Battlefield Fight League 5 presented 15 exciting mma fights to a full house on January 15^th, featuring Jacen Brooks defeating Ash Mashregi to retain his title, and the awarding of the Featherweight title to Gary Mangat in his Main card event fight against Cam Delurme.

Andrew Valiquette def. Clay Ayres by rear naked choke in round 1.

Jesse Bird def. Andre Silva by unanimous decision after three three minute rounds.

Kirk Tse def. Jordan Manning by guillotine in round 1.

Ryan Allen def. Ben Anderson by TKO in round 1 due to unreturned blows in ground and pound.

Jer Kornelson def. Jesse Wierbowski 8 seconds into round 2 by ref stoppage. Jer must have had a talking to in the corner during corner time. He was saved by the bell in round one and finished it in an impressive upset.


Leo Xavier def .Chris Everett by arm bar in round 2.

UFC referee Big John McCarthy offered a gruelling and highly technical mma fight judging certification program. The pass score for the final exam was 90%. Big John was nice enough to stop by the event at Intermission for a meet and greet.

Eli Wyse def. Hanz Pangillinan in a stunning fashion 6 seconds into round 1 with a single left hook.

Ryan Christopher def. Jesse Shim by armbar in a round 1 tapout.

Marco Caffiero def. Jason Keller by round 3 ref stoppage. The fight wound could have continued but Keller sustained an ear tissue injury that would eventually burst.

Adam Santos def. Rick Peers by ref stoppage and a drubbing by Santos.

Stuart Delurme def. Bryce Gougeon by rear naked choke and a locked in body triangle. Gougeon faired better in round 2 but could not hold an advantage on the ground.

Jeremy Kennedy def. Oren Hanscomb by unanimous judges decision. Lots of grappling and ground. Hanscomb made Kennedy work for every bit of his win.

Jacen Brooks def. Ash Mashregi in the co-main event. A bloody and furious first round came to and end at 2:59 by tapout with leg triangle and ground and pound. Brooks keeps his welterweight belt and extends his winning streak to 5-0.

Gary Mangat def. Cam Delurme by judges decision after 5 rounds for this Featherweight title fight. Mangat had fast snappy kicks to supplement his ground fighting and was exciting to watch.

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The full list of results again:

• Battlefield Fight League 5 presented 15 exciting mma fights to a full house on January 15^th, featuring Jacen Brooks defeating Ash Mashregi to retain his title, and the awarding of the Featherweight title to Gary Mangat in his Main card event fight against Cam Delurme.
• Andrew Valiquette def. Clay Ayres by rear naked choke in round 1.
• Tony Hyunh def. Hovig Stephanian by TKO after only 11 seconds in round 1.
• Jesse Bird def. Andre Silva by unanimous decision after three three minute rounds.
• Kirk Tse def. Jordan Manning by guillotine in round 1.
• Ryan Allen def. Ben Anderson by TKO in round 1 due to unreturned blows in ground and pound.
• Jer Kornelson def. Jesse Wierbowski 8 seconds into round 2 by ref stoppage. Jer must have had a talking to in the corner during corner time. He was saved by the bell in round one and finished it in an impressive upset.
• Leo Xavier def .Chris Everett by arm bar in round 2.
• UFC referee Big John McCarthy offered a gruelling and highly technical mma fight judging certification program. The pass score for the final exam was 90%. Big John was nice enough to stop by the event at Intermission for a meet and greet.
• Eli Wyse def. Hanz Pangillinan in a stunning fashion 6 seconds into round 1 with a single left hook.
• Ryan Christopher def. Jesse Shim by armbar in a round 1 tapout.
• Marco Caffiero def. Jason Keller by round 3 ref stoppage. The fight wound could have continued but Keller sustained an ear tissue injury that would eventually burst.
• Adam Santos def. Rick Peers by ref stoppage and a drubbing by Santos.
• Stuart Delurme def. Bryce Gougeon by rear naked choke and a locked in body triangle. Gougeon faired better in round 2 but could not hold an advantage on the ground.
• Jeremy Kennedy def. Oren Hanscomb by unanimous judges decision. Lots of grappling and ground. Hanscomb made Kennedy work for every bit of his win.
• Jacen Brooks def. Ash Mashregi in the co-main event. A bloody and furious first round came to and end at 2:59 by tapout with leg triangle and ground and pound. Brooks keeps his welterweight belt and extends his winning streak to 5-0.
• Gary Mangat def. Cam Delurme by judges decision after 5 rounds for this Featherweight title fight. Mangat had fast snappy kicks to supplement his ground fighting and was exciting to watch.

Last night at Battlefield Fight League 5, we saw Eli Wyse win his fight Hanz Pangillinan with  an amazing one punch knockout.

Congratulations to Gary Mangat, who beat Cam Delurme for the Featherweight MMA title tonight at Battlefield Fight League 5. The battle went the distance and to the judges who gave it to Mangat unanimously.

MMA III - Seeing Red

Press release update for MMA III – Seeing Red

Seeing Red

MMA Live In The Cage!
At the Boulevard Casino
Red Robinson Show Theatre
Friday December 3rd, 2010 @ 7:30 p.m.

For immediate release: Tuesday November 16, 2010

Coquitlam, B.C: After a successful 1st ever live MMA event in the CAGE in the Lower Mainland earlier this year, Canada’s premier combative sports promotion company, West Coast Promotions looks to repeat their success in presenting “SEEING RED – MMA Live In The Cage” at the Red Robinson Theatre in the City of Coquitlam.

With a very exciting Main Event, which sees 2 of BC’s best welterweights square off; ‘Tricky’ Nick Marinos of North Vancouver battles Shaun Devries of the Comox Valley at the 170 lb limit, the remainder of the card looks as explosive!

The Semi-Main Event is a Canada-USA affair as Campbell River’s Nygel Yargua takes on Josh Cappa of Tacoma, Washington.

In a special featured match: Coming off of a exhilarating performance in her win over Sarah McLeod, Surrey’s Cheryl Chan squares off against USA fighter Stephanie Eggink from Bellingham, Washington.

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There are some great local fighters on the card at MMA III – Seeing Red, including a few that have been on MartialArtsNomad.com before, including Nick Marinos, Shaun Devries, Cheryl Chan from Surrey, as well Nygel Yargua from Campbell River who fought at Summer Slugfest.

Main Event

Shaun “The Big Rig” Devries Courtney, BC  VS “Tricky” Nick Marinos North Vancouver, BC  in the MAIN EVENT.
Both fighters are coming off impressive T(KO) and submission victories. This is a HUGE Welterweight fight you DON’T want to miss! Someone will get finished.

CO-MAIN EVENT:

CANADA vs USA Middleweight bout
Campbell River’s Nygel Yarjau takes on Josh Chappa of Tacoma, Washington.

MAIN CARD:

As reported in The Vancouver Sun Today, Vancouver City Council this Thursday will be considering sanctioning Mixed Martial Arts fights. Currently they do not. Lets hope they see the advantages of supporting this great fusion of sports, where all disciplines of martial arts come together to know who the best of the best is going to be.

MMA is going to be allowed here
because Vancouver has become a
world center of martial arts.

In a city and region that boasts of its strong ties to Asia, we have over 50 Kung Fu schools that I have found out about. There are Aikido, Judo, and Karate schools that have been operating for many decades in the case of the Richmond Judo and Karate Clubs. Every community centre has some kind of martial arts program; every town and suburb in the region has many options available for martial arts schools, whether it is Tae-Kwon Do, Karate, Kung Fu, Brazilian Jiu-jitsu, Muay Thai or Tai-Chi – all have sunk roots into our communities. All the major disciplines are represented, and so are many of the rare ones as well, like clubs I have blogged about here before such as the Iado and Okinawan Karate Schools. Inside any of the martial arts schools and clubs that abound in Vancouver, students can get access to training by world champions, masters, grand masters, and senseis and sifus that have been practising and training for decades – all of them for the love of it, definitely not for the money.

Seating at tournaments like BCIT and Tiger Balm are packed to the limit. All age groups and a broad variety of disciplines compete – and both men and women. Every one is there to challenge themselves, to learn about themselves, to achieve goals of fitness and skill.

If Vancouver City Council gets it right, a vote to sanction big time MMA events will do much more then bring the big fights to town. That is just the big angle of the story that everyone can see. With its great number of practicioners and schools in one place, sanctionning MMA will be a great recognition of the work and effort by the hundreds of schools, clubs, the training and efforts of the thousands of students, all whose lives have all been enriched by the experience of martial arts. MMA is going to be allowed here because Vancouver has become a world center of martial arts.

Update

I was hopeful for much more. But City of Vancouver cant quite decide, they are passing the matter on to the provincial government to do it. At least they didnt shut the door entirely on it.