• Leighton Hill def Selhal (sp?) on points
• Danny Batten def Chin (sp?) by figure four head scissors
• Dave McLoughlin def Andrew Proctor by achilles lock
• Panos Theoridis def Leigh Remedios on points
• Dave Newberry def Steve Campbell on points
• Leigh Remedios def Marcos Vamos by ankle lock
• D. Theoridis def Hughes on points
• Danny Batten def Leighton Hill after Hill concedes due to sustaining a knee injury
• P. Theoridis def Dave McLoughlin by front bar choke
• Leigh Remedios def James Newberry by triangle choke
• Semi Finals P. Theoridis def Danny Batten on points
• Leigh Remedios def D. Theoridis by armbar
• Final P. Theoridis def Leigh Remedios on points

• James Evans def Mark Weir on pts
• Edmilson Alvez def Warren Berry by double hook foot lock from the mount
• Danny Brennan def Tashir Rashid by flying armbar!
• Christian Sandberg def Alex Evans by figue four toe hold
• Alex Reid def Dale Houghton by triangle choke
• Jani Lax def Gaz Roriston by submission (anyone catch what it was?)
• James Evans def Josh Gavin on pts
• Mark Weir def Mark Tomlinson on pts in OT
• Josh Gavin def Danny Brennan on pts
• Christian Sandberg def Mark Weir on pts
• Alex Reid def Edmilson Alvez on pts
• Jani Lax def James Evans on points
• Semi Finals Alex Reed def Jani Lax on pts
• Christian Sandberg def Josh Gavin who conceded after repeated leg kicks
• Final Christain Sandberg def Alex Reid by footlock

• James Zikic def Stefan Karsleur (sp) on pts
• R. Benjamin def T. Rampus on pts
• Rikard Andersen def Andy Farrell on pts in OT
• Adam Peirson def Oliver Ellis on pts
• Martin Lowe def ? (sorry, didn't catch it) atfer he conceded due to cuts
• Rob Sulski def David Belkevedt on pts
• Andy Farrell def Danny Rushton on pts
• Oliver Ellis def Moise Ripo after Ripo was DQ'd following an illegal strike. Ellis could not continue and we all hope he's ok.
• James Zikic got a bye
• Rikard Andersen def Adam Peirson by armbar
• Andy Farrell def Martin Lowe on pts
• Rob Sulski def R. Benjamin on pts
• Semi Finals Rikard Andersen def James Zikic on pts
• Andy Farrell def Rob Sulski on pts in OT
• Final Rikard Andersen def Andy Farrell on pts after the fight was stopped due to Farrell being judged to have delivered an illegal headbutt which cut Andersen

• Adrian Alionte def Otis Lelouge (sp) on pts
• Adrian Alionte def Darren Thomas by bar choke and body crush combination
• Kamal Locke def Otis Lelouge on pts
• Keith Dace def Charles August on pts
• Glen Brown def Leighton Davies on pts
• Semi Finals Kamal Locke def Adrian Alionte on pts
• Keith Dace def Glen Brown on pts
• Final Kamal Locke def Keith Dace by heelhook

The Event - I go to just about every event there is and the is my favourite so far. Well run, great atmosphere and one of the best selections of fighters ever seen together in this country. Jardine - VERY accommodating (let me in for free and sit right next to the action!) and dealt with any problems swiftly, great job.

Rules - The points system forced people to go for takedowns and to get a mount which moved the action along but I wasn't that keen on the kicks 'cause it made some people wary about shooting (there some cracking leg kicks though that could be heard all round the building lol). Judging - The referring by Fred Rado was excellent and the judging on the whole was very good, there were only a couple of decisions I disagreed with (one of which was Alex Reid's 'defeat' of the bjj 5th dan).

Crowd - he place was pretty much full but there wasn't much seating space, it should have been swamped. Great atmosphere and it was nice to hook up with Dom, James, Jony, THC and the rest of the fighters and forum members (and Rick Young too!).

Fighters - Brazilians, Greeks, Fins, Swedes, Scots, London Shootfighters, Gracie Barra and more were all there - Christian Sanberg from Sweden - sfuking excellent despite the luminous Speedos. Two Shooters from Finland - Great skill and sportsmanship, exactly what a fighter should be. Swedish Alliance Team - All very good fighters but rather rowdy, they got so many warnings it was ridiculous.

The two brothers from Greece were mad, both trying suplexs at every opportunity, one won best throw of the day (I think it was for the time he suplexed a guy he was holding in a headlock, ouch). Danny Brennan - Nailed a sweet flying armbar against Tahir Rashid. Allionte - Biggest guy I've ever seen. He picked a guy up on his shoulder, held him there and asked if it was ok to slam him, then walked forward and drilled him in to the mat with all his 160kg of weight on top. Kamal - What can I say? The Champ. Superb performance.

There was so much more but I don't want to make you all jealous, a great day. Much repect to everyone involved.

Levo

It was a great (long) day. The venue was excellent and Andy and Jo had everything running as smoothly as possible for such a large event. Andy was always on hand to resolve disputes an explain the judges rulings to those who felt aggrieved. As was Fred Rado who did an excellent job as referee, remaining thoroughly beyond reproach as arbiter and controlling the fights well. The standard of competition was very high although it was a shame some of the alliance guys felt the need to throw a paddy over the rules as I would have liked to see them in action.

Still... Plenty of talent and lots of heart was displayed by those taking part. There was some great technical play and contoversy abound. One decision being reversed when the judges realised they'd scored a match incorrectly. The scuffle that developed when Danny Batten was suplexed when both fighters were clearly out of the fighting area was spirited, and deservedly so, but nothing came of it and it was resolved amicably. Moise Ripo's disqualification was the clearest cut decision of the day. He opened with two heavy kicks to the body, which had Oliver Ellis on the back foot, and then followed up with an open handed hook to the face which dropped Ellis. Ripo was immediately contrite when he realised what he'd done but it was too late. I don't know if Ellis was actually KO'd but he was carried from the arena on a stretcher, evidently against his will. he looked like he just wanted to get up but the medical staff took all the necessary precautions and rightly so. Hope you are ok Oliver.

Alex Reed's decision over Edmilson Alvez was bizarre INMHO as Alvez looked to have taken him down at least twice within the fighting area (he took him down about six times in total but some of these were out of bounds and didn't count), thus scoring points whereas Reed landed only kicks on the Brazillian. At the rules meeting it had been stated that no points would be given for kicks unless they dropped the opponent. I had the score at least 10-0 in favour of Alvez but there you go. The fight was great to watch with Reed pounding away at the bjj master's legs and body as Alvez desperately tried to close.

Both fighters had their hands held out and definitely made contact to the face on repeated occasions, Alvez appearing to take a dive IMO as Reed frustrated yet another take down attempt. Can't wait for the next one and hope more of you guys can make it as if you missed this one, you missed out.

Dom B

Iron Man UK Videos

Iron Man Videos available £20 each + p&p. Yep, that's 6 hours of fighting! You know what we think of the event! This is a must have tape. If you want one contact : Andy Jardine - andyjardine@madasafish.com or call 07788-163-653

Back Home | SFUK Forum