Mo Abdurahman (24-6) entered the world of kickboxing completely by chance, taking a work-experience placement at a gym out of desperation when he was a teenager and then falling in love with the sport.

“I was 14 years old and my school was making everybody do two weeks of work experience. I hadn't found anything and so they were telling me they were going to make me work in the canteen with the dinner ladies at the school. Obviously I didn't want that!” he laughs.

“There was a gym round the corner from my house and on the way home from school I went in and spoke to them and they agreed I could do work experience there. That was how I met my coach. He had me open up, clean up and lock up for two weeks and train while I was there. That's how I started.

“I fell in love with the sport and a year later I had my first fight. For some reason I was always fighting adults, right from day one. I was 15 and I fought this guy who was 19 and I stopped him in the second round with a right cross. It's all gone on from there really.”