Each series featured a group of athletic individuals travelling around the globe to take part in different tribal or traditional sports.

Competitors often undertake local rituals or traditions, such as ceremonial dancing, the wearing of tribal clothing, body painting, medicinal treatments, ritual tests of strength or courage, and the offering up of prayers or offerings to local gods or spirits.

Also, that season was translated in French and aired in Québec, Canada as Le Dernier Combattant (The Last Fighter) on Canal D. The Discovery Channel showed the programme as Last One Standing, starting on 4 October 2007.

Samo wrestling is highly physical and energy sapping, one wrong step swiftly results in smashing to the ground.

One week two the boys travel to Burkina Faso in Africa to compete in a Samo wrestling tournament.

Nyon's trainer is former Samowrestling champion Francois, Wolé and Jarvis impress in the initial training bouts but Ed reveals that he has been injured and is forced to pull out rather than risk serious damage so we're down to five.

Francois takes Jarvis and Joey to sacred crocodiles and sacrifices two chickens in the hope for luck.

Forty-year-old Pulba had the task of training the contestants and Murray seemed like an early favourite as he stayed right behind the Sherpa whilst the others all struggled.

For the other competitors going back upstream was much harder but Ed opened up a lead and Murray pushed past Wolé.

In week 5, A first happened within the Travellers, they were split into 2 groups to take part in an Archery contest between two tribes which make the Manchester Derby look soft.

The doctors set them in a cast and strongly advise him not to fight but Jarvis, desperately seeking his first win, chooses to ignore them and opts to complete his training and enter the contest.

The competitors arrive at the contest and are told the rules: if a fighter steps outside the circle, or hits the opponent in the head or below the waist they receive a warning.

The fight ends in a draw and the judges declare Wole the winner with a vote of 2-to-1 giving him his second controversial victory on Last Man Standing.

Joey and Wole miss the target whilst Murrays buffalo stop moving near the end of the course putting him out of the running as well.

Week Nine sees the group arrive in India to take part in Kushti Mud Wrestling.

The tournament comes around and Ed finds his win quickly after the opening bell with a traditional Kushti throw.

The final event in the series is an epic 25 mile open water canoe race held over two days.

The first few days are fun for all with only light training, made easier by the fact that these canoes are proper oceangoing vessels with outriggers making them stable and straight.

When the group help with harvesting the sea it becomes apparent that Joey and Jarvis are not comfortable at all, while Murray is in his element and the others, although not super confident, are showing good resilience and willpower.

Heavy rain the day before the race is a bad omen as it is always followed by strong winds and high seas.

As the race begins, Murray's knowledge of the sea helps him through the reef and JJ is smart enough to stick close behind giving him second place.

the other boys all struggle with the big waves hitting the reef and it's too much for Joey and Jarvis who retire almost immediately leaving the trainers shattered.

Ed struggles for an hour but finally clears the reef while Wole requires help from a local.

This sees an absolutely gargantuan performance from Wole who manages to pass all but Murray on the first leg with all the remaining athletes making it to the second island before sunset.

While Murray is feeling good the others are exhausted and JJ in particular is struggling, having had his shoulder badly injured in the previous challenge.

The first half of the second leg sees a fantastic struggle between Wole, Murray and Ed, with JJ dropping back in considerable pain and frustration.

The run home on the second leg once again sees Wole simply out-muscling Murray and Ed who begin to fatigue.

Murray stays in touch however and Wole once again struggles to overcome the reef, this time grounding his canoe badly.