It is not every day you find your head pinned between the legs of a cagefighter as he strangles you with just the power of his thighs.

But that's just where I found myself when I met up with Croydon-born Scott Jansen, one of Britain's premier UFC fighters, at his Keddle's Gym base in Orpington ahead of his fight at Wembley arena in eight days time.

I thought it would be great for him to show me all the different ways of taking your opponent down or getting them to submit, thinking it cannot be as painful as what you see on the television - I was wrong.

Scott didn't hold back as he took my legs away from under me, sent me crashing to the floor and left me tapping furiously with arm locks, leg locks, head squeezes or a simple full-weight knee on the chest as he aimed his fists at my face.

He did show me how to do the kimura (pulling an arm behind the back), arm bar (extending your elbow ligaments), foot lock (pulling on your ankle ligaments) and triangle neck choke (the thighs around neck one) but when I tried them on him I got the impression he was only tapping out to be nice to me.

Scott's biggest fight to date was against Phil Baroni but that ended in him being knocked out by an impressive right hook after just three minutes.

The 30-year-old, who grew up on the Monks Hill Estate and went to Gilbert Scott Primary school and Monks Hill Secondary, now Selsdon High, hopes his bout against Manchester's Craig Chester will kickstart his career.

"It is a massive show, Bamma is one of the biggest, if not the biggest, in the UK," he said.

"I am in the best shape of my life right now and I am hoping this year takes off for me.

"I am around good people, have a good strong team and good sponsors, I am feeling good this year and have a nice positive energy.

"Getting knocked out by someone like Phil Baroni isn't so much a bad thing, it was a win win fight for me and a great experience.

"He is on the card at Wembley so it will be good to meet him again and have a few drinks after to toast our victories."

People often look at cage fighting with a grimace and label it with the dangerous tag, but Jansen sees it as no different to any other sport.

"Riding a horse can be dangerous," he said.

"It is a professional sport and a full time job for us, we don't go in there fighting like bums, we go in there fighting like professionals.

"We put a lot work in, there are strict diets and you have to be away from family and friends for a long time, it is very disciplined.

"We don't bite, we don't scratch and we don't pull hair, we are professionals and we do our thing and respect each other as fighters.

"We give the crowd what they want, shake hands after and go to the bar for a drink."

Scott Jansen fights in BAMMA 6: Live at Wembley Arena on Saturday, May 21. Buy tickets from: Ticketmaster.co.uk or watch live exclusively on Sky channel Syfy at 9pm.