Cage fighter George hopes to hit the big time

Manchester to prepare for Saturday’s fight. I’m fighting a guy who has won 13 and lost 1. My record is six wins and no losses. I am trying to get bigger and bigger fights and then turn pro.” George, from Shelf, near Halifax, is being supported by mum and dad Andy and Louise Smith and sister Annie, 24. Dozens of his friends and supporters will be watching this weekend’s fight. Modest and softly spoken, he is not your stereotypical cage fighter; there are no tattoos and his nose isn’t flat. And ahead of fights he remains calm and composed. “I don’t get scared or intimidated. “If I perform I know I can win. My opponent is just a persons with two arms and two legs.” “I am a nice person but I do have a ruthless streak which I use to finish fights.” Outside of the cage, he doesn’t look or act like a fighter and doesn’t have the ego that some fighters are known for. “I hate any kind of confrontation and I never liked street fighting. I don’t have tattoos and I don’t go drinking.” He weighs around 83 kilos (about 13 stones) and is 6ft 3in tall with long limbs, which he see as one of his biggest assets. If his skills are the result of genetics, he puts it down to his late grandad, Donald Fish. “He did boxing and judo and was a fighting man. He died a few years ago on May 20 - the day of this weekend’s fight. He would be proud of me.”

I am a nice person but I do have a ruthless streak which I use to finish fights.