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Introduction
13 Aug 2009 1:26PM
Hi Folks........
Most of you will already know me within the UK MMA Fraternity in one capacity or another, but if you don't please let me introduce myself......
My Name is Rich Austin and I am part of the ever increasingly growing Pro Kumite Team. I am one of the Directors here and also the Tournament Coordinator, I put the Fight Cards together, liase with all the fighters, and ensure that side of things runs as smoothly as possible. I also Match make for other Promotions and also Judge on various shows. There are obviously many other aspects of my job but I will go in to those on another blog.
In only One Year Pro Kumite have put on 3 successful shows with another to come at the Fairfield Halls in Croydon on September 19th 2009. We have pioneered Fighter and Officials Insurances for Full Contact MMA participants whether they are a combatant or an in or out of Cage Official. They are all covered.
We are not just like other Fight Shows and Events, in that we have other MMA interests, for instance we run a successful Gym Affiliate Program where we now have over 70 Gyms and Teams Worldwide working with us in helping to promote Pro Kumite and MMA in general. We build here at Pro Kumite HQ our own Training Cages which range from 15ft up to custom build sizes, and have supplied many well respected gyms in the UK and France, and have another off to Italy in a couple of weeks. We also Manufacture Cage Walls to your spec. One of the most successful branches of Pro Kumite is the Jigsaw Mats that we sell, we have sold over 2000 already in just one year as we are extremely buyer friendly and have a hands on approach.
We are very different to any other Promotion in that we have a registered fighter database and we now have over 200 signed on fighters from all over the globe. Whether we use those fighters on a Pro Kumite show or help those fighters get bouts on other shows, we always have them in our pool to call on and offer match ups to.
When we first started Pro Kumite we were met with a lot of criticism for our approach and what we wanted to achieve, but with a bit of tweaking here and there, I think we now have a complete well rounded set up and have nothing left to prove. We have shown we can put a good card together, look after the fighters and their camps, proving that you do not have to go to the bank breaking lengths of Hotels, Flights etc to run a good domestic Fight Card. We look forward to putting more events on in 2010 and look out for the 'Kumite'......................................I wonder if Mick will do a blog..............
See you next time
Rich
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