What a Weekend of Fighting

So Fight Fans we have an action packed weekend ahead:

Here's some of the highlights:

Of course we have UFC 154 St Pierre Vs Condit - featuring the return of one of MMA's greats George St Pierre Article HERE

Pacific X-Treme Combat 34 featuring friend of this website and one of Asia's brightest prospects Mark Striegl in what is surely the biggest fight of his career to date - Article HERE

Which will be beamed live via Sherdog.com!

Bellator Fighting Championship 81

Bellator Fighting Championship 81 - You have to imagine with the birth of the World Series of Fighting that Bjorn Rebney will be responding by making sure Bellator is well placed to defend it's status as the second most popular MMA organisation in the world.

There are two Semi Finals fights in the Lightweight Competition:

Marcin Held (14-2-0) vs Rich Clementi (45-21-1) 

Ricardo Tirloni (15-2-0) vs Dave Jansen (17-2-0)

These two fights promise a hell of a lot of action as submission expert Held tackles veteren UFC warrior Clementi and Brazilian Tirloni faces American Jansen both Bellator veterans, this is going to be one tough fight to call.

If those were the only fights it would be worth watching but add the likes of:

Marlon Sandro (22-4-0) vs Dustin Neace (23-18-1) and Jonas Billstein (10-2-0) vs Perry Filkins (6-1-0) and you know it's going to be an action packed high quality event.


Our friends in Australia at K-Oz Entertainment in Perth

Are about to have their biggest show to date with title belts on the line and yes that is Tito Ortiz, he's is not fighting but he will be cage side.
 Here's the Fight Card:

Jesse Taylor is (22-9-0) and has fought all over the world vs Steven Kennedy (10-5-0) a familiar face on the Australia fightscene.

Dave Hulett is (20-10-0) and his last win was over Xavier Lucas who can be seen on the TUF Smashes.

K-Oz are building up a great series of events and in January will launch a tournament called Elimin8tor - an 8 man - 1 night tournament, 1 winner. Should be good!


And that's just the tip of the iceberg - there are shows alla round Europe, Brazil, Japan the fast fading star of Asian MMA will have Heat 25: 8-3-1 vs Debutant anybody? No thought not. America is loaded with a variety of shows.

But frankly is you gotta choose any of the four we have featured above will be a lot of fun.

K-Oz presents Bragging Rights 3

K-Oz presents Bragging Rights 3

Published on June 26, 2012 by The Editor in K-OZ

The Perth Boys of K’Oz are back with Bragging Rights 3

One of the successes stories of Asian Pacific MMA this year must be those organizations who started operations in 2012 and quickly settled down to look like they knew what they were doing and where they were going, one such organization is  K’Oz Entertainment who next weekend will hold their third event on home territory – Perth at the W.A. Italian Club.

These boys started straight out the box with professional shows and a commitment to bring in some exciting overseas prospects to tackle the local warriors.

This next event seems to be concentrating itself a bit more on home grown talent which should create a pretty noisy atmosphere and help to bring even more Australian talent to the fore.

Here’s some information about the event from their website:

“The main event of the night will pit Kris Kemps  (Eclipse MMA) against Joel Oliver (Strike Gym) for the K-OZ Entertainment Lightweight (70kg) Title Belt. Kemps is known as an all around threat with an 8-1 record. Oliver, not to be outdone has a 6-1 record, recently competed in the Australian jiu-jitsu nationals and is looking to showcase his skills.

Rob “The Powerdrill” Powdrill (FFC) will take on Dave “Machete” Johnson (Strike Gym) in the 84kg bout. Said Johnson of his upcoming battle, “I can’t wait to fight Powdrill, we’re both looking to finish each other, and it’s definitely going to be an exciting fight.”

Other key matchups on the night include Dean Roberts against debut fighter Peter Kennedy, Geordie McKenna vs. Sam Blythe, Chris Indich vs. Peter Carr, Luke Dowsett vs. Tien Ngyen, Joel Graham vs. Doug Baxter, Mitch O’Dowd vs. Sam Faiers, Steve Wong vs. Waylon, Harley Howe vs. Hatti Bazzy, Scott Norris vs. Steph Bon Temps and Josh Watson vs. Dylan te Waa.

When asked why fans should make their way to the WA Italian Club on Friday 29th June, Stewart said “The fighters know what’s on the line, apart from their pride and records, next week is the deciding factor between who will go on to compete in Bragging Rights 4 later in the year. It will separate the men from the boys and fans will start to see the emergence of WA’s elite fighters.”

Tickets are available online and range in price from $55 general admission to VIP Gold at $300 per person, which includes a gift bag, a 3-course meal and beverages. Doors open at 6pm and tickets are available online at k-ozentertainment.com.au or by calling 0405 654 777.

The official weigh-in is scheduled for 6pm at The Paddington Ale House where fans have the opportunity to hear from fighters and meet some of the SxyMMA ring girls”.

PODCAST Ep21 Lance Foreman of Dogboxer Guests

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PODCAST Ep21 – Lance Foreman from Dogboxer Management Talks K-Oz and More

Published on January 26, 2012 by The Editor in K-OZ, PODCAST

Lance Foreman of Dogboxer is todays Podcast Guest

Here at MMA News Asia Podcast we always try to bring you interviews with interesting people in the MMA industry.

Last Saturday K-Oz became Australia's newest MMA organisation when it put on Bragging Rights in Perth and some 1200 Aussie fans enjoyed live MMA with fighters of a very good quality. 

The K-Oz event was a major success practically a sold out first event.  Unlike other organisations they did not spend months with hype and bullshit, they just steadily and quietly launched and produced a successful first show.

Our guest today Lance Foreman of Dogboxer Management out of Reno, Nevada talked to us before the event and now we are hearing what happened on the night and also whats next for Lance and his fighters.

Keep an eye on Dogboxer they are planning on coming back to Australia and also looking to bring fighters to other Asian organisations to fight or help Asian based fighters get onto future K-Oz cards.

You will find the DogBoxer website HERE

You can listen to the show on the player on this page or via Sticther Radio or find us on iTunes at MMAnewsAsia

On todays show we also unveil our new Intro and Outro – Music from Startovarius and The Deering (thanks guys) and an introduction from the Brooklyn Monk.

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PODCAST Ep20 – K-Oz The Boys From Vegas Are Coming To Raid Australia

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Published on January 21, 2012 by The Editor in K-OZ, PODCAST

On Saturday 21st January at WA Italian Centre in Perth, Australia It’s time for Bragging Rights the first event from K-OZ.

This is a very cool show. K-Oz is a new fighting organisation based in Perth, Australia and it's not starting small. I mean the main event is Sao 'The Hulk' Palelei (Ex UFC fighter) Vs Henry 'Sentoryu' Miller (ex Sumo Wrestler and Pride Fighter) hardly small beans.

Today, we get to speak to Grady Stewart who is the boss at K-Oz and an American now transplanted to Australia.

We also spoke to three American raiders who hope to come and kick some Australian ass and take the gold back home with them. All of them have been training at Wanderlei Silva’s Gym and are pumped up and raring to go the very polite and well spoken Ashe 'The Archer' Bowman who has prepared for this fight in Las Vegas training at Wanderlei Silva's Gym and is ready to bring it.

Also from the same training camp is Dave 'The Pain Train' Manzany and Also Briggs Foreman.  

We also get to speak to Lance Foreman of Dogboxer Management (and Briggs Dad!)

These guys are looking to bring the action to Australia and steal all the glory and take it back to America, Can the Australians stop them?

This show is interesting because we get to hear the story of how some of these young fighters have worked their way into the positions they find themselves in. It's not all glory, but a lot of hard work and determination. I also get to speak to Ashe Bowman who is probably the most polite person I ever spoke to, that however does not mean I would like to get in a cage with him. His weigh in picture shows him to be a lot smaller than his opponent, I mean a LOT smaller. But this is what he posted on his facebook page.  - 'I made my contracted weight without incident however my opponent failed/refused 2 make his weight so I said I'm still gonna fight the big bastard anyways. Should be one hell of a fight 2morrow night. Thanks 4 all the love and support from everyone back stateside. LOVE and RESPECT - ASHE'

So enjoy the show of course we do get the sound gremlins part way through but stick with it we fight them off.

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It’s K-OZ Entertainment Time – Bragging Rights in Perth – Australia

It’s K-OZ Entertainment Time – Bragging Rights in Perth – Australia

Published on January 17, 2012 by The Editor in Event, K-OZ

OK the good news is I can read the K-OzZ Website.

On Saturday 21st January 2012 K-OZ Entertainment present Bragging Rights at WA Italian Club in Perth Australia featuring Two Title Fights

Doors open at 6:00pm and Fight starts at 7:00pm.

Fight 1: Steve Wong Vs Uros Ljoboja

Fight 2: Briggs Foreman Vs TBA ?

Fight 3: @84kg Jack Johns Vs Paul Newman

Fight 4: Sharn Maharahja Vs TBA ?

Fight 5: @70kg Yumo Isazuki Vs Chris Kemps

Fight 6: Peter Kennedy Vs TBA ?

Fight 7: @84kg Rob ‘Powerdrill’ Powdrill (1-0-0) Vs Ashe ‘The Archer’ Bowman (9-10-0)

Fight 8: @84kg K-Oz Middleweight Gladiator Title Fight

Steve “Steam Rolla” Kennedy (4-4-0) Vs Dave ‘The Pain Train’ Manzany

The Main Event @ 125kg is a BIG one literally as two giants of fighting clash in the cage challenging for the

K-Oz Gladiator Heavy Weight Championship.

We have local boy and ex UFC fighter Soa ‘The Hulk’ Palelei vs the American ex Sumo wrestler and Pride fighter Henry ‘Sentoryu’ Miller.