“This is a new sports competition in outer space,” Hollywood director Andrea Iervolino planning to produce an MMA show in zero gravity named Galactic Combat


“This is a new sports competition in outer space,” Hollywood director Andrea Iervolino planning to produce an MMA show in zero gravity named Galactic Combat

John Lewis and Galactic Combat

MMA is a sport that is widely popular around the globe mainly because of the promotion such as UFC, Bellator, One Championship, and others. But Hollywood Director Andrea Iervolino is planning to take this to a new level. He is planning to launch a reality TV show named Galactic Combat, the shooting of which will take place in outer space.

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Yes! You read it right; Iervolino is planning to direct a reality show in outer space with the help of Elon Musk’s Space X and former UFC veteran and pioneer of the sport John Lewis.

The show will take 40 fighters from around the globe and they will prepare to fight in zero gravity. The final cast will be shortened down to 8 fighters who will enter the rocket for the final fight.

In his latest interview, Andrea Iervolino told Fast Company, “This is not just a show. This is a new sport – a new sports competition in outer space,”

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“If you take UFC, it has a huge fan base. My goal with this new format is, I don’t want to lose UFC fans – we need to embrace all of them. The whole MMA world. But the goal with Zero-G fighting is to make the concept much wider.” {H/T BJ Penn}

Andrea Iervolino is planning to host other games as well after the success of this

Andrea Iervolino
Space 11 and Galactic Combat

Initially, Andrea Iervolino stayed quiet about Space 11 but after its collaboration with space X he is planning to direct at least ’50 other formats of space shows’.

The 12 episode show is targeted to be aired in 2023 but it can be ready in early 2022 as well. Iervolino added, “When people try to punch you in zero gravity – I don’t know if you’ve seen the video of a baby pushing a person in zero gravity and the person goes to the other side of the room,” {H/T BJ Penn}

“It’s a totally different way to punch someone. It’s a very different type of training.”

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Andrea Iervolino concluded, “The important thing is you need to be safe enough to be inside the rocket… You need to come back safe. This one is doable. Having two guys fighting in a rocket orbiting the Earth is easy.” {H/T BJ Penn}

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