For Liverpool fighter, Lee Crawley, the dream has always been clear, to become a professional fighter. Now, that dream looks like it may finally come true.

After starting Jiu Jitsu aged 14, Crawley trained for a few years before stepping back from the sport, but now he’s been training harder than ever off the back of basing himself in Colombia last year, he’s come back and won two tournaments, with the goal of becoming professional soon.

The 23 year old comes from a fighting family, with his older brother also an amateur fighter, He was involved before MMA the sport took off in Liverpool.

Crawley is a more of a “grappler” wrestling his opponent to the floor and forcing them to submit.