PrimeTime Management group Ltd, who are responsible for the publicity of Mania Women's Sport Fighting, are looking to expand. Next year PrimeTime will be holding six shows, all of which will be televised. The shows will be a version of females (modified) Mixed Martial Arts.

For the events we need to build a team of women who would like to fight under a PimeTime sponsors logo, while still representing there own club.

The fight nights usually have a theme to them; the first one next year will be "Aussie VS New Zealand" for which we intend to bring over a high profile team of Australian fighters.

One of the other nights will be a "Battle of the Codes" where Wrestlers and Judo fighters square off against all other codes of fighting.

The event we are about to hold (which will be yearly) is "Battle of the Bombay's" where we are having Waikato fighters challenge Auckland.

So as you can see the nights are intended to always be challenging and with some-thing and some-one new each show.

This is why we need you.

Popularity of female fight nights are growing both in NZ and beyond. We know this because the fights are starting to sell out and the sponsors are getting more involved.

With six TV spots to fill next year we would like to profile as many NZ fighters as possible. On top of the shows we are starting to be involved in overseas shows and DVD releases. To best represent our great country we need to display a range of fighters from a range of fighting backgrounds.

So if you are interested read on and I will answer some of the most commonly asked questions.

How do I fight under PrimeTime but still represent my club?

This is a good question and one I get asked a lot. First of all primetime has no gym and trains no fighters so it would be impossible for us to try to represent you as being trained by us.

What we do is bring publicity, sponsors and an audience together with fighters of a high caliber.

You would need to be prepared to wear the sponsor's logo and take direction from the Managers of PrimeTime (mostly if overseas) but where possible you will have YOUR trainer in your corner and when interviewed will state clearly the gym you represent.

While fighting at the NZ shows this will always happen, it is if you are offered an overseas fight with us that we can't guarantee to be able to take your support system and you would have to be guided by us.

You can choose to ONLY be involved in a one off show… say "Battle of the Bombay's" if that appeals to your senses.

The outcome we are trying to achieve is more exposure of NZ women fighters.

What style of fighting are the shows?

The style of fighting PrimeTime promotes is a blend of wrestling and Martial arts.

THE REASON we choose this style is partly marketability. The TV networks want to see a hardcore style of fighting that doesn't have striking to the face. Women who fight are becoming popular, but even with the guys they hesitate to show any of the blood injuries.

The other reason we choose this style is that most codes of fighting can adapt to it.

How do you learn the rules?

PrimeTime are lucky enough to have Nelly Stallworthy a well established Judo fighter, who also fights at "Mania" to help take short seminars.

Nelly has been fighting for Mania long enough to be well aware of all the rules but has come from approx ten years of fighting at various other club's.

Nelly is a former National Judo champ and is a one Darn Black Belt.

These seminars will be run often and are intended to familiarize you with the fighting style, and also get you in a wrestling style ring (as it is different).

Some fighters have contacted us and we have sent them tickets to one of our shows, as a way for them to check first if they could see themselves fighting with us.

I think this is a great idea and if you are keen e-mail me on [email protected] and I will send you and your trainer a ticket.

We recommend you bring your trainer as he/she can guide you on your abilities and if the opportunity is right for you… your trainer knows you, we don't.

I will leave this notice at that for now, but will update with answers to your questions when I receive them. The only stupid question is one you don't ask, so don't hesitate to be frank.

Be patient waiting for an answer as I spend a lot of time out of the country, but you are important to us and I will get back to you.

Thanks for taking the time to read.

I look forward to one day meeting you.

Belinda Dunne
Director
PrimeTime Management group LTD.