A LEADING mixed martial arts fighter has been showing off his moves when he called into a college.

Dangerous Davey Grant introduced the young volunteers to the basic techniques of the sport that has taken him all over the world.

The 28-year-old, who is originally from Bishop Auckland, put students from Stockton Riverside College through their paces today (Wednesday, October 22).

Davey, who last year featured in the American reality TV show, The Ultimate Fighter, was 14 when he first tried the sport that would go on to be his future profession.

He said: “I love teaching people my trade and seeing them grow. I started going to a kickboxing club just to keep fit,” he said, but it was there he discovered mixed martial arts.

“I wanted to have a go and it turned out I was really good at it. I was just doing it for fun when I started out - it turned in to my job.”

The father-of-two said fighting for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is every fighter’s ambition.

It was following his appearance on the reality TV show, which saw him living in Las Vegas for six weeks, that Davey was signed.

Stockton Riverside College’s FE sports co-ordinator, Ron Booth said: “The students were really excited and couldn’t wait to get started.

“On the mixed martial arts scene Davey Grant is world renowned. You don’t get any better.”