BBC Documentaries

Stoked up in Stoke: Fighting Men (2015x272)

: 26, 2015

Documentary following two cage fighters from Stoke-on-Trent during the tough eight weeks of training, overcoming injuries and battered egos, as they prepare for fight night. As the countdown plays out, we discover that this sometimes brutal sport is helping many young men overcome troubled circumstances such as alcoholism, violent crime, drugs, unemployment and obesity, in order to turn their lives around.