SENI the Combat & Strength Show will virtually take over The O2 on 16th & 17th July to deliver a spectacular weekend mix of fight sports and fitness.

The Combat & Strength Show (or SENI as the martial arts sector knows it historically) is a collaboration of prestigious live events, fan experiences and international competitions. This year’s event will also sit alongside the first ever Bellator MMA fight night in the main O2 arena.

The event will officially open on Friday 15th July with “Meantime” a charity evening of white collar boxing. The show will then run across two days from Saturday morning through to Sunday evening, non-stop!

The Combat element will showcase a wide range of amateur driven events in Muay Thai, Amateur Boxing, Submission wrestling and Knockdown Karate. The Strength side to the show will provide cutting edge fitness classes, fitness model, arm wrestling, powerlifting and the first official strongman amateur championships to find the next big Strongman stars of the future, organised by Giants Live the qualifying tour for The World’s Strongest Man.

Theres a huge amount of action and activity on offer across the weekend. Be part of breaking of the world boxing class Guinness book of records to taking part in the world’s hardest hitter competition. As you walk around the venue you will be immersed with our “battling” theme with gaming, barbering, armwrestling, Parkour and pull up challenges! 

Tickets are on sale for Combat & Strength, Official Strongman and Bellator MMA Fan Experience all via AXS.com and all of the updated show information including all social media links and our free pre show magazine all can be found at www.CombatANDStrength.com

As well as the big events both Combat & Strength genres will also have displays, seminars, workshops as part of the weekend. There will, as always be big names dropping by such as Strongmen Eddie Hall & Thor from Game of Thrones, a mix of top boxers and MMA stars..

The Bellator MMA Experience – Sat 16th July

Bellator MMA will bring across MMA legends to take part in the Bellator MMA fan experience. This ticket will get fans into The Combat & Strength Show, a ticket to The Yankee Invasion fight night and the after party but also the opportunity to personally meet some of best fighters to have graced the Cage! Former big names such as Tito Ortiz, Fedor Emelianenko, and Royce Gracie are confirmed to attend with more being added soon all part of the dedicated fan experience that will connect the evening Bellator MMA fight night with the two-day Combat & Strength exhibition.

Fighting Spirit Film Festival – Sat 16th July

The first ever action film festival will launch at Cineworld at the O2 as part of the weekend. The aim is to celebrate and screen martial arts movies from across the globe and it’s anticipated that the film festival will run yearly as a stand-alone festival and get bigger each year. The festival will screen four movies including classics such as Drunken Master, new movie Ip man 3 and rerun children’s movie Kung Fu Panda 3. There will be up to 10 short films and a host of classical martial arts displays. The festival as part of The Combat & Strength show will also incorporate Eastern Heroes, Bruce Lee Convention which has successfully been organised for previous years in conjunction with the Bruce Lee estate.