Just got a great update from one of our Branch Schools - Alex Wright in Newcastle
Alex had two of his guys fighting for the first time -
By Alex Wright -
A local affair up in Ashington gave two of our guys their debut fights last night at the Strike Fighting Championship in Ashington.
Billy Snowdon vs Lee Taylor (Amatuer MMA)
Billy Snowdon our Judo instructor took on local fighter Lee Taylor in his first amatuer MMA fight. Billy controlled the fight from the start and after being taken down early in round one reversed the position and dominated on the ground throughout rnd 1. The second round saw a Billy executing a beautiful throw landing his opponent heavilly after surviving an earlier illegal but pretty good right shot to the head from his opponent. Billy again dominated round 2 with a combination of well executed knee strikes, superior position and strikes from side mount.
Round three Billy let his dirty boxing start and threw some excellent knees before Lee jumped a guillotine in what was indeed a late bid to win the fight. We’d trained guillotine defence to death in the preparations and Billy comfortably defended the submission eventually fighting out and again winning round 3.
All in All a good MMA fight from two well matched opponents, Billy showed how far he’s come on from simply being a Judo player and is developing into a more complete fighter winning the fight by decision.
Bobby Bolam vs Tony Ellis (K1 Rules)
Another well matched fight between local boy Tony Ellis and our assistant instructor Bobby Bolam.
Round 1 saw Bobby open perfectly with a cute side step and right hand narrowly scuffing its target. 30 seconds in Bobby found his range and dominated the whole of round one repeatedly landing his Wing Chun spring punch and escaping any real damage.
The second round got more competative with both fighters showing real skills in what I thought was the best fight of the night. Bobby rocked his opponent with straight lefts and some slightly wild looping rights on two occasions and definately had the best of the boxing whilst Tony Ellis landed repeated leg kicks and came more into the fight as a whole.
Rnd 3 was a spectator dream and a coaches nightmare with a real battle both fighters putting the other one on the ropes (or cage in this case) with flurries that could have ended the fight, both fighters coming back strong showing heart and skill. Bobby finally returned some kicks although Tony’s low points were beginning to take effect.
Bobby deservedly won the fight by decision (edging all three rounds on paper) but credit has to go to his opponent Tony Ellis who certainly put in an excellent performance that would have seen him gain the win on many a night.
All in all a great night for our club showing that all aspects of our training is developing well in our young fight team.
Alex Wright Newcastle Branch
Well done to the guys!
Alex has worked very hard teaching his guys and is producing a strong group up in Newcastle. Good job!
