Asian MMA News Update - 26-03-14

Asian MMA News

ONE FC

FIGHT CARD UPDATE
3 exciting bouts added to ONE FC: RISE OF HEROES on 2 May at Mall of Asia Arena!

James "The Hammer" McSweeney vs Chris "Igor" Lokteff(Heavyweight)

Aung La N Sang vs Mahmoud Salama ''Iron Man''(Middleweight) 

Priyanka jeet toshi vs The legendary "Bad Girl" Jujeath Nagaowa (Atomweight)

Catch all the action LIVE! Tickets:https://www.smtickets.com/event/details?event_id=2233

The imposing Australian heavyweight Chris "Igor" Lokteff is looking forward to put his skills to the test again on 2 May when he faces his toughest opponent yet, Muay Thai champion James "The Hammer" McSweeney! 

Catch all the action LIVE as these two heavyweights collide at ONE FC: RISE OF HEROES at MOA Arena on 2 May! 

Pacific X-Treme Combat

MIMMA

The#MIMMA2 tryouts will be at The Spring in 2 DAYS! ARE YOU READY?!

F3

Borneo Fighting Championship

Check out our Amateur Heavyweight bout at Borneo Fighting Championship Wun Vit Vui from Team Karabaw vs Steven Yeoh who is no stranger in Malaysian MMA! 

Will we see 2 heavy weight slug fest or a grappling match between 2 giants? Come witness the match this Saturday at Borneo Fighting Championship!

Event: Borneo Fighting Championship 2, 
29th March, 7pm onwards 
at Juara Sports Planet, Juara Gym, Putatan.

You can get your tickets (RM25 standard seats / RM80 VIP ring side seats) from:

Lintas - Kinabalu Fighters - Martial Art and Fitness Centre
88 Market - Team Karabaw
Taman Khidmat, Bukit Padang - Cruz Fitness & Fight Station
Tanjung Aru - Borneo combat gym kk
Bundusan - Eve No Excuse
Putatan - Juara Gym from Jacksonny James
Citymall - Dynamix Fitness

Outside KK, you can pre book with our authorized gym:

Sandakan - 66 Unicorn Muaythai & Combat Art
Beaufort - 96 Pegasus from Mohd Shah Mohd Shaid
Ranau - Dihnar Akinabalu Muay

Super Fight League

The Super Fight League - India hits hard is not just about Mixed Martial Arts and professional fighting , its also about promoting the best in the business and giving them a platform for them to shine. One such shining star is SFL fighter Farhan Shaikh Mxm, along with his dynamic and precise sword demonstrations Farhan and his Taekwondo team wow'd the entire SFL audience at Friday fight nights and are back this weekend to perform atBodyPower INDIA

Ladies and Gentlemen Super Fight League - India hits hard is proud to announce the main event bout at SFL Warriors powered by BodyPower INDIA as SFL lightweight and welterweight champion Pawan Maan Singh is challenged once again by SFL ex lightweight champRajinder Singh Meena , this is a grudge match and one of the most exciting bouts on the card , watch the bout preview here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qep9aLSv-18 and vote for your favourite fighter :http://myjourneywithmixedmartialinindia.blogspot.in/ , interested to watch the fight LIVE ? book your tickets online here : http://in.bookmyshow.com/concerts/body-power-expo-india-tickets/ , tickets will also be available at the venue on the 29th and the 30th of March at Bombay Exhibition Centre
Hall 6, Off Western Express Highway, Ram Mandir Road, Goregaon East, Mumbai, Maharashtra, 400063

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The Fight Scene - Monday Night Mayhem 24/02/12

The Fight Scene - Monday Night Mayhem 24/02/12 

The Fight Scene Monday Night Mayhem is a Video Blog covering MMA and you can watch the Video Version HERE

I have asked permission to create an MP3 Version to share with you all.

And below with the The Fight Scenes Permission is that MP3 Version

 

1:32 UFC 170 discussions
31:15 Anthony Leone's interview
39:38 Team mates/ Relatives fighting each other
52:17 Fighter salaries and fighter/organization relationships
1:06:40 F-3 VI Ruthless
1:07:11 TUF China finale 

Thanks to Muhammad Hazwady Nazran

F-3 Championship: “The Kill” defends his belt, Naseri wins Muay Thai belt

F-3 Championship: “The Kill” defends his belt, Naseri wins Muay Thai belt

The Coffee Boys View

         Despite how critical The Editor is of F-3 – what with the lack of marketing, shoddy match-making and in the past having cruddy venues – F-3 Championship put on some quality fights and fight fans got to witness some exciting Muay Thai fights, technical boxing bouts, and witness the world’s tallest featherweight put a K-1 vet to sleep.

         It was a shame that there weren’t more people at the show – Badminton Stadium Cheras is a great venue for an event like this being that it has a ton of space, it’s air-conditioned, and it’s situated in a part of KL that’s accessible. Hopefully the people behind F-3 start advertising their events way ahead of time.

         Will “The Kill” Chope, now 14 – 5, extends his win-streak to nine in a row after putting Alex Lim to sleep in under two minutes in the main event of the first day. As per usual, Chope came out with a significant height and reach advantage and he wasted no time in engaging in the clinch. After scrambling to the ground, Chope secured Lim’s back, slapped on the rear-naked choke and it took only a matter of seconds before Lim was out cold.

         Chope, who is a featherweight contended (and recently announced the number 1 contender in the URCC after his domination of Rex de Lara), will likely want to fight for F-3’s featherweight belt in MMA if offered the chance, seeing as he is ironically massively undersized for the welterweight belt. That being said, he has now put away two men in that division, so we’ll wait and see what Chope and F-3 have in store for us.

         One the second day’s main event, we saw Amir Naseri face Q Ekkasit in what was an exciting back and forth Muay Thai fight for the 63 kg belt. Early on in the fight, Ekkasit had Naseri tied up against the ropes and Naseri actually flipped over. Thankfully, he wasn’t injured and got back in the ring and the fight resumed. This would go on to happen several times for both fighters – that’s how hard these men fought.

        

After several rounds of hardcore Muay Thai, Naseri secured the judges’ decision and walked away the new F-3 Muay Thai Champion, with relatively little dispute of the decision.

         Also at the event, Nik “The Bloodhound” Harris – who lost his previous fight to Brad “Vanilla Gorilla” Robinson at Ultimate Beatdown X – got back in the win column by defeating Wing Chun specialist MK Chan in the first round by submission (guillotine choke), after MK spent a good deal of time trying to grapple Harris to the ground.

         There was also a couple boxing bouts, one that was met with much controversy. James Goyder, combat sports journalist for websites such as MMAMania and Combat Asia – who recently lost in his boxing debut to Juggernaut Fight Club’s “The Slasher” – fought Wan Ridzuan in a rather one-sided affair. Goyder, possessing significant height and reach advantage, was more the aggressor and landed some decent combinations. Ridzuan did, however, land some significant shots in, but it certainly did not look like enough to have beaten Goyder.

         As the commentator was about to read out the judges decision, the referee had been expecting Goyder to get the nod and already lifted his hand up. However, Ridzuan was announced the winner via split-decision. Afterwards upon inspection of the official scorecards, it was revealed that there had been a miscalculation (take that with a grain of salt), and that it was actually a draw. F-3 have officially ruled the bout a draw between Goyder and Ridzuan.

         It was a fun weekend of fights, and we here at Rear Naked News (well The Coffee Boy) hope they really stick around for a long time (but only if they start marketing themselves better, and fix some things here and there such as match-making and in-venue stuff like having a concession stand). Posted below are the full results from both days:

Main Events

For the F-3 63kg Muay Thai championship belt.
Amir Naseri vs Q Ekkasit - Amir won by decision.

For the F-3 Welterweight MMA championship belt.
Will "The Kill" Chope vs Alex Lim TNT - Will Chope won via Rear Naked Choke in 2:40 of the 1st round.

Co-Main Events

Ediey Selindang Kuning vs Yodphed Jr. Thailand - Ediey won by decision.

Barbod Global Elite vs Yodphed Thailand - Yodphed won via TKO in 2:30 of the 4th round.

Main cards

Boxing Bouts

James Goyder vs Wan Ridzuan - Draw

Jon Thoo vs Hashim Abdullah - Draw

MMA Bouts

Nik "The Bloodhound" Harris vs MK Chan - Nik Harris won via guillotine choke in 2:20 of the 1st round.

Kenny Yap vs Khairul Izhar - Kenny Yap won via tap out due to strikes in 4:28 of the 1st round.

Fouzien "Underdog" vs Mohd "Bullkiller" Zakhir - Bullkiller won via Rear Naked Choke in 2:36 of the first round.

Faizal Fozi "Ajoy" vs Isaac Yap - Ajoy won via Anaconda Choke in 0:50 of the 1st round.

Muay Thai bouts

Ella Tang vs Rodiah - Ella Tang won via TKO in 2:10 of the 1st round.

Zulkifli vs Arya Kambiz Warriors - Zulkifli won by decision.

Nik "What's my f**king name?" Harris!

F3 Championship - The Good The Bad and the goddam Ugly!

F3 Championship

Not too good, pretty bad and dam ugly!

The Editors View!

By the time I got to the first day of the F3 Championship I was already pissed off thanks in no small part to the fact that the four hour journey from Johor to Kuala Lumpur had taken 6 1/2 hours thanks to a super lazy obnoxious and just plain awful coach driver who took every opportunity to stop as an excuse to run off to find himself a quiet corner to grab some panties and jerk away a load or something equally as pointless. This f**ker left the Larkin station in JB at 9:00am, we had already been on board for forty five minutes as they had told us the coach was ready to go. By 10:00 am we had stopped twice  to pick up a couple of people and each time those stops were 20 minutes or more.

We eventually seemed to start heading out of JB proper at 10 am. At 11 am the driver was obviously in need of another wank as he pulled into a food stop. I tried to ask him how long we would be there he just grunted and pointed to a bloke outside, obviously two pay grades above him as he had the power of speech if not the actual power of customer service or manners. He told me we would be stopping for 30 minutes.

It was the usual place coaches stop in Malaysia, not some shiny new service station but a scabby food hall offering lots of not very interesting food that's been sitting around surrounded by flys for god knows how long. After 30 minutes people were waiting outside of the locked coach for masturbators anonymous who eventually turned up a further 20 minutes later. He then proceeded to drive his shitty heap of a coach at walking pace all the way to Kuala Lumpur by some very f**king long boring ass route. Eventually we got to TBS at 2:30 about the time the event was supposed to start.

We grabbed a taxi and headed to our hotel to drop our stuff off and then straight into a taxi to the event.

You can imagine after all that I was not in the best of moods, in fact all I wanted was to be entertained!

Now, if you were a casual fan who turned up at this place you would have NO idea what was happening, only one entrance was open and there were NO signs pointing you towards it. There were NO posters, banners or otherwise in the area around the stadium that I could see. Of course being a Malaysian run event there were f**king many inside the stadium in case the few brave souls who found their way in should wonder where they were.

The people manning the gate could not give a dam and I am pretty sure that only the very stupid would have paid to get in as nobody really seemed to give a dam, or did I just arrive while they were on a break?

These F3 events as far as I understand are Government sponsored events. As far as I am concerned the government are being cheated, the money being given to run these events is either being wasted terribly by people with no idea or not being put to the purpose it is supposed to be used for.

I know from previous events that the fighters get paid a pittance for taking part and indeed at this event I know for a fact at least one of the fighters was conned out of some of his promised purse because he won too easily! (Anybody, who has fought in Government sponsored Muay Thai in Malaysia will be familiar with that con), But, I am getting ahead of myself here.

So, I walked in at around 4:00pm having missed all but the last two fights of the first day and well, it was a f**king joke, the stadium - Badminton Stadium, Cheras is perfect for the type of event, there is not a bad seat to be had, everybody is close to the action and would have a great view.

Sadly the crowd was so pathetic that finding a good view wasn't an issue.
I suspect that if you take out all the fighters family and friends and thier gyms people there was not one member of the public paying to get into this event.

So there have been some changes since the last F3 event. Firstly unlike the show in Johor, this one had dual language announcements including the guy who is becoming THE VOICE of Malaysian MMA and with some justification, Matt Pellino, who as well as being a fighter and trainer over at Muayfit also seems to have a great future as an MC, just sayin!

The sound set up was also very good and that was it for the plus points.

The event once again had it's share of controversy as a couple of fights definitely went to the hometown fighter regardless of who actually had one. We had seen this before of course at an F3 event back in the early part of the year at the last KL show.
The sad thing is some of the fights at this event were very good and the crowd appreciated them but the event lacked real atmosphere. Of course also following the usual F3 lack of interest pattern there was not one booth selling any kind of snacks or refreshment  no booth's selling MMA, Boxing of Muay Thai related equipment or T-Shirts.  It wasn't an event it was more an afterthought.

The people who decided to run this event in the afternoon really don't seem to have any idea.

The annoying thing is MMA in Malaysia would benefit from a show like F3 if it was run properly, a chance to showcase the sport to Muay Thai and Boxing fans, sadly for that to happen fans have to turn up!

I am done with F3, the organisation, the marketing, the crooked judging, the lack of money being paid to the fighters, the whole event leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

MMA in Malaysia does not need this event and I would suggest that the fighters and gyms should boycott future events unless the money promised is paid and unless 'real unbiased' judges are present at ALL bouts.

Instead support the MFC, UB, Legionnaire and of course the new Tune Talk sponsored series the Malaysian MMA Invasion that is coming in 2013 - That really could go a long way to breaking some new names, giving gyms a much better place to showcase their fighters and the fighters can expect a much better reward. We will learn a lot more about that series later this month when the official press conference tells us all the facts.

As a marketing person the state of marketing in MMA in Malaysia has always driven me to distraction but the people behind the F3 events really do take it down to even lower levels of could not give a damness!

Seriously people I'm ready and willing give me the f**king job you can have me for a fraction of the Rm250,000 I used to get paid in the UK 5 years ago.

Oh yes there were some fights as well, a few of them were really good, a few as I said were good fights badly judged and a few were just dull or badly matched. Really though six fights a day! Honestly - In one night twelve fights a real show, not this lame ass waste of time.

Nik "What's my f**king name?" Harris

To the people of Malaysia if you wanna see what your government spend your tax dollars on I give you exhibit one! Maybe somebody ought to have a look at where the money gets spent.