ukmmac 6 : SFUK's mixed martial arts reports

Darren faces fabrice and it’s a fast pace with the Frenchman whacking kicks to the body and Jackson returning with a flurry of punches, the fight goes to the floor where Darren lands in Degunds guard and blasts away at his opponent but the Frenchman is tough and seems unfazed by this, it gets stood up to continue the fast pace, where we are guaranteed of this as they are strait into each other like hungry wolves, Jackson seems to want the clinch and after a lot of knees he gets the Frenchman to the floor but gets caught in a arm lock

Winner by arm lock Fabrice Degund 1^st round 1.23 sec

Mark Gaunt(UK) V Jafaar Taetaeteabae(Iran)

Mark gaunt takes on Jafaar and this fight turns out to be very well matched and highly entertaining

Both are at the same level of fighting and both take some heavy shots and the crowd loves it

Round 2 and the fighters are in the center of the ring where Jafaar does his unorthodox dance /fight pose and it confuses gaunt until he gets stuck in with some solid punches but as the fight goes on Jafaar wears Gaunt down and catches him with some head kicks and unanswered blows to the face which leaves the ref no choice but to stop the fight which gaunt appreciates as he was fatigued but showed great heart

Winner by TKO Jafaar Taetaetaebae 2nd round 2.05 sec

Billy Harris V Mark chen

Billy Harris steps into the ring to take on the very experienced mark Chen which turns out to be a an epic of a battle

Both are very skilled and composed fighter and start off fast as lightning with Harris connecting with low leg kicks and Chen returning with one to the head, both hit the floor and landing Harris’s guard where the action slows and the ref restarts them

The fight starts off at a furious pace and Chen looks stronger on his feet and Billy is looking better on the floor going for submissions and sweeps

Round 2. They exchange strikes clinch, go to the ground stand up exchange strikes back down this time Harris has mount then the back and as the strangle is executed the go out the ring where the fight is stopped and restarted where Harris gets the shoulder choke from standing and eventually falls to the floor trying to execute the submission but Chen defends great and slips out to be greeted by the end of the round

Round 3

These guys are mini dynamites and now they decide to box it out for about 1 minute they both hit each other with excellent punches then clinch where Chen gets the takedown

The ref stops the fight to check the bloody face of Chen where he is deemed to be OK so their off again and both hit the floor and land in Billy’s guard until the blood needs to be wiped from Chen and checked by the medics

All is OK and their both going harder than ever and these are gladiators of the true sense then the round bell sounds leaving it to the judges

Chen winner by Judges Decision

Amir Subasic v Ty Woods

Amir Subasic is against the karate expert Ty woods

This turns out to be a fast and short fight with Amir flying out with a straight kick to the face followed by knees to the head and body with a shin kick to the face to KO his opponent

Winner Amir Subasic by KO 1^st round 39 sec

Husan Muradi (Iran) V Jean Marc Laseaux(France)

The Frenchman comes out but Muradi stays near his corner waits for jean Marc to strike and throws him to the floor and start his striking from within the French mans guard, Jean Marc is doing well but Husan is strong with strikes and his wrestling abilities

Round 2 Husan starts off punching then shoots but Jean Marc sprawls well but the pure wrestling skills prove to be too much and Husan gets the takedown and end up in the mount where the French man could have received a great deal of punishment but because of the skill and experience of Jean marc ‘s corner man/ coach the towel was thrown in and the fighter was natured in a valuable lesson with out taking the necessary punishment

Winner Husan Muradi by TKO 2^nd round 1.29 sec

Moise Rimbon (France) V Mark Epstein(UK)

Moise Rimbon is set to fight Mark Epstein for the UKMMAC LIGHT HEAVY WEIGHT TITLE

And this is the next step for Mark and both are looking sharp with their kicks and have a good bout of exchanges but Moise seems the better grappler and takes Epstein to the floor where he tries various submissions but to Marks credit he escaped many and got to his feet

To give this fight the full credit the fight has to be seen, as it is hard to put the true value to these two extreme fighters

Eventually Rimbon secures a Kimura to cause Epstein to tap out in immense pain before his shoulder broke(?!)

Winner by kimura Moise Rimbon 1^st round 4.50 sec

Dean Jones V Adam Edwards

This fight is very fast paced with Jones getting the takedown and starts a flurry of elbow strike which even though this unfazed Edwards he was cut too badly and the fight has to be stopped for his safety

Winner by TKO(cuts) Dean Jones 1^st round 1.04 sec

Maktar Gyue(France) V Henrique Santana(Brazil)

Maktar Gyue against Henrique Santana is one hell of a fight with the Brazilian dropping the Frenchman with the first punch, but as Gyue hit the floor he regrouped and the battle was on these fighters are fired up and all guns are a blazing and I mean blazing

Eventually the Brazilian gets a shoulder choke on the French fighter and the Brazilian makes the French fighter tap

Winner by Shoulder Choke Henrique Santana 1^st round 3.31 sec

Luiz Tosta(Brazil) V Robbie Oliver (UK)

Luiz Tosta From Brazil takes on UKMMAC champion Robbie Oliver for the LIGHTWEIGHT TITLE and the crowd was electric for this fight due to the surge of electricity that had been thrusted into the event from the previous fights

The crowd is chanting England the mc is BOOMing and the fighters are fuelled

Tosta is looking for the take down and gets a massive slam and then the fighters are flat out striking each other and going back and forth in their positions until Robbie seems to find his bearings and gets the advantage over Tosta, but this fight is well and evenly matched and was being loved by the audience

Round 2

This is at the speed of light with Tosta making the clinch after eating a big knee to the face that would have knocked any other fighter into Rio, but Luiz took this in his stride and was fighting like a warrior he is, but Oliver was getting the upper hand more and more until Luiz Tosta’s corner man threw in the towel

Winner by TKO towel threw in Robbie Oliver 2^nd round 2.31sec

After this event Robbie said he would not be fighting in May due to his wife having a baby but promises to be back at the event after which will delight the fans at the Tavern

Luiz will be returning to the ring to fight but decided to go into the next weight category below as he feels he will be the champion in that weight and we at UKMMAC agree

PS. Congratulations on the birth of your child Robbie

Paul Daley V Lee Doski

This fight is short and Sweet, well sweet for Paul anyway who was getting away from the clinch that lee had secured but also throwing punches, knees and elbow strikes to secure a KO at 41 seconds

Winner by KO Paul Daley 1^st round 41 sec

Kuljit Singh Degun(UK) V Francis Carmont(France)

Kuljit Singh Degund fights Francis Carmont for the UKMMAC HEAVY WEIGHT TITLE and Degund came into the ring with an entourage of about 15 traditional dancers and a drum band, which was enlightening to the crowd and was good to see, as it was different to the disc jockey music

At the start both enter cautious which is standard practice for a fighter with experience, as they are feeling each other out

Both exchange good strikes but as Kuljit gets the takedown his opponent gets the upper hand by securing an arm lock from the bottom, which left Kuljit no option than to tap out otherwise his elbow would break

Winner by arm bar Francis Carmont 1^st round 3.41sec

Philey Sam (UK) V Bendy Casimir (France)

This was a quick fight with Casimir getting the take down and blasting away at Sam until he was stopped by the ref as Philey Sam was not defending good enough

Winner by TKO Bendy Casimir 1^st round 45sec

Event after thoughts: The event was excellent and the venue was packed to the rafters and the fight were well absorbed by the crowd, and the media led it and hopefully it will be in some national magazines and widely distributed around the world as well as the UK

Jessie Wallace was also there in attendance and from what we gather she and her boyfriend had a great night and was surprised at how entertaining it was

We were sold out prior to the day of the event being opened and our event in May looks the same as tickets are already selling fast

The fighters we brilliant and very professional in their business and on the whole it was an excellent evening