00:00The Woodbrook Youth Facility is the place to be on Saturday for mixed martial arts action.
00:05That's because the Road to Glory event is on and it focuses on youth, junior and senior amateur MMA.
00:12Jason Fraser, who is the vice president of the IMMAF Pan American Confederation, says it is important to promote the
00:18sport in the Twin Island country.
00:20That is what we need. For us, basically, that's why we are committed to have at least eight local events
00:25this year.
00:26This is our second one. We were crazy to do one in the middle of Carnival and it's to give
00:30the athletes the opportunity and the platforms that they can develop because the more activities they have, the better it
00:35will be for them at the end of the day.
00:37But it has to be a collective effort. When we have an event, coaches, athletes need to actually market the
00:43event, spread the event, promote the event, promote yourself.
00:47It is the only way it could work because the hardest part of this is funding.
00:52Fraser is also hoping corporate sponsors can come on board to support the sport.
00:57Also giving this event the thumbs up is pro fighter Joash Walkins, who is not a participant.
01:02However, Walkins is a coach and will be focusing on how the fighters perform.
01:07I'm glad to see that we actually have a proper team around us that we could further this sport and
01:14we could propel this sport to higher heights and deeper depths and stuff like that.
01:18And I'm happy to be part of this community and I hope one day we could have UFC fighters coming
01:24out from the Caribbean and stuff like that.
01:26Just focusing on the name Road to Glory, one person gives his take on it.
01:30He's Warren Gill, who is the chief official at the event.
01:33When I saw the name Road to Glory, I looked at it and I was like, hmm, it's pretty nice.
01:42Because there is glory at the end of the road.
01:45There's a lot of glory.
01:47I sit for many international tournaments and I hear these people's anthems play and I see them when they achieve
01:55World Championship status.
01:57I see them cry.
02:00I see them kneel.
02:03I see them extremely jubilant.
02:05They don't even know what to do with themselves.
02:07I see that glory in them.
02:09I see it from their presidents.
02:10I see it from their politicians.
02:12I see it from their coaches.
02:13I see it from their families, their children.
02:16The action starts at 6 p.m. with gates opening an hour earlier.
02:20Vinod Nawani, 264.
02:21Vinod Nawani, 264.
02:22Vinod Nawani, 264.
02:22Vinod Nawani, 264.
02:22Vinod Nawani, 264.
02:22Vinod Nawani, 264.
02:23Vinod Nawani, 264.
02:24Vinod Nawani, 264.
02:24Vinod Nawani, 274.
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