Nashville-Produced Song Hits Hard on MMA Stage – “Gladiator” Now Available on iTunes

By Michelle Scheuermann

“Gladiator” is Also Theme Song to TV Series “Gladiators Unleashed” featuring Gaethje and Luke “Lil Hulk” Caudillo

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Ammoland.Com) – Multi-platinum producer, Mike Hartnett, didn’t realize a song, “Gladiator,” he produced with singer Michael Connors and songwriter Jim Kinsey would be a smash hit in the literal sense. “Gladiator” caught the attention of lightweight titleholder, Justin Gaethje (14-0) who is walking out to it at the World Series of Fighting 23 (WSOF) on September 18 in Phoenix, Az. to defend his title against Luis Palomino. “Gladiator” was created by multi-platinum producer Mike Hartnett along with songwriter and musician Michael Connors, songwriter and TV producer, Jim Kinsey and mixed by Nashville engineer, Billy Decker.

Listen to “Gladiator” now available on iTunes, Amazon and more here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/gladiator-single/id1036516067

“I’ve been working with Connors and Kinsey for some time and when they approached me about laying down a beat for a hard metal MMA song, it didn’t take Connors and I long to start the guitar riff and add a beat as the lyrics Kinsey and Connors wrote were crushing it,” said Hartnett. “Connors is a very talented singer-songwriter with that hard edge, which is a perfect fit for ‘Gladiator.’”

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Source:: AmmoLand