Urban Warrior MMA was Established on 22 01 2006 as part of a local comunity project called the Normantons Men Project the idea was to increase Physical Activity Participation in Men between the ages of 18 and 60
It was the coach Fran Niebla who was a Fitness Coach at Shaftesbury Sports Centre who was appointed to deliver a program of exercise that would emcompus some form of Combat Training
Having extensivly trained in Many foms of martial arts from an early age and a keen fan of UFC and MMA he deceided to create Derbys First MMA club