Darrow UFC scholar

SINGAPORE – Indonesian fighter Linda Darrow will become the first student admitted to the UFC Scholarship program, UFC and AirAsia announced yesterday.

Darrow, with six straight wins and 28 years old, will receive an all-expenses paid trip to the United States to train at the UFC Performance Institute in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The four-week curriculum, devised by UFC, will give athletes the opportunity to test themselves and train with the best MMA athletes in a world-class training facility.

As the world’s first mixed martial arts multi-disciplinary research, innovation and performance center, the Performance Institute is a state-of-the-art 30,000 square-foot facility providing benefits and services to all athletes competing under the UFC banner.

UFC’s partnership with AirAsia will also see one athlete from the Asia-Pacific region take part in the UFC’s original content series, Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series.