Hi everyone
The show on August the 2nd has been postponed due to a variety of reasons.

The show will now be on sunday the 16th of august at the Grosvenor house hotel in sheffields city centre.

Tickets start from £22 (in advance) , £25 on the door.
Sheffield Fighters that have been confirmed so far :

Marco Portaluri
Michael Gabbitas
Rachel Crosby
Assad Fiaz
Ehssan Fiaz
Joe McGovan
Paul Cropper
Andy Riley
Dr Andrew Carr

Ground breaking news : The return of Alan Willis!!!

oooooo get ready sum1 is guna get hurt lol

oooooo get ready sum1 is guna get hurt lol

Im saying nothing :D

Hi everyone
The show on August the 2nd has been postponed due to a variety of reasons.

The show will now be on sunday the 16th of august at the Grosvenor house hotel in sheffields city centre.

Tickets start from £22 (in advance) , £25 on the door.
Sheffield Fighters that have been confirmed so far :

Marco Portaluri
Michael Gabbitas
Rachel Crosby
Assad Fiaz
Ehssan Fiaz
Joe McGovan
Paul Cropper
Andy Riley
Dr Andrew Carr

Oh good work! I can take the service then nip round the corner and shout for Marco and Michael!

Nice one Noel.. your da man.. xxx

Craig.

I can make this one. I hear rachel from AFK is fighting! woop woop!

:clap:

Stop press :

Jillian Corbett & Lindy Warnes Both from the Wicker Camp have been matched on this show.

Also, Joe McGovan and Paul Cropper from the SDF Gym are already matched

grosvenor hotel great venue just watched a show there ultimate fighter the atmosphere was immense and the show was quality

grosvenor hotel great venue just watched a show there ultimate fighter the atmosphere was immense and the show was quality

Atmosphere was immense? isnt the earths atmosphere immense? Yes AFK do put quality shows on ive been to a few of them at Darnall liberal. All exciting

i think you know what i mean, who's the main event?

i think you know what i mean, who's the main event?

I am ;) You sound almost interested :D

When are tickets out? sort it out guvnor!

I am ;) You sound almost interested :D

almost! if you are that would be worth a watch

almost! if you are that would be worth a watch

is this fight going to be full of people making big come backs? Farhad and that tall black lad with the red shorts both making comebacks !

is this fight going to be full of people making big come backs? Farhad and that tall black lad with the red shorts both making comebacks !

who's the black lad? i heard the lad who farhad fought for his british title wants a rematch

Hi everyone
The show on August the 2nd has been postponed due to a variety of reasons.

The show will now be on sunday the 16th of august at the Grosvenor house hotel in sheffields city centre.

Tickets start from £22 (in advance) , £25 on the door.
Sheffield Fighters that have been confirmed so far :

Marco Portaluri
Michael Gabbitas
Rachel Crosby
Assad Fiaz
Ehssan Fiaz
Joe McGovan
Paul Cropper
Andy Riley
Dr Andrew Carr

DOH! Heres me banging on about promotors for kickboxing and theres a kickboxing event right here.Hi can someone put me in touch with the promotor im not ready for a big fight just a learners fight im no bad ive been training a year of thai and done some amature boxing and done sparring but never fought.August might be too soon is there anything after that like early september time?

Tickets are finally available.

Standard tickets are £22 and Ringside tickets are £27.
Get them now.

Local fighters are all matched!!!

Joe Mcgovan from SDF,
Lindy and Jillian from Wicker Camp
Marco and Michael Gabbitas from Kapap
The twins , Rachel and Willis from AFK

The main event is a surprise :D
Opponents from wales, newcastle , london , manchester and luton.

This will be a good show, the Grosvenors a great venue, I,ve boxed there and been to loads of Glyn,s shows there.. well done AFK for putting this on, were all looking forward to it.. wev,e sold a pile of tickets already...

Craig.

Have i bad mouth the show i was asking a question and if you have a closer look i aint the one who started the bad mouthing. There is no disrespect coming from me towards the fighters of the show.

Especially because there's so many of them.

Really looking forward to this, can't wait, quality night!

This will be a good show, the Grosvenors a great venue, I,ve boxed there and been to loads of Glyn,s shows there.. well done AFK for putting this on, were all looking forward to it.. wev,e sold a pile of tickets already...

Craig.

Nice one Craig
Once again you are the voice of reason. As for the idiots on the forum bickering and badmouthing, I am far too professional to be arguing with such pondlife.
As one of the forumers keeps iterating, never argue with an idiot. They will just drag you down to their level and beat you on experience. LOL
A lot of people put shows on at Grosvenor just like a lot of people used to put shows on at Darnall, and every now and then people put shows on at the Octagon.
However, the quality of the shows is all in the matchmaking. Forget the half naked ring girls and all the hype, fair matchmaking and honest judging is what AFK is all about.

Exciting matches so far:

Marco (kapap) Vs Mark Beaumont (Fight Unit)

Marco is 2-0 with one stoppage (1st round with leg kicks)
Mark Beaumont holds a win over Andrew Riley who trains at the SDF gym.

Michael Gabbitas (kapap) Vs Chris Robinson (Walkden thaiboxing)
MMA experience Vs Thaiboxing experience under K-1 rules!

Willis (Andy marlows gym /AFK) Vs Adam Hadfield (Fight Unit)
Both are super kickers and both have stoppage wins under their belts. this will be one for the purists.

Dr Andrew Carr (sheffield) Vs Chris Hyde (Fight Unit)
Both novices waiting to make their mark in the fight world on the undercard.
Chris being tall and slender, Andrew thick set and older ;)
Both lads with plenty of heart!!!

Exciting matches so far:

Marco (kapap) Vs Mark Beaumont (Fight Unit)

Marco is 2-0 with one stoppage (1st round with leg kicks)
Mark Beaumont holds a win over Andrew Riley who trains at the SDF gym.

Michael Gabbitas (kapap) Vs Chris Robinson (Walkden thaiboxing)
MMA experience Vs Thaiboxing experience under K-1 rules!

Willis (Andy marlows gym /AFK) Vs Adam Hadfield (Fight Unit)
Both are super kickers and both have stoppage wins under their belts. this will be one for the purists.

Dr Andrew Carr (sheffield) Vs Chris Hyde (Fight Unit)
Both novices waiting to make their mark in the fight world on the undercard.
Chris being tall and slender, Andrew thick set and older ;)
Both lads with plenty of heart!!!

ave seen marco fight crackin leg kicks! whose mark beumont?

ave seen marco fight crackin leg kicks! whose mark beumont?

The southpaw who fought against SDF's Andrew Riley at one of our Darnall shows.
They call him "goose" :hihi:

Really looking forward to this, can't wait, quality night!

cant wait to see Rachel Crosby fight! I hear she went to another kickboxing club and Knocked one of their male fighters clean out!!! :help:

Yeah - should hopefully have Becky fighting soon too!

Yeah - should hopefully have Becky fighting soon too!

Becky is looking good in training. Wait till youve watched Rachel and Becky sparring, it is worth paying to watch them spar.

The southpaw who fought against SDF's Andrew Riley at one of our Darnall shows.
They call him "goose" :hihi:

yeah i think i know marco shud have im too

cant wait to see Rachel Crosby fight! I hear she went to another kickboxing club and Knocked one of their male fighters clean out!!! :help:

Well she didnt quite knock him clean out BUT she did kick him in the face (with her shin) and he had to sit out the rest of sparring as he could not breathe or see clearly.

is there anyone from manchester on show?
how bout my mate at leangreen?
matt

is there anyone from manchester on show?
how bout my mate at leangreen?
matt

Hi Matt
There are a few from manchester.
Haydn Parker Smith Vs Josh turnbull (both from manchester)

Craig Neald at lean and green will be there, Sophia from manchester will fight Jillian corbett from the wicker camp. Paul crossley frokm manchester will fight maxim from london , Chris robinson from manchester will fight michael gabbitas from sheffield.

So should I wear the " BLUE " jogging suit or what ?? LMFAO !!!!!

Craig.

is Gary Ball fighting on this show?

sounds gud show. is craig fighting as he said he was+will come to see him+sophia from gcamp.how much are tickets?

sounds gud show. is craig fighting as he said he was+will come to see him+sophia from gcamp.how much are tickets?

Tickets are £22 standard and £27 ringside
Now the £22 in advance but it will be £25 on the door.
Give me a ring if you want tickets 07775 914155 , which gym do you train at? Sophia is matched against Jillian Corbett from the Wicker Camp.

Becky is looking good in training. Wait till youve watched Rachel and Becky sparring, it is worth paying to watch them spar.

Dont we all like watching two good looking chikcs kick seven shades of crap out of each other? :D

Dont we all like watching two good looking chikcs kick seven shades of crap out of each other? :D

Im looking forward to seeing Marco from Kapap fighting Goose from Fight Unit!!!

So am I...... x

Craig.

Exciting matches so far:

Marco (kapap) Vs Mark Beaumont (Fight Unit)

Marco is 2-0 with one stoppage (1st round with leg kicks)
Mark Beaumont holds a win over Andrew Riley who trains at the SDF gym.

Michael Gabbitas (kapap) Vs Chris Robinson (Walkden thaiboxing)
MMA experience Vs Thaiboxing experience under K-1 rules!

Willis (Andy marlows gym /AFK) Vs Adam Hadfield (Fight Unit)
Both are super kickers and both have stoppage wins under their belts. this will be one for the purists.

Dr Andrew Carr (sheffield) Vs Chris Hyde (Fight Unit)
Both novices waiting to make their mark in the fight world on the undercard.
Chris being tall and slender, Andrew thick set and older ;)
Both lads with plenty of heart!!!

You havent said about Jo Mcgoverns fight? I already got my tickets from the SDF gym. theres some top class fighters down there. i cant wait.

Im looking forward to seeing Marco from Kapap fighting Goose from Fight Unit!!!

Marco the leg smasher!!! watch him cook the goose :P

Fight list anybody???

Fight list anybody???

Will be posted shortly once ive ironed out all possible last minute pull outs due to swine flu and other difficulties.

Fight list anybody???

Yeah hurry up will ya. Its sunday get a bleedin move on

What time do we have to be there?

Yeah hurry up will ya. Its sunday get a bleedin move on

It says on the flyers that doors open 5pm and yes Farhad sort it out we need to know who is on the card!

i heard that joe mgovern has pulled out

i heard that joe mgovern has pulled out

Yes he has he is unfortunatately very ill. The main thing is at least we have the main fights still on.

Marco (kapap) Vs Mark Beaumont (Fight Unit)

Marco is 2-0 with one stoppage (1st round with leg kicks)
Mark Beaumont holds a win over Andrew Riley who trains at the SDF gym.

Michael Gabbitas (kapap) Vs Chris Robinson (Walkden thaiboxing)
MMA experience Vs Thaiboxing experience under K-1 rules!

Willis (Andy marlows gym /AFK) Vs Adam Hadfield (Fight Unit)
Both are super kickers and both have stoppage wins under their belts. this will be one for the purists.

Great sounds like a good show hopefully i can make it

Fight list anybody???

Fight Card so far:

1.Junior girls match :
Emily Kelly (Keris gym ) Vs Marie (Fight Unit)

2. Under 16's K-1 Bout
Marlie (london) Vs Anjum Khan (Luton)

England Vs Wales Team event (kickboxing rules ALL kickboxing fights include leg kicks on this show!)

3.Tracy Ling VS Kelly Mainwaring (wales)
4.Alan Baptist Vs Darren Whiteman (wales)
5.Chris Tate Vs Craig , surname TBA , (Wales)
6.Steve Cook Vs Gayan Yaddehi (wales)
7.Damien Bellwood Vs Craig Baker (wales)

Other Kickboxing bout
8.Rachel Crosby (AFK) Vs Claire Bowler (Luton)

Thaiboxing Bouts
9.Lindy Warnes (Wicker camp) Vs Carla Dwyer (luton)
10.Jillian Corbett (Wicker Camp) Vs Sophia Thompson (Manchester)
11.Josh (king tiger ) Vs Haydn Buckley smith (Manchester)

K-1 Fights :
12. James Blay (Ronin) Vs Danny Hinchcliffe (Leeds)
13.Marco Portaluri (Kapap) Vs Mark Beaumont (Fight Unit)
14.Michael Gabbitas (Kapap) Vs Chris Robinson (Walkden)
15.Mohammed Alan Willis (AFK/Andy Marlow's) Vs Adam Hadfield (Fight Unit)

What about that young kid yousef isn't he fighting this time or you mentioned ealier the twins ? or Paul Cropper.

What about that young kid yousef isn't he fighting this time or you mentioned ealier the twins ? or Paul Cropper.

The twins :
Here is the situation, one of the twins has been (for want of a better word) "imported" to pakistan :hihi:
The other twin has not got time to commit to a fight as he works a lot of evenings.
Yousif is injured I have adressed this issue on another thread.

What about that young kid yousef isn't he fighting this time or you mentioned ealier the twins ? or Paul Cropper.

Paul Cropper was lined up to the fight but withdrew (cant remember why)
He was supposed to fight Mark Beaumont from Fight Unit who is now fighting Marco Portaluri from Kapap instead!!!

What time do we have to be there?


Doors open 5pm first fight 530pm

Dont worry if you get there at 6pm there will be plenty of fights left.

Also
there will be a designer clothing stall and also a thaiboxing equipment shop so bring plenty of cash!!!

Sheffield Fighters here is when you are on :

Doors open to the public at 5pm, the bouncers will not let spectators into the auditorium before that time.

First fight 530pm.

Local fighters are on :

Marco Portaluri Fight 6
Linday from Wicker Camp Fight 7

Michael Gabbitas Fight 9

Rachel from AFK Fight 10

James Blay (Independent) Fight 11

Jillian From Wicker Fight 13 (im really sorry to put you on this late Jillian, lets hope its an exciting fight ;) )

Mohammed Willis from AFK in association with Andy Marlow is the main event!!!
(40 year old super kicker LOL)

Line-up's looking good mate, I'll be there with a few lads in the crowd (not at ringside though, they'd sold out before I had a chance to grab one!).

Line-up's looking good mate, I'll be there with a few lads in the crowd (not at ringside though, they'd sold out before I had a chance to grab one!).

Hi howzat
Which fighter are you supporting? Come and say hello, Im the asian lad with the skinhead in a dark blue suit rushing about like a blue arsed fly :hihi:

Doors open at 530pm and its £25 on the door.

Thank you to our sponsors Lean and Green ,The forge martial arts centre, Izzy's Designer wear, Camelot Nightclub, Westways bar and Excalibur House.

just got back from the show, another great night with some fantastic fights...

Craig.

Been away and just got back so missed the show but does anyone want to tell us what the results were ?? how did everyone do ?

Mr Ali !!!!!!!!!

Mr Ali !!!!!!!!!

Alright Craig,

Michael and Marco were amazing. Sorry didnt post anything straight away, my fault I know but i went away shortly after the show.
I still have to get the list of results of Jermaine LOL
They will follow shortly.

Mr Ali !!!!!!!!!

Here we go craig, a blow by blow account.

PART -1

1. Girls Light contact this was a demo match between Marie Keenan (fight unit) Vs Emily Kelly ( newcastle)

Emily showed a big improvement since fighting Kapaps olivia , DRAW

2. Under 16's K-1
Anjum Shah (luton) beat Marlie (london) by TKO using punch combinations in the 3rd round despite a 6 inch height disadvantage!!!
Cracking war between 2 toucgh teenagers.

3. Kickboxing
Darren Whiteman (wales) TKO'd Alan Baptist (england) With a side kick to the face!!! :help:

4. Marco (Kapap) Vs Mark Beaumont (Fight Unit) = K-1 rules
This was an interesting fight as Marco had only had 2 fights coming into this contest.
Mark Beaumont had previously beaten Andrew Riley and was supposed to be matched against SDF's Paul Cropper twice.
Marco started strong in the 1st landing heavy bombs and out powering the barnsley fighter.
In the 2nd round Mark Beaumont came back with strong leg kicks and used the knee well in the clinch.
In the 3rd round it was a lot closer with marcos heavy bombs Vs Mark's powerful and painfully accurate left leg low kick.
The judges decision went to Marco from Kapap whose legs and ribs were purple the next day!!!

5.Lindy Warnes (wicker Camp ) Vs Carla Dwyer (Luton)= Thaiboxing

this was action packed for 5 rounds with the wicker camp fighter dominating the contest dropping her opponent with leg kicks right at the bell of the 5th round.

Winner Lindy Warnes (wicker camp) by leg kicks.

6. Steve Cook (England) Vs Gayan Yaddehi (wales)= Featherweight kickboxing

This was an unusual contest with Gayan being much taller for the weight than is expected.
Gayah Yaddehi kept his composure and outboxed the shorter Steve stopping him in the 2nd round. Steve fought back valiantly but was outreached and outboxed.

Winner = Gayan Yaddehi (Wales ) by TKO
Leaving the welsh team 2-0

7.Michael Gabbitas (Kapap) Vs Chris Robinson (Tiger King) = K-1 rules

This was another interesting contest with the MMA fighter (Mike) Vs the Thaiboxer (chris).
Chris started the contest off with the traditional Wai Kru and an excellent Ram Muay.

From the bell Michael blasted forwards (K-1 is scored on aggression) with solid punches.
Chris fought on the back foot landing leg kicks and strong body kicks but was eventually caught by a Gabbitas Right hook and was counted out!!!

Winner Michael Gabbitas (Kapap) by 1st round KO!!!

Lotar on here (Craig) was very happy afterwards and chilled out to enjoy the rest of the evening.
Michael Gabbitas was very respectful to his opponent and his coach.
I also know that a good friendship is going to blossom between Kapa and Tiger king
(This is what sportsmanship and martial arts is all about!)

8.Rachel Crosby (AFK) Vs Clare Bowler (Luton)= Kickboxing rules.

This was a classic contest of "the boxer" Vs "the fighter"

Rachel came out to thunderous applause having had a lot of support.

Rachel being shorter and more powerful steamed forward from the bell landing powerful right crosses and right hooks and effective well placed leg kicks.
Rachel caught her opponent on the ropes a few times and rocked her with massive right hands.

Clare woke up in round 2 and worked an effective strategy of landing leg kicks and working behind the jab. Rachel prefferred to take the leg kicks in order to land boxing combinations. Both scored well with the hands with Clare landing cleaner kicking.

In the last round. Clare worked out not to stand and trade but to hit and move which she did effectively using her long arms and legs well.

Winner = Clare Bowler (Luton)

It is back down to 54kg for Rachel (no more chocolate biscuits !!!)

After this fight was time for a quick break.

Looking forward to the next show, its been said before, but we should meet up off the forum ( so I can put a face to the people I,m abusing ) LMFAO... seriously though, this show is very proffesionally run.. the weigh ins are very strict, I,ve fought and been to shows were the weigh ins are a joke.. all in all including the judges, referee, announcer etc, very good jobs all round .

Craig.

Just imagine what might happen if certain posters actually met in person! Not just the the MA crowd either.

In the blue corner we have SiSiSi...RobbyBrown....Steve70....etc,etc,etc. Who'd be in the red corner? (Where have the smileys gone?)

Part 2 of the results:

9.Danny Hinchcliffe (West Leeds Muay thai) Vs James "Agro" Blay (Team Ronin) = K-1 Rules

Both were novices with agro having his first ever fight and Danny being 0-1
This was a good war from the bell , it was a shame there had to be a loser.
Winner = Danny Hinchcliffe

10.Craig Kendall (Wales) Vs Chris Tate (England)

43 year old Chris Tate was well known to the sheffield crowd for having KO'd Dr Andrew Carr in his first fight and once again came to the ring looking very muscular while his opponent was tall and rangy and looked skinny by comparison.
Muscles are not everything as Craig Kendall rushed Chris Tate with punches in the 1st Round.
Winner = Craig Kendall 1st round KO

11.Ladies Thaiboxing match
Jillian Corbett (Wicker camp) Vs Sophia Thompson ( G Camp)
Sophia started well with punches while Jillian played more of a waiting game and came back in the later rounds with strong clinchwork and knees to pound out a decision by points.
Winner= Jillian Corbett

12.Kickboxing rules = The grand finale of the England Vs Wales Team event.
Damien Bellwood (England) Vs Craig Baker (Wales) = kickboxing rules.

This was a classic Thaiboxer Vs Karateka matchup.
Damien Bellwood from west leeds muay thai against the karateka Craig Baker.
Craig Baker dropped Damien with a right hand towards the end of the first.
The second seemed to be a trade off with Damiens leg kicks against Craigs strong punches.
Craig showed little defence against leg kicks but took them in order to land punches.
In the last round Damien was exhausted and kept slipping all over the place.
The referee Dave Jackson stopped the contest with Damien in no position to continue.

Winner = Craig Baker TKO round 3

13.Alan Willis ( AFK in association with Andy Marlow) Vs Adam Hadfield (Fight Unit)
Ranking Contest (for position in ISKA Rankings) under K-1 rules.

This fight was a real crowd pleasure with both fighters being strong kickers.
Willis coming back at the age of 40 having had a long lay off. Adam Hadfield at 23 being British Karate champion and also having had an impressive thaiboxing record of 7-1-1 with 4 KO's coming into the contest.

It was a close contest with Adam Hadfield just taking the decision that came with a lot of controversy.
Winner = Adam Hadfield (Fight Unit)

farhad ive never been british karate champion

farhad ive never been british karate champion

My mistake Adam
I was under the impression that you had competed at a very high level in Karate and i did read that were a british champion? I stand corrected if that is not the case.

It was english mate not british haha. i was starting to get to a fairly decent level but quit to move to thai boxing.

It was english mate not british haha. i was starting to get to a fairly decent level but quit to move to thai boxing.

So it was St Georges Cross and not the Union Jack :D