On Thursday, July 25, former UFC bantamweight champion Julianna Pena, welterweight Michael “Venom” Page, lightweight Jared Gordon and featherweight Lerone Murphy visited Manchester’s Wigan Youth Zone to launch the third UK location of UFC and OnSide’s mentoring program as part of UFC 304 fight week.
The expansion of the OnSide program aims to inspire the next generation, as the partnership continues the success achieved with current martial arts-focused mentoring programs in South London (Croydon) and the Midlands (Wolverhampton).
“We are thrilled that Wigan Youth Zone was chosen as the third location of UFC’s youth mentoring program,” said Anthony Ashworth-Steen, CEO – Wigan Youth Zone.