The Coffee Boy Went To the Big City for Gods FC

The Coffee Boy Went To the Big City for Gods FC

Published on April 17, 2012 by The Coffee Boy in Gods FC

Coffee Boy’s Big Night Out: Gods FC Debut

(well despite being robbed at knife point the day before and a full diary of social events our young hero The Coffee Boy still made it to the big city to help cover the event for your favorite MMA website and podcast. let’s see what he thought of it all)

So last weekend I was able to land a media pass to the debut of Gods FC, founded by Asian-based mixed martial artists Mark Striegl and Will Chope. I was stoked, pumped, and expected to have a decent night out at a small event – but boy did they exceed my expectations. Let’s take a quick look at what Gods FC is, what they’re all about, and how their first event went.

Gods Fighting Championship is the brainchild of Mark “Mugen” Striegl and Will “The Kill” Chope, two fighters currently fighting out of Muayfit in Malaysia. They decided to create a “team league” sort of a tournament, with fighters representing their respective countries. This event was originally supposed to be Team Malaysia vs Team Taiwan, but due to complications, Taiwan was replaced with Team Singapore. However, more complications came about, and they decided to make Gods FC’s debut just a normal event to sort of get the feel of things, and postpone the debut of the team tournament.

The event had a bunch of up-and-coming fighters, and the matchups overall were decent. The whole card featured Nik Harris, Sam Chan, Melvin Yeoh, Luc Rousseau, Sandro Silva, Shodiyor Djurabekov and many more. In attendance were big names such as Arnaud Lepont, Peter Davis, Raymond Tiew, Eric Kelly, and Dorian Price.

I won’t go through every single fight, but just how exciting were the fights? Let me put it this way: All eleven fights finished in the first round by way of KO, TKO, and /or submission. It was a fast-paced event, and each fight was absolutely exciting. The show started off with Julius King taking on Syed Izmer. When the ref instructed them to fight, Syed put his hand out to touch Julius’s glove. As Julius put his hand out, Syed went for a kick to the body in what many said was a “dirty move.” They brawled and eventually Syed knocked Julius out cold to start off the night. The crowd was on their feet, and I knew it was going to be an awesome night.

The crowd was entertained to brutal ground and pounding from the one and only Antonio Graceffo when he was beating up David Khoo, to “Pretty Boy” Karayev’s epic two-strike finish within the first 15 seconds of the fight, to Luc Rousseau’s dropping leg kicks and locking in a guillotine choke by pulling guard, to Nik Harris’ coming back from 3 crazy slams only to brutally finish Gary MacLay with knees and punches, and to Sam Chan’s superior striking skills against Syed Hilman only to eventually tap him out via a Bull Dog choke. The crowd was going nuts and loved every second of each fight.

What I liked about the event was that it was a smaller venue, which forced the event to be a little more intimate in some ways. I do not know if that was intentional, but it sure did work. Fans were able to meet fighters and talk to them, and everyone was pretty much able to go up to anyone and just start-up a conversation and have a good time.

There were some things however, which I personally felt could have been better. The event started an hour late, and while I didn’t mind since I was busy getting interviews and getting drinks with new friends, they still should have tried to stick to the schedule.

Also, there were a couple matches that might have been mismatches (I won’t name the fights as to let the fighters save face). While most fights were well put together, a couple seemed to be a little suspect.

Lastly, I would have liked to have seen a more “formal” meet and greet with the fighters either before or after the fights, sort of like a press conference. This not only gives fans and the media a chance to talk to the fighters and the promoters, but it gives the fighters a chance to talk and to get their name out, and to give them a bit of experience talking to large crowds.

All in all, the event was fun. I expect the next event to be even better. Mark and Will know what they are doing and they know how to put on a good event. My hope is that they stick to intimate events with sick matchups, and a proper after party scheduled post-event… ‘cause who doesn’t like to party, right?

Stay tuned this week for some more articles on Gods FC and the fighters from the night.