A quick rundown of the results from todays fights.

1. Nick Saxton won by submission in the third over John McEvoy
2. Marcus Broom won
3. Mathias Schneizer won by submission in the first. Guillotine choke.
4. Anthony Taloa won by decision
5. Christopher Welch won by split decision over Byron Cowell. Went an extra round
6. Gareth Burke won by submission via triangle.
7. Jesse Puata won by savage KO in the first round against Andrew Craven
8. Dominic Bond won by KO over Marlon Pulido
9. Josh Randall won by submission
10. Doug Higgins won due to a Doctors stoppage. The other guy had a nasty cut

More videos from the fights can be found here
Doug Higgins vs Romel LUISTRO

Dominic Bond v Marlon PULIDO

Josh Randall v Dalrae Robati

After three successful shows already, the team from Inspirit NZ are promoting another MMA fight card on Sat Nov 1st, which will include two kiwi fighters taking on international opponents in the main events.

Fight card to date:

Pro: Doug HIGGINS vs Romel LUISTRO
Pro: Gareth BURKE vs Aaron SPURGE
A-Class: Andrew CRAVEN vs Jesse “Flop” PUATA
A-Class: Dominic Bond vs Marlon PULIDO

B-Class: Josh “Pretty Boy” RANDALL vs JAYSON AWA

B-Class: Nick SAXTON vs John McEVOY
B-Class: Tusi MASAELLIA vs Marcus BROOME
B-Class: Byron COWELL vs Christopher WELCH
B-Class Henry BIDDLE vs Danny PHILLIPS

Two students, both eight year olds, sparring full contact in the cage

The one thing I love about teaching kung fu, is the joy that I get from coaching young children. In the Master Waki MMA4KIDZ Program, children as young as six years old are taught how to properly punch, kick and elbow with full force. After they have mastered the basic strikes, they are then introduced to submission holds, like armbars, sleeperholds and heel hooks.

Many local karate and taekwondo clubs disapprove of our teachings, but that is because they are teaching ineffective moves to their students. Hearing from our kids, how they managed to put the class bully to sleep with a chokehold is what teaching is all about.

While other martial arts clubs will teach their kids how to point spar and break boards, at Master Waki’s, our kids learn how to fight full contact and break bones.

Two-on-one Anti Bully program

One of Master Waki’s effective methods of combating bullies at school, is the Two-on-One Anti-Bully system. Students are encouraged to team up with their fellow MMA4KIDZ members to defeat any school yard bully. The safety in numbers theme is one of the biggest reasons why complaints of bullies, have dropped amongst our MMA4KIDZ members. Our classes regularly train for this type of scenario and is practised with fullcontact blows with the added safety of protective gear.

Physical injuries are high, but is very necessary in order to understand the reality of fighting on the street or in a cage. But children are very resilient and will bounce back very quickly, but still some parents want to keep their little babies wrapped up in cotton wool.
But that is the challenge I face as the Master of our school, to help educate both the parent and the child.

Tipene showing off his battle wounds from training

And to see that student grow from the foundation that I’ve set, is the joy of what teaching is all about.

Quick results of the mixed martial arts fight night held at Ocean City Resturant, Auckland.

X-MUAY THAI Rules

Featherweight 59kgs Kane Conlan (Strike Force Auckland) WON R1 TKO Vs Taku Hirahara (Fight Shop NZ)

Lightweight 69kgs Ricky Campbell (Strike Force Auckland) Vs Ian Menzies WON Unanimous (Zero Tolerance)

Lightweight 70kgs Justin “Reaper” Reti (Strike Force Auckland) WON TKO- R3 Corner stoppage Vs “Mighty” Mike Taylor, (Fight Shop NZ)

MIXED MARTIAL ARTS

Middleweight 84kgs Shoneel Singh (Strike Force Auckland) Vs Fergus Cullen WON R1 TKO

Middleweight 80kgs Rod McSwain (Strike Force Auckland) WON R1 TKO Ground and Pound Vs James Griffiths (JR Macgyver/Crolin Gracie Team New Zealand)

Light Heavyweight - 90kgs Gareth Ealey wins by TKO (Strikeforce Canterbury - Christchurch) Vs. Cam Steer (Academy of Combat - Christchurch)

Super Heavyweight +120kgs Julian Brown (Strike Force Auckland) WON R3

Light Heavyweight 90kgs Pat Crawley (Strike Force Auckland) Vs Kelvin Joseph WON R1 RNC Submssion (JR Macgyver/Crolin Gracie Team New Zealand)
Light Heavy weight 88 Kg’s Ramesh Naresh (SF Auckland) Vs John Erskine WON R2 RNC: submission (Academy of Combat)

Welterweight 76kgs BJ ‘ The Bro’idgy’ Bland (Fight Shop NZ) Vs Easton Nicolas WON R2 TKO (Zero Tolerance)

K1 RULES- Stand Up

Super Heavyweight +120 Reuben De Jong (Strike Force AKL) WON Unanimous Vs Sio “Smooth” Vitale (ETK)

MIXED MARTIAL ARTS MAIN EVENT

Heavyweight- Open weight Sam “Striker” Brown (Strike Force AKL) WON Unanimous Vs Jason “Nightmare” Nicholson (Fight Shop NZ)