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Blog 5
08 Feb 2010 1:26PM
So what was expected to be a mad weekend of MMA actually turned out to
be super hectic. On Saturday we had a 330 mile round trip down to
Ulverston in Cumbria for Xtreme Kombat. First time we had been to this
show so i didn't know what to expect, the four fighters we took down
where all ready to fight after 6 weeks of well prepared and planned
training. Ended up being a good little show, nice set up, good crowd
and some good grass root level MMA fights.
We ended up going 3-1 at Xtreme Kombat, Rich Mclearty got caught early
in his pro debut, bit of a bummer as Rich is an animal in the gym and
has looked brilliant in his previous semi pro fights. Props to his
opponent on the night Daniel Park though. Our other guys on the card
included a first timer Martin Delaney who looked really good getting a
slick kimura win in the first round of his fight and two of the most
promising MMA fighters in Scotland Darren Gray and Kieran Malone. Both
guys are really young, have great attitudes and work ethic. Both got
submission wins in the first round.
Having shows to attend two days on the bounce is strenious enough,
whack a 3am UFC on ESPN and sleep goes out the window, after watching
Sonnen de-rail Nate the Great and Randy handle an ancient
looking Coleman i grabbed 3 hours sleep and then got ready for Cage
Kombat in Edinburgh today (sunday)
This was the first Cage Kombat i had been to in a while, its one
of Scotlands most established shows now and has featured some good
fighters in the past. The latest card had 6 pro fights on it which is
cool. Another super prospect Gary Ward was in action and following on
the trend of our guys at Xtreme Kombat Gary win by submission (armbar)
in the first round. Between guys like Gary, darren and Kieran as well
as a bunch of other young fighters at the gym our the talent coming
through is unbelievable.
Main event at cage kombat was a British welterweight title fight
between UKMMA legend and general nut job Paul Jenkins and Andy Snape.
Andy is another guy with insane potential and is under the radar of a
lot of people when he shouldn't be. Jenkins is the most experienced UK
fighter, has been fighting forever and has fought just about everyone.
Knowing both guys the fight was only ever going to end with somebody
getting knocked out. Andy brought his A game, stuffed Paul's early take
down attempts, stayed on top and landed some heavy shots, getting a TKO
in the first round. By far his best performance to date.
So we put out 6 fighters on 2 shows over 2 days. 5 wins all in the
first round and 1 loss. Over 500 miles of driving, 3 hours sleep,
countless crap jokes and lots of sugar free redbull. Brilliant.
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