A Great Event, Nicely Covered By What's Going On In Johor? But One Comment Proves You Can't Please Everybody

What's going on in Johor Bahru?

2 September

Ultimate Beatdown 12 that took place last Saturday night @ Cheers Bar, Danga Bay was nothing short of heart-stopping, electrifying action!

These fighters truly put on a great show for the crowd of at least 500 strong, and for that we salute them! Fighters were not only local, but came from as far as India and Philippines, and of course our neighbours from across the border! You surely won't want to miss out on the next Ultimate Beatdown event!

#johorbahru

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  陈文峰 Yves Tan

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  翼龙 陈文峰See Translation

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  Alex Kee Wow! As if we don't have enough violence in our midst in JB already? Yes, understandably, it is only a show and even if we are all willing suckers, don't you think we have other better non violence sports to promote? Yes, No? Or are we just way too shallow to appreciate anything deeper? Haiz.

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  Alan Cole Alex Kee, people in Johor are always telling me how dangerous it is here. All I see are people racing motorbikes up and down the waterfront past Danga Bay putting themselves and others in danger of serious injury or worse. There is an increase in robbery and violent crime and yet you decide to talk out about this. The people that take part in this event are dedicated sports men and women who train very hard over many months at their own expense for a sport in which there is little financial reward. These people don't roam the streets with knives or sticks, they train hard in the cage, they look after their health, they eat right. Your ill informed opinion is very sad. My youngest Son had his first fight at 15 and trains at least three times a week for 3 hours a night and usually a couple more times at home, he does not smoke or drink alcohol. What were you doing at his age (now 17)? My older son this year has climbed Mount Kinabalu, Run many long distance runs in Singapore and spent the last nine months being trained by his younger brother for his first fight - He's the guy in the bottom R/H picture by the way. He's from England and he proudly fought for Johor at this event. He's 23 and does not drink or smoke, trains very hard and is a great kid. I ask you again what were you doing at his age. I am very proud of all the people involved in this event and what they have done with their lives - From the boys that were trouble makers at school until they discovered MMA to the guys that have lost lots of weight and become healthy. So please keep your mis-informed comments to your self. Over 500 people paid to come along and have a good time, there was no trouble and everybody had seemed to enjoy themselves. Why should you care? I don't tell you what you should enjoy. Now I'm sure that you are a really nice guy, but your comments did annoy me because I know how hard my boys and the other fighters train and how they treat each other with respect before and after they fight. I also know that the boys who came from Evolution MMA gym in India endured a horrendous long mostly over land journey to be there and were great people, there were people there from Thailand, The Philippines, Borneo and Singapore plus a few Asian based people like my Son (England) and others. I'm really not seeing the problem you are seeing. The hotels and restaurants benefitted from all these visitors.

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Ultimate Beatdown 12 - The Little Engine That Could

Ultimate Beatdown Johor Bahru's Very Own MMA Event Just Keeps Growing

Four years ago when I turned up to my first Ultimate Beatdown held in a Gym in the Mount Austen area of Johor Bahru, I remember enjoying the great match-ups but being disappointed because the gym could not hold more than around 50 people. I remember wondering if this event would attract a crowd if it was held in a bigger venue. The general thought was that less than 200 people would turn up and pay on the door.

Well of course since then we have seen the growth of ONE FC and along with it Ultimate Beatdown, with the recent addition of MIMMA it seems that MMA in Malaysia has stepped up another level and Ultimate Beatdown is the perfect proof of that, as for Ultimate Beatdown 12 some 550 screaming fans of MMA converged on Johor's fabled Danga Bay area to witness the second event above Cheers Bar the almost perfect setting for MMA. By the waterside on the edge of Malaysia, so close to Singapore that they could surely hear the cheers everytime a Malaysian fighter defeated a neighbour from across the water.

This show held 8 events in the gym and this was just the fourth outside each one attracting a bigger and better crowd.

The event consisted of 27 bouts and below are the results.

K-1 Kickboxing: 3 x 2 minute rounds

Yuz Rizan (Southern Tiger, Johor) vs James Badril (Juggernaut, Singapore) - Rizan wins 22 secs of Rd 3 K/O

Samir Mrabet (Monarchy MMA, KL) vs Asraf Acap (KL) - Mrabet wins 1:34 Rd 1 Ref Stoppage

Amateur MMA: 3 x 3 minute rounds

Damien Koh (Grasio MMA, Singapore) vs Iskandar (Ultimate MMA, Johor) - Iskandar wins 40 secs Rd 1 ref stoppage

Pranav M (Evolution MMA, India) vs Tung-Lung Ping (Monarchy MMA, KL) - Pranav wins via Decision

Azri Iskandar (Ultimate MMA, Johor) vs Mohd Azhar (Sparta, Singapore) Azhar wins 1:21 rd 2 ref stoppage

Amir (KL) vs Mohd Hanis (Spart, Singapore) - Amir wins 2:45 rd 1 ref stoppage

Dj Ser (Muayfit, KL) vs Niko Soerento (Impact MMA, Singapore) - Soerento wins 2:08 rd 1 ref stoppage

Yves Tan (Ultimate MMA, Johor) vs Syaiful Irfan (Sparta, Singapore) - Tan wins via Decision

Henry Yeo (Impact MMA, Singapore) vs Jason Pillai (Singapore) - Yeo wins 27 secs rd 1 ref stoppage

Raymon Beh (Ultimate MMA, Johor) vs Mohd Rizal (Sparta, Singapore) - Beh wins 16 secs rd 1 ref stoppage

Alex Ander (Ultimate MMA, Johor) vs Mohd Hindra (Singapore) - Hindra wins 40secs rd 1 due to technical knockout

Sub-Zero Submission Grappling 1 x 7 minute round

Amanda Loo (Impact MMA, Singapore) vs Zhen Wei (Muayfit, KL) - Loo wins 5:40 submission

Alfaik Farez (Wavestrike) vs Tan Wooi Kiet (T-Rex MMA, KL) - Draw

Susovan G (Evolution MMA, India) vs Ngeoh JC (Muayfit, KL) - Draw

Kent Yong (Ultimate MMA, Johor) vs Tjun Tjunnie (KL) - Tjunie won due to armbar

Nelson Kim (Ultimate MMA, Johor) vs Jason Lim (Fight G, Singapore) - Draw

Semi-Pro MMA 3 x 5 minute rounds

Khairul A (Singapore) vs Mark Kam (WS Muay Thay, Malaysia) - Khairul 14 seconds rd 1 via armbar

Amar Abaz (Wolverine) vs Bob Junior (Melati Puteh, Malaysia) - Junior wins 3:23 rd 1 ref stoppage

Sanjivan P (Evolution MMA, India) vs Ejam (Melati Puteh, Malaysia) - Sanjivan wins 2:03 rd 1 ref stoppage

Olin (Borneo) vs Stefan Cole (Ultimate MMA and Juggernaut) - Cole wins 1:23 rd 1 RNC

Kumaraysan (Juggernaut) vs Jon Poh (Grasio MMA, Singapore) - Kumaraysan wins 16 secs rd 1 RNC

Putera Rudy (Sparta, Singapore) vs Jun (Philippines) - Jun wins 29 secs rd 1 Gulliotine choke

Haziq (Sparta, Singapore) vs Mohd Zakhir (UMF, Malaysia) - Zakhir wins 45 secs rd 1 ref stoppage

Nick Lee (Singapore) vs Asrul Aseng (Malaysia) - Lee wins 1:34 rd 1 RNC

Helen Harper (Phuket Top Team/Juggernaut) vs Lieze Lumidas (Philippines) - Harper wins 1:55 rd 1 ref stoppage

Mohd Kamal (Sparta, Singapore) vs Nik Harris (Muayfit, KL) - Harris wins 1:32 rd 1 RNC


The only real issue I had apart from the occasional mis-match, which will always happen at this level due to late pull-pouts and people who over or understate their ability, worse than that must be the decision to insert Grappling into the middle of the event. Before it started the crowd were very loud and excited and beyond the ladies fight with Amanda Loo from Impact showing just how much her game has improved since her trip to Rio where she trained daily with top level athletes.  The rest of the fights I am afraid while they may have been nice technical affairs they did kill the crowds enthusiasm as they crawled towards a draw - almost a full 30 minutes of drawn fights is not what a crowd wants to see.
These fights deserve a platform but maybe use them as the warm up bouts as the crowd are assembling, those fans who are interested in the more technical aspects of grappling would surely find themselves cage side and the casual fan would not be lost into the night.

I also think that this event does not need ring girls. The cage is too small and the girls really don't look like they are enjoying themselves much and all they did was make the time between rounds longer.

The event itself was much better organised than previous ones, with the cage area kept clear of people and the fights happening in quick succession.

The commentary team of  Seth Borges and Fletch were entertaining.

Overall Chian Yik Malaysia's MMA pioneer, ONE FC warrior and owner of Ultimate MMA must be very proud of what he has achieved with Ultimate Beatdown.

Thanks also to the sponsors: REPS Fitness, Drive Energy Drinks, Potosan Corner, Cheers Bar and Danga Bay,  Everlast without your support these events could not survive.

But most of all thank you to the many fighters and fans for doing an amazing job!

There will be lots of pictures and videos eventually coming out from this event, but for now please indulge a proud dad!