Mardsue and JWP

It seems like Evolution put on a great show last night. I have found some pictures of the event online so enjoy these for now while I try to find some of the fights to post.

I wanna give props to the person that took these pictures and posted them, so thanks Scott Mcalinden. I would have posted his website but I could not find it for you guys, I am sure he has more great shots from the night.

Here is a clip from The Web Show about this event and the Carnage fight highlights are not until the6:54 mark.

2. 5×2 FTR/100+kg(220 lbs+): Thor defeats Cedric

3. 5×2 FTR/65kg(143 lbs): Taylor Harvey defeats Mark Sarracino by point decision

4. 5×3 FTR/57.3kg(126.06 lbs): Daddy Cool defeats Arron TS2 by split decision

5. 5×3 FTR/69kg(151.8 lbs): Preacher defeats Wolf WMC (Thailand) by point decision

6. 5×3 FTR/70kg(154 lbs): Soren defeats Sean Wright (Scotland) by TKO in the fifth round. Apparently this was a great fight and turned into a elbow fest in the fifth and the fight was called due to a cut on Sean. As you can tell from the picture up top, that is one gnarly cut that Soren gave Sean.

7. 5×3 FTR/86kg(189.2 lbs): Carnage defeats Manue in the second round by TKO

8. 5×3 FTR/72.5kg(159.5 lbs): Mardsue {Tum}(Thailand) defeats JWP by unanimous point decision. From what I hear Tum worked his great clinch game to counter JWP’s hands and actually ended up dumping him over 10 times.

The Contender Asia Season 2 is taking place in Malaysia this year and the contestants are almost finalized. I took this picture from the Contender Asia fan club site and you can get a good idea of who will be in this seasons show. I am hoping that this year we will be able to catch it here in the states. I know last year they showed it on the versus channel on Thursday at 6:00PM. I would always rush home from work to catch the show but because it was on so early I missed a lot of the show.

I believe there is one spot on the show left and I think it will be another fighter from Malaysia but I am unsure. Here are the 15 fighters they have lined up right now and you should recognize a few names on the list.

Paulo Balicho ( Switzerland )

Bernard Radin ( Malaysia )

Rafi Zouhier ( Spain )

Pak-Wing Heung ( Hong Kong )

Jordan Watson ( U.K. )

Eli Madigan ( Australia )

Bakhulule Baai ( Africa )

Marcus Oberg ( Sweden )

Levin Artem ( Russia )

Marco Piqué ( Netherlands / Suriname )

Saro Presti ( Italy )

Cedric Muller ( France )

Khem Fairtex ( Central Thailand )

Jesse Miles ( Canada )

Singsiri Por Sirichai ( South Thailand )

Here are some clips of the fighters:

Singsiri Por Sirichai ( South Thailand ) in the Blue shorts:

Although Singiri does not win it is a good fight.

Here is a clip of Marcus Oberg vs. one of the previous contenders, Dzhabar.

Here is a clip of Rafi Zouhier:

Here is an event that takes place about every month in Inglewood, CA at Hollywood Park Casino. From what I understand these are pro-am fights but they are mostly Amateur and they are put on by Dennis Warner, In Sync Productions Inc., & Ed Hardy Jewelry. These fights are taking place on April 25th and from the flyer it seems like they will be televised. I wish all the events up here were televised. Whenever Contender Asia is on I am always stoked to watch it.

Here is the tenative fight card:

Fightcard
Romie Adanza vs Shinichiro Ohno
Miguel Cosio vs Sam Rosen
Joe Sarkissian vs Justin Greskiewicz
Shane Oblonsky vs Artem Sharoshkin

Chris Benjamin vs Sevak Ohanjanyan
Tiffany Van Soest vs Kate McGray
Casey Parlett vs Beto Rodriguez
Rajesh Narine vs Chris Mickels
Jorge Perez vs Glen Spencer
Jeff Fong vs Scott Venerick
Angel Meza vs Jimmy Hendrickson
Steve Kuo vs Ricardo Quintardo

Also bouts featuring:
David Huerta
Ruben Lahn
Victor Acosta
Gaby Diem
Mike Snow

Here is a clip from one of the fights held there. From the crowd shots it looks like a nice venue a the house is packed.

While I know this event is not in California, I think that it is sort of my job to keep us Muay Thai enthusiasts up to speed with good shows coming up. This card is in Australia and if you follow the Contender Asia you will recognize some of the fighters. JWP, Soren, and Sean Wright are all on this card along with some other great fighters. I will try to post the results after this weekend because these fights will be good. I am looking forward to the Sean Wright vs. Soren fight personally. I know they have both been training a lot in Thailand recently but I think I am going to give it to Sean all the way.

Here are the event details:

The date is set for Evolution 16. On April 4th Australia’s favorite sons will come together under one roof to fight it out for ultimate glory. All three of the last shows have been sold out events and organizers are asking fans to get their seats early to avoid disappointment.

The Sleeman Centre in Chandler will attempt to contain the raw power of Nathan Carnage, the technique of John Wayne Parr and the brut determination of the preacher. The problem will be choosing the main event with the status and experience of these three warriors. A win at Evolution in any weight class throws you to the top of Australian Muay Thai, and fighters’ world wide take notice.

Soren Eminent Air… NTG will come back from campaigning in Thailand once again to put Sean Wright in his place. The lady pleaser Dane DADDY KOOL will be looking to start the year off well with another devastating knock-out and the always exciting Mark Sarracino will be looking for another war.

A heavy-weight battle between the camps of Boonchu and NTG has been matched to shake the ground; this fight will feature Thor v Cedric. The Gods of Muay Thai will be watching on closely on April 4 to see which of their sons is most deserving.

And here is the fight Card:

1. 5×2 FTR/61kg(134.2 lbs): Mikie Thomohawk vs Chris Petrie

2. 5×2 FTR/100+kg(220 lbs+): Cedric vs Thor

3. 5×2 FTR/65kg(143 lbs): Mark Sarracino vs Taylor Harvey

4. 5×3 FTR/57.3kg(126.06 lbs): Daddy Cool vs Arron TS2

5. 5×3 FTR/69kg(151.8 lbs): Preacher vs Wolf WMC (Thailand)

6. 5×3 FTR/70kg(154 lbs): Soren vs Sean Wright (Scotland)

7. 5×3 FTR/86kg(189.2 lbs): Carnage vs T.B.A

8. 5×3 FTR/72.5kg(159.5 lbs): JWP vs Mardsue {Tum}(Thailand)

Here is a clip from a previous Evolution card JWP vs Sean Wright.

I heard a rumor that there was an event in the works for another World Combat Sports Challenge show in San Francisco in May. I checked out their website and found this poster saying that it will be held at the Kezar Pavilion on May 30th.

From what I heard they do not have the card finalized yet but I am sure you can expect a good show. When I find out who is going to be on this card I will post an update for this event. The one thing I was hoping that WCSC would change for their events is the venue. I am not a big fan of the Kezar Pavilion because it is pretty much just a High School gym. But hey, I would rather take a great event at a high school gym than no event. I am not sure how long this promotion has been around but I think it has been picking up more and more followers as the more events they put on.

Here is a clip of some highlights from one of their events. Don’t worry these guys are not that quick, they clip is speed up some. This is a simple camera trick that a lot of martial arts flicks do to make their scenes look better and more action packed.

Here is one fight that I found from one of there many events.

Once I get some more information on this event I will send out a new post.

War of The Heroes 2 was put together by Fairtex and XFight promotions in Santa Clara, CA February 21st 2009. This event was definitely the way to kick of 2009 for Muay Thai events. The venue was the Santa Clara Convention Center which is a large venue but no seat in the house was a bad one. My hat really goes off to Fairtex and XFight for putting on such a stellar show.

The Santa Clara Weekly did a great story on this event which can be found here: Santa Clara Weekly

I particularly enjoyed this event because I was one of the lucky Nak Muay’s that had the chance to fight for a USMF Title. I have a few pictures posted from this event in the Flikr pictures to the left of the blog. I have to give it up to my opponent Chris because he put up a hell of a fight (Good Job Man).

So for those of you that missed this event here is a treat for you. Here is Nate Willet’s fight vs Ben Yelle, which is a great fight and shows how talented he is. Enjoy!

If you did not see the results of the fights yet then you will be in for some fun with this clip. Coke Chunawat vs. Fumihiro Tanno

Here are the full results:

Phillip Jucaban defeats Medwin Mina by Unanimous Decision
Tyler Cronin defeats Guston Bolonas by Split Decision

Christine Ferea defeats Lenore Kelly by TKO (ref stoppage)

Phil Devera defeats Derek Leung by Unanimous Decision

Amber Pope defeats Christie Cheeketts by Split Decision

Bryan Padilla defeated Fernando Parez Jr. by Unanimous Decision

Damien Negrete defeated Justin Roman by Split Decision

Bryan Petro defeated Chris Kwiatkowski by Split Decision

Marisela Badillo defeated Malia Spanyol by Split Decision

Daniel Kim defeated Caley Scott by Split Decision

Ashly Altman defeated Jennifer Nguyen by Unanimous Decision

Nathan Willet defeated Ben Yelle by Unanimous Decision

Coke Chunawat defeated Fumihiro Tanno by KO

Gabriel Carrasco defeated James Agloro by Unanimous Decision

Zack Bargiomo defeated Jake Timoteo by KO

Rick Erles DRAW Carlos Valero

I came across this event from Denis, a good friend of mine, someone who has been training for years, and also a Stanford Alumni. We used to train at Fairtex together but I think that he still goes back to Stanford o train with their club every now and then. I think that it is awesome that they have an MT club there and are putting on an event for the school to see. I know when I was in college there was one gym in town but it was only open a few hours a night, so a bunch of us would go to the school wrestling room and train on their mats but we never coordinated a legit club.

If you are in college and money is tight, this would be the way to go and train for cheap. So if you don’t have a Muay Thai club yet, go get motivated and try to start one, I bet you will be surprised at how many people would want to join.

Sorry to go out on a rant but I think it is great that Stanford has a MT club.

Here are the details for the event coming up this Friday, April 3rd.

The Burnham Brawll III is coming to Stanford University, on Friday April 3 @ 6:30PM!

5 exciting Muay Thai fights, served with punches, kicks, and knees. Performances by the T.H.A.I.S. and Down With Gravity.

$3 w/ SUID; $5 General Admission. Food and Drink provided by Bangkok Cuisine.

***All proceeds are generously donated to the Thai Cultural Center of the SF Bay Area***

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Fighters:
Peter Van Vlasselaer
Monica Vidalon
Elliot Grunewald
Brian Grone
Anne Van Camp
James Harvestus Locus
Craig Betts
Bilal Mahmood
Cedric Fraces
John Neuberger

Here is the promo video for this event with clips from previous years.

You can check out more of the previous years fights here: Stanford Muay Thai Events

Unfortunately, I cannot attend this event but I am sure that the club will post pictures for everyone to check out on their site.

Yodsaenklai Fairtex vs Vuyisile Colossa

Now I know that I said this blog will be used mainly for Northern California Muay Thai but I think when some good fights com up I have to post them so I can keep the rest of the Muay Thai enthusiasts up to speed.

In 2008 Yod fought Vuyisile and Yod won in a decision but they meet again on March 26th in France for a rematch. The event was Le Stars du Ring (The Stars of the Ring). I could not find much on this event but here are some quick results from this event.

Undercard:

1. AMATEUR MUAY THAI RULES
   Jeremy Murphy (1-0, 145, Team USH) defeated Joseph Felix Lopez (0-1, 144, Pacific Ring Sports) by unanimous decision, 30-27, 30-26 and 30-26.
2. AMATEUR MUAY THAI RULES
   Rocky Herrera (2-0, 144, Fight and Fitness) defeated Brandon Totten (0-1, 147, Team Tsutsui) by split decision, 29-28, 30-27 & 28-29.
3. AMATEUR MUAY THAI RULES
   Alexsander Naumoski (2-1, 153, AKA) defeated Alex Buzon (0-1, 153, FSA) by TKO at 1:40 of round 3.
4. AMATEUR MUAY THAI RULES
   Hector Cortez (1-0, 163, Unlimited Kickboxing) defeated Javier Romero (0-1, 160, Cedric Robinson) by TKO at 1:47 of round 2.
5. AMATEUR MUAY THAI RULES
   Felecia Valdez (2-1, 103, Art of War) defeated Gabrielle Aguinaldo (0-3, 103, Fight and Fitness) by unanimous decision, 30-27, 29-28 & 29-28.
6. AMATEUR MUAY THAI RULES
   Amber Goodwin (1-1, 109, AKA) defeated Leizel Beliso (1-1, 108, Unlimited Kickboxing) by split decision, 29-28, 29-28 & 28-29.
7. AMATEUR MUAY THAI RULES
   TJ Arcangle (1-0, 141, World Team USA) defeated Dave Marigmen (0-1, 139, FSN) by Injury TKO at 1:20 of round 1.Marigmen injured his shoulder.
8. AMATEUR MUAY THAI RULES
   Andre Salas (2-0, 189, FSA) defeated Martin Villanueva (1-1, 189, Team USH) by unanimous decision, 30-27, 29-28 & 29-28.

Main Show

1. AMATEUR MUAY THAI RULES
   Naline Sar (3-1, 109, Art of War) defeated Siriluk Sriphunya (1-2, 110, Fairtex) by unanimous decision 30-27, 30-27 & 30-27.
2. AMATEUR MUAY THAI RULES
   Jill Guido (3-1, 108 George Tsutsui) defeated Aqualuna Romeo (1-1, 105, Fight and Fitness) by unanimous decision, 30-27, 30-27 & 30-27.
3. AMATEUR INTERNATIONAL RULES
   Vince Hernandez (1-0, 158, UGB) defeated Trevor Mason (0-1, 159, Guila Martial Arts) by TKO at :50 seconds of round 3 due to excessive bleeding from nose.
4. AMATEUR MUAY THAI RULES
   Robert Cornejo Jr. (6-1, 173, Unlimited Kickboxing) defeated Beau Bunch (3-4, 173, Gilbert Melendez) by unanimous decision, 29-28, 29-28 & 29-28.
5. AMATEUR MUAY THAI RULES
   Jason Andrada (5-1, 134, Art of War) defeated Eric Luna (4-1, 133, AKA) by unanimous decision, 29-28, 30-27 & 29-28.
6. IKF AMATEUR MUAY THAI RULES
   WEST COAST FLYWEIGHT TITLE
   Lynsey Mirano (3-1, 117, Fairtex) defeated Charla Villain (3-1, 117, World Team USA) by unanimous decision, 39-37, 40-36 & 40-36.
7. IKF AMATEUR MUAY THAI RULES
   WEST COAST SUPER WELTERWEIGHT TITLE
   John Duenas (4-0, 149, Guila Martial Arts) defeated Abel Carrasco (3-1, 152, AKA) by unanimous decision 38-37, 38-37 & 38-37.
8. IKF AMATEUR MUAY THAI RULES
   WEST COAST WELTERWEIGHT TITLE
   Gabriel Carrasco (7-0, 143, AKA) defeated Kevin Arceo (5-2, 146, World Team USA) by KO at the end of the final round. After 3 rounds, Carrasco was leading on 2 of 3 judges cards, 29-28, 29-28 & 28-29.
9. IKF AMATEUR MUAY THAI RULES
   WEST COAST LIGHT MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE
   Justin Roman (4-2, 156, Team USH) defeated Daniel Agid (3-3, 153, Prach’s Kickboxing) by TKO at :26 seconds of round 1. Roman was rocked and referee Ray Balewicz gave him an 8 count, however, during the 8 count, Roman had no eye focus with the Balewicz and never brought his hands up to his chin to assure Balewicz he was OK.
10. IKF AMATEUR MUAY THAI RULES
    UNITED STATES SUPER WELTERWEIGHT TITLE
    Skylr Penna (6-0, 150, World Team USA) defeated Steven Baca (3-3, 148, Calleros Kickboxing) by TKO at 1:59 of round 4 with a shin kick to the head. At the time, Penna was leading on all 3 judges cards 30-26.

Here is the clip of the final round of the Welterweight fight of Kevin Arceo (black shorts) vs. Gabriel Carasco (silver shorts).

You can find a few other fights on youtube but I think this fight has the best ending. Let me know if you have any good pictures or videos you want posted.

On another note here was one of the highlights of my night.

Jerry Rice at Muay Thai Fights

Who knew Jerry was into Muay Thai. Just in case you do not know who Jerry Rice is I suggest you Google his name right now, he is one of the greatest athletes ever to play in the NFL. He was really nice and I am glad that we could share our sport with him that night.

Fight Night Fox Theatre

A night of high kicks and fierce fists presented by Phantom Promotions, LLC in association with Undisputed Boxing Gym.

Featuring Kick Boxing and Muay Thai

18 fights scheduled for the evening.

5 Female Fights

4 West Coast Championships

Main Event for the United States Super Welterweight Championship
I have the results and pictures but will upload soon in another post.