take 3rd place by default as he was going to withdraw injured but, as my coach Chris Haueter says “it’s not who’s best it’s who’s left”.
James Parker met Gaz Vause in the final; the match was back and forth with some great exchanges between the big guys. Gaz was up on points and looked to be close to winning the decision in his first competition but Parker kept his composure and pulled out an omaplata. Gaz defended as long as he could be had to submit giving Parker the well deserved win.
Not wanting to be outdone, the inimitable Saif Khan fancied a break from the photographic duties he and business partner Pete McFadden were sharing on behalf of MMAPics.com and jumped in for a match.
The co-promoter of the highly successful Champions show was to face off than no other than James Parker the MMA fighter who has fought successfully on the last 2 Champions shows.
To make things interesting, someone suggested that if Parker won he would get double the purse for his next fight on The Champions 3 show scheduled for 22nd November in Bradford.
Showing the kind of form that helped him win a MMA title, none of the old magic had gone (just the lungs ;0/) as he clinched with James Parker and delivered a text book haraigoshi.
Keeping the pressure on, he only briefly stopped for a photo opportunity before hunting for the knee bar submission that would save him some money.
Great exhibition.
NO GI Results
Super Feather >64kg
1st Neil Gilpin Caged Steel
2nd David Keating Fulinkazan
Feather >70kg
1st Rob Lawlor Combat Base
2nd Max Ramsden Caged Steel
3rd Jay Furness Caged Steel
Light >76kg
1st Wajad Sadiq Caged Steel
2nd Andy Krlic Combat Base
3rd= Nathan Martin Combat Base Donny AKA The Asylum
3rd= Matt Barker Combat Base Donny AKA The Asylum
Team mates don’t compete against each other so shared 3rd place.
Middle >82kg
1st Shane Cartwright Combat Base
2nd Lee Dennis Combat Base Donny AKA The Asylum
3rd Paul Keegans Combat Base
Medium Heavy >88kg
1st Tomasz Winconek Combat Base
2nd Billy Glossop Caged Steel
3rd Francois Van Staden Combat Base
Heavyweight 90kg+
1st James Parker Combat Base Donny AKA The Asylum
2nd Gaz Vause Combat Base
3rd Rogan Tonks Combat Base
I am sometimes reluctant to give out a Fighter Of The Day trophy, when everyone has put their heart & soul into the preparation and the competition itself, it somehow doesn’t seem right to elevate one person over everyone else. Having said that I also believe that if someone has performed well above expectation level (especially their own), that person has shown something special that day then I like to honour that too. If it were just on performance itself then Rob Lawlor, Jay Furness, Tomasz Winconek or James Parker could have won but due to performances above and beyond in gi and no gi the Fighter Of The Day trophy , sponsored by Allsports International Limited, went to Billy Glossop of Caged Steel.
The final award (not made on the day because we ran out of time and needs some serious math) is the Team Champions.
Basically each competitor is awarded 2 points for a win and 1 point for a loss so the team points total can be worked out. Then the amount of matches each competitor had is calculated and put into a team total. The total points is then divided by the total matches to give a competitor average.
Team Champions
1st Combat Base
2nd Caged Steel
3rd Factory BJJ
I want to also publicly welcome Adam, Doug and the Factory guys into our group, already proving to be an asset.
To conclude, the whole day ran problem free, thanks to a huge team effort, Helen and Becks for the paperwork, Ben and Carl for the refereeing, to all the coaches for their support, to Saif and Pete for the photos, to Jamie for use of his awesome facilities and to the competitors themselves for being the ‘Man In The Arena’
Special thanks to our sponsors, Allsports International Limited for their continued support in all we do.
Til the next one……………..
Links
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www.allsports-int.co.ukCaged Steel
www.caged-steel.comCombat Base Bolton blog
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