Cambridge challenges Oxford to MMA rivalry
Cage fighting Cambridge University students are hoping to challenge their Oxford counterparts in the first step towards a Varsity match….
Cage fighting Cambridge University students are hoping to challenge their Oxford counterparts in the first step towards a Varsity match.
However, members of the Cambridge University Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) Society – or cage fighting club – have already run into a problem: they do not yet have a counterpart at Oxford.
The society has announced its aim to set up an annual match between Oxford and Cambridge, bidding for the sport to gain the coveted Varsity Blue title.
MMA, which combines martial arts including Thai boxing, wrestling and Brazilian jiu-jitsu, takes place inside a cage for the competitors’ safety due to the vigorous nature of the fighting.
According to Luke Bigslow Barnatt, an undefeated professional MMA fighter who coaches the Cambridge team, it is the most complex and challenging combat sport on the planet.