A former bedroom sports blogger has landed a national newspaper job straight from university.

Harry Davies has been appointed as a boxing and MMA cage fighting writer for the Daily Mirror just a few weeks after graduating from the University of Northampton’s Multimedia Sports Journalism course.

Harry, pictured, own MMA blog, The UFC Updates, while still at school.

But now the 22-year-old is getting paid to write about the sport after training at Northampton.

He said: “The degree massively helped me for work in the real world.

“My knowledge of MMA has come from my passion for the sport, but the ins and outs of presenting, writing and reporting was something I learned thanks to the help and guidance of my lecturers.

“The time and support they gave me throughout my three years at the university was invaluable. I highly recommend the course to anyone who is considering a career in journalism.”

Harry is initially working from home, but will be covering live events from later in the year.

He added: “It’s all very surreal. I had originally planned to find a summer job to save up some money and move to London for full-time work later this year.

“However, when this role came to my attention, I couldn’t pass it up.

“To be writing for an internationally recognised paper such as the Mirror, so shortly after university, is a great achievement and I am very proud.”