Iain Martell

Iain 'Badman' Martell is an English mixed martial artist, fighting in the light heavyweight division. He is probably best known for appearing on hit ITV show, Take Me Out.

Background
Iain has been training in martial arts since he was eight years old and became the British kickboxing champion at ten.

Martell trains at Team Kaobon along with current and former UFC fighters such as Paul Sass, Terry Etim, Paul Kelly and Paul Taylor.

UCMMA
Martell signed a three fight deal with London-based UCMMA during the early part of 2011, some time after his appearance on Take Me Out.

Before his debut, he appeared on UCMMA's talk show, Cage Fighter.

Martell made his MMA debut at UCMMA 19 by defeating Chris Harman via TKO (Punches).

Martell was supposed to face Earl Brown at UCMMA 20 on just 8 days notice, but due to unforeseeable circumstances, the fight was called off.

He then faced Carl Lawrence at UCMMA 22 - Warrior Creed, which was the very first UK based MMA event to be shown live on PPV. He won via submission.

Martell then defeated Neil Bittong at UCMMA's first international event in the Dominican Republic via TKO (doctor stoppage)

After Martell defeated Earl Brown at UCMMA 25.

Iain then defeated Mohammed Ali at UCMMA 26 via submission (rear naked choke).

According to the UCMMA website, Martell will next face Max Nunes at UCMMA 29.

Personal life
As well as being a mixed martial artist, he works as a personal trainer when he isn't fighting.

Celebrity Status
Iain Martell is most recognised for being one of the male contestants on hit ITV show, Take Me Out.

Former glamour model Katie Price revealed that, during her marriage to Alex Reid, she fancies Martell to her husband in which she kept in contact with Martell after his appearance on Take Me Out. At one point during her divorce to Reid, Alex fronted up one of Iain’s friends in their gym about it as he suspected that he and Price had a fling.

Martell also appeared on a series of John Bishop's Britain, hosted by John Bishop. He talked about subjects such as train spotting and shopping with girls on the episode he was on.