Upcoming Events
- Jarek Sowinski makes his MMA Debut on the Tuff Nut Promotions Boiling Point event in Wexford on August 28th. Jarek is training hard, and looking solid, so will be well up for this fight.
- Judit Katona and Seamus McCarthy are having their 1st Muay Thai fights on the Pro-Am event in Galway on August 4th. Both are looking sharp and focused in the gym, so we're expecting solid performances from them both.
Latest News
14th August 2010
Jamie O'Connell won his debut M.M.A. fight on the Rumble in Rush fight night by triangle choke in the first round of a scheduled 3. Jamie started very well, landing some nice puches, leg kicks and narrowly missing with a head kick. When the fight went to the ground, Jamie kept his cool and showed great composure, even moving his opponent towards his corner so that he could hear the instructions of our BJJ coach, Liam Beechinor. Soon after being swept by his oppenent, Jamie locked in a triangle choke and held for the few seconds until his opponent tapped out.
A great start to his fight career from a very promising prospect. We look forward to his next outing. Video and Photos to follow soon.
Congratulations also to Andrew Manning of the Pedro Bessa MMA fight team, who won his fight, the main event of the show by armbar, also in the first round. After being caught by a huge punch seconds into the fight, Andrew kept cool, and transitioned beautifully from triangle choke to armbar, holding on for the tap despite taking a few solid hammer fists to the face in the process.
A great night for the Cork lads - 2 fighers, 2 wins by submission in the first round. Couldn't have asked for anything more.
9th August 2010
Work has begun on the expansion of the gym. The new area which will be turned into a strength and conditioning area will increase the size of the gym by about a 3rd, and will include the addition of some new equipment, including a rowing machine, cross-trainer, lifting platform and additional olympic weights.
The seperate conditioning area will allow for the increase of the matted area as well, allowing more space for training sessions, and the installation of a couple of sections of cage wall for M.M.A. drills.
Train hard, fight easy!!!!!
June 19th 2010
The gym held a seminar with Cage Rage & Strike Force fighter Mark Tucker. It was an excellent session, with the small group taking away some extremely valuable training and fighting tips from a very experienced fighter and arguably one of the nicest tough guys we've had the honour of dealing with! We look forward to having him back again in the near future.
May 23rd 2010
Elaine Comerford fought on a novice show in the Louth Muay Thai gym against Joyce Fahy from the Hanuman gym in Galway. It was an extremely entertaining and close fight with very little between them both until Elaine stepped up the pressure in the last round to stop Joyce with 20seconds remaining in the fight. A great performance once again.
April 18th 2010
Maria Gonzalez fought for the first time in a novice show in Waterford on Sunday 18th April against Breffni Halligan from Waterford Muay Thai Gym. She left the judges with an easy decision at the end of the fight, winning on points. Onwards and upwards!
