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The B.C. Amateur Modified Muay Thai series are kickboxing tournaments that have been created so students of the martial arts can reach their full potential as fighters. This is the perfect event for anyone thinking about stepping into the ring one day as well as kick-boxers wanting to test their skill. By competing in this tournament and putting it on the line you will learn what it takes to become a real fighter. Let’s take kickboxing to the next level in B.C.
Here are the photos from Gionco’s fight night main card for a Canadian Amateur Muay Thai Title match between Kiarash Moghaddam of Versus Training Centre in Vancouver and Nick Bautista from Siam No. 1 in Toronto.
After the fight, Justin Pierrot interviewed Kiarash Moghaddam to find out what he had to say about his victory over Nick Bautista…
It seems like Nick Bautista didn’t really have much of an answer for to your leg kicks tonight. He seemed to be shying away from your punches. Were you expecting that kind of reaction?
Three years ago I fought (Bautista’s) his coach, he won unanimously… After that fight I went to Thailand… I trained so hard. Tonight I just wanted to prove that I changed… it was a great fight.
You had a very calculated style in there, you kept him at a distance, you were snapping off those brutal looking leg kicks, was that all part of your strategy?
He wanted to clinch and do leg kicks – so I wanted to to do boxing. Clinch he didn’t have a chance, boxing he didn’t have a chance… all he did was low kicks and front kicks, he was a tough guy, he has a tough coach, but I’ve got the best coaching, I’ve got the best best support team… so lucky to have that.
| Style & Weight | Win | Def. | Loss | Reason | |
| 1 | Muay Thai, Super Lightweight 135lbs | Claude Sanders, Ostovic’s Gym, Sunshine Coast, BC | Def. | Adrian Gomez, Clinch 4 Life Burnaby BC | Judges Unanimous decision, good exchanges between fighters, Sanders was just more dominant and Gomez was on the run from Sanders much of the time. |
| 2 | MMA, Featherweight 145lbs | Iouri Saveliev, Suitela Fight Club, Surrey BC | Def. | Lute Ganeif WKX, Surrey BC | Iouri Saveliev went for a takedown in round one and stuffed a kick with his head. He may have even been out for a moment. Ganief had him hard for the rest of the round and Saveliev was in trouble until the bell. Round two started with Ganeif waiting for a cagey opponent, who got things going again by making that same takedown that almost got him killed in the first round. While Lute worked the bottom, Saviliev just kept in in control with strikes until Ganeif had to turn and gave up an arm. Iouiri was lucky not to lose it considering what happend in round 1. 2:22 Round 2 Submission by armbar for Saveliev. |
| 3 | Muay Thai Super Welterweight 150lbs | Terrance Viloria, Mendoza Fight Team, Surrey BC | Def. | Justin Viejou Team HAVOK Kelowna BC | Viloria would take it by judges unanimous decision. Probably a nice sweep in round 3 got it for him, and while they both showed hard signs of gas, Viloria just got a bit more in over Justin Viejou. |
| 4 | Muay Thai Super Middleweight 175lbs | Navi Marzary Universal Martial Arts Vancouver BC vs Asuncion, Paraguay | Def. | Jeremy Neufeld EKKERT Fight Team | Round 3 referee stoppage, the fighter could not continue after an accidental head butt. Win awarded to Marzary. |
| 5 | Muay Thai, Heavyweight 195lbs | Rakinrah ‘Ricky’ Keohavong | Def. | Ab Shubear, independent, New Westminster, BC. | A win for Ricky Keohavong at 24 seconds of round 1 by knockout, by ONE PUNCH. |
| 6 | Muay Thai Light Heavyweight 170lbs | Novic Pavic Suitela Fight Club Surrey BC | Def. | Jordan Howes Island Warriors, Campbell River BC | The doctor stoppage was called due to a sizeable cut opened up above Howes right eye. |
| 7 | MMA Heavyweight | Robin Laybourn Aegis Athletics Richmond BC | Def. | Lloyd Kenny Williams Lake BC | Laybourn wins by judges unanimous decision. Laybourn was a bigger of the two fighters and had Caleb Starnes in his corner. Laybourn won Kenny on takedowns and mount control, and a couple of dazzling high kicks thrown in through the fight. |
| 8 | Muay Thai Light Heavyweight 175lbs | Sasha Tatayoni WACHAL’S Martial Arts Surrey BC | Def. | Jean Allard Rising Phoenix, Sunshine Coast, BC. | The Referee would call and end to the fight after the third knockdown at the end of round 1. Tatayoni, a kyokushin karate practitioner, showed of dynamite leg kicks including a triple combination that was lighning fast, had to be seen. |
| 9 | Boxing 160lbs exhibition | Raj Dillan, Harrison Boxing Richmond BC | Ex. | Kanyon Gleeson Williams Lake Muay Thai, Williams Lake BC. | Exhibition Match |
| 10 | MMA Bantamweight 135 lbs | Tony Vaga Columbia Martial Arts, Burnaby, BC | Def. | Mat Riley Shannon, Independent, Vancouver BC | Vaga would win by referee stoppage due to unreturned blows early in round 1. Apparently, Shannon looks to train in street fights and thinks all that gyms want is money. The fight looked done, it appeared that the referee had called the fight after Vaga and Shannon clashed for the second time and he went down…. apparently not defending himself. The ref let the fight continue to the surprise of the crowd… but it was quickly over after that. |
| 11 | Muay Thai Super Middleweight 165 lbs | Hardeep Saran Bisla Martial Arts Surrey BC | Def. | Toby Cleary, Carlson Gracie MMA Maple Ridge BC | A devastating round kick to the head at the start of round 2 would finish off Cleary for good. Saran had already sent him to the mat in round 1. |
| 12 | Muay Thai Welterweight 147 lbs | Josh Jauncey WKX, Surrey BC | Def. | Ruel Copeland, SIAM No. 1 Toronto, Ontario | A super exciting fight with heavy, fast and hard exchanges. Jauncey got the win by unanimous judges decision. |
| 13 | Muay Thai, Light Heaveyweight 170lbs | Stas Tatarinov WACHAL’S Martial Arts, Surrey BC | Def. | Alan Day, Independent, Vancouver BC | Stats Tatarinov dominated and won by judges unanimous decision. |
| 14 | Muay Thai Super Middleweight BC Title | James Hansen Team Bad Boy Outreach Surrey BC | Def. | Chad Gerow Revolution Langley BC | Hansen dominated and had control of the whole fight. Laid it on hard in round 3 to seal the deal. Win by judges unanimous decision. |
| 15 | MMA Light Heavyweight 205lbs | Jesse Rice-Jones G-Force Vancouver BC | Def. | Alfonso Cavero Team KARMA Vancouver, BC | Cavero almost had Rice-Jones in a rear naked choke but Jones was able to get out of it and to his feet after a monumental struggle. He was able to corner Cavero and pound him out to win by referee stoppage in round 1. |
| 16 | Muay Thai Heavyweight Canadian Title | Kiarash Moghaddam, Versus Training Centre, Vancouver BC. | Def. | Nick Bautista SIAM No. 1 Toronto | Kirash would win a long deserved Canadian title, a feat he has been training for years to achieve. He has come back from previous defeats against a SIAM No. 1 prospect, and his win and loss against Mike Downey to come out as one of the best amateur fighters in his style and division in Canada. |
Seeing Red 3 September 10 2011
Seeing Red 3
MMA Live in The Cage!
Boulevard Casino – Red Robinson Show Theatre
Saturday, September 10, 2011 @ 7:30 p.m.
For immediate release: Friday, August 26, 2011
Will “The Prince” SLAY “The Dragon”?
Coquitlam, B.C: After TWO successful live MMA events in “The Cage”, West Coast Promotions looks to repeat their success in presenting their fifth MMA event “SEEING RED 3 – MMA Live In The Cage!” at the Red Robinson Show Theatre located in Coquitlam, BC.
SEEING RED 3 promises to be the most exciting MMA event in 2011 as two of B.C’s best welterweights square off in the main event! Saeid “The Prince of Persia” Mirzaei of Reality MMA takes on Victor “The Dragon” Wang of Posener’s Pankration for the vacant WCMMA Welterweight Title. Both fighters are coming off vicious TKO and submission victories. This fight will NOT go the distance!
SEEING RED 3 will also feature 11 more bouts. These bouts will be announced shortly, so stay tuned!
Want to find out more and see photos of our events and fighters? Visit our Facebook fan page at www.facebook.com/westcoastpromotions. Hit “Like” for the chance to win 2 cage side tickets to SEEING RED 3.
| WHAT: | 10 Live MMA matches |
| WHEN: | Saturday, September 10, 201 – 7:30pm |
| WHERE: | Red Robinson Show Theatre at the Boulevard Casino, Coquitlam, B.C. |
| TICKETS: | On sale now ($29.99-$99) at all Ticketmaster Outlets, charge-by-phone (604) 280-4444 or order online at www.ticketmaster.ca. You may also get your tickets at the Red Robinson box office. |
UPDATE: Here is the Fight Card to date:
| Fighter | weight class | vs | |
| VICTOR WANG, POSENER’S | 170LBS | SAEID MIRZAEI, REALITY MA | MMA |
| MARTIN KWIATOWSKI | 176LBS | MERSAD MESBAH, REALITY MA | MUAY THAI |
| tba | 185 LBS | DAVE FERGUSON, TACTIX | MMA |
| Josh Wright, Dragons Den Elite | 147-153 | Alex Tribe, Peteric’s | MMA |
| ELI ROYAKKERS, DRAGONS DEN ELITE | 160LBS | BEN SMYTH, WORLD CLASS MA | MMA |
| RICO BRINSON, RAW | 160LBS | TOM FINNEGAN, CARLSON GRACIE | MMA |
| BRENDAN KIM, INFINITY MMA | 145 LBS | Norm Nadeau, BAD BOY OUT REACH | MMA |
| CHRISTIAN TREMAYNE, INFINITY MMA | 140LBS | Radley Da Silva, Clinche For life/ Axe Capoera | MMA |
| WAN ALLARD, PHEONIX RISING | 175LBS | BRAEDON SZABLON, WORKD CLASS MMA | MMA |
| BAZOOKA JOJO, WCBJJ | 135LBS | VAZ LEP, WKX | MMA |
| OLIVER VAJDA, CARLSON GRACIE | 135LB | JORDAN MANNING, PHEONIX RISING | MMA |
| ISAK VANBOURGENDIAN | 165LBS | TOBY CLEARY, CARLSON GRACIE | MUAY THAI |
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Saturday, July 16 · 6:00pm – 10:30pm
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Bay Street Armoury
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Stan Peterec Present’s the fifth installment of Summer Slugfest
featuring an 8-man K-1 style Kickboxing tournament! Saturday July 16th Bay st Armories Doors open @ 6pm Tickets Available @ Sports Traders 250-383-6443 8 Man “King of the Ring” Kickboxing tournament fighters Karl Bergen Undercard Features Alex Tribe (IKF Canadian Amatuer title) General tickets are 30$ |
Here are some highlights from Summer Slugfest IV in 2010.
MartialArtsNomad.com was at the Vogue Theatre for Quest for Glory 2: No Second Chances, on July 8 2011 for 11 amateur MMA and Muay Thai fights. Thought I would use my fight blog to share a few photos I took ringside.
Jamie Graff vs Kevin Madrid
Bryce Kilpatrick vs Bill Else
Jordan Gallagher vs Norm Nadeau
Rico Brinson vs Brandon Lynd
Jordan Manning vs Reggie McGinty
Radley da Silva vs Morgan Littlechild
Adam Blanchette vs Tony Strong
Mike Munsie vs Chad Gerow
Joe Halfar vs Josh Wright
Quest for Glory: No Second Chances, gave the downtown Granville strip a great hit of tough MMA and Muay Thai Action. Here are the results, posted as soon as the event is done.
| no. | Style & weight | Win | Def. | Loss | Reason |
| 1 | 170 lbs Muay Thai | Martin Kwiatkowski, Poseners | Def. | Luke Winkler | Ref stoppage, round 1 TKO. Winkler got rocked, tried to stay up, but couldnt stay strong on his feet. |
| 2 | 155 lbs MMA | Jamie Graff West Coast BJJ | Def. | Kevin Madrid, Mendoza MMA | Despite Madrid’s takedown attempts on Graff, Graff continued to end up in dominant guard position and gave Madrid a series of coordinated attacks listening closely to his corner, which is really how it should be done. Graff got a solid win that made him look like a fighter to watch. Judges Unanimous decision. |
| 3 | 135lbs MMA | Derik Grant | Def. | Mark Balmes | TKO round 1 at 1 minute, left hook; Mark had not come out well from the takedown attempts at the very beginning of the round, although he almost had a second chance soon after with an arm bar. Failing that he chased Balmes on his feet and walked into a hard left hook and went down with it. |
| 4 | 165 lbs MMA | Bryce Kilpatrick, Revolution MMA | Def. | Bill Else, Fight Pit | Kilpatrick turned the second round into an epic standup battle after stuffing Else’s shoot in attempts. Else regained some ground in the third round but the judges gave the decision unanimously to Kilpatrick. |
| 5 | 145lbs MMA | Jordan Gallagher, West Coast BJJ | Def. | Norm Nadeau, Team Bad Boy Outreach | Gallagher held Nadeau on the ground for almost all of round 1; Nadeau had to work hard to avoid rear naked chokes and arm bars… Nadeau made better use of the chances as they were dealt to him, but it would be clear that round one would score hard against him. The judges would however call it as a split decision in favour of Gallagher. |
| 6 | 165lbs MMA | Rico Brinson | Def. | Brandon Lynd | Rear naked choke after round 1, body slams, a lot of punishment before finishing it. Pinning right arm with right leg in North South, 2:40 round 1, and was eventually able to transition to a choke submission. |
| 7 | MMA | Jordan Manning, Phoenix Rising | Def. | Reggie McGinty West Coast BJJ | Round 2 ref stoppage, due to unreturned blows. McGinty wasnt happy with his loss but he actually did show well. |
| 8 | MMA | Radley da Silva Clinch 4 Life & Axe Capoeira | Def. | Morgan Littlechild, Kaitan MMA | 2:41 round 1 TKO unreturned blows. |
| 9 | 185 lbs Muay Thai title bout, | Adam Blanchette Iron City Muay Thai | Def. | Tony Strong Stand Up Muay Thai | Adam and Tony had a wild Muay Thai fight, like I expected they would. Tony was able to drop Adam several times early on in the match. But over 5 rounds for the title, Adam managed to control his opponent and advance forward in the fight. There were a couple low points, going over the ropes or close to it, and a super excited crowd getting exciting Muay Thai action. |
| 10 | MMA | Mike Munsie | Def. | Chad Gerow | Mike ‘The Fighting Teacher’ Munsie won the fight over Gerow by judges unanimous decision. Gerow was tough competition, but ended up in guard and Munsie attempted more shoots. |
| 11 | Muay Thai title bout, 160 lbs | Joe Halfar Poseners Muay Thai | Def. | Josh Wright | A split decision by the judges I thought would have gone the other way. Havent seen Joe Halfar lose a fight yet, but Josh Wright was a great opponent, took Halfar down on many occasions and worked the gas out of him. But I did make a point of congratulating Halfar personally on the win on my way out. |
Quest For Glory FC 2: “No Second Chances” takes on The Vogue Theater on Granville Street in Vancouver, BC!
The Vogue Theatre in all its historical glory is ready to make history again when it hosts its first MMA Event – Quest for Glory FC 2 – on Friday, July 8th, 2011.
This remarkable event will be headlined by 3 Muay Thai title matches and great MMA title contenders matches.
The Muay Thai titles consist of a 185 lbs Muay Thai Title super bout between the Iron City Muay Thai product Adam Blanchette and Sanshou Champion Tony Strong of Stand-up Muay Thai. Tony Strong holds a record of 4-0 and Adam 4-2.
The main event will be 160 lbs Muay Thai title bout between current title holder Joe Halfar (Poseners Pankreation 5-1) and Josh Write 3-1 (Dragon’s Den Elite) which was originally scheduled for Quest for Glory FC 1 but had to be postponed.
The other Muay Thai title consists of long time veteran Toby Cleary of Carlson Gracie Academy in Maple Ridge with an 8-2 record versus Nick Udivisic 2-0 from Iron City Muay Thai in the 170 lbs division.
This card will also feature the return of 2-0 Chad Gerow from Revolution. Gerow will face off against United Martial Arts and former college wrestler Mike Munsie.
Tickets are on sale through Voguetheatre.com.
Visit QuestforGloryfc.com for more info. Tickets will sell fast, so be a part of history and witness the Quest For Glory.
Official Fight Card:
160 LBS MUAY THAI TITLE BOUT:
JOSH WRIGHT (DRAGONS DEN ELITE) VS JOE HALFAR (POSENERS)
170 LBS MMA #1 CONTENTDER:
CHAD GEROW (REVOLUTION) VS MIKE MUNSIE (UNITED MMA)
185LBS MUAY THAI TITLE BOUT:
ADAM BLANCHETTE (IRON CITY MUAY THAI) VS TONY STRONG (STAND UP MUAY THAI)
145LBS MMA:
DANE NEWAL VS DEE OBARO (FIGHT PIT)
170LBS MUAY THAI TITLE BOUT:
NICK UDIVISIC (IRON CITY MUAY THAI) VS TOBEY CLEARY (CARLSON GRACIE MMA)
135LBS MMA
MORGAN LITTLECHILD (KAITAN MMA) VS RADLEY DA SILVA (CLINCHE/AXE)
150LBS MMA:
JORDAN MANNING (PHEONIX RISING) VS REGGIE MCGINTY (WEST COAST BJJ)
165 LBS MMA:
BRANDON LYND VS RICO BRINSON (RAW)
145LBS MMA:
JORDAN GALLAHGER (WEST COAST BJJ) VS NORM NADEAU BAD BOY’S
165LBS MMA:
BRYCE KILPATRICK (REVOLUTION) VS BILL ELSE (FIGHT PIT)
135LBS MMA
MARK BALMES (GRAVITY) VS DEREK GRANT (BRANDED MMA)
155LBS MMA:
JAMIE GRAFF (WEST COAST BJJ) VS KEVIN MADRID (MENDOZA MMA)
170LBS MUAY THAI:
MARTIN KWIATOWSKI (POSENERS) VS LUKE WINCKLER (GRIFFINS)
Quest For Glory FC 2: No Second Chances will be on July 8th at the Vogue Theatre in Vancouver, BC.
Interviews with fighters on the evening’s card by Justin Pierrot.
Navi Mazary took the first fight of the night, in super middleweight Muay Thai against Jeremey Neufeld with an early TKO. Navi did put in a hard leg kick on Neufeld, but afterward said that he felt that Neufeld just wasn’t prepared for the fight. Neufeld took it hard in the corner early and then went down with an apparent knee injury.
Palvir Atwall from Bisla’s in Surrey had a strong win against Rob Kreuse from Wolfe’s Den, North Vancouver by judges unanimous decision. Going in with the definite height and reach advantage, Atwall said he put his strategy on those assets and used his jab and rights as well as he could. The 15 year old Atwall looks forward to more action and eventually moving up in weight divisions.
Chris ‘The Predator’ Hansen was the winner by triangle choke in the first round over Sean Devries. I asked Chris what his game plan was, and did he expect to get a triangle submission so quickly?
“Yeah, triangle choke is my bread and butter, I’ve got long legs, so triangle choke is usually what I go for… I was going to stand with him a little bit more, but I felt his power right away, decided think it would be a smart thing to do. He bloodied me up on the ground, he has lots of power. So hats off to Sean Devries.”
Chris said his plans are to keep fighting, work on his stand up, and will be submitting more people in the future.
Ryan Daley was declared the winner by judges unanimous decision in the evening’s only straight up kickboxing bout, in the heavyweight division Lloyd Kenny. Ryan says his game plan going in was “…lots of jabs. Lots of leg kicks, wear him down.” And besides that? “Being busy, keep on top of him, moving around, good technique, (it) seemed to work.”
I asked Suraj Bangarh, how he felt to be half of tonight’s unanimous draw in a Muay Thai bout at 147 lbs, you got that draw off a point deduction, how are you feeling about that?
“Pretty upset actually, it makes me feel like I didn’t do too much, felt like I had the fight. 2nd round could have been a tie. 1st round was his, the 3rd round was mine, it should have gone toward me. What can you do?
As you mentioned in 2nd round and in the 3rd round, you were coming back with huge kicks, was that part of your training that you specifically focused on, or did it feel right at the moment?
I’ve been doing martial arts for 11 years in my life now, mostly karate, just started kickboxing for 3 years now, kicks come from my karate background, definitely.
I asked Houtan Ali Kashani, the other competitor of tonight’s draw in the Muay Thai bout, about the deducted point for a low shot. Houtan said he was surprised to get the deduction right away, before receiving a warning… Very understandable. Your opponent, seemed to have trouble with your jabs, and throwing jabs over his teeps?
He is a Karate guy, he tried to throw more front kicks, but front kicks don’t work on me. Walking in to it, it will hit you, but just standing there, its not gonna work.
Sebastian Ankiel from Team Karma got his win against Jessie “The Russian Bear” Makortoff, in almost record time, with a dominant performance in the heavyweight division for MMA. Ankiel admitted “… it feels pretty good. First fight out. Make a statement, I think I did that today.” Ankiel also confirmed that in preparation for the fight he brought down his weight from 307 to 244 lbs, by training almost full time.
Cheryl Chan quickly took out Femina Wachal to win the AMA Women’s flyweight champion belt.
28 seconds is the fastest submission of the night so far. You rocked her with a really solid punch and then she just turtled. What was going through your mind when you saw her back?
I grabbed her neck and choked her out, been working on it for a long time… instinct, Soon as she turned her back, I jumped her.
What a way to rebound after last fight at Trail at AM 4 fight night where unfortunately didn’t come up on top. looks like you turned corner and new chapter starting.
I learnt a lot from that last fight. I Got back into gym, Trained really hard. I think I grew a lot more than any other fight than any other fight. I got refocused and got ready to get back in there.
Wade Apps, won his mma fight over Parker Lang, in the last 20 seconds of round 1. Apps had a impressive round of ground and pound, Taking it into a shoulder lock. .Was that what you were looking to do, go for the submission, or did you have other things in mind?
It was more or less what I wanted to do, to take him down, heard he had decent striking. So I wanted to to take him down, thats what happened.
Wade says he is looking for more amateur fights, and then will turn pro.
Bruce Tran was the winner of the co-main event, Muay Thai at 135 lbs by split decision from the Judges over Jay Jauncey from WKX. Tran said, “I feel very exhausted, a pretty cool fight, could have gone either way, did the best I could… he has some pretty good front kicks, I had to watch for his moves.”
Tricky Nick Marinos is now the AMA Welterweight champion, the winner by stoppage in round 3 over Brett Lucero from Crisis MMA in Olympia WA.
I feel good, was little worried about my cardio, because I packed on some weight for this fight, because I knew my opponent was gonna be much bigger, the knees, so I needed to have the same kind stopping power back… every fight that Ive gotten into I’m confident that I’m going to win but I always have that worry… every fight I get into I know my guard game is pretty strong, even though he is on top of me, I can hold that position for a long long time and wait for the right moment to either get out or do a reversal, once I get on my game, I don’t scramble and make bad decisions, my game plan worked. I knew he was bigger he was stronger, a champion from Washington State, I had to take my time to wear him out, and as soon as I saw him getting into round 3, and I saw his punches getting slow, I saw his punches slowing down, I came in with that hook, and I stopped him, rung his bell, and then boom, the take down! I got on top, the plan worked out great.
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