LOS ANGELES – The full slate of bouts for Bellator’s 2020 debut at the “Fabulous” Forum in Inglewood, Calif. is official with a stacked six-fight main card headlined by reigning champ Julia Budd (13-2) defending her world featherweight title against the debuting Cris “Cyborg” (21-2, 1 NC). Bellator 238: Budd vs. Cyborg will stream live…
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The US Open announces its 2020 Competition General Schedule (Includes Competition Division Categories for all ages of Black Belt Class AA, Black Belt Class A, and Under-Black Belts). THURSDAY June 25th, 5:00 pm: Demonstration Teams Synchronized Team Forms Synchronized Team Weapons Traditional Forms Challenge FRIDAY June 26th, at 8:00 am: Senior (35+) CMX Forms Senior…
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ISKA Japan JAPAN – Three times K-1 World GP Champion Takeru Segawa (Japan) will face ISKA World Champion Adam Bouarourou (Morocco) contesting both the K-1 World GP Super-featherweight and ISKA World Lightweight titles. Although the ISKA have sanctioned title fights on K-1 events in the past this is the first time K-1 and ISKA Co-sanction…
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Tianjin Binhai, China 29th December 2019, ISKA China Amateur Division Director Jutao Zhang organized a Golden Belt Tournament at the Wanda Plaza. Three ISKA Elite Amateur Chinese National Champions were crowned, Lightweight 61kg Shen Xiaolong, Super-Welterweight 70kg Feng Shi, Light-heavyweight 81.5kg Yu Qian.
Zhuhai, China 11th January 2020 ISKA Women’s World Champion Lara Fernandez (Spain) made a successful debut in China defeating Li Mingrui (China) by unanimous decision on the WLF – Wu Lin Feng Championship Finals broadcast Live on Henan TV.
FEATHERWEIGHT WORLD GRAND PRIX QUARTERFINALS CONTINUE AS DANIEL WEICHEL MEETS EMMANUEL SANCHEZ IN THE CO-MAIN EVENT Tickets on sale next Friday, January 17 LOS ANGELES – On Friday, March 13, Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. will host Bellator 241, an event featuring TWO quarterfinal matchups of the Featherweight World Grand Prix. In the main…
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Kang’s Academy won five gold medals, as well as a “black belt” in full contact, at the ISKA Pan American Open Martial Arts Championships held in Brazil. Sensei Jin Joo Kang Lee and her student Jhoanna Chiang won two gold medals in traditional taekwondo forms and two in musical forms, where they presented a form…
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The 2019 ISKA Pan American Championship was held in the Taekwondo Olympic Arena in Sao Vicenslau, Rio de Janeiro City. Over 600 competitors participated in the tournament. The participation of Mexico, Trinidad & Tobago, Peru, Chile, Colombia, Bolivia, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Argentina made this one of the best events of the year in Brazil. There…
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Diego Carbone has extra reason to celebrate this New Year’s. The Argentinian Federal Police Commissioner and Chief of Security for Argentinian Vice President Cristina Kirchner recently became an ISKA Pan American Martial Arts Kickboxing Champion (Low Kicks, -88kg), at the Pan American Championships in Rio de Janeiro. Carbone has accompanied Vice President Kirchner since her…
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In 2019 ISKA sanctioned 105 single match title bouts for World, Intercontinental and Continental Championships featuring fighters from 41 different countries. These results do not include Inter-Regional/International, National, State or Regional titles of which the ISKA sanction over 1000 Worldwide annually. More than 70% of ISKA title bouts staged in 2019 were televised on cable,…
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K-1 Women’s WGP 52kg Results Nagoya, Japan 28th December 2019 the Dolphin Arena hosted the first event K-1 Women’s WGP a four woman tournament contested at Flyweight 52kg. The first match saw Kana Morimoto defeat Cristina Morales by decision confirmed by a knockdown in the third round, Josefine Knutson defeated Mellony Geugjes by a clear…
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GLORY 74 & COLLISION 2 Results This event didn’t stop at breaking the European gate record with 31,000 spectators it also broke the TV ratings record for a Kickboxing event taking a 53% audience share on Dutch channel Veronica TV with 3.5 Million viewers. The Glory Heavyweight title fight between Rico Verhoeven and Badr Hari…
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Monday, Dec 23 2019 by GLORY PRESS AMSTERDAM – GLORY: COLLISION 2 smashed viewing records in the Netherlands on Saturday night, with the main event fight between Rico Verhoeven and Badr Hari drawing 3.5 million live viewers and taking the #1 spot in Saturday night’s national television ratings. GLORY: COLLISION 2 aired live and exclusively…
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Bellator Japan: Fedor vs. Rampage Main Card Results Fedor Emelianenko (39-6, 1 NC) defeated Quinton “Rampage” Jackson (38-14) via KO (punch) at 2:44 of round one Michael Chandler (20-5) defeated Sidney Outlaw (14-4) via KO (punch) at 2:59 of round one Michael “Venom” Page (17-1) defeated Shinsho Anzai (11-4) via KO (punch) at 0:23 of…
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Bellator 236: Macfarlane vs. Jackson Main Card Ilima-Lei Macfarlane (11-0) defeated Kate Jackson (11-4-1) via unanimous decision (50-45, 50-44, 50-44) A.J. McKee (16-0) defeated Derek Campos (20-9) via submission (arm-triangle) at 1:08 of round three Jason Jackson (11-4) defeated Kiichi Kunimoto (20-9-2, 1 NC) via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) Julianna Velasquez (10-0) defeated Bruna…
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BELLATOR SIGNS LIZ CARMOUCHE TO EXCLUSIVE MULTI-YEAR, MULTI-FIGHT CONTRACT HONOLULU – On the same night as Bellator and the USO Present: Salute the Troops, Bellator is proud to announce the signing of United States Marine Corps veteran and established flyweight competitor Liz Carmouche (13-7) to an exclusive multi-year, multi-fight contract. Carmouche joins Bellator’s women’s flyweight…
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ISKA Greece Results Athens, Greece 20th December 2019 Stelios Politis presented GODS OF WAR XIII featuring Glory of Heroes in a China versus Greece team challenge which ended is a draw with three wins each. GOD vs GOH will be broadcast by Nova Sports TV in Greece and Shenzhen TV in China GODS OF WAR…
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Bromley, England UK 21st December 2019 Rory Crawford presented CFS 3 at Bromley Civic Hall Solomon Lefleur (England) stopped Miguel Ruiz (Spain) with a barrage of punched and low kicks in the second round to capture the ISKA Challenger Semi-pro European title 67kg K-1 rules.
A record smashing gate of 31,000 fans filled Gelredome soccer stadium to capacity last night for the Glory heavyweight Championship fight between Rico Verhoeven and Badr Hari. The fans were rewarded with action packed drama for two half rounds before history repeated itself as Badr was force to retire with an injury. Rico started aggressively…
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ISKA France Results Paris, France 12th December 2019 Yacin Berrabah presented ISKA World Championship Kickboxing at the Cirque Phénix, the main card featured three ISKA World title fights. Two time ISKA World Champion Karim Ghajji (France) made his fifteenth ISKA title defence winning a unanimous decision against ISKA Intercontinental Champion Giannis Boukis (Greece) to retain…
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ISKA New York New York USA, 6th December 2019 Lou Neglia and Artyom Sahakyan presented COMBAT at the GARDEN in the Hulu Theatre, Madison Square Garden. ISKA Women’s Intercontinental Champion Jennie Nedell defended her Light-welterweight Kickboxing title with a split decision win against Amanda Ginski and Jonathan Di Bella retained his ISKA East Coast Featherweight…
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ISKA New York State Director Tom Sconzo has been named ISKA Man of the Year 2019 In recognition of his love of the sport and his dedication to expanding the International Sport Karate and Kickboxing Association’s ability to regulate combat sports in New York State and beyond. Tom was presented the award by pioneering Kickboxing…
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Sarcelle, France 11th December 2019 La ville de Sarcelles in association with Savate Boxing Club presented SARCELLES BOXING SHOW featuring ISKA World Championship Kickboxing. Enzo Bonio (France) defeated Fabio Viega (Portugal) by unanimous decision to win the ISKA World Super-lightweight title 63.5kg FR.
JOSH BARNETT AND RONNY MARKES HEADLINE BELLATOR & THE USO PRESENT: SALUTE THE TROOPS ON FRIDAY, DEC. 20 BELLATOR 236 ON SATURDAY, DEC. 21 SEES ILIMA-LEI MACFARLANE DEFEND HER WORLD TITLE AGAINST KATE JACKSON LOS ANGELES – The full slate of bouts for Bellator’s return to Neal S. Blaisdell Arena in Honolulu, Hawaii this Friday,…
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Nagoya, Japan 15th December 2019 Mr Tatsuharu Doi presented HOOST CUP Nagoya Kings 7 at the Nagoya International Convention Centre. ISKA World Champion Shunsuke Ohishi (Japan) successfully defended his ISKA World Super-lightweight Muayhtai title 63.5kg defeating Alban Bakija (Belgium) unanimous decision.
Hamburg, Germany, 30th November 2019 X’ITE FIGHT NIGHT 7 was staged at the Trittau Sporthalle. Kerim Hüdür (Germany) defeated Stephane Patrick Dakoury (France) by unanimous decision to win the ISKA Challenger Semi-pro European title 72.5kg K-1 Rules.
Gijon, Spain 30th November 2019 MEMORIAL XI Jesus Piguera was staged at the Pabellon La Tejerona. Spanish Champion Manuel Garcia (Spain) faced Toufik Taoufi who had stepped in to replace Issam Chadji. They contested the ISKA European Welterweight title 67kg K-1 Rules. Garcia won a unanimous decision to take the Championship belt.
ISKA Brazil ISKA South American Legends Champion Altacestes Baptista, who won his title at the recent Pan American Championship event, hand delivered a medal to Brazilian President Jair Messias Bolsonaro. Mr. Antonio Dias, promoter of the Pan American Championship, sent the honorary medal with Baptista to Brasilia to be presented to Bolsonaro during his morning…
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ISKA Belgium Results Merchtem, Belgium 30th November 2019 Team Celtix presented PRIME TIME X featuring two ISKA Championship fights. Lara Fernandez (Spain) defeated Kelly Dyaneko (Belgium) by unanimous decision to capture the ISKA Women’s World Super-featherweight title 59kg K-1 and Sonny Dagraed (Belgium) defeated Nacho Menem (Spain) by unanimous decision to the ISKA Intercontinental Super-welterweight…
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LOS ANGELES – GLORY, the world’s premier stand-up combat organization and Whistle, an entertainment and sports media company known for creating inspiring and engaging programming for young audiences, today announced the premiere of Kickin’ It on Facebook Watch. Hosted by Anthony ‘Spice’ Adams, Kickin’ It follows the former NFL player turned comedian and social media…
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Sunday, Dec 08 2019 by GLORY PRESS (reproduced courtesy of Glory Kickboxing) A fifth-round knockout in the GLORY 73 SHENZHEN main event ensured that Marat Grigorian (63-11-1, 1 NC, 36 KO’s) retained the GLORY World Lightweight Championship against the previously undefeated challenger Elvis Gashi (23-1, 11 KO’s). Gashi, unbeaten in 23 professional fights and 5-0…
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Gashi: “I feel like I can beat Marat Grigorian easy” Wednesday, Dec 04 2019 by John O’Regan (reproduced courtesy of Glory Kickboxing) “I’m undefeated now and I’ll be undefeated after this fight – the only thing which will change is that I will be the new champion,” says lightweight contender ‘Super’ Elvis Gashi (23-0, 11…
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Top Welterweights Ed Ruth and Yaroslav Amosov Headline Bellator’s 2020 Debut at Winstar World Casino and Resort on Friday, February 21 Brandon Girtz Meets Myles Jury in Lightweight Co-Main Event on Paramount Network and DAZN Tickets on sale this Friday, Dec. 6! LOS ANGELES – Bellator’s first event of 2020 at WinStar World Casino and…
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ISKA Tenerife La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands 23rd November 2019 Moises Ruibal presented two ISKA World title fights at the Pabellon Jaun Rios Tejera. ISKA European Champion Nauzet Trujillo (Spain) defeated ISKA World Champion Gil Silva (Portugal) by knockout on the second round to take his ISKA World Super- welterweight Muaythai title 70kg. Moises Baute…
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LOS ANGELES – After suffering a severe injury that forced him to undergo surgery, Bellator bantamweight champion Kyoji Horiguchi (28-3) has relinquished the title he won last June at Bellator 222. With the championship now vacant, Bellator will move to book a 135-pound title bout in the coming months. “I feel terrible for Kyoji [Horiguchi]…
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Yokohama, Japan 24th November 2019 Yokohama Arena hosted the K-1 Featherweight World Grand Prix 57.5kg attended by 12,000 K-1 fans. Yuki Egawa dominated the eight man tournament winning all three of his matches by knockout in the first round. The main card was streamed live on Abema TV delayed on Tokyo TV, matchmaking supported by…
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ISKA Worlds 2019 Souvenir Belt Cork Ireland Due to popular demand we have created an ISKA Worlds 2019 Souvenir Belt for the winners (Gold Medallist) of all the divisions in Ring Sports & Tatami Sports. The Souvenir Belt can be purchase by ordering directly from J C Trophies Ltd. using the link below: Buy the…
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Return of a Queen: Van Soest regains title at GLORY 71 (reproduced courtesy of Glory) The GLORY World Super-Bantamweight Championship once again resides with Tiffany van Soest. Van Soest (21-4-1, 6 KO’s) became the the inaugural GLORY women’s champion in December 2016 when she won the Women’s Super-Bantamweight Grand Prix, but then lost the belt…
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ISKA Italy NIGHT OF SIAM 3 will be staged on Saturday 23rd November 2019 at the Palazzetto Dello Sport in Piza, Italy. The main card will feature an ISKA European title fight, Francesco Cosmi (Italy) will face Assane Bafeta (France) to contest the ISKA European Light-heavyweight title 81.5kg OR. The main card will be broadcast…
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Updated Bellator 235 & 236 Fight Cards Below LOS ANGELES – Ahead of Bellator’s return to Hawaii on December 20 and 21 at Neal S. Blaisdell Arena in Honolulu, the world’s leading global mixed martial arts promotion held open tryouts in Honolulu in an effort to further Bellator’s continued commitment to the local MMA scene…
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In the month of November in ISKA Malaysia we have 2 courses conducted by our ISKA South East Asia representative Master Khoo Meng Yang. The first was the ISKA Kickboxing & Muaythai Instructor course level 1 on 9th & 10th November, 2019 which was held at Dominate MMA Fight Club at Johor Bahru. The name of the…
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ISKA Norway Oslo, Norway 16th November 2019 Frontline Muaythai presented RISING 14 at the Valhall Arena, the main event was an ISKA Challenger Semi-pro Scandinavian title fight. Olve Ovstetun (Norway) faced Peter Rispling (Sweden) to contest the Muaythai title in the Welterweight 67kg division. Rispling defeated Ovstetun by unanimous decision to win the ISKA Scandinavian…
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November 20th, 2019 – What a glorious year. With eight huge events already in the books this year, from Florida to France to Germany, Glory Kickboxing is finishing the year even stronger. Four more events are scheduled for the last six weeks of the year. It kicks off in Chicago, with a huge double event, Weekend…
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Bellator 234 Photos Bellator 234: Kharitonov vs. Vassell Main Card Heavyweight Bout: Linton Vassell (19-8, 1 NC) defeated Sergei Kharitonov (30-8, 2 NC) via TKO (strikes) at 3:15 of round 2 Lightweight Bout: Sidney Outlaw (14-3) defeated Roger Huerta (24-12-1, 1 NC) via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28) Lightweight Bout: Aviv Gozali (4-0) defeated Zaka…
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Bellator Sends Lorenz Larkin, Ilara Joanne, Goiti Yamauchi, Patrick Mix & John Macapa To Japan – With Two Athletes Set To Compete Inside RIZIN’s Ring Bellator Japan Airs Live Saturday, Dec 28 at 10 pm et/9 pm ct On Paramount Network LOS ANGELES – Continuing its collaborative efforts, Bellator and RIZIN have booked five cross-promotional…
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K-1 OPEN MILAN 2019 The Official K-1 OPEN Amateur World Championships 2019 will be staged in Milan, Italy 29th November to 1st December 2019. The K-1 Open World Amateur Championships is open to all competent competitive Martial Artists regardless of style or affiliations. K-1 was founded by Kancho Ishii in 1993 and became the greatest…
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ISKA Armenia Vardan Mnatsakanyan presented MIX FIGHT 44 at the Dinamo Sports Complex. The main card featured an ISKA Championship match Mihran Enoqyan (Armenia) defeated Mairbek Midiev (Chechen) by TKO on the second round to capture the ISKA Intercontinental Light-middleweight title 72.5kg FR. The main card was broadcast live on Armenian Television Network Kentron TV…
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ISKA Austria Vienna, Austria 9th November 2019 Ironfist Gym presented Vendetta XIX at the Hallmann Dome. The main card featured an ISKA World title fight. Gabriel Bozan (Austria) faced Vahit Ipek (Turkey) to contest the vacant ISKA World Middleweight Muaythai title 75kg. Bozan knocked Ipek down with a left hook on the fourth round and…
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Main Card John Salter (17-4) defeated Costello van Steenis (12-2) via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) Andrew Kapel (15-6) defeated “King Mo” Lawal (21-10) via KO (punch) at 1:22 of round one Arlene Blencowe (13-7) defeated Leslie Smith (11-8-1) via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) Tyrell Fortune (8-0) defeated Zu Anyanwu (15-6) via TKO (punches)…
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ISKA Armenia Mr Vardan Mnatsakanyan will present MIX FIGHT 44 on the 10th November 2019 at the Dinamo Sports Complex in Yerevan, Armenia. The main card will feature an ISKA Championship match, Mihran Enoqyan (Armenia) will face Mairbek Midiev (Chechnya) to contest the ISKA Intercontinental Light-middleweight title 72.5kg FR. The main card will be broadcast…
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ISKA Germany Ingolstadt, Germany 2nd November 2019 Oyakata Fight Sport Academy presented NIGHT4FIGHT featuring two ISKA Championship fights. Driss Harab (France) stopped Vincent Ludwig (Germany) in the first round with low kicks to take the ISKA Challenger Semi-pro European title 75kg K-1 Rules. Kilian Führer (Germany) defeated Muhammed Ozturk (Turkey) by unanimous decision to capture…
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Tuesday, Nov 05 2019 by John O’Regan, reproduced courtesy of Glory Kickboxing The world lightweight title will be on the line in southern China on Saturday, December 7 when GLORY returns to the Shenzhen Nanshan Culture and Sports Center for GLORY 73 SHENZHEN. World champion Marat Grigorian (62-11-1, 35 KO’s) headlines the card as he…
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LOS ANGELES – The full slate of bouts for Bellator’s return to WinStar World Casino and Resort in Thackerville, Okla. this Friday, November 8 has been completed with a stacked four-fight main card and a total of 11 preliminary contests. The main event of Friday’s card at 9 p.m. ET/8 p.m. CT on Paramount Network,…
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ISKA France Montauban, France 26th October 2019 MKB presented NOTORIOUS FIGHT at the Salle Eurythmie, the main card featured two ISKA World title fights. Luca Andreani (Italy) defeated Romain Fallendry (France) by unanimous decision to capture ISKA World Light-cruiserweight Title FR 85Kg and Edouard Bernadou (France) defeated Gjika Niko (Albania) to win the ISKA Interim…
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ISKA France Lyon, France 26 October 2019 GLORY 70 was staged at the Palais des Sports de Gerland. Murthel Groenhart was scheduled for another shot at the Glory Welterweight title against Cedric Doumbe but the Frenchman withdrew with an elbow injury so Groenhart faced American Troy Jones who accepted the match in 12 days’ notice…
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Complete Bellator 231 Fight Card Frank Mir (19-13) defeated Roy Nelson (23-18) via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28) Phil Davis (21-5, 1 NC) defeated Karl Albrektsson (9-3) via TKO at 3:06 of round three Ed Ruth (8-1) defeated Jason Jackson (10-4) via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28) Joanne Ilara (9-4) defeated Bec Rawlings (7-9) via…
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Register at www.iska-registration.com The 2019 IDM tournament will be large, featuring not only Germany’s best, but a lot of the best international fighters as well. All first place winners will receive the coveted championship belt. The event is also a qualifier for the 2020 ISKA World Championships in Orlando, FL. Please see the documents below…
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ISKA Ireland Cork City, Ireland 19th October 2019, Martin Horgan’s Siam Warriors staged a professional Muaythai and Kickboxing event as the finale to the ISKA World Amateur Championships 2019 at Neptune Stadium. The main event saw ISKA European Champion Ryan Sheehan (Ireland) face Andreii Masentsev (Ukraine) to contest the vacant ISKA World Flyweight Muaythai title.…
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Wednesday, Oct 23 2019 LOS ANGELES – Fifty-two of the world’s top professional fighters will converge on Chicago next month for the biggest fight event of the year. The Wintrust Arena will host GLORY 71 on Friday, November 22 and GLORY 72 on Saturday, November 23 in an action-packed double-header. Two world titles will be…
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