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Eikö4 was on November 4th 2012 and was another great show. We had a great mix of fights at various level. We had possibly our fight of the year in the semi-professional division and watched a professional with a bright future ahead of him in the main event. We hope everyone who attended had a great time and if you missed it then read on to fight out all the results. On top of that we caught up with a few fighters, including Ryan Roddy to find out how the felt the show went and let you learn a little more about the fighters at Eikö3.

Finally there is the official reveal as to what the Eikö4 4-Man Tournament is all about - and what’s the big prize.

We hope you enjoy the mag and we look forward to seeing you at Eikö4.

#2 Amateur MMA 97kg

#1 Amateur MMA Bobby Scott Felling Warriors

Mark Carnell Viper MMA

Jamie Wilson PMA

Jamie Luther Independant

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In a highly contested match, where Carnell showed high level of fighting spirit and skill escaping numerous submission attempts. However, Bobby Scott controlled the match and took the win, defeating Mark Carnell by unanimous judge’s decision,

Jamie Wilson defeats Jamie Luther by unanimous judge’s decision - Luther picked up a broken foot from a blocked attempted leg kick during the bout.

#3 Amateur MMA 70kg

#4 Amateur MMA 77kg

Jamie Wilson

Andy Hollis Attitude MA DEBUT

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Chrissy Johnson Combat Sports Newcastle

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Mark Rutter defeats Chrissy Johnson by unanimous judge’s decision after a well contested match up.

Jed Ramshaw Viper MMA W1|L1|D0

Jed Ramshaw puts on a dominant performance of ground control and strikes, defeating Andy Hollis by unanimous judge’s decision

#6 - WKF Northern Area Title Fight 64kg

Liam Croft Felling Warriors

Connor Long Millenium Martial Arts

EikÜ3 hled the WKF’s first ever Northern Area K1 Title. It was a hard fought bout, both men giving it their all. Over the three rounds thouugh, it was Connor Long who landed the most effective shots and did the most damage. He defeats Liam Croft by unanimous judges decision to become the North East WKF K1 title holder.

#5 Amateur MMA 84kg

#7 Semi-Pro MMA 70kg

Jamie Falcus Felling Warriors Debut

Jason Darcey MFA DEBUT

August Mazuruk Combat Sports Newcastle

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August Mazuruk swiftly makes the most of a successful takedown, defeating Jamie Falcus 1 minute 9 seconds into round 1 via north south choke.

Ben Fraser Viper MMA DEBUT

Jason Darcey defeats Ben Fraser 1 minute 33 seconds into round 1 via a verbal tap to strikes.

#8 Semi-Pro MMA 75kg

#9 Semi-Pro MMA 65kg

Lou Newton The Faktory Debut

Kel Blakely Club Record

Tom Russel Northern Fight Academy

Debut

A good display of all aspects of MMA from both fighters, resulting in Lou Newton defeating Tom Russell by unanimous judge’s decision.

Chris Stuart Club Record

Kel Blakely survives early submission attempts to come back and defeat Chris Stuart 27 seconds into round 2 via leg scissors.

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Anthony Hollis

Richard Bonnalie

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Kai Nolan looked sharp defeating Alan White 1 minute 6 seconds into round 2 via rear naked choke

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A tough gritty fight that saw Richard Bonnalie defeat Anthony Hollis by split decision.

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New to Eikö

KAI NOLAN We took the time to catch up with someone making their first appearance on Eikö and find out how the experience is from the side of a fighter: Hi Kai, lets hear a littel about yourself: Hi, my name’s Kai Nolan and I train at ‘Tap out Knock out’ MMA fight academy in Egremont Cumbria How long have you done MMA? I have trained MMA for about 12month , I did a bit of boxing before that but my main strength was on the ground. So, I got asked if would like to go threw to Workington which was the nearest club at the time to try mixed martial arts. From that day on I was hooked to it, I loved it so it basically went from there.

What kind of fighter do you want to be?

I’m not to fussed about what kind of fighter I could be to be honest, as long as I’m winning fights I’m happy. Having said that, I rather like Chuck Liddels style, he’s someone I watch a lot of and learn things off, so is Jose Aldo.

As some one new to Eikö, how did you find the show?

I liked the Eikö show, it went well. I was a bit annoyed that there was no one recording it this time because there’s people back at home who couldn’t make it and were looking forward to watching me. I also like to watch the DVDs of myself that you usually later put out, I think it’s a good way to see what mistakes you made and were you made

Yes we were gutted too, we were let down by the film crew booked. We have learned from this and arranged a top team to cover our next show. So, you picked up a wind in your Eikö debut, but this was not your first fight?

Yeah I was thrilled with the win, but I actually recently made my debut at another local show.

However I ended up not wanting to fight there any more because they tried setting me up with a fighter who was in a weight class above mine.

They new fine well what weight I was and what I thought at - so yeah I was let down there.

Ah, this kind of experience can put people off combative sports but you weren’t fazed?

Well, I have been told by some well recognised names in the mma game that I have a very bright future ahead of me,and that I have huge potential,so that keeps very happy.

It helps to have positive people around you when trying to stay focused.

Speaking of which, what are you focused on, what’s your goal?

I’ve always wanted a shot at a title so that’s basically what I’m aiming for. So the quicker Eikö gets some belts the better haha!

Aha! Yes titles will emerge 2013, no announcements on what weights they will be yet, but stay tuned...

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Anthony Hollis made his semi-professional debut at Eikö3. We caught up with him after the show to see how he felt it all went.

Hi Anthony, lets get straight into it shall we? Tell us a little about yourself and how you got into MMA? I have always trained MMA from day 1, but competed on the local Kickboxing circuit prior to stepping into the cage, winning several tournaments. Started off competing just out of curiosity to see how my skills matched up against everyone else’s, and grew to love it.

So where do you train?

Attitude Martial Arts Academy, North Shields Being only 19, you have a infinite possibilities ahead of you, what else do you do other than Martial Arts?

Most of my time outside of the sport gets spent in education, I’m studying an engineering course at Newcastle University, so that coupled with MMA training doesn’t leave time for much else!

At Eikö3 you made your Semi-Professional debut, tell us a bit about that, how did you feel?

I felt incredibly excited coming into my semi-pro debut fight, it definitely adds a new element to the sport that you compete in, knowing that the competition will get stiffer and the rules allow full head contact. I was surprised at how relaxed I felt going into the fight, all the nerves go away by fight time and get replaced with focus.

Despite the outcome, I thought the fight went well. I landed a left hook in the first round that cut him, so my confidence in the striking grew from there. My opponent definitely had the strength advantage and used it well in tying me up in the clinch and avoiding takedowns. Congratulations to Richard, it was definitely a close fight and a great experience to get me ready for the next one!

Tonight was a double special occasion for you with your brother making his debut in competing in his first Amateur MMA bout, how was that?

Anthony Hollis

Attitude Martial Arts Age 19

The event was definitely made more special by my brother making his amateur debut on the same night. I can definitely say that I was more nervous for my brother’s fight than mine. Before the show I was worried that I may have worked myself up too much for his fight and then been exhausted for my own, but in fact all my nerves went away when his was over, which allowed me to become more focussed on mine.

It was another performance and we look forward to seeing you again at our next show.

Thanks for the opportunity, can’t wait for the next one.

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At Eikรถ4 we will host our very first 4-Man MMA tournament.

The winner gets a trip to Chiang Mai in Thailand for a weeks training camp at Team Quest Thailand TOURNAMENT RULES The competition be at Unified Amateur Rules (AKA:NSAC). The Semi Finals will be held at the beginning of the show and will be two-five minute rounds, if after the first two rounds the judges decide it is a draw, then there will be a third and final, deciding round. The winner of each of the semi finals will then go on to fight each other later in the night and the final will be a three-five minute round fight. The winner gets to be crowned the first ever Eikรถ 4-Man Tournament winner and gets to travel to Thailand for a weeks training camp at Team Quest Thailand in Chiang Mai.

The Priz e A MESSAGE FROM TEAM QUEST Team Quest Thailand is proud to be working with Eiko Fight Promotion. We are happy to be part of one of the Best MMA promotions in the UK. With Eiko 4 on the rise in the near future we are doing our part to help. Team Quest Thailand will be offering the winner of the tournament a free week of accommodation and training at the Team Quest Thailand facility located in Chiang Mai. The winner will have access to the best Muay Thai and MMA trainers in the world and have the opportunity to train with the current Thailand Champion at Lumpinee stadium HongTongLek Chor.

Farpleansee Team Quest Thailand.

Managing Director, Joel Bowen

ABOUT TEAM QUEST Team Quest is a mixed martial arts training camp founded

by Randy Couture, Matt “The Law” Lindland, and Dan Henderson with six facilities located in Gresham, Oregon; Tualatin, Oregon; Murrieta, California; West Linn, Oregon; Oceanside, California; Redding, California; and Chiang Mai, Thailand. Notable fighters that train at the Oregon facility are Matt “The Law” Lindland, Aaron Stark, Dave Jansen, Nathan Coy, Enoch Wilson and Chael Sonnen.

The California facility hosts teammates, former two division PRIDE & Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Champion Dan Henderson, as well as Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou, Richie Whitson, Krzysztof Soszynski, and Jesse Taylor. The majority of fighters at Team Quest come from a background in wrestling.

#10 Semi-Pro MMA

Wayne Rigg

Ashington Loose Cannons & Knox Irving Vale Tudo

Debut

Ruslan Razabov

Combat Sports Newcastle

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In what would be the fight of the night, two true warriors battled it out in a gruelling too and fro battle. It was to be Ruslan Razabov that would take the victory however, defeating Wayne Rigg 1 minute 47 seconds into round 3 via a belly down arm bar. Hats off to both men for leaving it all in the Octagon - excellent fight.

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Tony ‘Oosh’ Mustard of the Fish Tank, defeats Lee James due to no show.

#14 Proffessional MMA 70kg

#15 A-Class K1 95kg

Nathan Thompson

Michael Laurie Independent K1 Debut

Lloyd Harrop

Lloyd Harrop defeats Nathan Thompson 3 minutes 43 seconds into round 1 via TKO

Daniel Bennett Salce W1|L0|D0

Daniel Bennett defeats Michael Laurie 6 seconds into round 1 via KO

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Ryan Roddy

Irving Jui jitsu The Faktory & Sudden Impact W 4| L 0 | D 0

In the main event Roberts Skujins stepped up on short notice to replace Jordan Miller to take on Ryan Roddy. Roddy stalked Skujins early on, and although Skujins landed a heavy shot, Roddy quickly and calmly took the fight to the floor, where he smoothly advanced his position to take Skujins back. Roddy defeated Roberts Skujins 2 minutes 28 seconds into round 1 via rear naked choke.

EIKÖ3 HEADLINER RYAN RODDY GETS FIGHT ON CAGE WARRIORS We caught up with Eikö3 main event victor Ryan Roddy to ask how he feels about his next fight on Cage Warriors New Years Eve Show in Ireland!

I’d just like to say I really enjoyed fighting on the promotion, the set up was really professional and it was fun to fight in Newcastle again! Eikö has been a great springboard for me on to fight in Cage Warriors and hopefully other guys from the local area can get similar opportunities via fighting on Eikö! My next fight is on Cage Warriors on NYE, I’m massively excited to get in and throw some hands with a tough Irishman in Paul redmond. Fighting on home soil for the first time in about 4 years is fantastic, though cutting weight on Xmas week is sure to be a fairly terrible experience,it’s all par for the course really so I shouldn’t complain.

I’d like to thank my head coaches Peter Irving, Richy Knox and Emmett McNally, my manager Dave Kirkland, my kit sponsors BadBoy MMA, Combat Soap, all my training partners in the north east and Ireland, including The Faktory, Spartans, Fight pit, Sixth sense, Sudden impact and EFR. Thanks S&C coach Leon Ferao and my performance coach Fergus Wallace! Hopefully I haven’t missed anyone!

Thanks to everyone who contributed to Eikรถ3, the fighters and their clubs, our sponsors Functional Strength Institute, Funky Gums and Ince Locks. Thanks to our Ring girls Lauren Bambrough, Laura-jane Brown and Tony Deary. Special thanks to Eikรถ3 photographers Carn Thirkel and Mike Bennet, MMA Officials for refereeing and judging our fights. Finally our Eikรถ3 corner staff Niki Jobson and Helena Salcedo and our door staff Scott and Michelle Emmerson. Without all of your combined efforts our shows would not be possible.

See you all at Eikรถ4.

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