{"id":29391,"date":"2026-09-17T15:19:42","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T15:19:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=29391"},"modified":"2026-09-17T15:19:42","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T15:19:42","slug":"actor-bodybuilder-martyn-ford-signs-with-ksw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=29391","title":{"rendered":"Actor &#038; Bodybuilder Martyn Ford Signs with KSW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n                            Last weekend KSW\u2019s latest signing was revealed in front of a packed SSE Arena in Wembley as Martyn Ford, standing 6 foot 8, stepped into the KSW cage.<\/p>\n<div>Ford rose to fame through social media and has gained over\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/martynfordofficial\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\">1.3 million Instagram followers<\/a>. In the past number of years the Englishman has appeared in a number of TV shows and movies and has worked alongside the likes of Dave Batista, Colin Firth, Channing Tatum, and Scott Adkins.<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Over the past few months Ford has focused his attention on moving into MMA. He has dedicated himself to training in various aspects of mixed martial arts while adjusting his training regime drastically to to help with the transition.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ford will make his MMA and KSW in early 2019.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"9BSv0-zdVHk\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Martyn Ford signs with KSW | Interview\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9BSv0-zdVHk?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n          !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n          {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n          n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n          if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n          n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n          t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n          s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n          'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n          fbq('init', '200490678559998');\n          fbq('track', 'PageView');\n        <\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kswmma.com\/en\/news\/actor-bodybuilder-martyn-ford-signs-with-ksw\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last weekend KSW\u2019s latest signing was revealed in front of a packed SSE Arena in Wembley as Martyn Ford, standing 6 foot 8, stepped into the KSW cage. 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