PCA presents 'Cage of Truth - Battle on the Bay'

SBG Ireland

Adrian Degorski (Pol) v Niek Tromp (Holland)
Richie Moore (Irl) v Colin Laird (N Irl)
Aisling Daly (Irl) v Nadia Van Der Wal (Holland)
Anna Maine (UK) v Willemijn van Zon (Holland
Brad Corbally (Irl) v Denis Dalton (Irl)
Dave King (Irl) v Kunall Sharmer (N Irl)
Keith Norton (Irl) v Gerard Rooney (N Irl)

more fights to be announced...

dlofnep

John, is this going to be the new name for Ring of Truth? Or are you going to have a combined "Of Truth" brand - catering for both rings and cages?

Bad Dog MMA

Nice line up, There's something for everyone in there! Nice action

FiannaGym.com

You know who PCA are dont you?

http://www.myspace.com/petrochemicalaccelerator

Haha.

Cool to have "another show" in Dublin.

Peace

Roper

Nice! Southsiders can leave their passports at the Embassy on D'Olier Street

Any posters I can put in the gym John?

T-Boner

GReat, what buses go out that way from the city centre?.

Nothingcompares

29a. Get off at the last stop and walk down the Hole in the Wall Road (best road name ever). The Centre is on your right hand side about 200m down, can't miss it, big carpark outside.

davmol

Alright call me a dummy and all,but ive missed where this event is being held,i cant see any details on this thread,any links or other info ie dates,times etc when this is on


cheers

yomchi

davmol wrote: »

Alright call me a dummy and all,but ive missed where this event is being held,i cant see any details on this thread,any links or other info ie dates,times etc when this is on


cheers

umm...its on the big colourful poster in the 1st post

arybvtcw0eolkf

Jon wrote: »

umm...its on the big colourful poster in the 1st post

Yea, the one that says 'bOttle on the bOy'

Nothingcompares

Trinity Sports and Leisure Club,
Hole in the Wall Road,
Donaghmede,
Dublin 13

Some times hotlinked pictures don't load for people. Approx Map here

t-ha

Roper wrote: »

Nice! Southsiders can leave their passports at the Embassy on D'Olier Street

That hurt Roper, that hurt...

I'll be there anyways. I guess I'll have to leave the Bugatti at home this time and take the Punto in case I draw too much attention crossing the Liffey? :cool:

SBG Ireland

tickets available now from Mullen sports

due to Adrian breaking his hand the new main event will be

Gunnar 'The Highlight Kid' Nelson (Iceland) v Niek Tromp (Holland)

as you can see from Niek's record he is mostly a submission fighter so i think this match up is going to be very interesting considering the jiu jitsu clinics that the highlight kid has put on in his last 2 fights.

also added to the fight card

Steve McCoombe (UFR) v Yusef (KO Martial Arts)

Steve is the BIGGEST 61.2kg fighter i've ever seen and has a lot of experience with a 5-4-1 record. Yusef from Poland but now fighting out of Roper's KO gym will be making his 'irish' debut but had a number of semi pro fights back home.

and in a 'junior amateur rules fight' we have

Pat Boylan (SBG) v Darragh Kirwan (PBS)

UFR Management

Steve 'Taz' McCombe is 4-2-0,think they got his record confused with a fighter by the same name who fights out of emmet mc nallys sudden impact club.

Roper

Great stuff. I've heard of a few more fights through the grapevine and its all good!

Really looking forward to seeing Young Patrick fighting, I'm not going to sit beside pat Senior though because I'd say he'll be shouting the roof down! I believe Darragh from Galway has some great skills too so this will be great.

SBG Ireland

full card and prediction comp here

davmol

Nothingcompares wrote: »

Trinity Sports and Leisure Club,
Hole in the Wall Road,
Donaghmede,
Dublin 13

Some times hotlinked pictures don't load for people. Approx Map here

Yea I cant get hotlinked pics in work cos theyre miserable b*stards in here and have crap PCs....but cheers for that Nothingcompares.

john kavanagh

Tomas Murnikas v John Kenny 73 kgs

due to injury becomes

Ciaran Gillen (KMMA) v Wayne Fagon (SBGN) -93kgs

Roper

Nice one Wayne!

MrO

Howdy - just wondering if anyone knows... are the rules for this comp the same as the last cage rage ones in the point and stadium?

Cheers.

cowzerp

Best of luck with the fight wayne...

john kavanagh

MrO wrote: »

Howdy - just wondering if anyone knows... are the rules for this comp the same as the last cage rage ones in the point and stadium?

Cheers.

Yes

Evil_Clown

Best of luck with the event

I will be heading along to support TJ 'Pirate Santa' Davitt
Come on TJ !!

Nothingcompares

Evil_Clown wrote: »

TJ 'Pirate Santa' Davitt

:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

Garry Bergin

Gunnar Nelson v Niek Tromp 77 kgs
Richie Moore v Colin Laird 93 kgs
Aisling Daly v Nadia Van Der Wal 58 kgs
Dave Kelly v Ciaran Gillen 93kgs
Steve McCombe v Husen ‘Yusef’ Muhamed 61.2kgs
Keith Norton v Adam Slawinski 73kgs
TJ Davitt v Johnny Kerins 70kgs
Joe Cunnane v Tadias ‘Lithuania’ 84kgs
Anna Maine v Willemijn van Zon 62kgs
Garry Bergin v Kunall Sharmer +93kgs
Henry Hughes v Keith Duffy 66kgs
Patrick Boylan v Darragh Kirwan 50kgs

Nothingcompares

good luck garry

Garry Bergin

Nothingcompares wrote: »

good luck garry

Thanks,

got loads of notice for this fight off Andy and Ritchie, a whole 4 days :eek::eek:

paddyc

is brad not fightin on this show at all?

thanks paddy

JohnMc1

dlofnep wrote: »

John, is this going to be the new name for Ring of Truth? Or are you going to have a combined "Of Truth" brand - catering for both rings and cages?

Good question. I hope Ring of Truth doesn't go by the wayside to make room for Cage of Truth.

john kavanagh

well when we hold events in a ring they'll be called Ring of Truth and when we hold them in a cage they'll be called...er...Cage of Truth

tiz no great difference folks - all MMA at the end of the day!!

JohnMc1

john kavanagh wrote: »

well when we hold events in a ring they'll be called Ring of Truth and when we hold them in a cage they'll be called...er...Cage of Truth

tiz no great difference folks - all MMA at the end of the day!!

John this might come as a total surprise to you but we figured that out. We were wondering if you were disbanding ROT to do COT.

TwoKingMick

john kavanagh wrote: »

tiz no great difference folks - all MMA at the end of the day!!

I beg to differ.

john kavanagh

lol

Roper

I think if you get a vid of your fight Mick we could easily use it for the next "why are the events held in a cage" debate.

john kavanagh

Ais ready to Bash



couple more pics from the weigh ins...tickets will be available on the door

http://www.bebo.com/PhotoAlbumContact.jsp?MemberId=1726991418&PhotoAlbumId=6186202887&PhotoId=6186229046

Nothingcompares

Good luck guys.

The 128 bus drops you right outside just for general information.

Colm_OReilly

Can anybody give an indication of the travel time it takes on the bus from the city centre?

Cheers,
Colm

Nothingcompares

buses are regular and shouldn't take much more than 30 minutes from city centre. i'd guess 25mins depending on which stop you get on in the city centre, apparently it winds its way from eden quay to abbey street.

wayne1

Well done to all great nite:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

Nothingcompares

yeah awesome.

well done sbg ns especially.

dlofnep

Results?

Bad Dog MMA

Well done to all involved, some great fights. Full results Here
Pics following shortly.

Nothingcompares

Keith Duffy SBG Northside def Henry Hughes
Guillotine, .58 sec 1st round

Keith came out throwing bombs and looked like overwhelming Henry with strike s until he swallowed him up into a standing Guillotine.

Garry Bergin SBG Northside def Kunall Scharmer
Armbar, .30 sec 1st round

Garry knocked Kunall down with a thunderous punch and immediately followed up with top control and swiftly moved to a arm bar submission. (not sure if this was 30secs long or 1.30)

Anne Maine SBG def Willemijn Van Zon
Ref stoppage, 3.49 1st round

Very competitive fight. Striking, clinch and ground fighting here, both girls looked like real MMA competitors not recent cross-overs like a lot of girls doing mma look. I think Anne chased the takedown as Willemijn did well to keep it in the clinch but eventually Anne got a sweep and started dropping fists down on the Belgian to win.

Joe Cunnane (NG) def Tadias from Lithuania
Doctors stoppage, 1.50 1st round

I remember Joe from the Fila grappling trials in SBG NS and he really impressed me with his grappling ability so I was expecting him to submit the blond. NOt sure why this fight ended I think TAdias injured his arm.

TJ Davitt (SBG NS) def Jonny Kerins (KOMA)
Rear naked choke, 1.48 1st round

Tj came out with some big punches and the guys went quickly into a clinch, Jonny had underhooks and looked to toss TJ on the ground but I think TJ kinda reversed it and landed in mount! TJ started punching until Jonny exposed his back to get the choke.

Keith Norton def Adam Slavinski
DQ, 2.01 1st round

Adam went for a heel hook which is forbidden and was DQ. Unfortunate for Keith because he was really up for this one. Hope his leg heals (no pun intended).

Steve Mc Coombe (UFR) def Husen Muhamed (KOMA)
Submission, 3.30 2nd round

Really really great fight. Steve Mc Coombe is probably Ireland's version of Sean Sherk and Husen probably our version of Anderson Silva. Husen came out with some amazing high kicks and punches and Steve, all credit to him, just seemed to shrug them off. Husen was actually caught as he attempted a big high kick and was taken down into side control in which Steve used his trademark "telephone arm bar" which I'm told is you bend the guys arm and trap it between your legs to get the submission. Fight of the night.

Dave Kelly (SBG NS) def Ciaran Gillen
TKO, 1.27 1st round

For such a friendly nice guy, Dave Kelly is a scary guy to face in the ring, and I'm saying that sitting in the crowd. Dave dropped Ciaran with a big punch and it was pretty much over.

Ais Daly (SBG) def Nadia Van Der Wel
TKO, 2.39 2nd round

Really good fight. Nadia obviously worked a game plan of trying to hold Ais in the clinch and try and wear her down from there. Ais took a couple of big punches and gave a few herself. She couldn't really get the takedown she was looking for in the first round, settling for footstomps and knees instead. In the second round she got her takedown and worked her GnP aggressively to win.

Richie Moore (SBG NS) Vs Colin Laird (Kyujin MMA (sorry for spelling!)
Draw, full distance

As we all expected this was a close, highly contested bout. Richie looked to have the edge in striking and forced Colin to go for takedowns. Some Richie stuffed and looked to threaten with a guillotine but other times COlin got a big double to take Richie down. I don't think Colin looked to submit Richie but had superior position for most of the first round. The second round was more Richie's way, and Richie looked like finishing with his GNP. The final round was 50-50 so it was a fair draw. I'd say Colin may have been on top for longer but Richie came closing to beating him.

Gunnar Nelson (SBG) def Niek Tromp
Tap Out due to strikes, 1.50 1st round

Gunnar went in and took Niek down passed to mount and started dropping some very accurate and nasty punches to the jaw of Niek. I think Niek might have hurt his jaw and had to tap.

Nothingcompares

See What i mean.

more pics http://ringoftruth.info/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=199

Evil_Clown

Well done with the battle of the Bay
The fights were good, the drink was reasonably priced and overall a good entertaining night

PS: You also can't beat a bit of Blue steel in the photos

MrO

Great night - really good fights throughout. Will definitely be at any future events!
Hope that guys shoulder was ok - looked a bit nasty.

Garry Bergin

Just wanted to say thanks to all involved in Cage Of Truth for giving me the opportunity to fight - had a great night !!!:D:D:D