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All Martial Arts Championship Back to Vancouver

WHEN: Friday June 24th, 2011
WHERE: Fraserview Hall 8240 Fraser Street Vancouver, BC
TIME: Doors open at 6:30 for Dinner tickets 7:30 non Dinner tickets
TICKETS: contact Mike at 604-318-1902, Marc at 604-729-6066, Gerry at 604-435-7777

All Martial Arts Championship is back to Vancouver, presented by BC’s leaders in Fight Promotions, Top Rank Martial Arts, and Gionco International Promotions, With Promoter Marc Crimeni following the smashing success of the 4 previous instalments. This fight series has reliably sold out  before the doors even open, so get your tickets now!

VIP tickets include a beautiful dinner prepared by outstanding chefs at Fraserview Hall. GA seating without buffet are also available.

AMA 5 will feature an action-packed evening of exciting fights in a venue that offers incredible views from every seat in the house.

This is your chance to cheer on some of the most explosive Canadian fighters as they do battle with notoriously talented Americans in Vancouver, BC.

North Vancouver’s ‘Tricky’ Nick Marinos MMA Canadian Welterweight champ faces off against MMA American welterweight champ Brett Lucero for the AMA Welterweight Title.

The EX UBC Football Player Seb Ankiel faces the American MMA Heavyweight Brandon Brazier.

Canadian Trent Skinner faces the American MMA Featherweight Jose Ramirez.

Jonathan Agnew out of Suitela fight team in Surrey, BC goes head to head with Dylan Brown out CV MMA in Courtenay, BC for the AMA lightweight Title.

Famina Wachal from Surrey, BC battling in MMA  Deb Boyes from Vancouver, BC.

Houtan Alikshani from KB-ONE in North Vancouver battling  Suraj Bangarh From Canadas best karate in Victoria in explosive Muay Thai.

Jay Jauncey From WKX in Surrey, Jay’s Brother of  Jr World Champion in Mauy Thai(JOSH) VS  San Shou Champion from Calgary, AB Bruce Tran batling in Mauy Thai.

A Stacked Card including electrifying fighters from Lightweight to Super Heavyweight in an |International event of epic proportions.

• Novic Pavic VS Navi Marzary  Muay Thai  SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT
• Rob Kruse VS Palvir Atwall  Boxing SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT
• Chris Hanson VS  Shaun Devries  MMA WELTERWEIGHT
• Ryan Hayward VS Pat Alec Muay Thai WELTERWEIGHT
• Curtis Baker VS Nate Nowak Boxing SUPER HEAVYWEIGHT
• Lloyd Kenny VS Ryan Daley Kick Boxing HEAVYWEIGHT
• Parker Lang VS Wade Abbs MMA LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT

Card Subject To Change

As always, this will be an amazing card that is stacked with edge-of-your-seat exciting fights!

Book early your tickets as limited tickets are available.

Chris Anderson vs Cass Young

Cass Young Team from Bad Boy Outreach Surrey BC def.  Chris anderson CVMMA Campbell River. Anderson delivered a heavy blow to the head in round 2, while Young was attempting to stand. Its hard for fighters to hold back at that moment, and it was found later to be a good call on the part of the referee and judges to stop the fight. Young hit the mat, and the fight doctor commented on a possible opened up artery in the scalp, which was already forming a pool of blood on the mat. Young was awarded the win by disqualification. Anderson was apologetic and paid his respect to Young and his corner like an honourable fighter. Young’s bleed out was proof that scalp wounds look more gruesome than they really are. Both fighters are already talking about a rematch at King of the Rock 2 in Campbell River in the fall. An exiting fight by both combatants.

Via the fight team at BCMMA.com, I have some of the fights as shot by Jorge Parra from Underdogprod.com.

Exhibition Match

Mark Cadiz WACHAL’s Martial Arts Surrey BC vs Pat Alec ITK North Vancouver BC Exhibition match for upcoming fighters.

Josh Williams vs Brandon Takahara

Josh Williams from Final Round Duncan BC def. Brandon Takahara WACHAL’s Martial Arts Surrey BC. Knockout round 1, 31 seconds. Takahara charged out quickly, hoping to spook Williams, and pounded him brutally hard from guard. When they got to their feet again Williams hit him squarely with a cross and it was over.

Kalen Johl vs Louie Claman

Kalen Johl ITK North Vancouver BC def. Louie Claman EKKERT Fight Team Vancouver. Tko ground and pound in round 2, and a big improvement in fighting skills for Johl over his previous bouts.

Rakinranh ‘Ricky’ Keohavong vs Gurmeet Gill

Rakinranh ‘Ricky’ Keohavong WKX Surrey BC def. Gurmeet Gill WACHAL’S Martial Arts Surrey BC. Ricky Keohavong wins by tko in round 2. A stunningly aggressive fighter, scoring several knockdowns and never really being in trouble for any length of time during the fight save a brief stumble, in spite of Gill being a better challenge than his earlier ring fight.

Herbert Moon vs Gord Mosley

Herbert Moon Island Warriors Campbell River BC def Gord Mosely EKKERT Fight Team Vancouver BC. A stunning knockout in round 1 in the corner, keeping on him and exploiting the heavy gas burn of his opponent.

Fight results:

Fight at the View 5 was kicked off with a Kickboxing match at 155 lbs between Armit Dulla of Bisla Martial Arts in Surrey vs. Tyler Bate from Williams Lake Muay Thai. Dulla got a knockdown at end of round 1. Bate looked re-energized in round 2, both showed good exchanges, and round 3 the gas factor kicked as time wound down. Dulla wins by unanimous judges decision.

Next was a boxing match at 175 lbs between independent fighter Kory Grimm from Richmond vs Mike Blumke, now with RAW Academy in Vancouver. Grimm I havent seen before but Blumke had a decent MMA showing at the last Extreme MMA show. Grimm was, well, grim. A hard uppercut put Blumke down at end of round 2, and Grimm put him away in round 3. Grimm proved to be an aggressive and determined opponent to deal with. While Blumke put up a valiant effort he took shots that hurt him and they would determine the fight with 2 more knockdowns in round 3. Blood was sprayed on the media table at the end of round 2.

Turning to MMA, we got a 140 lbs matchup between Vicky Boparari from Bisla Martial Arts against Ryan Ince from Fight Pit in Maple Ridge. Round 1 was pure ground position, with a lot of energy being expended for very little change through to the end of the round. Bopari, who also had Adam Santos in his corner, won in round 3 due to referee stoppage by unreturned blows. Ince had issues executing corner directions which probably would have helped him control Boparari better.

The next MMA match was between independent fighter Kalen Johl from Salmon Arm and Lute Ganeif from WKX in Surrey, fighting at 155 lbs. Incidentally, Johl had a match recently at King of the Rock 1 in Campbell River, and it planning a move to Vancouver to fight on promoter Mike Hammoud’s cards. Lute dominated Johl effectively in round 1, executing the calls from his corner and had Johl on his back through most of the round. Round 2 would end by Kimura arm lock.

Next up on the card was a kickboxing match at 170 lbs between Ronnie Gill from Bisla and Brandon Kapitan from KB-ONE in North Vancouver. Kapitan would get the win by TKO with a right hook in the corner that put Gill down in round 2 at 15 seconds in.

Fight 6 was a kickboxing exhibition between Toby Cleary from Carlson Gracie in Maple Ridge against ‘Ricky’ Rakniranh Keohavong from WKX. This was only an exhibition match, but Ricky Keohavong went hard on Cleary right from the start of the action with stunningly hard leg kicks with impacts that sounded like tree branches breaking, paired with hard technical strikes. Ricky made quite an impression, and Cleary was clearly beaten mentally early on in round 1 by such a tough opponent. Keohavong, on the other hand, fought like he was in a title fight.

Pat Thibodeau from Kombat 1 in Delta took on James Hansen of Team Bad Boy Outreach Surrey for an amateur Muay Thai match pegged at 185 lbs. The match was certainly a good aggressive fight by both fighters involved. Both fighters had moments of dominance; Hansen was able to improve somewhat over his performance in the second round, but would go down to what would be called an illegal strike from the knee to the head while against the ropes, resulting in a technical disqualification for Thibodeau.

Stats Tatarinov WACHAL’s Martial Arts Surrey was paired up with Andrew Uyeno from WKX for an amateur Muay Thai matchup at 170 lbs weight. Uyeno showed he benefited from his experience at Extreme MMA series last year, and has had time to improve his game over his previous showing, controlling round 1. Tatarinov was fiercely aggressive in round 2. Uyeno’s defense was not without merit, managing to turn Tatarinov’s kicks into sweeps and takedowns, and kept it going hard with straight up boxing battles in the corners and ropes. Round 3 was a much more open battle around the ring. Tatarinov’s offense must have impressed the judges more than Uyeno’s defence, and would take a unanimous judges decision.

James Lepage EKKERT Fight Team in White Rock, who had taken on a stronger Achilles Estremadura at Battlefield 2 returned to take on Cass Young from Team Bad Boy Outreach at 170 lbs. Lepage demonstrated a much more effective game in this return to MMA, but Cass young dominated and won by referee stoppage in round 2.

The main card for the night was a Junior World Title kickboxing match, at welterweight. Enter fighter Guillermo Valpoort from Bonjasky Akademy Amsterdam, Holland, thats the gym run by Remy Bonjasky, the K-1 world champion in 2003, 2004, and 2008. Josh Jauncey of WKX took on Valpoort as the challenger. Jauncey was well prepared for the title bout and made a convincing statement in round 1 with a knockdown. He came back in round 2 and finished his match with a devastating spinning back kick at 53 seconds in that Valpoort could not shake off in time for the standing count. Congratulations to Josh Jauncey. No doubt, the fighters at gyms in Holland will be interested in the quality of the talent being churned out of the BC martial arts scene.

Final fight of the night would go to Herbert Moon, an independent fighter from Campbell River, who had been seen locally before at the Extreme MMA series. Moon was matched up with Colin Campbell from EKKERT Fight Team in what was essentially a heavyweight catchweight fight – a fight between two really big guys. Moon one the battle in round 1 winning by referee stoppage while in the mount due to unreturned blows.

Congratulations to Josh Jauncey on his victory over Guillermo Valpoort for his World Championship title.

Saturday March 5, 12 – 4 PM, Iron City Muay Thai presents a Muay Thai seminar, featuring, Jong Sa Nan, “The Wooden Man”. He is a 2 times ISKA World Champ, IKKC Junior Middleweight World Champ, IKF North American Champ, and a 2x Lumpinee Champion. This is the place to improve your Muay Thai skills to the next level.

More info: website – http://ironcitymuaythai.ca/Iron_City.html

Iron City on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=77121950416

Map to Iron City Muay Thai:

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The North American Amateur Muay Thai Championships and Canadian National Amateur Muay Thai Team Selection and Canadian Sport Sanshou Championships. Saturday January 29th 2011, BCIT Gym, 3700 Willingdon Avenue, Burnaby BC Canada.

Fighters from Canada, China and the United States.

Info: http://kenlowkungfu.ca/CAN_Eng/

Muay Thai Kai Singthong will be presenting a Muay Thai fight night November 20th 2010. Featured is a Super Welterweight title fight between Stanley Lam, fighting out of Kai Singthong, and Houtan Ali Kashani, from KB One.

Cancelled: Calder Ultimate Fighting Network – MMA, Muay Thai, Kickboxing

BC VS Alberta

UPDATE: Event Cancelled.

NOVEMBER 5th 2010

Nygel Yargau
VS
Dustin Greentree
(MMA 3R X 3MIN 1MIN REST) Fight will be 185lb  . Nygel 1-0 training with Pure Self Defence  in Campbell River, BC.  Dustin1-0 training with Kamikaze Punishment in Edmonton, AB

Mel Shellenburg
VS
Cheryl Chan
(MMA 3R X 3MIN 1MIN REST) Fight will be 125lb  Mel   0-0 training with BOSS Boxing , Airdrie Alberta.  Cheryl 1-0 training with  MENDOZA Fight Team in Surrey.

Bryn Upham
VS
Andrew  Valiqutte
(MMA 3R X 3MIN 1MIN REST) Fight will be 160lb  Bryn   0-0 training with BOSS Boxing , Airdrie Alberta.  Andrew   0-1 training with Columbia Martial Arts in Burnaby, BC

Richard Evanochko
VS
Mike La Pierre
(Muay Thai 3R X 2MIN 1MIN REST)  Mike 210lb 0-0 training with Phantom Kickboxing  in Kamloops, BC .  Richard 220lb 0-0 training with Revolution in Langley, BC.

Abdul Majid
VS
Kurtis Waterston
(MMA 3R X 3MIN 1MIN REST) Fight will be 135lb  Abdul 0-3 training with Columbia Martial Arts in Burnaby, BC   Kurtis   1-2 training with  Carlson Gracie in Maple Ridge, BC

Mike Lapierre
VS
Oliver Vajda
(MMA 3R X 3MIN 1MIN REST) Fight will be 140lb  Mike   0-0 training with BOSS Boxing , Airdrie Alberta.  Oliver 18years  2-0 training with  Carlson Gracie in Maple Ridge, BC

The folks at Stand Up Muay Thai put up a nice video of one of their fighters at WCMAC 2010, Paul ‘The Fury’ Kim, who is in his first tournament after only 3 months of training. Way to go Paul, Kru, and Tony with your new fighter.

Here is the submission grappling novice finals:

And Apex Martial Arts provided this video, JP’s gold medal match:

Meanwhile on Saturday, you might have been wondering what the other people were doing, you know, those folks who arent really interested in martial arts. I managed to find a video documenting what people got up to on the fine October day:

This proves my point, if you arent into martial arts, you are some kind of zombie.