They will then compete in an event in Asia and one in Europe.”
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Boylan added: “That team will live and train full time in San Diego for three months, all expenses paid.
“You will be paid weekly, your accommodation will be paid, training will be paid and you’ll get to compete in an event in Asia, in Europe.
“We’ll be running two events and across those two events and the team that we pick, that will be trained full time in California will be able to pick up a money pot of nearly $500,000 between the team.
“The selection process is going to happen with open trials in Bali, London and California. All you have to do is get there if you want to be in the process of getting selected.
“To apply for these open trials, all you have to do is go to www.mmafightacademy.com.
“Go to the website, fill out the application form, this is the opportunity of a lifetime for a professional fighter. You’re going to get paid to train full time.”
Boylan is relishing the potentially game-changing show, saying: “‘Nothing like this has been done before.
“This is the first step in what will be the beginning of The Fight Academy, a university to train and develop the best.”
Cage Warriors has been the elite MMA promotion in Europe for well over two decades and produced some of the biggest names in history of the sport.
GETTYMixed martial arts superstar Conor McGregor cut his teeth in Cage Warriors[/caption]
Ian Garry recently made the transition from Cage Warriors to the UFCGETTY
Former UFC champions Michael Bisping and Conor McGregor are both graduates of the promotion – which has sent over 100 fighters to MMA’s biggest organisation.
Surging lightweight and welterweight prospects Paddy Pimblett and Ian Garry are recent alumni, with both men emphatically winning their first three octagon outings.