San Francisco – September 2010

Saturday, September 18^th 2010 USMF, Fairtex and XFight Promotions will be kicking off their 7th event with another Hybrid event (Muaythai and MMA).  Athletes will contend for a spot on the United States Muaythai Federation (USMF) National Team that will go on to compete at the International Federation of Muaythai Amateur (IFMA) World Championship in Honor of the Authority King of Thailand’s Birthday this coming November 27 to December 5, 2010 in Bangkok, Thailand.

The event features local and national HEROES in professional Muaythai and Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) and also features top level amateur contenders fighting for the ranking, the rights to challenge for the USMF National Championship Title and an opportunity to represent USA at the IFMA WC where the “Best of the Best in Muaythai” from 120 country teams with over 1,000 athletes compete.

The card includes:

Nathan Willet – Osmar Delima – Daniel Kim – Val Igtanov – Florencio Sinogui – Caley Scott – Dion Paminto – Jade Hayes – Eric Luna – Gabe Carrasco – Eisrael Verdusco – Michael Kempf – Maliya Spanyol – Jennifer Tung – Anthony Lawrence – Anthony Acosta – Josslyn Mikow – Violetta Slocum – Christene Joaquin – Tal Sagev – Jesslyn Lecap – Gabby Aguinaldo – Josh San Diego – Joe Neal – Yomel Colon – Victor Shan – Chris Cassel – Andrew Moy – Felicia Valdez – Sheila Adamos – Alex Finnegan – Joseph Lau – and others

* Card Subject to Change.  No Refunds.  For more information visit: www.USMF.tv

Presale Tickets: $35 General Admission – $55 Ringside

At The Door: $40 General Admission – $60 Ringside

Tickets are available through www.usmf.virtualboxoffice.com 1.888.VBO.8858

or at any of the following locations:

Fairtex San Francisco – Fairtex Mountain View -  Fairtex Newark – AKA – Gym 445 – Academy of Self Defense – Combat Sports Academy – Pacific Ring – World Team USA – Bay Area Boxing – Fight and Fitness – CCK – Unlimited MMA -  Maesh – Combat Fitness – and others

WAR OF THE HEROES FC7

Saturday, September 18, 2010

Doors open at 5:00 pm.  First bout at 6:00 pm.

Santa Clara Convention Center, Hall A – Next to the Hyatt Regency

5001 Great America Parkway – Santa Clara, CA 94054

Free Parking

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Team Oyama after Michelle's Muay Thai debut victory

The International Fight Showdown (IFS) quarter finals took place at the Knott’s Berry Farm Hotel & Resort to determine the final four contestants of the tournament. The night featured the four tournament bouts, along with eight other fights in various weight divisions.

Raymond Mendiaz of Riverside’s United States Karate Organization (USKO) opened the tournament fights by defeating Joe Velasco of CSW by unanimous decision. The Riverside-native controlled the fight from the beginning, landing power punches that rocked Velasco. Mendiaz also used the ring effectively, holding his opponent in the clinch against the ropes and delivering devastating knees to the body. The 18-year-old dropped his opponent with a right in the final seconds of the night. However, the referee did not give the standing eight-count.

“I wanted to go hard in there, put on the pressure,” Mendiaz said after the fight. “I plan on training just as hard for my next fight, keep up my game plan and come out and fight.”

Mendiaz trains at Joe Pagliuso’s USKO gym in Riverside, Calif. He is a former boxer who used to train with his father but changed to kickboxing and mixed martial arts.

“He was a bit tentative in his first fight,” Pagliuso said about Mendiaz’s performance in the tournament. “In this fight he was more mature. Things are starting to come together for him. I think he has a good chance at winning the whole thing.”

The second tournament fight had Savak Ohaijaian of the Glendale Fight Club facing Edgar Islas of Oyama MMA & Fitness. Ohaijaian had a slight height advantage and used his long legs to push and keep Islas at bay. This allowed him to keep Islas from clinching. Islas had the crowd with him, but Ohaijaian took the fight and will face Mendiaz in the semifinal.

The third fight of the tournament produced the first knock out of the night. Jason Gonzalez of the Academy Striking & Grappling in Moreno Valley, Calif. took on Robert Holguin of Adrenaline Combat Sports. The knees were key in this fight, as Gonzales dominated the match striking Holguin repeatedly in the midsection. The second round began with a standing eight count on Holguin. The referee stopped the fight a few moments later as Gonzalez delivered a barrage of unanswered knees to Holguin’s sternum.

The final tournament fight had Andrew Santhivong of Sit Yod Tong facing Edwin Avila of San Pedro Muay Thai. The fight was highly contested between the two fighters, both receiving standing eight counts in the first round. However, Santhivong would cut Avila’s face, forcing the referee to call the doctor, who would stop the fight. Santhivong will face Gonzalez in the semifinal.

Other fight results:

Michelle Nagy of Oyama MMA defeated Debbie Gatchalian of Brigada Elite Ring Sports and Fitness.

Antonio Juan of Adrenaline Combat Sports took the split decision over Victor Jong of The Yard Muay Thai.

Marcos Guevarra of Dobler’s Muay Thai used his height advantage to defeat Carlos Otiano of Piston Gym.

“His reach took me out of my game plan,” Otiano said smiling after the fight. “I was trying to figure out how to get in and around his reach.”

Felipe Andalla of KR Muay Thai knocked out Borin Khoun of Muay Thai School USA with a kick to the head with seven seconds remaining in the final round. The fight was intense, but up to the KO, it appeared Khoun would take the decision over the 37 year-old.

Jody Cater of OC Muay Thai defeated Coleman Hyer of Progress Martial Arts by TKO after the doctor stopped the fight for excessive bleeding.

The referee stepped in to stop the fight as Israel Flores of Flores Muay Thai delivered several unanswered shots to the head of Charles Cha of Dobler’s Muay Thai.

Brian Bruns of USKO defeated Ramon Moreno of the Muay Thai Academy by split decision.

The final fight of the evening had Super Heavyweight Nick Kosovich of Sit Yod Tong defeat Max Quinteros of Bravado Muay Thai by split decision.

Extending our condolences to everyone who’s life was touched by Adrienne Simmons, news of her tragic death was reported by Anika Myers Palm in the Orlando Sentinel. The story was posted on 2010.07.27 at 04:02 PM EDT. A number of sources have since reported to us that there was an M.D. on duty but no ambulance on the scene.

FEMALE THAI BOXER DIES AFTER BLOW

Kickboxer Adrienne Simmons, who was knocked unconscious during a fight on Sunday, has died.

A kickboxer who took a strong blow during a fight on Sunday has died.

Adrienne Simmons received a left hook during the third and final round of a bout at the Marriott Orlando World Center Marriott resort, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.

Simmons, 34, of Atlanta, Ga., died Monday afternoon, according to Orlando Regional Medical Center, where she had been transported.

The fight was part of a kick-boxing match sponsored by the International Kick-Boxing Federation. After Simmons received the blow, an IKF doctor treated her, the sheriff’s office said.

According to its website, the federation hosted the 2010 IKF World Classic at the Marriott Friday through Sunday. The federation did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment about the incident. Headgear is required in IKF competition, according to the ikfkickboxing.com website.

Simmons had been fighting Lindsay Scheer in a Muay Thai match. Fighters in Muay Thai, a kind of kickboxing which originated in Thailand, use their feet, elbows, hands and knees to rain blows on their opponents.

Scheer’s coach, Eric Haycraft, posted on his public Facebook page that Sunday’s fight “seemed like a normal bout.”
When Simmons fell, a referee ended the bout immediately and doctors sitting ringside attended to her right away. After she sat up and spoke, medical personnel took her away from the ring, Haycraft wrote.

Shortly after that, Haycraft wrote, he and Scheer learned that Simmons had been airlifted to the hospital.

Simmons’ boyfriend, Chike Lindsay-Ajudua, said in an interview with WFTV Channel 9 that Simmons was a caring person who had been working on a master’s degree in education.

In the interview, Lindsay-Ajudua, who is also a kickboxer, questioned whether Simmons had been promptly transferred to a hospital once it was clear how serious her injuries were.

It is not clear how long elapsed between her collapse and when she was taken to the hospital.

On her Facebook page, which also is open to the public, Scheer late Monday night described Simmons as brave and wrote that part of herself had died along with Simmons.

“I have literally been inconsolable since that moment,” Scheer wrote. “I did not know what it really felt like to cry. I was and am broken.”

This is the second death resulting from a bout in a combat sport involving punching and kicking in less than a month.

In June, a 30-year-old MMA fighter died after suffering a brain hemorrhage after his first professional fight in South Carolina.
“I cannot say it’s not happening,” Francis Fong of the Thai Boxing Association of the USA said about serious injuries in the sport. “If I say that, it’s a lie.”

Fong, who also owns a martial arts school in Norcross, Ga., said people involved in the sport have to work on improving safety in the ring.

“Hopefully we learn from this,” Fong said.

In her Facebook note, Scheer wrote that she has another fight scheduled for Aug. 29 in Suriname, but would not proceed with it if Simmons’ family thought it would be disrespectful for her to do so.

Click here to view Chike\'s interview

At the July 2009 ABC Convention in New Orleans, I submitted a rough draft of unified rules and suggested the formation of a Committee to later present unified rules for the sport in the United States and Canada and sovereign indian nations.

It is my goal to educate Commissions who are not familiar with muay thai while, at the same time, providing unified rules to foster the growth of the sport.

At the July 2009 convention, such a Committee was formed. Chad Kurle of North Dakota later resigned from the Committee and was replaced by Dr. Schoenewe of Oklahoma.

The Committee now consists of:

Chairman Nick Lembo, New Jersey
Joe Miller, Oklahoma
Bernie Profato, Ohio
Dr. Corey Schoenewe, Oklahoma
Dr. Sherry Wulkan, New York

On July 21, 2010 at the 2010 ABC Convention in New Orleans, I made a brief presentation summarizing our discussions for the past year about rules, fouls, scoring and amateurs etc. I asked for the Committee to continue for one more year with the goal of a final presentation of unified rules to be voted on at the 2011 ABC Convention.

The goal is to present the ABC, at its July 2011 convention, to be held in Washington D.C., with a standardized rule set to be used in North America for all professional and amateur muay thai contests.

So far, we have accomplished the task of gathering advisers from around the globe who are unquestioned experts in their beloved sport of muay thai Their contributions have been invaluable. We have had pages and pages of documented discussions.

Our goal is to introduce something that has as lasting and large of an impact as the unified rules have in the sport of mixed martial arts. We are confident that we will have a fine tuned polished product in 2011 as I intend to devote much time and effort to it in the upcoming year.

I am very proud to have the following individuals on this Committee’s Advisory Board.

Mick Doyle, Nebraska
Clint Heyliger, New York
Tony Moore, England
Tony Myers, England
Stephen Strotmeyer, Pennsylvania
Manuel Taningco, Ohio
Kumron Vaityanon, New Jersey
Sakasem Kanthawong, part time New Jersey
Anthony Salcedo, Florida

REPORT BY BREANNA ARMSTRONG PHOTOGRAPHY BY JEFF DOJILLO

WMC Results July 18, 2010 @ Quiet Canyon:

Daniel McDonald defeated Victor Perez via Unanimous Decision

Tigran Martirosayan defeated Carlos Otiano via Unanimous Decision

Matt Ortiz defeated Christian MTA via Unanimous Decision

Gaston Bolanos defeated Angel Meza via Split Decision

George Amiryan defeated Gary Archuleta via Unanimous Decision

Jermine Soto defeated Beto Rodriguez via Unanimous Decision

Jason Andrada defeated Jessie Magusen via TKO at 1:40 in Round 4

Ky Hollenreck defeated Kenny Finister via TKO at 1:17 in Round 2

Roxy Balboa defeated Sheree Halliday via Split Decision

Main Event:
Malaipet defeated Michael Mananquil via Split Decision

Check out the highlights from Jason Andrada’s big TKO and his hilarious post-fight interview as well.

Check out the highlights from the Malaipet vs. Manaquil fight here!

Matt Ortiz vs. Christian Mta fight: