Promoter
Before his Mixed martial arts events in the UK, Hasdell has promoted multiple thai-boxing events in the early 1990s.
While fighting in RINGS, Hasdell formed Universal Total-Fight Forum (UTF), later known as Total Fight Forum (TFF) and promoted the first Mixed martial arts events in the UK. Which were all held in Milton Keynes, England. The first event was in October 1997. The show featured Vale Tudo and (Rings rules) Shoot fighting matches. Lee's vision for a UK pro-mma scene materialised in 1998, the first in a trilogy of professional MMA events in the UK called Night of the Samurai which featured international fighters from Japan, USA, Holland, France and Spain. These were among the first mixed martial arts events in Britain. Lee Hasdell also became the representative for RINGS UK in 1998.
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