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Johor JiuJitsu Open Championship Announced

Johor Jiujitus Open Championship Sign Up Form and Weight Class Details

Sign Up To Compete Now Johor JiuJitsu Open Championship 11th and 12th October Please Sign Up HERE Click the link above for the Johor Jiujitsu Open Championship 2014 Registration Form. Registration Fees: RM70 / SGD28 for single division RM100 / SGD40 for multiple division Payment should be made to the following: Ultimate Beatdown Sdn Bhd 118-301-475-2 UOB BANK Registration will only be confirmed once payment has been made. Please email the payment slip as evidence for payment to ubwarrior@gmail.com Registration Closes 4th October 2014 Johor Jiujitsu Open Championship Weight Classes Open Male / Open Female  (Please Note is Maximum Entry is Brown Belt) Gi Rooster : Below 57kg Super Feather : 57.1kg - 62.8kg Feather : 62.9kg - 68.5kg Light : 68.6kg - 74.5kg Middle : 74.6kg - 82kg Medium Heavy : 82.1kg - 90kg Heavy : Over 90kg No-Gi Rooster : Below 54.5kg Super Feather : 54.6kg - 61kg Feather : 61.1kg - 67kg Light : 67.1kg - 73kg Middle : 73.1kg - 81kg Medium Heavy : 81.1kg - 88kg Heavy : Over 88kg SENIOR MALE (ABOVE 38 YEARS OLD) Gi White Belt Light : Below 70kg Medium : 70.1kg - 80kg Above 80kg Blue Belt Light : Below 75kg Heavy : Over 75kg No-Gi White Belt Light : Below 68kg Medium : 68.1kg - 78kg Above 78kg Blue Belt Light : Below 73kg Heavy : Over 73kg JUVENILE MALE (16 - 18 YEARS OLD) Gi Rooster : Below 57kg Light : 57.1kg - 64kg Medium Heavy : 64.1kg - 70kg Heavy : 70.1kg - 77kg Super Heavy : 77.1kg - 85kg No-Gi Rooster : Below 55kg Light : 55.1kg - 62kg Medium Heavy : 62.1kg - 68kg Heavy : 68.1kg - 75kg Super Heavy : 75.1kg - 83kg TEENS (13 - 15 YEARS OLD) Gi Rooster : Below 44kg Feather : 44.1kg - 51kg Light : 51.1kg - 58kg Middle : 58.1kg - 66kg No-Gi Rooster : Below 42kg Feather : 42.1kg - 49kg Light : 49.1kg - 56kg Middle : 56.1kg - 64kg

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UB14@EduCity Iskandar Johor Bahru, Malaysia - Highlights

Ultimate Beatdown - UB14@Educity – Eudcation@Iskandar, Johor

Ultimate Beatdown - UB14@Educity – Eudcation@Iskandar, Johor

Venue Sponsored by EduCity (Educity Indoor Stadium)

June 14th 2014

Kick Boxing Bouts: 3 rounds of 2 minutes:

Sponsored by IJM Land one of Malaysia’s leading property developers with various high quality and successful property development projects.

Chong Xian Yong (Ultimate MMA Academy Johor) Vs Aliff Ajjs (Yoo Kai Muay Thai Singapore) – Winner by Decision - Yong

Sponsored by Isagenix The Energy Performance System. Check out their booth and the front and take home some Isagenix today!

Lee Ka Seng (Karabaw MMA Borneo) Vs (Hanis Hanari) Naga Api Muay Thai Kuala Lumpur – Winner via stoppage 41seconds into Round 2 Seng.

Womens MMA: 3 x 3 minute rounds

Sponsored by Tune Talk – Malaysia’s cheapest mobile prepaid, why not check out their booth at the front and get a sim.

Samantha Tan (Muayfit MMA Kuala Lumpur) Vs Andrea Tan (Hit Fitness Kuala Lumpur) Winner Samatha Tan via Decision

Amatuer MMA: 3 x 3 minute rounds

Sponsored by Innotex 100% Malaysian! - the authorised distributor of Seiko Sports Timing System and Seiko Clock System

Ming Yuen from REPS Fitness Johor Vs Muhd Iskandar from Melaka MMA – Winner by Decision Iskandar

Sponsored by Potosan Corner the leading MMA clothing and equipment supplier in Malaysia, check out their booth here and find them on facebook and find out why they are the best place for you to purchase you MMA equipment.

Archon Iskandar (Sarawak) Vs Trevor N J C Horreau (T-Rex MMA Kuala Lumpur) – Winner Horreau 44 seconds into Rd 2 via TKO due to punches

Sponsored by Evolve University it is the largest world championship online university for martial arts. With all courses taught exclusively by authentic World Champions and part of Singapores Evolve MMA.

Romino Engkim (Karabaw MMA Borneo) Vs Joshua Hong (Ritual / Fight G – Singapore) Winner 2.06 of the Second Rd Hong – (Due to Disqualification from Low Blows)

Sponsored by Rinting Perwira “Building the future with trust” Together we have made Malaysia GREAT, together we can make Malaysia the GREATEST.

Thew Chin Hong (Elitez MMA Kuala Lumpur) Vs Siao Kah Bao (Monarchy MMA Kuala Lumpur) – Winner by Decision Bao

Sponsored by Airflex Kinesiology Tape – Relieves pain in overused muscles, reduces swelling and inflammation and improves blood circulation. Available from Trimax Healthcare.

Cheng Heng Kit (REPS Fitness/Excite Johor) Vs Johari Safuan (Johor) – Winner by TKO 60 seconds into the First Round - Kit

Sponsored by Medini Iskandar Malaysia - A New Urban Township. Medini is the heart of Nusajaya and home to Legoland Malaysia Theme Park.

Rozaimi Ahmao (Karabaw MMA Borneo) Vs Marizan Masran (Grassio MMA Singapore) – No Contest Due To Accidental Injury

Sponsored by Datapath Networks “Guiding Business to the Right Path”

Raymond “The Monk” Beh (Ultimate MMA Academy Johor) Vs Charles Ferroa (Singapore) – Winner 1:31 into Rd 2 via Submision (Rear Naked Choke) Beh

Sponsored by Iskandar Waterfront – We have been trusted with the task of transforming Johoir Bahru into a world class city and international gateway to Malaysia.

Benedict “Ditinho” Ang (Evolve MMA Singapore) Vs Dinesh “T-Rex” Jared Sundram (T-rex MMA Kuala Lumpur) - Winner via Submission (Mounted Arm Bar) 2:35 into Round 1 Ang

Sponsored by IJM Land one of Malaysia’s leading property developers with various high quality and successful property development projects.

Internet sensation Alex the Blur (REPS Fitness Johor) Vs Muhammad Hazwady (The Fight Scene Sinagpore) Winner via Decision Hazwady

Sponsored by Tune Talk – Malaysia’s cheapest mobile prepaid.

Jun Yeoh (Johor) Vs Ridzuan Dahari (Team UMF Kuala Lumpur) Winner 1:26 into Round 3 TKO via Punches Yeoh

Sponsored by Isagenix The Energy Performance System. Take home some Isagenix today!

Hafizul (Karabaw MMA Borneo) Vs Sharizal (Team SC Singapore) Winner 50 seconds into Round 2 via TKO Punches Hafizul

Sponsored by Innotex 100% Malaysian! - the authorised distributor of Seiko Sports Timing System and Seiko Clock System

Glen Lee (Ritual/Fight G Singapore) Vs Dnaimul Amal (Team UMF Kuala Lumpur) Winner by Unanimous Decision Lee

Sponsored by Potosan Corner the leading MMA clothing and equipment supplier in Malaysia, check out their booth here and find them on facebook and find out why they are the best place for you to purchase you MMA equipment.

Asraf Bull (Evolve MMA Singapore) Vs Khriemerie (Team Evolution India) A Draw

Main Event Cards: 3 x 5 minute rounds

Sponsored by Evolve University it is the largest world championship online university for martial arts. With all courses taught exclusively by authentic World Champions and part of Singapores Evolve MMA.

Syed Izmer Shahir (Team UMF Kuala Lumpur) Vs Pranav Mantri (Team Evolution MMA India) Winner 1:39 into Round 1 via Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Mantri

Sponsored by Rinting Perwira “Building the future with trust” Together we have made Malaysia GREAT, together we can make Malaysia the GREATEST.

Andy Teh (Elietz MMA Kuala Lumpur) Vs Nizam “White Tiger” Rahman (Karasu Fight Club Kuala Lumpur) Winner 1:06 of Round 2 Via TKO (due to punches) Teh

Sponsored by Airflex Kinesiology Tape – Relieves pain in overused muscles, reduces swelling and inflammation and improves blood circulation. Available from Trimax Healthcare.

George (REPS Fitness/Excite Johor) Vs Mohd Fouzien “The Undedog” (Melaka MMA) Winner 1:22 of Round 2 via Submission (Armbar) Fouzein

Sponsored by Datapath Networks “Guiding Business to the Right Path”

Keith “Terminator” Alden (Evolve MMA Singapore) Vs Muhammad Bin Kamaruzzman (Singapore) Winner via Decision Alden

Sponsored by Iskandar Waterfront – We have been trusted with the task of transforming Johor Bahru into a world class city and international gateway to Malaysia.

Nico Soernate (Impact MMA Singapore) Vs Yadvinder Singh (Team Relentless India) Winner by Decision Singh

Sponsored by IJM Land one of Malaysia’s leading property developers with various high quality and successful property development projects.

Ngeoh Jian Cong (Muayfit Kuala Lumpur) Vs Susuvan Ghosh (Team Relentless, India) Winner Decison Ghosh

Co-Main Event sponsored by Potosan Corner the leading MMA clothing and equipment supplier in Malaysia, check out their booth here and find them on facebook and find out why they are the best place for you to purchase you MMA equipment.

Garie Tang (Impact Gym Singapore) Vs Nick “Diaz” Lee (Team Highlight Reel, Singapore) Winner Decision Tang

Main Event: Sponsored by Tune Talk – Malaysia’s cheapest mobile prepaid

Mahmoud “Armageddon” Kamal (Grasio MMA, Singapore) Vs Trestle “Jun the Minion” Tan (REPS Fitness/ Excite Johor) Winner 1:48 of Round1 TKO (via tapout) Tan

Foor and Beverage on the Night Provided by Magnum Sports Bar (Puteri Harbour)

REPS Fitness Johor Sponsored Main card winners bonus payments and:

Knockout of the Night: (No winner)

Submission of the Night: Mohd Fouzein “The Underdog”

Fight of the Night: Muhammad Hawady vs Alex The Blur

UB14@EduCity - It's Johor's Biggest Ever MMA Event

Here's the official fight card for the UB14@EduCity event on June 14th, 2014. At EduCity, Iskandar, Nusajaya. Johor Bahru. Malaysia.

EduCity to host MMA fight June 14th - UB14@Educity, Johor - Ultimate Beatdown is Back!

JOHOR BAHARU: EduCity Iskandar Malaysia will play host to two exciting events in June which are expected to attract 10,000 visitors and spectators across the nation and neighbouring countries.

The first event is the Ultimate Beatdown Fight League, Malaysia's premier grassroots mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion to be held from 6pm to 11pm on June 14.

Education@Iskandar Sdn Bhd Chief Operating Officer, K. Sugumaran said the event which was positioned to provide MMA fans and martial art exponents with scenes of real life combats and self-defence situations, had seen 13 successful events in Johor and was last year held at the KSL City Mall.

"It serves as a platform for amateur and professional fighters in South East Asia to earn recognition. There will be than 20 match fights with at least eight professionals making their way to EduCity Iskandar Malaysia," he told a news conference Monday.

He said fans can look forward to witnessing fights by Will "the Kill" Chope (USA), Mostafa "White Scorpion" Ashouri (Iran), Trestle "Jun Minions" Tan (Philippines), Garie Tang and Nicholas "Diaz" Lee (Singapore).

Further information can be obtained at www.facebook.com/UltimateBeatdownJB and interested sponsors are invited to write to marketing@repsfitnessgroup.com for details.

Read more at:http://english.astroawani.com/news/show/educity-to-host-mma-fight-and-night-run-in-june-35707?cp

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Remember our last event?

The Fight Scene presents Monday Night Mayhem 21-04-14

The Fight Scene presents 21-04-14 another marathon episode of Monday Night Mayhem. Packed with all the news and views from the past weeks MMA scene. There is a guest appearance from you know who, to discuss whether Amateurs should pay to fight. I am their to explain why MIMMA is different.

This is the MP3 version posted with permission of Muhammad Hazwady




1:05 Interviewing the ONLY amateur Australian fighter in Rebel FC
6:44 No one in Singapore wants to fight Nazri Sutari
8:25 Fighter Call outs Rey Docyogen, Joshua Alvarez(already answered),Robert Lisita
9:12 TUF Finale discussions
26:32 Same questions, same answers; A Journalist Dilemma
30:40 The sneaky kneebar on TUF
34:47 Frank Barca will be back next week to talk about Eddie Bravo's Invitational
39:26 Suman Mokhtarian's girlfriend hates me!
41:35 UFC on Fox 11: Werdum vs Noguiera discussion
50:46 A lookback on the "stupid sparring" discussion
1:05:35 Werdum and the UFC heavyweight division
1:16:02 Alan Cole comes on to discuss about MIMMA and should amateurs pay to fight
1:45:17 Shout out to all fighters who didn't make it through MIMMA
1:46:44 Water Jiu Jitsu
1:55:57 UFC 172 Jones vs Texeira discussion
2:09:45 Suman streetfight story
2:22:48 Chian Yik's(better known as Melvin Yeoh) robbery story
2:33:49 An altercation at the Rebel FC 1 after party
2:33:35 Chewing Gum in Singapore
2:37:38 Talking national service with an Australian
2:42:14 Can Rousey beat Floyd in MMA?
2:50:21 Suman tells the story of Rousey boxing sparring with Vic Darchinyan. A must listen ending where Suman speaks in an Armenian accent
2:57:37 Rebel FC next generation preview + Suman's analysis on the MMA gym's in Singapore
3:27:25 Shoutout to the best padmaster in this region Arvind TheJuggernaut Lalwani

Asian MMA News Update

ONE FC

What a display of true class as Malaysian hero Saiful The Vampire Merican donates his prize money to his opponent Khim Dima to help rebuild his family home in Cambodia which burned down last month! #WarriorSpirit #Bushido#Sportsmanship

Hey guys I want to let everyone know that after the fight Saiful Merican kindly donated some of his money to help Dimas home that was burned down just last month,what a great warrior Saiful is for his kind gesture.

Pacific X-Treme Combat

PXC 43 is only 15 days away! Who's ready for fight night! We'll be launching the official fight card soon, so stay ready!

F3 Championship

F3 VII - RETRIBUTION (F3 Amateur MMA Championship League Heavyweight & Light Heavyweight Title Matches) on 07th JUNE 2014 - TELEKOM MUSEUM. 18 League Bouts, 2 Title Bouts and 4 Pro Bouts.at Muzium Telekom Malaysia jalan Raja Chulan KL

Rebel FC

Here's a SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT! May Ooi, the former Olympian and Singapore National Swimmer has signed a 1-year contract with REBEL FC. We at REBEL FC are glad to have May back on board! More exciting fights are being lined up ahead, stay tuned to this page for more updates!

May Ooi celebrating her win after her debut MMA fight at Rebel FC 1: Into The Lion’s Den

Borneo Fighting Championship

Good morning Mma Fans...
Introducing TRUECOLOURS our official Fighters T-shirts sponsor for the coming BorneoFC. They have been very supportive since from.the very beginning of BorneoFC and we have been working together even since BFC1.
They are situated at The millenium around the same area as CKS. right on top of The Cube millenium..
Providing all kind of printings and advertisement services with a very affordable price..
BFC2 is happening on the 29th of March... get ur tickets now and support local mma..!

Ultimate Beatdown

Ultimate Beatdown management team have not made any announcements regarding a date or venue for the next event of Ultimate Beatdown. Ultimate Beatdown 14.

However, all those who have applied to compete in Ultimate Beatdown 14 will be given a 1 month (4 weeks) notice in order to allow for full preparation.

We will not call you up out of nowhere as we understand that every fighter wants to be at their best form to compete in our grassroots stage of MMA in Malaysia.

We want to grow the sport, breed fighters and always go for fair play in our fighting platform.

Thank you.

Regards,

Ultimate Beatdown Management

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Singapore and Malaysian MMA Continues To Grow

MMA in Singapore and Malaysia On The Rise

Mixed Martial Arts in our little corner of Asia has come a long way in the last few years. Until around four years ago there was nothing but silence. Since then in Singapore and Malaysia we have had tremendous change.

Back in May 2010 Victor Cui then  with ESPN was behind  Martial Combat a ground breaking event in Singapore that certainly helped push some of Asia’s finest fighters into a whole new area of popularity and brought local televised MMA to many homes.

Between May and October of the same year there were 12 Martial Combat events.

Less than a year later Victor Cui launched the ONE FC Empire the present biggest MMA organisation in SE Asia. Its first show was in September 2011.

In Malaysia we had the much smaller but nevertheless widely anticipated local shows with the Muayfit – Malaysian Fighting Championship, F3 and the oldest of them all Ultimate Beatdown at Johor’s Ultimate MMA Academy.

Since then Ultimate Beatdown has broken out of the gym and recently staged its most successful show to date at the KSL City Mall in Johor with representatives from many gyms from both sides of the causeway and even further afield.

F3 continues to limp along, although present feedback is that finally it is getting its shit together and recent shows have had no ‘dodgy’ judging decisions, could F3 finally be about to gain respectability? We hope so it would be good to see it fulfil it’s promise.

MFC I believe still lives but it does seem to have been derailed somewhat by the arrival of MiMMA – Malaysian Invasion Mixed Martial Arts the first of Malaysia’s events to attract big sponsorship and gain TV coverage. Thanks to the patronage of Tune Talk. Finally MMA in Malaysia is proving a suitable place for bigger name sponsors.

Of course in Malaysia, ONE FC have also been a fairly regular visitor to Kuala Lumpur with a series of successful shows and a very excitable crowd.

We even had a visit from Chinese based MMA organisation Legend FC this show was recorded for Chinese TV. Sadly the crowd stayed away and although the fights were on the whole exciting the thin crowd was I am sure a terrible disappointment. This was sadly the last show from Legend who closed their doors leaving many disappointed fans behind.

Recently in Borneo another Malaysian MMA event has started up the Borneo Fighting Championship It seems that MMA really is getting a good foothold in Malaysia and Singapore.  Soon we can look forward to the biggest of them all. The UFC are coming and they have picked up a few local faces to give the card some real zing. But before that we have a new boy on the block.

Debutant Singapore organisation Rebel FC daring to square up to ONE FC on its home ground and that home ground just got tougher with ONE FC announcing that they have signed Ben Askrin the ex-Bellator champion who was widely expected to join the UFC and then the WSOF and so it must been seen as a real coup when he went to ONE telling journalists that he will be getting paid more than 80% of UFC fighters.

But back to Rebel: With a Main Event featuring the talented Australian ‘Ruthless’ Rob Lisita (12-5) from Phuket Top Team against Takeshi (Lion Takeshi) Inoue (21-8) the Dream and Shooto veteran from Shooting Gym Yokohama.

A supporting main event bout between North Korean Gyo Pwang Hwang (3-3)  Korean Top Team and Singapore favourite and Juggernaut Fight Club based Syfiq ‘The Slasher’ Abdul Bin Samad (2-0) should get the crowd on their feet.

Bottom line is this though; will the fans turn up and make the event a financial success. That is all that matters for the money men behind these events, coverage and crowds.

ONE FC seems to have settled down and is surely here to stay, nobody can deny that it’s cards are improving in quality however talk of having 95% of the local fighters on their books rankles when the last event featured an immediate rematch championship title fight for a fighter who didn’t even make it to the end of the second round in the first fight.

Oh and I will never ever be happy to hear ONE FC call it’s championship’s World Titles! Come on guys how about Asian Championship or ONE FC championship?

The UFC are thought to want to put on show’s in this area on a regular basis but how many of those shows will be in Singapore or even Malaysia is unknown. I suspect sadly not many as they will surely head to bigger markets. Either way having the UFC around can only benefit those local fighters lucky enough to get picked up by the “big show” who will be able to increase their exposure and their pay packets with better sponsorship opportunities as fighters can surely see an opportunity to maximise their opportunities and brands can get the kind of coverage they could previously only dream of.

So the future for MMA in Malaysia and Singapore is bright. More opportunities for fighters to test themselves in a cage and a visible ladder that they can aim to climb up.

Of course it’s not all sunshine. Recently watching the UFC on Malaysian TV, I was again angered by the pathetic things that get censored. During the night every time a bit of blood was on show the censors turned the picture black and white this well after 10pm when all good children should be in bed.. So I guess B&W makes it just fine it’s not blood if it’s grey, although doesn't that make it look like brain matter?

But overall MMA is this area is enjoying unprecedented growth and long may it continue, all it needs is some decent officials and less low level fighters with inflated opinions of their abilities, a little bit more honesty in the game would be a good thing.