MIXED MARTIAL ARTS: AT the end of a week in which MMA's reputation was set back by a Lancashire promoter's decision to allow two children to take part in a grappling match inside a cage, the sport's reputation mercifully reached a new high in Scotland as more than 1000 people watched an incredible card of fights at Glasgow's Kelvin Hall.
MIXED MARTIAL ARTS: AT the end of a week in which MMA's reputation was set back by a Lancashire promoter's decision to allow two children to take part in a grappling match inside a cage, the sport's reputation mercifully reached a new high in Scotland as more than 1000 people watched an incredible card of fights at Glasgow's Kelvin Hall.
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STEF LACH
The venue has played host to a string of great boxing encounters down the years, but the first MMA event to grace the hall will live long in the memory.
On Top 3 saw two title belts awarded to foreign stars, one fight ended by a freak injury sustained during the first strike of the match and the welterweight division turned on its head as Scotland’s top two clashed.
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