By day, 26 year-old Kimberly Benson dons her smart workwear and goes off to her job in the family coach hire business. By night, with big blow-dried hair and head-to-toe in shimmering Lycra, she steps into the ring as Viper, one of the UK's top female wresters.

The contrast is not lost on her and in Fight Like A Girl, the first in a new run of BBC One's Our Lives strand, Kimberly explains what it’s like to lead her double life. She reveals everything from how she copes with her rigorous training regime, to how she deals with homesickness, as the sport she loves takes her all over the world.

Wrestling promoter Mark Dallas reckons she has it all. He says: “She’s relatable, she’s likeable, she’s a positive role model. She’s got that It-Factor that you can’t teach.”

A schedule of up to four fights per week all over the UK can take its toll on Kimberly, who comes from Ayrshire, Scotland. She feels the strain even more when she sets off for Japan to take part in a coveted double world title bout.

“Being in the spotlight is the loneliest place in the world,” she says. “It’s hard to build relationships with people when you don’t know which side of the world you’ll be on. You belong to everybody and nobody when you do this.” But she also loves what she does. "Travelling the world and living your dream - you can't beat that."

Having attracted a massive social media following, Kimberly is mobbed by fans of the cult sport when she’s out and about in Tokyo. But the glamorous side of being at the top of her game couldn't be further from her mind when nerves set in as she prepares to battle it out for the double-title belt.

Fight Like A Girl is a Raise The Roof production for the BBC.

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