Antonio Graceffo is also the man behind this project and he is the author of the book "The Monk from Brooklyn". He also host the youtube channel brooklynmonk1.
Info taken from Antonio's profile:
The Brooklyn Monk, Antonio Graceffo, is an adventure and martial arts author living in Asia. He is the host of the web TV show, "Martial Arts odyssey" which was shot in over twenty locations in Asia, featuring countless exotic martial arts and masters.
Antonio writes books and articles about martial arts, ethnic minorities, tribes, and adventure travels in Asia. He currently has five books on amazon.com including his signature book, The Monk from Brooklyn, the first book ever written by an American who studied at the Shaolin Temple. He is a frequent guest on radio and TV shows. Currently, in addition to new episodes of "Martial Arts Odyssey" he is filming a linguistics series on second language acquisition. see his website at speakingadventure.com join him on facebook.com
So what is this new reality show "Living the MMA Dream" about?
Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) is the fastest growing sport on the planet. From the USA to Malaysia, from Japan to Holland, kids are tuning into the internet or the TV to follow the battles of their favorite fighters.
Living the Dream is an MMA reality show, based in Malaysia, sponsored by Muayfit MMA gym and hosted by martial arts author, Antonio Graceffo. The purpose of the show is to give a chance for novices to gain entrance into the world of professional fighting.
The show begins by choosing two eight-man teams who will train and compete against each other each week. While the fighters all live in Malaysia, they represent an eclectic collection of countries: Malaysia, Pakistan, Nepal, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, USA, France, and more. Each episode will end in a professional fight, where the loser goes home and the winner stays, continuing on to the next round of competition. During the course of the show, all of the fighters will have free access to the best professional MMA training in Malaysia.
Throughout the show, the fighters will be motivated by their two coaches, Antonio Graceffo and Peter Davis. They will also receive training by various guest trainers, coming from countries as far away as the Philippines, Cambodia, France, USA, and Singapore. The final episode will feature a TV title fight where the winner will be crowned Dream Champion.
Every week you can cheer on your favorite contestants, learn some new training techniques, and see some of the best grass-roots MMA fights on TV.
Tune in and live the dream!
Check out the 1st epsiode here!
FightBah only hopes that in the future we could have more Sabahan fighters to join this kind of show & maybe "represent" Malaysia. Who knows maybe in the future? But for now, Borneo fighters need to train hard and train well to make a name for themselves.
I WANNA JOIN THEIR BOOTCAMP! *SCRATCHHHHHHHHHHHHHH*
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ReplyDeleteTrue that MMA is fastest growing sport and have been recognized in almost all the countries. It's been an alternate for people to quit gym as this sport is about mental fitness too along with physical fitness.
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