Stockton's up and coming K-1 rules kickboxing promoters Contender are going on tour in 2015 with events planned both in and beyond Teesside as well as abroad.
Inspired by the success of their talent search event in Amsterdam earlier this year which saw them sign six Dutch fighters, Stockton-based Contender are getting their passports out again early in the New Year.
This time the Teesside group are heading over to Dublin in search of hot prospects as they hold Contender Fight Star Hunt Ireland at Dublin Thai Boxing on Saturday, January 17.
They are then back at Eston Sports Academy for their next show on February 28 with Thomas Daniel headlining against Jack Layton, before promoting bills in Bradford and Nottingham.
Further talent-spotting events are also being considered for Italy and the USA as they build towards a November 2015 show at Eston which will feature a four-man, one-night 70kg World Grand Prix tournament final.
Angola’s Reinaldo Santos has already booked his place in the final after winning last month’s four-man international qualifying tournament at the Sports Academy by way of dramatic knockout.
Contender president Garry Bell said: “It’s going to be a big 2015 for us as we look to showcase some of the best and most promising kickboxers on our events.
“We’ve put ourselves on the map this year after bringing fighters of the calibre of MMA and kickboxing star Paul ‘Semtex’ Daley to Middlesbrough.
“And we are determined to build on it in 2015 as we look to grow and put on further quality fighters and fights.”
Bell believes his decision to go to Dublin in a bid to discover new fighters makes perfect sense.
“The Irish are real fight fans and fighting people,” he said.
“And Irish combat sport and interest in martial arts is on a high at the moment with Conor McGregor doing so well in the UFC and getting so much publicity. We want to tap into that as we look to expand and grow further next year.”
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