The sport that combines medieval armour and MMA

“Pretty much every boy wanted a suit of armour,” Daniel said.

“To actually wear it and, not just that, get to use it and get to experience what it’s like to fight in armour is amazing.”

He started out in a borrowed suit of armour, running training sessions on a farm outside Nottingham.

Daniel said he met other fighters and they began competing at international tournaments.

“We were winning, we were doing really well and we decided ‘you know what, let’s see how far we can take this’,” he said.