0:00:02 > 0:00:04This programme contains strong language.
0:00:04 > 0:00:11Good evening, and welcome to this Night Of The Gladiators 23.
0:00:11 > 0:00:15Are you ready?
0:00:15 > 0:00:17CHEERING
0:00:20 > 0:00:22Come on!
0:00:23 > 0:00:24I love cage fighting.
0:00:26 > 0:00:28It's just a buzz for me.
0:00:28 > 0:00:31It's releasing a lot of stress, frustrations.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33Keeps me on the straight and narrow.
0:00:35 > 0:00:38You forget about everything when you walk in that cage.
0:00:38 > 0:00:39The adrenaline's unreal.
0:00:43 > 0:00:45It's took over my life.
0:00:54 > 0:00:58Back in the day, in Stoke-on-Trent, there was a lot of industry.
0:00:59 > 0:01:03When them industries collapsed, there was nothing for a young man.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06It must being demoralising knowing that when you finish school,
0:01:06 > 0:01:09you haven't got an industry to go towards.
0:01:09 > 0:01:12What are you going to do with yourself?
0:01:12 > 0:01:13It affects a lot of young men.
0:01:16 > 0:01:19Come on, this is the fight now. Let's work.
0:01:19 > 0:01:23Mixed martial arts - cage fighting as most people know it -
0:01:23 > 0:01:25fills that void.
0:01:29 > 0:01:32I don't understand what the problem is today, mate. I just don't feel...
0:01:32 > 0:01:34You've got to start manning up,
0:01:34 > 0:01:37- do you know what I mean? - I am manning up.
0:01:37 > 0:01:41Like, I've always fought the system. I've always fought authority.
0:01:41 > 0:01:43But I had to do that growing up.
0:01:45 > 0:01:46I haven't got the anger any more.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48I focus that into my mixed martial arts.
0:01:50 > 0:01:55Mixed martial arts changed my life for the better, really.
0:01:55 > 0:01:56I was 18 stone.
0:01:57 > 0:02:01I've lost four stone within five months.
0:02:01 > 0:02:05It's given me the drive to succeed, like.
0:02:05 > 0:02:06I don't give up.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26I'm going to come at him full-on.
0:02:26 > 0:02:28Just know I'm going to smash him, mate.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30He's just going to have a handful, mate.
0:02:30 > 0:02:32He's going to have his hands full, mate,
0:02:32 > 0:02:34and I don't know if he's going to be ready for me.
0:02:34 > 0:02:36Can't say no more.
0:02:56 > 0:02:59OK, so I'm making my morning pre-workout smoothie.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01Just some dried oats.
0:03:01 > 0:03:04Got my omega fish oils.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07Got wheatgrass, barley grass, green tea extracts.
0:03:08 > 0:03:11That's my testosterone booster.
0:03:11 > 0:03:13Really good stuff, this is.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16Helps to lift my testosterone levels up.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18As you're getting a little bit older,
0:03:18 > 0:03:20your testosterone levels drop, you know,
0:03:20 > 0:03:23so being a man, I like to take a little bit,
0:03:23 > 0:03:25just boost it up a little bit.
0:03:30 > 0:03:34I'm Ross Pointon, I'm 37 years of age, from Stoke-on-Trent.
0:03:34 > 0:03:38I run Night Of The Gladiators mixed martial arts fighting championships.
0:03:38 > 0:03:42And I'm a UK mixed martial arts heavyweight world champion.
0:03:53 > 0:03:56Mixed martial arts changed my life.
0:03:56 > 0:03:57It gave me something to live for,
0:03:57 > 0:04:01gave me something to work towards, gave me a goal.
0:04:04 > 0:04:06I hit rock bottom.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09I was at a crossroads at one point in my life...
0:04:09 > 0:04:11Um...
0:04:11 > 0:04:14..mixing with the wrong crowds, getting into the wrong things.
0:04:17 > 0:04:22I was into drugs, crime, you know, easy ways of making money.
0:04:22 > 0:04:23And I knew I had to change that.
0:04:23 > 0:04:27Otherwise, if I didn't, I was going to end up in a box or in jail.
0:04:30 > 0:04:32Back in the day, when I was younger in Stoke,
0:04:32 > 0:04:35you know, there was a lot of industry.
0:04:35 > 0:04:38The steel industry, pottery industry
0:04:38 > 0:04:39and the coal industry as well.
0:04:42 > 0:04:45Obviously, generations of father to son
0:04:45 > 0:04:47have passed down through these industries,
0:04:47 > 0:04:49and when them industries collapsed,
0:04:49 > 0:04:53there was nothing for anybody, they had nowhere to go, you know.
0:05:03 > 0:05:07For a young man, be demoralising knowing that when you finish school,
0:05:07 > 0:05:10you haven't got an industry to go towards.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12What are you going to do with yourself?
0:05:16 > 0:05:18Mixed martial arts fills that void,
0:05:18 > 0:05:20something that's missing in their life.
0:05:21 > 0:05:24Hopefully, I can help a lot these young lads, as well,
0:05:24 > 0:05:29to hopefully make something of their lives and turn their lives around.
0:05:32 > 0:05:35Even if it's just giving them some positive mental attitude.
0:05:40 > 0:05:42On the outside, swing your arms.
0:05:44 > 0:05:48The next Night Of The Gladiators is in two months' time.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51We're in fight camp zone, which is high intensity training.
0:05:53 > 0:05:56These guys are beginners and they want to get their feet wet.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58BEEPING
0:05:58 > 0:05:59OK, guys, let's spar now.
0:06:04 > 0:06:06This is where it counts now.
0:06:06 > 0:06:09Come on, this is the fight now. Let's work.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11A lot of these guys are coming straight off the street.
0:06:11 > 0:06:14You know, a lot of them have been down to rock bottom.
0:06:14 > 0:06:18Some of the guys may have problems in their personal lives,
0:06:18 > 0:06:22you know, anything from drugs, alcohol, family issues.
0:06:23 > 0:06:27Don't listen to that weak voice in your head that's saying, "I'm tired."
0:06:27 > 0:06:29Listen to the strong voice that says,
0:06:29 > 0:06:32"No, we're going to carry on, keep working."
0:06:33 > 0:06:36Mixed martial arts pulls them away from them problems.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45I love fighting, basically.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50It's just a buzz for me, it's just a big adrenaline rush.
0:06:50 > 0:06:53It's the danger, isn't it? It's the fear of it, as well.
0:06:56 > 0:06:58Ah, that's fucking horrible, man.
0:06:58 > 0:07:01Takes bollocks, don't it? Takes balls, mate.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04Ahhh, Tim!
0:07:06 > 0:07:09I didn't hear the best things about him.
0:07:09 > 0:07:10He's a street kid, you know,
0:07:10 > 0:07:13so he's a little bit feisty and a little bit loud.
0:07:13 > 0:07:15Fight's a fight.
0:07:15 > 0:07:17A bit forward.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27- Yo, Chunk. - HE WHISTLES
0:07:33 > 0:07:35Chunk...!
0:07:40 > 0:07:42Right, I'm going to make the smoothie now.
0:07:46 > 0:07:50My name's Tim Walker. I'm 30 years old.
0:07:50 > 0:07:52I love mixed martial arts, cage fighting.
0:07:56 > 0:07:58It's a release for me.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01It's a release of a lot of stress, frustrations.
0:08:01 > 0:08:03Keeps me on the straight and narrow.
0:08:06 > 0:08:09That's health. That's nutrition.
0:08:09 > 0:08:12'..to my left, in the red corner,
0:08:12 > 0:08:14'let's hear it for...
0:08:14 > 0:08:19'Tim Walker!'
0:08:20 > 0:08:22I've had two cage fights.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25I got the feel for the cage then.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31This is the guillotine.
0:08:34 > 0:08:37It's the excitement and the adrenaline what I had.
0:08:37 > 0:08:39And I never felt like that before.
0:08:41 > 0:08:43Some ground and pound.
0:08:47 > 0:08:50You don't think it's brutal. You just do what you do, don't you?
0:08:50 > 0:08:53And then, obviously, you watch it back, you can think like that,
0:08:53 > 0:08:56but you don't get in trouble for doing it in here.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04Keeping me out of prison, as well, cos I'd been in prison for a while.
0:09:06 > 0:09:11I've done a few sentences, like, different...
0:09:11 > 0:09:13I did a four-year sentence,
0:09:13 > 0:09:15and I've done ten months here, six months there.
0:09:15 > 0:09:19I've been done for assaults on police officers, criminal damage,
0:09:19 > 0:09:22affray charges, actual bodily harm charges.
0:09:24 > 0:09:27'The winner is,
0:09:27 > 0:09:29'in the red corner,
0:09:29 > 0:09:32'Tim Walker.'
0:09:32 > 0:09:34And there's not a better feeling than that.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48Ooh! Fuck!
0:09:48 > 0:09:50Ahhh!
0:09:51 > 0:09:52HE GROANS
0:09:52 > 0:09:55He just nutted that, you know, clean, that wall.
0:09:57 > 0:10:00- You all right, dude?- Yeah, yeah. Fucking hell, lad.
0:10:02 > 0:10:04Fucking hell, mate.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08I think every man likes fighting, don't they?
0:10:08 > 0:10:10- You all right, son?- Yeah, yeah.
0:10:10 > 0:10:14You've got to have that inner strength built in, like the heart.
0:10:14 > 0:10:15Let's go.
0:10:19 > 0:10:22I've been fighting since October 2014.
0:10:25 > 0:10:27I've lost a fight and I've won a fight so far.
0:10:33 > 0:10:35Benny, when he first came here, was unfit.
0:10:38 > 0:10:40Didn't have much technique.
0:10:43 > 0:10:45He's picked himself up off his arse
0:10:45 > 0:10:48and he's made the plunge to change his life
0:10:48 > 0:10:50and work towards something.
0:10:54 > 0:10:56Great session tonight, guys. Well done, man.
0:10:56 > 0:10:58- One, two, three... ALL:- Team Gladiator.
0:11:11 > 0:11:13About quarter to nine.
0:11:14 > 0:11:16Just making some oats and a coffee.
0:11:16 > 0:11:20Pretty simple, really, but it's how I start my day.
0:11:20 > 0:11:24My name is Benjamin Kirkland. I'm 27.
0:11:24 > 0:11:28I'm a single man, like. I haven't got a job at the minute.
0:11:31 > 0:11:34I used to live for the weekend, basically.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37Work all week and get paid on the Friday.
0:11:37 > 0:11:39Saturday, I'd go football.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42End up spunking all my money.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45Do at least 150 quid within one day on booze.
0:11:47 > 0:11:48Easy.
0:11:51 > 0:11:52Be out all night
0:11:52 > 0:11:56and I'd get home about seven o'clock in the morning,
0:11:56 > 0:11:58sleep all day,
0:11:58 > 0:11:59wake up, then eat like a pig.
0:12:01 > 0:12:06Sausage, bacon, pizza, cheeseburgers, chips.
0:12:06 > 0:12:10Like, it makes me feel sick talking about it now, like.
0:12:10 > 0:12:12And that was every weekend.
0:12:12 > 0:12:14No wonder I was piling the weight on, like.
0:12:16 > 0:12:18Yeah, this is me.
0:12:19 > 0:12:23And I do look big on that picture. Jesus!
0:12:23 > 0:12:27Look like I've got three chins there.
0:12:27 > 0:12:28Look at the belly on that!
0:12:31 > 0:12:34I'd come to the stage where all this drinking and eating shit,
0:12:34 > 0:12:36it was just taking its toll.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42I wasn't happy with my life and how I looked at all.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47It's like, I don't know, like, body conscious.
0:12:47 > 0:12:51Thinking to myself, "I'm going to have to change this," like.
0:12:58 > 0:13:01October 2014, I was 18 stone, dot on.
0:13:01 > 0:13:04And, obviously, now I'm 13 stone 9.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10I've lost four stone within five months.
0:13:18 > 0:13:20It all stems from this, MMA.
0:13:26 > 0:13:29Everything's starting to get defined, definition.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34Like, I used to have love handles here, belly.
0:13:35 > 0:13:37I'm feeling bones that I haven't felt in a while.
0:13:37 > 0:13:39The abs are starting to come through.
0:13:40 > 0:13:44When I look in that mirror and see everything just solid...
0:13:44 > 0:13:46I'll be happy.
0:13:48 > 0:13:52Benny's dramatically changed over the course of being in the gym.
0:13:52 > 0:13:54He's trimmed down, looking lean,
0:13:54 > 0:13:57you know, a lot more confident in himself.
0:13:59 > 0:14:02As a young man, Benny's a lot more content with himself now.
0:14:07 > 0:14:09Look at the sweat on that.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11That's how you lose weight, innit?
0:14:11 > 0:14:15It's important for young men today to be looking in top shape.
0:14:15 > 0:14:18You know, you see a lot of these magazines and, you know, TV,
0:14:18 > 0:14:21you know, and everybody's looking ripped and lean.
0:14:23 > 0:14:25It's a massive factor to these lads nowadays
0:14:25 > 0:14:29to look good and to feel confident about the way you look.
0:14:29 > 0:14:32Face like Crimewatch, body like Baywatch.
0:14:41 > 0:14:43It's not just about coaching.
0:14:43 > 0:14:44I put the show together as well,
0:14:44 > 0:14:47so I've got to get the tickets out to the fighters,
0:14:47 > 0:14:50prep the fight card, I've got to get the poster designed.
0:14:52 > 0:14:57Night Of The Gladiators cage fighting, Saturday, July, 2015.
0:14:58 > 0:15:00We're trying to get away from the word "cage fighting"
0:15:00 > 0:15:02but, you know, I was doing posters before
0:15:02 > 0:15:04and it said "mixed martial arts" on.
0:15:04 > 0:15:06And I was thinking, you know,
0:15:06 > 0:15:09I'm not really getting much feedback from these.
0:15:09 > 0:15:13You know, so maybe it's because people don't fully understand
0:15:13 > 0:15:17the word "mixed martial arts", you know, or "MMA".
0:15:17 > 0:15:18So I put "cage fighting"
0:15:18 > 0:15:23because the average person on the street can relate to cage fighting,
0:15:23 > 0:15:26because that's where it started from.
0:15:26 > 0:15:28So, I thought, well, put cage fighting on there.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31Even though we're trying to pull it away from that,
0:15:31 > 0:15:34you know, it doesn't make sense, but it does, in a way.
0:15:43 > 0:15:46Ah! Oh, for fuck's sake!
0:15:49 > 0:15:51He's hit me right in the fucking groin.
0:15:51 > 0:15:55Some people think it's barbaric, like dog fighting.
0:15:56 > 0:15:58You know, two guys getting in there,
0:15:58 > 0:16:02smashing ten barrels of crap out of each other.
0:16:03 > 0:16:05Whereas it's far, far from that.
0:16:07 > 0:16:08These guys are athletes.
0:16:09 > 0:16:13Yeah? So jab, right, body, knee. Yeah? Same leg.
0:16:17 > 0:16:20Yeah? MMA this time.
0:16:21 > 0:16:24They fight with skills ranging from boxing...
0:16:26 > 0:16:29..Muay Thai, judo...
0:16:30 > 0:16:31..wrestling...
0:16:33 > 0:16:34..jujitsu.
0:16:35 > 0:16:36BEEPING
0:16:36 > 0:16:39OK? Now grab his head, he grabs the wrist.
0:16:39 > 0:16:43Now just let him get into a false sense of security.
0:16:43 > 0:16:46I'm going to lift up, I penetrate...
0:16:46 > 0:16:49and I pull and bring him down.
0:16:49 > 0:16:51The objective for these guys now is to put the guy on his back,
0:16:51 > 0:16:53get the other guy to submit.
0:16:55 > 0:16:56Bridge, Dan!
0:16:56 > 0:17:01Submission is where your opponent will try and inflict as much pain
0:17:01 > 0:17:03to try and make you tap out.
0:17:04 > 0:17:07It's important that you can endure pain in this sport,
0:17:07 > 0:17:10because the sport's full of pain.
0:17:15 > 0:17:16It's a hardman sport.
0:17:18 > 0:17:19RETCHING
0:17:19 > 0:17:20Don't be sick on these mats!
0:17:22 > 0:17:26It definitely is a sport that separates the men from the boys.
0:17:26 > 0:17:28RETCHING
0:17:41 > 0:17:45Hit the elbow there. Not the wrist.
0:17:46 > 0:17:48Shit, sorry.
0:17:49 > 0:17:50- How's your hand, Tim?- Sore.
0:17:52 > 0:17:55- Well, you know what I said.- Yeah.
0:17:57 > 0:17:59If your coach recommends straight after the fight,
0:17:59 > 0:18:02go and get it checked out, got to listen to your coach.
0:18:02 > 0:18:04I will next time.
0:18:06 > 0:18:10My last fight, I must have bent my wrist as I hit him
0:18:10 > 0:18:11and done some ligaments.
0:18:11 > 0:18:14It's giving me quite a lot of pain. I've got no strength in it.
0:18:24 > 0:18:25Rach, I'm going, yeah?
0:18:25 > 0:18:27- All right, babe.- Right, love.- Yeah.
0:18:28 > 0:18:30It is a bit nerve-racking at the minute
0:18:30 > 0:18:32because my fight's six weeks away.
0:18:35 > 0:18:38If it's not fully healed, I can't fight, really, can I?
0:18:43 > 0:18:45What's happening?
0:18:45 > 0:18:46What's the verdict?
0:18:46 > 0:18:48No breaks, no fractures.
0:18:48 > 0:18:52Could be ligaments or tendons, but they can't tell from the X-rays.
0:18:52 > 0:18:54He says the tendons could harden.
0:18:54 > 0:18:58Just don't use it, he said. Could damage them long-term.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00I says, "I fight in six weeks,"
0:19:00 > 0:19:04so told me to take painkillers, ice it and use it as little as possible.
0:19:04 > 0:19:08Well, it is tricky to not use the left wrist when you're fighting.
0:19:18 > 0:19:20I've lived in Leek since I was about nine, ten.
0:19:21 > 0:19:24It's not the best place for me at the minute
0:19:24 > 0:19:27because I used to get in quite a bit of trouble round here.
0:19:31 > 0:19:33I'll be off my ASBO in 12 months.
0:19:34 > 0:19:37I've done 12 months and I've not breached it yet.
0:19:39 > 0:19:41Just the things accumulated over the years,
0:19:41 > 0:19:44different offences, police giving me trouble.
0:19:47 > 0:19:48They think if they make it
0:19:48 > 0:19:50as uncomfortable as possible for me around here
0:19:50 > 0:19:53then I'll just fuck off, do you know what I mean?
0:19:53 > 0:19:55But I'm always going to be around for them.
0:19:55 > 0:19:56Do you know what I mean?
0:19:56 > 0:20:00I'm always going to be... I'm never going to let them win.
0:20:01 > 0:20:03I'm never going to let them win.
0:20:14 > 0:20:16Community payback.
0:20:16 > 0:20:18I had, like, 180 hours community service,
0:20:18 > 0:20:20so I did quite a bit of it down here.
0:20:22 > 0:20:24We used to have to litter-pick round here,
0:20:24 > 0:20:26clean, like...drain the boats out.
0:20:28 > 0:20:30Used to piss me off, mate.
0:20:30 > 0:20:32Used to take up my day, waste my day.
0:20:32 > 0:20:34I used to come here, just be bored.
0:20:41 > 0:20:44- Well, lad, how are you? - What are you on?
0:20:44 > 0:20:46They're just filming me, they are.
0:20:46 > 0:20:49- Who is it? What for? - You're going to be on it now.
0:20:49 > 0:20:50All right, mate?
0:20:52 > 0:20:56- All right, Tim?- All right, mate? - All right, yeah.
0:20:56 > 0:20:58We've had a few nights out together.
0:20:58 > 0:21:00- Eventful night.- Yeah. A few...
0:21:00 > 0:21:04A few drinks and girls and a bit of fun, you know?
0:21:04 > 0:21:06What can we say?
0:21:06 > 0:21:08We got on the beak and got absolutely fucked up!
0:21:08 > 0:21:10- Yeah, that's what we used to do, yeah.- Yeah!
0:21:10 > 0:21:12Bit of sniffing, drinking.
0:21:12 > 0:21:13Yeah.
0:21:14 > 0:21:17He's always had that little bit of an edge on him, definitely.
0:21:17 > 0:21:20I'm going to get an ice cream from in here.
0:21:20 > 0:21:21He's telling the truth, mate.
0:21:21 > 0:21:24He used to be a little bit of a troublemaker, back in the day.
0:21:24 > 0:21:27Fighting and drugs and things like that, you know.
0:21:27 > 0:21:29All the bad things in life.
0:21:30 > 0:21:34He used to be a lot more aggressive, cause mayhem.
0:21:34 > 0:21:37And now he's clean, as far as I know,
0:21:37 > 0:21:41and he's training every day, and he's a changed man.
0:21:54 > 0:21:57That's my favourite of a night-time.
0:21:57 > 0:21:59I've had many nights in there.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01Like, some eventful ones in there.
0:22:01 > 0:22:06I've had a couple of fights roundabout here, in this area.
0:22:10 > 0:22:13It's not that I'm not welcome. I've made myself not welcome.
0:22:13 > 0:22:14I don't know, mate.
0:22:14 > 0:22:17It's, like, I'm banned from all the pubs.
0:22:17 > 0:22:20It's, like, every single fucking pub in Leek, I'm banned from.
0:22:20 > 0:22:23Every single licensed premises in Leek, I'm banned from.
0:22:23 > 0:22:27I'm not allowed to have an open container of alcohol
0:22:27 > 0:22:28in a public place.
0:22:30 > 0:22:32And then they just think now that if I go in there,
0:22:32 > 0:22:34if they let me in the pub,
0:22:34 > 0:22:36there's just going to be trouble, that's what they think.
0:22:39 > 0:22:42And the more I drunk, the more stupid things I did.
0:22:42 > 0:22:45And then I'd wake up in a police station, ring the buzzer,
0:22:45 > 0:22:46and I'd ask what I've done.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49They says, "Oh, well you've thrown a pint glass at somebody,"
0:22:49 > 0:22:53or, "You've hit someone over the head with a table."
0:22:53 > 0:22:56"You've thrown paint stripper on someone."
0:23:00 > 0:23:04Obviously, I'm off my ASBO and my conditions in 12 months,
0:23:04 > 0:23:06so I'll definitely be coming back in the pubs.
0:23:08 > 0:23:12They're going to have to give me a chance eventually, aren't they?
0:23:12 > 0:23:14They can't hold it against me forever.
0:23:21 > 0:23:22I've not got the anger any more.
0:23:22 > 0:23:25I've focused that into my mixed martial arts.
0:23:28 > 0:23:29Don't get me wrong.
0:23:29 > 0:23:32I can fall off sometimes now and I have the odd drink.
0:23:32 > 0:23:34Sometimes I take it too far.
0:23:35 > 0:23:38But I know I can always get myself back on track,
0:23:38 > 0:23:39cos I just go to the gym...
0:23:42 > 0:23:44..I focus on a fight.
0:23:44 > 0:23:47It takes a lot of frustration, a lot of anger out, for me.
0:23:49 > 0:23:54Obviously, Tim, when he came in the gym, he had a lot of issues.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56In and out of prison,
0:23:56 > 0:23:58a lot of violence and stuff, and crime.
0:24:01 > 0:24:02Since he's been in the gym,
0:24:02 > 0:24:06I feel that he's kind of, like, finding himself a little bit more.
0:24:08 > 0:24:12And it does seem to have channelled his anger and stuff,
0:24:12 > 0:24:14which is maturing him as a young man, I think.
0:24:17 > 0:24:20- Yeah, I could see that coming. - That's what can happen.
0:24:20 > 0:24:22BEEPING Change partners.
0:24:32 > 0:24:35My life at the moment is just training constantly.
0:24:38 > 0:24:42It's definitely become an obsession. It's took over my life.
0:24:44 > 0:24:48For me, it's a bit easier to train, cos it's all I've got.
0:24:49 > 0:24:51Obviously, I'm unemployed,
0:24:51 > 0:24:54which isn't the best thing in the world, like,
0:24:54 > 0:24:56but it's not going to be forever.
0:24:58 > 0:25:00I was working for a company, driving cars.
0:25:00 > 0:25:03When I lost my job, I went to the dole.
0:25:03 > 0:25:05I asked them if there was any way
0:25:05 > 0:25:07they could put me on to something with trucking
0:25:07 > 0:25:09to complete and get a licence.
0:25:09 > 0:25:12They put me on a course the week after,
0:25:12 > 0:25:15but they explained to complete the trucking
0:25:15 > 0:25:18I'd have to stay on the dole for six months.
0:25:18 > 0:25:20And I'm nearly there now, like.
0:25:20 > 0:25:23I've just got one last hurdle and it'll be complete.
0:25:30 > 0:25:33Once I get my truck licence, I'll never be out of a job.
0:25:33 > 0:25:35It's a career, like, it's my future.
0:25:37 > 0:25:39Show me where the dipstick is.
0:25:39 > 0:25:40Yeah, go on, pull it out.
0:25:40 > 0:25:42That's great.
0:25:43 > 0:25:46Point to the calibration stick, yeah?
0:25:46 > 0:25:47Yeah.
0:25:47 > 0:25:49BEEPING
0:25:49 > 0:25:51The MMA has helped within these last six months.
0:25:51 > 0:25:52Punch, punch, kick.
0:25:54 > 0:25:55Sprawl.
0:25:57 > 0:25:59Next thing, turn your ignition on.
0:25:59 > 0:26:00ENGINE STARTS
0:26:00 > 0:26:02I'm working towards a career.
0:26:02 > 0:26:04Bang on.
0:26:04 > 0:26:07I'm working towards goals with the MMA.
0:26:07 > 0:26:08It's pushing me forward.
0:26:08 > 0:26:10- Happy with that?- Yes, I am.- Yeah?
0:26:10 > 0:26:13It's given me the drive to succeed, like.
0:26:20 > 0:26:23OK, brilliant, guys. Well done today.
0:26:23 > 0:26:26- ALL:- Team Gladiator! - Well done, guys.
0:26:26 > 0:26:28Yeah, so I passed.
0:26:29 > 0:26:31Final hurdle complete.
0:26:31 > 0:26:3595%, so passed with flying colours.
0:26:35 > 0:26:38Hopefully, the future's bright from here on.
0:26:38 > 0:26:40Sorted.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56We're getting close to, like, the last few weeks of the fight now.
0:26:59 > 0:27:01You step up the training a little bit.
0:27:01 > 0:27:04The mind-set will change inside the gym.
0:27:04 > 0:27:07Attitudes are going to change, body language is going to change.
0:27:07 > 0:27:09Oh, fuck.
0:27:09 > 0:27:10Cos people know they're getting
0:27:10 > 0:27:13a little bit closer to that point, you know?
0:27:13 > 0:27:15Great spar, yeah, MMA.
0:27:19 > 0:27:23Tim, shadow-box. You've got to fight, man.
0:27:24 > 0:27:27Come on. Enthusiastic. Enthusiasm.
0:27:28 > 0:27:31Coach is saying you've got to shadow-box, let's do this, come on.
0:27:31 > 0:27:33Yeah, man. Just chill, man.
0:27:36 > 0:27:38I've had a bad week this week.
0:27:38 > 0:27:41I just felt... I just felt low in myself and down.
0:27:41 > 0:27:44Just energy, like, I just feel run-down.
0:27:44 > 0:27:47Some people expect you to be at your best every day.
0:27:47 > 0:27:49- Tim...- Yeah?
0:27:49 > 0:27:52- You've got to start manning up, know what I mean?- I am manning up.
0:27:52 > 0:27:55If it was on a normal day, I wouldn't give a shit, mate.
0:27:55 > 0:27:58Let's fight, let's go, let's shadow-box, man.
0:27:58 > 0:28:00I don't understand what the problem is.
0:28:00 > 0:28:03I don't understand what the problem is. I just don't feel fucking...
0:28:06 > 0:28:09Tim, he thinks I'm trying to get at him and order him about.
0:28:09 > 0:28:10Doesn't understand that
0:28:10 > 0:28:13just getting him shadow-boxing then for that couple of minutes,
0:28:13 > 0:28:17instead of standing round, is better than just standing round.
0:28:20 > 0:28:22You know, I'm not trying to force anything on him,
0:28:22 > 0:28:25but he seems to think that, like, the world's against him today,
0:28:25 > 0:28:27you know, or this week.
0:28:44 > 0:28:48This is in-between Leek and Buxton. The Peak District.
0:28:49 > 0:28:51The Winking Man, Roach End.
0:28:51 > 0:28:53The Roaches. This is the Roaches.
0:28:59 > 0:29:01See that farm right there?
0:29:01 > 0:29:03That's where I used to live when I was about 14.
0:29:05 > 0:29:06Roach End Farm.
0:29:08 > 0:29:11Brings back some memories, that does.
0:29:12 > 0:29:17It's a children's home for troubled teenagers and young people.
0:29:17 > 0:29:19I'd been moved from another children's home
0:29:19 > 0:29:22which is not far from here, Old Sams Farm.
0:29:22 > 0:29:25I'd been in a bit of trouble up there.
0:29:25 > 0:29:27Just getting in trouble with the staff,
0:29:27 > 0:29:29falling out with the other people at the children's home
0:29:29 > 0:29:31and fighting with them.
0:29:31 > 0:29:33Used to get restrained by staff.
0:29:35 > 0:29:39They just put you in armlocks and hold you down while you calm down.
0:29:44 > 0:29:46I was a bit naughty then.
0:29:46 > 0:29:48Bit of a rebel.
0:29:49 > 0:29:51I used to have a vendetta with everyone.
0:29:51 > 0:29:54I just used to hate things, like, hate people,
0:29:54 > 0:29:57and didn't care about nothing, really.
0:29:58 > 0:30:01Just from my upbringing. I used to...
0:30:01 > 0:30:04I used to think, "Why me?" do you know what I mean?
0:30:04 > 0:30:06"Why have I been in care?
0:30:06 > 0:30:09"Why have I lived in 32 children's homes in five years?"
0:30:15 > 0:30:18My upbringing's made me the way I am today.
0:30:19 > 0:30:21I have blamed everyone...
0:30:23 > 0:30:25..for the way...for, like...
0:30:25 > 0:30:28for me being in trouble, for me getting in trouble and stuff.
0:30:30 > 0:30:34Obviously, now if I get in trouble, at the age of 30, I'm, like...
0:30:35 > 0:30:38..that's on my head, that is, that's my...
0:30:38 > 0:30:41I know better now, do you know what I mean?
0:30:41 > 0:30:44Whereas when I was, like, five, six, seven, eight and nine,
0:30:44 > 0:30:45how can you...?
0:30:45 > 0:30:49You're not in control, do you know what I mean?
0:30:50 > 0:30:53How can I be responsible for the way I was...
0:30:53 > 0:30:56I was brought up when I was a kid, when I was a baby and stuff?
0:31:00 > 0:31:03I never got settled. I was never settled.
0:31:05 > 0:31:10- How much blame do you apportion to your parents?- I don't...
0:31:10 > 0:31:11Your mum? Your mum and dad?
0:31:13 > 0:31:15I'm not going into none of that.
0:31:15 > 0:31:17- No?- No, no, no, no.
0:31:17 > 0:31:19I'm not talking about my parents.
0:31:20 > 0:31:23Do you...? You don't blame them?
0:31:23 > 0:31:25No.
0:31:25 > 0:31:26I did do, but I don't now.
0:31:48 > 0:31:51Some days, it does drive me mad,
0:31:51 > 0:31:54not getting anywhere with the job search stuff.
0:31:55 > 0:31:59I've applied for every job I can apply for.
0:32:00 > 0:32:02Driving jobs, multi-drop,
0:32:02 > 0:32:06even valeting jobs and stuff like that, cleaning.
0:32:08 > 0:32:12It's over 50 jobs a week, easily. Easily.
0:32:14 > 0:32:16There's not much more I can do.
0:32:17 > 0:32:19It's all a waiting game.
0:32:21 > 0:32:23Some of these companies best start getting back to me.
0:32:23 > 0:32:25They're doing my head in now.
0:32:37 > 0:32:40Last night, we had drama on the mats.
0:32:40 > 0:32:43All of a sudden, Benny and Steven have stood up at the end of the round
0:32:43 > 0:32:45and kicked off.
0:32:48 > 0:32:50Steven's pushed Benny.
0:32:50 > 0:32:53Benny didn't like it, spat his dummy out, said, "Come on, then."
0:32:53 > 0:32:55They both squared up to each other.
0:32:55 > 0:32:57I've jumped up, stepped in,
0:32:57 > 0:33:01like, whoa, what's going on, what's happening, you know?
0:33:01 > 0:33:03And then Benny's slagging him off, calling him a dick.
0:33:03 > 0:33:06RINGING TONE
0:33:09 > 0:33:10'Hey up.'
0:33:10 > 0:33:13- How's it going? - 'All right, mate. How are you?'
0:33:13 > 0:33:14All right.
0:33:14 > 0:33:16So, what's happening, then, now?
0:33:16 > 0:33:17'What do you mean?'
0:33:17 > 0:33:21Last night totally fucking ruined the team morale,
0:33:21 > 0:33:24when we're all supposed to be like brothers.
0:33:24 > 0:33:27Benny wouldn't give me eye contact when I'm trying to talk to him.
0:33:27 > 0:33:29I'm telling him, "Give me eye contact, man,
0:33:29 > 0:33:32"I'm trying to talk to you, I'm trying to get this sorted out."
0:33:32 > 0:33:35In the end, I said to him, "Listen, you know,
0:33:35 > 0:33:37"if you want to fight, don't walk out that door now.
0:33:39 > 0:33:41"You walk out this door now
0:33:41 > 0:33:44"then you're off the show, you're not fighting."
0:33:47 > 0:33:48And he walked out the door.
0:33:55 > 0:33:56On the night of the fight,
0:33:56 > 0:34:00growling at people and wanting to fight like that, that's great.
0:34:00 > 0:34:02But there's a time and place for it.
0:34:02 > 0:34:04Are you still fighting?
0:34:04 > 0:34:06'Of course I am.
0:34:06 > 0:34:09'I'm not going to fuck it up just cos I fucking lost my rag.'
0:34:09 > 0:34:12Yeah, but you almost did fuck it up last night, didn't you?
0:34:13 > 0:34:14Sort it out, Benny.
0:34:24 > 0:34:28Just recently I've been getting a bit snappy, like.
0:34:28 > 0:34:29It's nothing to do with the fight.
0:34:29 > 0:34:32It's my personal life that's affecting me at the minute.
0:34:32 > 0:34:34The fact that I need a job.
0:34:37 > 0:34:41It's like, now I've got a driving licence, I've got a truck licence.
0:34:41 > 0:34:44It's just one of them things. I've got to get a job soon.
0:34:45 > 0:34:49And that's on my mind constantly, so when I go to the gym...
0:34:50 > 0:34:54..and then I've got someone throwing punches at me...
0:34:54 > 0:34:55things can go wrong.
0:35:12 > 0:35:16On the night of the fight, Benny's fighting a guy called Ryan Scally.
0:35:16 > 0:35:18He's a game kid, he wants to fight.
0:35:21 > 0:35:23You know, he's in the gym all the time.
0:35:23 > 0:35:26I'm coaching both of these guys on different nights, you know,
0:35:26 > 0:35:28and I'd like them both to win.
0:35:28 > 0:35:31But, you know, there can only be one winner on the night, you know.
0:35:31 > 0:35:32But that's my job as a coach
0:35:32 > 0:35:35to make sure that either one of them could win.
0:35:39 > 0:35:40Just tuck it up and take your hits.
0:35:40 > 0:35:43Tuck up, take it and change your level
0:35:43 > 0:35:44and go underneath him, take him down.
0:35:44 > 0:35:46Let's go.
0:35:48 > 0:35:52Tim's fighting an opponent from UTC in Birmingham,
0:35:52 > 0:35:55which is a very reputable mixed martial arts gym.
0:35:57 > 0:36:00You have, you know, some top fighters in there.
0:36:01 > 0:36:03Training steps up a gear
0:36:03 > 0:36:05and they're taking it a little bit more seriously
0:36:05 > 0:36:08as it's getting a little bit closer to the show.
0:36:14 > 0:36:17This is where the going gets tough and the tough get going.
0:36:17 > 0:36:19Yeah, brilliant.
0:36:26 > 0:36:27Fuck.
0:36:28 > 0:36:29Let's go, Tim, get up.
0:36:29 > 0:36:32BEEPING Get up, Tim.
0:36:32 > 0:36:33HE PANTS
0:36:42 > 0:36:44Was a bit stiff this morning.
0:36:45 > 0:36:47Hurting quite a bit.
0:36:47 > 0:36:52Last night, I twisted my ankle, like, I bent my leg,
0:36:52 > 0:36:54sort of like in an outward position,
0:36:54 > 0:36:58and as I've landed, I've landed, bent my ankle and fell on it.
0:37:00 > 0:37:01See the bruise?
0:37:04 > 0:37:05HE WINCES
0:37:07 > 0:37:09It hurts when I walk on it.
0:37:11 > 0:37:13But this happens all the time. You get knocks and injuries.
0:37:17 > 0:37:19KNOCK ON DOOR
0:37:25 > 0:37:27My mate.
0:37:27 > 0:37:29My gym partner, Dean.
0:37:30 > 0:37:32Munching his banana.
0:37:34 > 0:37:35Breakfast.
0:37:35 > 0:37:36TIM CHUCKLES
0:37:36 > 0:37:40Yeah, see what I done to my foot last night?
0:37:40 > 0:37:42It's going to be a challenge, isn't it?
0:37:45 > 0:37:47My ankle's killing, man.
0:37:47 > 0:37:50- Take it easy, won't you, on that? - I've done things like this before.
0:37:50 > 0:37:52It's just lasted a few days, you know what I mean?
0:37:52 > 0:37:55- What, before a fight? - No.- That's what I mean.
0:37:55 > 0:37:57It's a big injury for before a fight.
0:37:57 > 0:38:00You've got your wrist and now you've done your ankle.
0:38:00 > 0:38:02It's just the wrist, innit?
0:38:02 > 0:38:04That's what's worrying me.
0:38:07 > 0:38:09OK, guys, get your shinnies on, get your boxing gloves on.
0:38:09 > 0:38:13- I've got that... Feel that grip, yeah?- Yeah?
0:38:13 > 0:38:15- I've only got that.- You don't need grip to do this escape.
0:38:15 > 0:38:18When someone's there and I try and grip a hand...
0:38:18 > 0:38:20- You don't need grip to do the escape.- I've got no power.
0:38:20 > 0:38:22- Just feels sore. - Do you know what it is?
0:38:22 > 0:38:24You're approaching, now, your fight.
0:38:24 > 0:38:26You're getting close to your fight now.
0:38:26 > 0:38:29You've got to think of all the weeks you've been training,
0:38:29 > 0:38:31your body's getting beat up, you're coming to the end of it now.
0:38:31 > 0:38:34This is where it starts picking up now.
0:38:34 > 0:38:37- It's not even my fitness I'm bothered about.- Yeah, but...
0:38:37 > 0:38:39It's whether I'm going to be all right on the night.
0:38:39 > 0:38:42You need to fucking figure that out, don't you?
0:38:45 > 0:38:46I know I moan about it and that,
0:38:46 > 0:38:49but that's just my way of dealing with a fucking...
0:38:49 > 0:38:51that's my way of dealing with it,
0:38:51 > 0:38:54rather than sit at home, fucking sending him an excuse,
0:38:54 > 0:38:56"Oh, I can't come in tonight," like some other people do,
0:38:56 > 0:38:58just say no names.
0:39:03 > 0:39:05Benny, Benny, Benny.
0:39:16 > 0:39:18Benny's not been in the training camp
0:39:18 > 0:39:21as much as we'd all have liked him to be.
0:39:21 > 0:39:23And I've been expecting him to be there
0:39:23 > 0:39:25and I've not had no message saying,
0:39:25 > 0:39:29"I'm not coming training, I won't be in tonight," nothing.
0:39:29 > 0:39:33Keep turning him. Well done, Ryan, good man. Getting better.
0:39:33 > 0:39:35A little birdy's been telling me
0:39:35 > 0:39:37he's been doing other things here and there,
0:39:37 > 0:39:39you know, like Caveman Training and stuff like that.
0:39:44 > 0:39:47Sometimes I go to another gym,
0:39:47 > 0:39:49go to Caveman, do stuff there.
0:39:51 > 0:39:53OK, this is how it's done.
0:39:53 > 0:39:55It's, like, strength and conditioning training.
0:39:55 > 0:39:57A 30-minute intense circuit.
0:39:58 > 0:40:00It's nonstop.
0:40:03 > 0:40:06Say in a week, I've missed a training session at the gym,
0:40:06 > 0:40:09I don't see that as me losing out, I really don't.
0:40:09 > 0:40:13I'm getting fitter, I'm getting stronger, I believe in myself.
0:40:13 > 0:40:15Last one!
0:40:15 > 0:40:18I reckon this is the best I've been prepared, like.
0:40:21 > 0:40:24We're not in a marathon, we're not in a sprint,
0:40:24 > 0:40:26we're not in a strongman competition.
0:40:29 > 0:40:33We're in an MMA fight, where this guy's trying to knock you out.
0:40:33 > 0:40:36And he's trying to kick you in the face and choke you out.
0:40:36 > 0:40:38Chin down, chin down, chin down.
0:40:40 > 0:40:44Behind your head, behind your head. Hands behind your head.
0:40:44 > 0:40:45The hand behind your head.
0:40:45 > 0:40:47He's got your head here like this,
0:40:47 > 0:40:49and he's got his hand on top of the back of your head,
0:40:49 > 0:40:52so you've got to reach up and pull it off.
0:40:52 > 0:40:53Keep hold of that one
0:40:53 > 0:40:56and then you've got to start attacking this one.
0:40:57 > 0:41:00Just doing Caveman Training ain't going to win you a fight.
0:41:02 > 0:41:03BEEPING
0:41:03 > 0:41:04Nice one, man.
0:41:06 > 0:41:07His opponent, Ryan Scally,
0:41:07 > 0:41:10you know, he wants it and he wants to win.
0:41:10 > 0:41:13Got better, Ryan. Well done, man.
0:41:13 > 0:41:16Benny needs to watch out, that's what I think.
0:41:28 > 0:41:31This is when it all happens now. Showtime, innit?
0:41:50 > 0:41:52That's the bollocks, mate.
0:41:52 > 0:41:54That's the dog's bollocks right there.
0:41:56 > 0:41:58All right, lad.
0:42:02 > 0:42:04I'm just ready now.
0:42:04 > 0:42:07To be honest, I just want to get it over with now.
0:42:08 > 0:42:11I've played the fight that many times in my head,
0:42:11 > 0:42:14it's unreal, like, just constantly on my brain.
0:42:15 > 0:42:18The fight now is, like, consuming me now.
0:42:18 > 0:42:20I keep getting little adrenaline bursts
0:42:20 > 0:42:22and feelings of apprehensiveness.
0:42:29 > 0:42:30Yeah, I've got hopes for Tim.
0:42:30 > 0:42:33You know, he's won his first fight under me.
0:42:33 > 0:42:35Let's see if he can win his second fight under me.
0:42:35 > 0:42:37UTC, I think.
0:42:38 > 0:42:41That's right! Birmingham Leer lads.
0:42:41 > 0:42:43Get me! Like, what!
0:42:43 > 0:42:46He's got a tough test against Nathan Ali
0:42:46 > 0:42:49that's coming from UTC in Birmingham.
0:42:49 > 0:42:51They're a reputable gym.
0:42:51 > 0:42:52Our boy....
0:42:52 > 0:42:54Our boy.
0:42:54 > 0:42:56It's going to be a good test for Tim.
0:42:56 > 0:43:01- Yo!- Look out for this guy. Nathan Ali, Birmingham, yeah.
0:43:01 > 0:43:04- Tell them who's the best. - Mini Velasquez, UTC.
0:43:04 > 0:43:05Yes, always.
0:43:07 > 0:43:10Going to do this, mate. I'm just going to show them, innit.
0:43:10 > 0:43:14I've got one of the difficulter fights on the card, from our gym,
0:43:14 > 0:43:18because Birmingham UTC, which is one of the best gyms.
0:43:18 > 0:43:21They're going to be equipped, do you know what I mean?
0:43:21 > 0:43:23They're going to know what they're doing, mate.
0:43:23 > 0:43:25- Excuse me.- What's up, mate?
0:43:25 > 0:43:27- I've got a load of guys...- Yeah?
0:43:27 > 0:43:30Problems again now, tickets or passes.
0:43:31 > 0:43:34I gave them you all over there.
0:43:34 > 0:43:36So, how many fighters...? What are you snarling at me for?
0:43:36 > 0:43:38Am I snarling at you?
0:43:38 > 0:43:40Do you know what I'm saying? But you need to talk to me properly.
0:43:40 > 0:43:43I'm talking to you properly. Respect me.
0:43:43 > 0:43:46I've said, "Can you speak to my friend?" You're talking to him like a mug.
0:43:46 > 0:43:48- I'm here with you now. - You're talking to him like a mug.
0:43:48 > 0:43:51I said to you, "Can you not speak to him?" That's all I said to you.
0:43:51 > 0:43:54- Was there anything wrong with that? - Where are we going with this?
0:43:54 > 0:43:57- You said, "Why you smiling at me?" - I'm trying to sort the problem out.
0:43:57 > 0:43:59Relax, man. Relax.
0:44:04 > 0:44:06- You know what you're going to do now.- Mm.
0:44:06 > 0:44:09- You've got your fight plan and you're ready to go. Yeah?- Yeah.
0:44:09 > 0:44:13Stick to the script and make it happen, bruv, that's all.
0:44:16 > 0:44:19I know I've got the skills to win and that I can do it.
0:44:22 > 0:44:25The only thing what worries me is what gym he's coming from.
0:44:25 > 0:44:27Birmingham UTC.
0:44:27 > 0:44:30But him, personally, he's still a human being, isn't he?
0:44:30 > 0:44:32At the end of the day, he's got one chin
0:44:32 > 0:44:34and he can get dropped like anyone.
0:44:34 > 0:44:36Got to have faith in your coach, at the end of the day,
0:44:36 > 0:44:38do you know what I mean?
0:44:38 > 0:44:39Ross knows best for me.
0:44:41 > 0:44:43What time's the first fight?
0:44:43 > 0:44:45We're ready to start now, aren't we?
0:44:45 > 0:44:51Ohhhh,
0:44:51 > 0:44:57ladies and gentlemen, good evening.
0:44:57 > 0:45:03And welcome to this Night Of The Gladiators 23.
0:45:03 > 0:45:05CHEERING
0:45:12 > 0:45:14There's numerous ways of winning.
0:45:14 > 0:45:20You've got a KO, where the opponent has been knocked out.
0:45:20 > 0:45:23Another way of winning is by submission.
0:45:26 > 0:45:29If nobody gets KO'd, nobody gets tapped out,
0:45:29 > 0:45:31then it goes to a judges' decision.
0:45:41 > 0:45:45Before the fight, when I'm waiting to come out, like, I'm just...
0:45:45 > 0:45:47I don't really speak to no-one, I'm just in my zone.
0:45:49 > 0:45:52I'm going to fight, like, I've got to be in a fight frame of mind.
0:45:52 > 0:45:54Ready, yeah?
0:45:56 > 0:45:59So, ladies and gentlemen, introducing first...
0:45:59 > 0:46:02fighting out of the blue corner,
0:46:02 > 0:46:06please welcome Benny Kirkland.
0:46:06 > 0:46:07CHEERING
0:46:11 > 0:46:13You know how you want it to go.
0:46:13 > 0:46:17But it's a whole different ball game when you get in the cage, like.
0:46:21 > 0:46:25And his opponent, fighting out of the red corner,
0:46:25 > 0:46:30please welcome Ryan Scally.
0:46:30 > 0:46:32CHEERING
0:46:33 > 0:46:36He's an opponent and he's standing in the way of my win.
0:46:39 > 0:46:41Let's fight.
0:46:52 > 0:46:55I like both of these guys. They're both of my fighters.
0:46:58 > 0:47:00But there can only be one winner on the night
0:47:00 > 0:47:03and that's the guy who wants it the most,
0:47:03 > 0:47:06who's trained the most, who's listened the most.
0:47:12 > 0:47:13I know where I'm going in life.
0:47:13 > 0:47:16Not what I want, I know where I'm going, like.
0:47:17 > 0:47:20I know the path that I want, and I will get there.
0:47:22 > 0:47:23HOOTER
0:47:26 > 0:47:29Close. I wouldn't like to be the judges.
0:47:34 > 0:47:38Oh, when it came to the judges, I'll be honest, like, I didn't know.
0:47:42 > 0:47:44Ryan might just swing it.
0:47:48 > 0:47:53And so, ladies and gentlemen, after three hard-fought rounds,
0:47:53 > 0:47:56we go to our judges this evening.
0:47:57 > 0:48:01With a split decision,
0:48:01 > 0:48:03your winner,
0:48:03 > 0:48:05in the blue corner,
0:48:05 > 0:48:07Benny Kirkland.
0:48:07 > 0:48:09Get in!
0:48:16 > 0:48:20As soon as he said "blue corner" and my name, I was buzzing.
0:48:24 > 0:48:26It's just, like, everything.
0:48:31 > 0:48:34Do all that training, all the running...
0:48:34 > 0:48:36stand there, winning.
0:48:41 > 0:48:43Benny surprised me, you know.
0:48:44 > 0:48:46Take my hat off to him, it was a good fight,
0:48:46 > 0:48:49but I do think Ryan just about scored it.
0:48:52 > 0:48:55That's my honest opinion. Ryan should have won it by a point.
0:49:00 > 0:49:02- Ross...- Oh, here we go.
0:49:05 > 0:49:08- ..in his own opinion, gave the fight to Ryan.- Did he?
0:49:09 > 0:49:12He thinks Ryan won? My own coach?
0:49:14 > 0:49:15How can he say that he's beat me?
0:49:21 > 0:49:24I'm angry now that you said that. I'm fucking fuming.
0:49:24 > 0:49:26Fucking pissing me off now.
0:49:27 > 0:49:30On top of that...
0:49:30 > 0:49:32Fucking muck.
0:49:32 > 0:49:36I'm not going back to his fucking gym. Fucking little prick.
0:49:37 > 0:49:40Team fucking Gladiator... Whatever. Fucking load of bollocks.
0:49:49 > 0:49:53Yeah, I just don't feel my normal self.
0:49:53 > 0:49:54- No?- No.
0:49:57 > 0:50:00Fucking no-one's been here. Fucking...
0:50:00 > 0:50:03I've just been on my own in here, mate, that's why. Pissed off.
0:50:03 > 0:50:06Yeah, I've not been built up enough properly in here, like.
0:50:06 > 0:50:08There's no-one warming me up properly and that.
0:50:08 > 0:50:10- Who's supposed to be warming you up? - I don't know.
0:50:10 > 0:50:12I'm just not in the know of what's going on, mate.
0:50:12 > 0:50:16I've had to use people from the other gym to warm me up slightly.
0:50:20 > 0:50:23- Fucking... No-one's been fucking here, mate.- What do you mean?
0:50:23 > 0:50:26In here, fucking no-one's been here, warming me up, or fuck all, mate.
0:50:26 > 0:50:29And I've just come in... I'm on... I'm on next, mate.
0:50:29 > 0:50:31No-one built me up fuck all, mate.
0:50:34 > 0:50:36Go in there and do your thing. Relax, man.
0:50:36 > 0:50:38Not got the head, though. My head, man.
0:50:38 > 0:50:40- Do some blocks.- I need to win this.
0:50:40 > 0:50:42Do some blocks, catching blocks, with them. Ryan...
0:50:42 > 0:50:44Do some, like, touch sparring.
0:50:50 > 0:50:53- Do you know how good you are? - Yeah, I feel weak.
0:50:53 > 0:50:56- No, man, you're not. You're not weak.- No, I feel...
0:50:56 > 0:51:00Tim, these aren't weak. It's that. Get it right.
0:51:01 > 0:51:05- Come on, you've got this.- Do it again. Do it again, do that again.
0:51:06 > 0:51:10- Guys, come on... - Going to make a statement, mate.
0:51:10 > 0:51:13Making a statement, you know what I mean?
0:51:13 > 0:51:14Showing them.
0:51:16 > 0:51:17Let's have you, then, big man.
0:51:17 > 0:51:19- Go on, Tim.- Come on, Tim.
0:51:23 > 0:51:25Good luck, mate.
0:51:26 > 0:51:28He's nervous.
0:51:28 > 0:51:30- Body language. - Going to get smashed, mate.
0:51:30 > 0:51:33- Come on, let's do this now, yeah? - He's going to get taken clean out.
0:51:33 > 0:51:36Fighting out of the red corner,
0:51:36 > 0:51:37please welcome...
0:51:37 > 0:51:41Tim Walker.
0:51:41 > 0:51:43- Have him, Tim.- Smash him, Tim.
0:51:43 > 0:51:45CHEERING
0:51:51 > 0:51:53Out the blue corner,
0:51:53 > 0:51:55please welcome...
0:51:55 > 0:51:59Nathan Ali.
0:52:04 > 0:52:07Let's go, Tim. Do your thing, yeah?
0:52:07 > 0:52:08Let's fight, go.
0:52:15 > 0:52:18Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, keep going.
0:52:20 > 0:52:22Push on the hips, bridge.
0:52:25 > 0:52:26Get up!
0:52:33 > 0:52:37Tim! What are you doing, man? Sort your fucking head out.
0:52:37 > 0:52:39Oi, this is not you. Sort your head out.
0:52:39 > 0:52:41You can beat this kid, man. What are you doing?
0:52:41 > 0:52:43Take him down and ground pound him.
0:52:43 > 0:52:45Start thinking, dude, yeah?
0:52:45 > 0:52:47Oi, you want to lose? You want to lose?
0:52:47 > 0:52:48- I'm weak, mate.- You're not.
0:52:48 > 0:52:51- Come on, Tim.- Come on, Tim!- Come on!
0:52:55 > 0:52:58Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, keep going. Tiptoes.
0:53:00 > 0:53:01Tiptoes.
0:53:01 > 0:53:04Drive, drive.
0:53:04 > 0:53:07Come on, tiptoes, pin him in. Pin him in.
0:53:10 > 0:53:11Tim, no.
0:53:11 > 0:53:13Come on, Tim!
0:53:20 > 0:53:23Defend the hand. Defend the hand...
0:53:23 > 0:53:24Defend the hand...
0:53:24 > 0:53:27VOICES SLOW DOWN
0:53:39 > 0:53:42I was fuming when I lost the fight.
0:53:45 > 0:53:47I'm better than that, anyway. Fuck's sake.
0:53:47 > 0:53:49I'm a lot better than that.
0:53:56 > 0:53:59Well done, man. Well done, man. Good fight, yeah?
0:54:01 > 0:54:03You all right, Tim? Tim...
0:54:05 > 0:54:08It wasn't my lack of training or anything that let me down.
0:54:08 > 0:54:12It was just because of the mental state of mind before the fight.
0:54:19 > 0:54:22Like, I feel a bit let down, I'll be honest with you, I feel let down.
0:54:22 > 0:54:25Fuck.
0:54:25 > 0:54:26Bastard.
0:54:26 > 0:54:28Fuck.
0:54:28 > 0:54:32Support network there on the night of the fight wasn't there properly.
0:54:32 > 0:54:37When I looked at how the other teams were, the other coaches and that,
0:54:37 > 0:54:40and I've seen how tight-knit they was and how many of them there were,
0:54:40 > 0:54:43all, like, sticking together with their fighters, basically,
0:54:43 > 0:54:44going through everything,
0:54:44 > 0:54:48like, putting stuff in their heads, like, talking them through things.
0:54:50 > 0:54:51Ross is out promoting the event.
0:54:51 > 0:54:54It's just, personally, I felt I was left alone.
0:54:54 > 0:54:58Should have been someone in the changing room warming me up.
0:54:59 > 0:55:01Tim needs to man up.
0:55:01 > 0:55:03He doesn't need somebody on his shoulder,
0:55:03 > 0:55:06patting him on the back, telling him he's ready for this, he can do this,
0:55:06 > 0:55:09because that's happened for 12 weeks prior to that show.
0:55:09 > 0:55:13He should fucking... He should know in that dressing room
0:55:13 > 0:55:15that he's going in there and he's going to win.
0:55:15 > 0:55:17I didn't have the morale, mate, round me.
0:55:17 > 0:55:20I didn't have the fucking team spirit round me to build me up.
0:55:20 > 0:55:22And that's what happened, mate. Cos they're all busy fucking...
0:55:22 > 0:55:24Everyone's trying to help everyone
0:55:24 > 0:55:26cos it's just got the event on, you know what I mean?
0:55:26 > 0:55:29- Fucking, it was a pushover... - Don't worry, man.
0:55:29 > 0:55:31I don't accept any responsibility for Tim's loss
0:55:31 > 0:55:33because Tim could have beat that kid.
0:55:33 > 0:55:36All his skill and everything that he's been learning
0:55:36 > 0:55:38went out the window and he just froze.
0:55:40 > 0:55:43If he can't get over that, then, you know, he might as well give up,
0:55:43 > 0:55:47because, like, you know, 90% of fighting is mental.
0:55:48 > 0:55:50Was my fault, though, I should have won.
0:55:50 > 0:55:53I should have fucking beat him. Got no-one else to blame but myself.
0:55:53 > 0:55:56You know what? I'll go back training.
0:55:56 > 0:55:59I'm going to be fitter next time, going to train harder.
0:55:59 > 0:56:02Just fucking... I'll just be fitter, mate.
0:56:02 > 0:56:05You know what? Fuck that, can't be arsed to talk no more. That's it.
0:56:05 > 0:56:06So, peace, peace.