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It is fast becoming one of the most popular sports in the world and now MMA is coming west. A major MMA event is taking place in the Welcome Inn Hotel, Castlebar, on Sunday August 3, with some of the top competitors in the county coming to town to do battle for the inaugural West Cage Fighting Championships. This is an opportunity for fans of the sport to witness firsthand the spectacle of an all-out, full-scale MMA event. There will be 10 fights over the course of the night, with each contest being decided over three, three-minute, rounds.

This weekend Athlone is to host the 45th running of the national Community Games finals at the athletic stadium in the AIT sportsground.

More than 150 vision impaired athletes from across the island will gather in Dublin next month to celebrate MayFest 2013. The MayFest, organised by Irish Blind Sports, will be a carnival weekend of come and try, competition and demonstration sports, ideally suitable for people with vision impairment.

On March 21, Kilkenny Top Pro martial arts club will host a full-contact kickboxing event in the Ormonde Hotel which will feature two senior Irish title fights as the main bouts, as well as a full under card of up and coming fighters.

The cream of judo exponents will be in Galway this weekend when the city hosts the All Ireland Judo Championships.

Roscommon athlete Lorcán Ó Catháin has qualified for the European Youth Olympics Festival (EYOF), it has been confirmed by the Olympic Council of Ireland.

Up to 15,000 visitors are to converge on Athlone over the next two weekends, as the national finals of the HSE Community Games take place in the town.

The Kilkenny Top Pro Martial Arts club has gained such a high reputation it has spread across the globe.