Peter Queally has encouraged more women to take up mixed martial arts after an overwhelming response to his self-defence workshop last month.
The Bellator fighter ran the first free workshop at his SBG gym in Naas on January 22 and saw 30 women take to the mats for the first time.
He was moved to offer the classes free of charge as the country reeled following the killing of Ashling Murphy in Tullamore on January 12.