Archive for February 2009
BFC Draw Reaction
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British Fighting Championship Draw
Bantamweight 1st Round Match-Ups
James Doolan vs Dan Monroe
Phil Harris vs. Lee Coville
Leigh Remedios vs Paddy Doherty
Steve McCombe vs. James Saville/ Dan Korbely
Neil McLeod vs. Neil Seery
James McGuinness vs. Mark Handley
Mark Chen vs. Gareth Davis
Paul McVeigh vs. Declan Williams
Featherweight 1st Round Match-Ups
Vaughn Harvey vs. Phil Else
Neil Fraser vs. Simon Boulter
David Smyth vs. Pete McGurk
Danny Batten vs. Karsten Lenjoint
Jean Silva vs. Ashleigh Grimshaw
Owen Roddy vs. Micky Young
David Lee vs. Jordan Miller
Aaron Blackwell vs. Jared Ferre
Lightweight 1st Round Match-ups
Paul Sass vs. Tim Radcliffe
Daniel Thomas vs. David Johnson
Harvey Harra vs. Ian Butlin
Jason Ball vs. Jason Young
Abdul Mohmamed vs. Ian Jones
Lee Wieczorek vs. Andrew Fisher
Greg Loughran vs. Leandro Santo
Paul Jenkins vs. Sami Berik
Welterweight 1st Round Match-Ups
Lee Livingstone vs. Emmet McNally
Ross Pointon vs. Cliff Hall
Wayne Murray vs. James Bateman
Lee Doski vs. Jason Kubiak
Che Mills vs. Kurt Warburton
Simon Phillips vs. John Quinn
Lukasz Les vs. Leslee Ojugbana
Jim Wallhead vs. Fabio Taldo
Middleweight 1st Round Match-Ups
John Phillips vs. Lloyd Clarkson
Chris Rice vs. Andrew Punshon/Adan Cole
Matt Thorpe vs. Greg Siwy
Paul Cahoon vs. Jose “Ze” Marcello
Pierre Guillet vs. Eugene Fadario
Denniston Sutherland vs. Lola Bamgbala
Mark Weir vs. Alex Reid
Alex Cook vs. Christian Smith
Light-Heavyweight 1st Round Match-Ups
David Wilson vs. Linton Vassell – Winner will fight Arunas Andriuskevicus
Kenny Dougan vs. Dave Rintal – Winner will fight Tom Blackledge
Ryan White vs. Lanus Jones – Winner will fight Daniel Burzotta
Ryan Robinson vs. Ian Rush – Winner will fight Przemyslaw Mysiala
Heavyweight Quarter Final Match-Ups
Damian Grabowski vs. Rob Broughton
Chris Cooper vs. The winner of the Wayne Buck/Darren Moore
Stav Economou vs. Shawn McKenning
British Fighting Championship Draw
The draw for the British Fighting Championship takes place this Friday.
For full details go here.
I’m not sure what format the draw will take. I’m hoping for some World Cup style spectacular with cherubic kids pulling balls out of ornate glass jars.
As a normally glass half empty kind of guy, I’m quite disturbed about how optimistic I am on the subject of the BFC.
There will be a series of exciting, meaningful fights. The Grand Prix winners will be able to declare themselves the genuine British champs and all the other belts will look just a bit silly (like they always have really). This can only be good for the development of the sport. The best fighting the best.
There are tons of potential fringe benefits: co-operation sowing the seeds for an effective governing body, better purses and conditions and a higher profile for the sport.
All these things are down the road and depend on those involved collaborating effectively. The first test will be the draw.
I’m confident that it will be the first step to a bright future for our sport in this country.
The BFC draw will take place from 12.00 at the Ultimate Training Centre in Brum.
BFC Facebook group
BFC Facebook Event Page – The Draw
Strike & Submit 9
Strike and Submit 9 on Sunday sees the now familiar formula of high level fights at the top of the card plus hundreds of local lads being given a chance lower down.
Resident superstar Pete Irving takes on Igor Araujo in the main event. Araujo was spectacularly twatted by Jim Wallhead at the UK M-1 Challenge, but he is not to be taken lightly. His jiu jitsu is top class and, if the fight hits the canvas, the Brazilian has the skills to trouble anyone.
There is a growing buzz around Pete Irving- including a Facebook group demanding a UFC contract for him. Each time I’ve seen him- Irving looks the biz and claiming another international scalp would make the move up to the big leagues more likely. Check out Peter Irving in Brazil (Video) and Fighters Only Interview.
Catch Irving while you can still see him from close enough to the cage to feel his opponent’s snot flying out.
From the start, Promoter Michael Surtees has brought quality imports to the Lancastrian Suite- with names such as Per Eklund and Diego Gonzalez featuring on early Strike and Submits. He took a hit in the pocket with his initial shows, but the packed houses since are testament to his vision.
Build it and they will come.
The last card I saw for the show featured 22 fights, including 11 pro bouts.
Now that’s what you call value for money.
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UPDATE
Below is a statement copied from cagewarriors forum
Unfortunately we had the very bad news yesterday the Pete Irving had been rushed to hospital with a swollen stomache and kidney’s pain. I believe they suspected pendicitis at first. I have spoken to Pete and he absouloutley gutted he has had to pull out of this fight and he is having some rest now to try and recover from what has causd this. We would like to wish Pete a full and quick recovery, and we will see him back on S & S 11 in July this year.
We have now replaced Pete with Matt Inman.
