WATCH: Living To Fight - The Grassroots of MMA

GiveMeSport digs into the grassroots of MMA to find out what's driving the sport's burst in popularity...

Less than a decade ago, MMA and UFC was unheard of outside of their hardcore fanbase. Now it's estimated that the sport has a global fanbase of 65 million - and growing.

Driving the sport on to new heights is an explosion of interest at grassroots level in the US and in the UK.

GiveMeSport, in association with EA Sports, visited Saint Anne's and All Saints Church Hall in London to discover the secret behind the revolution.

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