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Now a fight is on for funding as a Youth Mixed Martial Arts team is seeking funding to the tune of approximately 100 thousand dollars to participate at the International Mixed Martial Arts Federation World Youth Championship. The five athletes would have battled for their spots on the team at the local championships and they believe they can go a step further if they get the financial support.
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00:00When it comes to youth mixed martial arts mixed martial arts promoter Jason Fraser has high ambitions for the sport
00:06He qualified a team for the international mixed martial arts Federation world youth a championship in Abu Dhabi from August 4th to 11th
00:14Now he is working on the next step funding a traveling contingent includes
00:20Fraser
00:21coach Damani Adams featherweight athlete Moses Rampersad
00:26flyweight Yuri Mahabir
00:28Middleweight Orlando Charles as well as female flyweights Kayla Gonzalez and Alyssa Adams
00:34Coming out of the national championship that was held on June 15
00:39Trinidad and Tobago has finally select its team to represent us at the World Youth Championship in Abu Dhabi
00:45This team will be creating history as it is the first time that Trinidad and Tobago will be feeling a team at the World Championship
00:54Fraser indicated they have all the tickets, but they still need funding for hotel accommodation
01:00Accreditation uniforms as well as in-transit accommodation
01:04He added that this is the first youth MMA team that will attend the IMMAF World Youth
01:10Championships and they will be competing against over 1,000 athletes
01:15Youth MMA is very very young
01:18Internationally, it's a young sport. It's a building sport with the IMAP. So
01:22What we have here is is youths making history, this is history and
01:27Trinidad should get behind this team because many many years down the road. This is where it's this is where everybody's gonna remember
01:33This is where it all began. This is where it all started. So
01:37We expect we expect great things from this team and we expect that
01:41When they go out there and they compete whether they meddle they don't meddle they compete we expect that youth MMA
01:48To get a shot in the arm in Trinidad a boost
01:51So, you know people would come on board time is ticking down to support the team as they are set to travel on July
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01:59Sergio Dufour TV6 Sport
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