LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KATV) \u2014 Two Arkansans are stepping into the spotlight on the national stage, competing for a whopping $5 million on season two of “Beast Games,” hosted by YouTuber Mr. Beast. Among them is Little Rock native Pe’lar Handie, an MMA fighter who snagged a spot on the show after submitting a video showcasing her skills.<\/p>\n
“I saw that he was looking for people to join his competition, and I submitted a video,” Handie said. “I had my MMA belt on, and I was like, you may be wondering why I’m wearing this belt. And I told them I was an MMA fighter from Arkansas. And I got a email about a hour later saying they would love to have me.”<\/p>\n
Handie described the competition as a mix of physical and mental challenges, with contestants facing tasks like pattern recognition and height-related challenges. “It was just a surreal experience,” he said. “Standing beside $5 million every day was just like, wow.”<\/p>\n
The competition features 200 contestants, split into 100 strong and 100 smart participants. Handie, on the strong side, prepared for the show by undergoing a physical test involving push-ups, pull-ups, and leg presses. “I treated the competition as I would like a fight, like preparing me mentally for a fight,” she said.<\/p>\n
The show, filmed with 1,000 cameras capturing every moment, airs on Prime Video and YouTube. Handie is excited for viewers to see him in a new light. “A lot of people think of me as just an MMA fighter, so it’s just good to see myself in a completely different setting,” she said.<\/p>\n
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Fans can follow Handie’s journey on social media at on Instagram and Facebook. Tune in to see if Handie can claim the $5 million prize and bring it back to Arkansas!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KATV) \u2014 Two Arkansans are stepping into the spotlight on the national stage, competing for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":396751,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,785,85],"class_list":["post-396750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=396750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396750\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/396751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=396750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=396750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=396750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}