WAKO Pro GB Show 13th March 2010

GENESIS 4

Lyric Theatre Dinnington Sheffield

13.March 2010.

Below is a short blog report on the show on the 13^th Macrh 2010, a full report will be out shortly in Fighters magazine.

Fight 1

3 x 2 minutes Light Continuous -56kg

NIKKI WILLIAMS                           v                                  ALEX EVANS

(Total Dojo)                                                                            (Falcon Fight Academy)

A nice fight by two really skilled young ladies, After being quickly corrected for level of contact Evans settled down to good combination work. Williams being a good low leg kick and full contact ringsport fighter could have stepped it up in reply but remained professional in her approach. Nikki did come back strong in the latter round which overall produced a really nice entertaining opening bout with Alex Evans taking the result by way of a unanimous points decision.

Fight 2

3x2 minutes Pro Full Contact -66.8kg

            GABRIEL MALEY               V         LEE MORGAN

            (Birmingham)                                      (Falcon Fight Academy)        

A tough first fight back for Lee Morgan under the management and coaching of CJP, but as with all Cris’ matching he likes his fighters to be tested. Gabriel Maley always looked like he had a punch which if connected would cause big damage so Morgans fight structuring was changed to suit. It was the perfect recipe and it swayed two of the judges in a close but majority decision in favour or Morgan.                                          

Fight 3

5x2 minutes WAKO amateur British K1  -60kg

                        BEN FAHEY             V         JORDAN WARING

                        (Lincoln Chikara)                    (Falcon Fight Academy)

A  truly amazing fight, which definitely could have gone either way as was their last meeting. Both fighters had a clear game plan and it made it hard for any of them to settle into a clear pattern. It was going to be a game of skill and surprise. Fahey seemed to get more leg kicks in where Waring was hitting with some good hand combinations. Fahey liked holding Waring in the clinch, but he had been drilled on how to get the knees to score in the clinch in preparation for this. In what was seen as a too close to call fight Waring edged it this time and won the WAKO Amateur K1 Rules title on a majority points decision.

                                                                                                                                               

Fight 4

3X2 British title eliminator Amateur full contact -81kg

                        ALFIE DAVIES                    v          NATHAN HOWE

                        (Enfield Kickboxing)                          (Falcon Fight Academy)

On Nathans 18^th Birthday he was to step out for the first time as a Falcon Fighter against Alfie Davies who is making himself a name in the sport at just the right age. Both guys had power, but Davies just seemed to be sharper and there first. Howe did come back in the last round but Davies had already proven he was winning material by taking the first two rounds.   

Fight 5


3X2 amateur International K1 rules -71kg

            MATHIAS BACKSTROM               V                     JAMES RUSSELL

            (Sweden)                                                                     (Total dojo GB)

James Russell came out of the trap with all guns blazing and continued for the whole round, Backstrom was strong throughout. The Swedish coach said after that he didn’t believe the British fighter could put another 3 minutesin at that pace and was to shocked to see he did. Backstrom was always knocking at the door but just didn’t knock loud enough with Russell getting the vote off all 3 judges.

Fight 6

3X3 Semi-Pro International WAKO K1 rules -60kg

AMIL LAFIH                        V                     LEIF TAGGART

(SWEDEN)                                         (Falcon Fight Academy GB)

Taggart lived up to every expectation and more. Although the Swede was prepared to stand and trade and not back off, Taggarts ringcraft and movement were unmatchable and untouchable! After Lafih had just come off a creditable win by beating one of Swedens top fighters he just didn’t have enough to take the crown out of the talons of Falcons new International superstar “Lethal Leif Taggart”. Top names there on the night, Phil Glover, Paul Powers and Waine Turner to name a few made some great comments and fighter and coach alike were humbled. Taggart was always looking for the unanimous decision which he was rightly awarded.

Fight 7

3X3 Semi-Pro International WAKO K1 rules – 81kg

            DAVID STAHL                     V         GALORE BOFANDO

            (Sweden)                                             (Lion’s den GB)

A battle and a half! Bofando with flair and skill, jump kicks, spinning kicks, head kicks, flips with Stahl being brutally strong in the clinch with devastating knees. After a convincing unanimous points win Bofando has already been approached about further fights and movements within his career.

Fight 8

5x2 minutes PRO International full contact +70kg

            SABRINA SEDIN     V                     KAREN DEWS

             (Sweden)                                            (Falcon Fight Academy GB)

With a coach load of supporters which filled nearly every VIP seat in the house Karen Dews put up another brilliant performance on her second professional fight. Sabrina Sedin was the smaller of the two ladies but she was not scared of coming forward. Round 3 is where Dews took a good lead as she followed all her attacks with good leg kicks and picked up extra and very valuable points. Sedin was always in front of Dews and did not stop to the final bell. The heavier girls do struggle to get fights but its nice to say that on this occasion two fit strong girls provided each other fair game! The result went to the last fighter out of the Blue corner on the evening, Karens Dews by the way of unanimous points.

Another successful promotion by WAKO Pro GB.