MMA League '08 Opening Round Results

mark.leonard

There couldn't have been a better kick off to the MMA League this year than the event we had in Galway on Saturday the 1st of March! over 67 competitors made the trip to Galway and got stuck in having a go at MMA the safe, fun and easy way.

There is no way any one person could run an event the size of the one we had in NUI, Galway without help from some folks and I am severely indebted to the following people;

Clive Staunton and Colm O'Reilly for their refereeing, helping at registration and all around good humor during the day. (my vote for "Most Controversial Refereeing Decision goes to Colm, what say you Clive?)

Mark Smyth, Aaron Togher, Padraic Merlehan and Barry Oglesby for allowing themselves to be Roped in (sorry Barry ) to helping us out and getting the second ring up and running.

Sean Leonard for taking many, many high quality photographs (coming soon) and keeping the masses fed

A very special thanks to Darragh Kirwan for basically doing anything and everything in his power to keep the event running, at one point he was keeping time, updating the results and playing usher to one ring! My hero

As always, without fighters and coaches there would be no fighting (with rules) so a big thank you to everyone who participated.

Now all that pre-amble is out of the way down to the nitty gritty.

The League is being run with 2 main aims this year;
1. get more people than ever from new clubs involved
2. get the events started and finished earlier
3. streamline the results process to avoid errors

On Saturday there were several new clubs and swaths of new faces so aim 1 is going good so far.
We started earlier than any event last year, and despite being 20% bigger, still finished before 4pm. Not bad going at all!
The streamlining of the result taking hasn't gotten to where I want it just yet, we are getting better, but things like the times the matches finished at and how they were won/lost need a bit of work. How did we do on getting the right winners names at least? Please let us know! If the results below are incorrect then email me on info [at] mmaleague [dot] com and I will correct any errors.


65kg Flyweight
Steven Bourke East Coast Jiu Jitsu vs. Conor Kelly Spartan MMA Draw
Brian Coyle Milford Jiu Jitsu vs. Brian Breslin Indie Brian Coyle Armbar 04:59
Steven Bourke East Coast Jiu Jitsu vs. Brian Coyle Milford Jiu Jitsu Brian Coyle armbar 02:53
Conor Kelly Spartan MMA vs. Brian Breslin Indie Brian Breslin

75kg Super Lightweight
Padraic Merlehan Three Castles MMA vs. Stephen Coll Milford Jiu Jitsu Draw
David McNamara Pankration Kickboxing vs. Padraic Merlehan Three Castles MMA David McNamara Injury NC
Stephen Coll Milford Jiu Jitsu vs. David McNamara Pankration Kickboxing Stephen Coll dq 01:34

80 kg Welterweight
Emmett Nolan SBG vs. Damien Busher East Coast Jiu Jitsu Draw
Daniel Ianelli Spartan MMA vs. Emmett Nolan SBG Emmett Nolan dq 04:11
Damien Busher East Coast Jiu Jitsu vs. Daniel Ianelli Spartan MMA Damien Busher Injury

85kg Middleweight
Tom King SBG vs. Shenan Carthy East Coast Jiu Jitsu Tom King armbar 03:23
Barry Oglesby KO Martial Arts vs. Tom King SBG Tom King armbar 02:20
Shenan Carthy East Coast Jiu Jitsu vs. Barry Oglesby KO Martial Arts Draw

90kg Super Middleweight
Chris Fields SBG vs. Tommy Partridge Waterford Vale Tudo Chris Fields DQ
Ray Dowd Top Pro Kilkenny vs. Richard Gorey LUMA Ray Dowd dq
Bryan Gorman Milford Jiu Jitsu vs. Paul Turner East Coast Jiu Jitsu Paul Turner Triangle 03:00
Paul Brady Spartan MMA vs. Bryan Gorman Milford Jiu Jitsu Paul Brady sidechoke 02:03
Chris Fields SBG vs. Paul Turner East Coast Jiu Jitsu Chris Fields Arm Bar 03:00
Ray Dowd Top Pro Kilkenny vs. Tommy Partridge Waterford Vale Tudo Ray Dowd Dq 8
Richard Gorey LUMA vs. Paul Brady Spartan MMA Richard Gorey armbar 03:31

Rookie 65kg Flyweight
Enda Fenton Point Blank vs. Veaceslavtacu Combat Sambo Academy Veaceslavtacu Giollotine 01:30
Kiran Singh Point Blank vs. Shane Smith NUI, Galway Judo Shane Smith Arm Bar 03:44
Robert Dempsey Milford Jiu Jitsu vs. Enda Fenton Point Blank Robert Dempsey giollotine 00:44
Veaceslavtacu Combat Sambo Academy vs. Shane Smith NUI, Galway Judo Veaceslavtacu rear neck and choke 03:15
Kiran Singh Point Blank vs. Robert Dempsey Milford Jiu Jitsu Draw

Rookie 70kg Lightweight
Yannick Magee Elite Martial Arts vs. Michael McSweeney Point Blank Draw
Karl Havel SBG vs. Tony Keogh Waterford Vale Tudo Tony Keogh Arm, Bar 04:18
Patrick Holohan SBG vs. Colin English KO Martial Arts Draw
Ger Coady Top Pro Kilkenny vs. Colin English KO Martial Arts Ger Coady Giollotine 01:19
Yannick Magee Elite Martial Arts vs. Tony Keogh Waterford Vale Tudo Draw
Karl Havel SBG vs. Ger Coady Top Pro Kilkenny Ger Coady kimura
Patrick Holohan SBG vs. Michael McSweeney Point Blank Michael McSweeney Triangle 00:47

Rookie 75kg Super Lightweight
Luke Kehoe Enniscorthy vs. Robert Freeman Spartan MMA Draw
Hasan Sinanovic Master D'Arcy and Cho's Taekwondo vs. Bobby O'Leary UCD MMA Draw
Kevin Farrrington SBG vs. Vincent Poklekowski Juke Ryu Jujitsu Vincent Poklekowski armbar 02:34
George O'Neill UCD MMA vs. Kinasiewicz Woziek UL BJJ George O'Neill Armbar 03:46
David Majewski UL BJJ vs. Eunan McMenamin Donegal Jiu Jitsu David Majewski Head squeeze 01:36
Michael Gallagher Donegal Jiu Jitsu vs. Luke Kehoe Enniscorthy Draw
Hasan Sinanovic Master D'Arcy and Cho's Taekwondo vs. David Majewski UL BJJ David Majewski RNC 30
Kevin Farrrington SBG vs. Eunan McMenamin Donegal Jiu Jitsu Kevin Farrrington choke :
Vincent Poklekowski Juke Ryu Jujitsu vs. Robert Freeman Spartan MMA Robert Freeman DQ 00:50
George O'Neill UCD MMA vs. Michael Gallagher Donegal Jiu Jitsu Michael Gallagher armbar 01:19
Bobby O'Leary UCD MMA vs. Kinasiewicz Woziek UL BJJ draw

Rookie 80 kg Welterweight
Paddy Cordell Elite Martial Arts vs. Dean Donnelly SBG Paddy Cordell Arm Bar 03:46
Dave Banks Point Blank vs. Ciaran Gavagan SBG Dave Banks DQ
Mark Havel SBG vs. Nick Kehoe Enniscorthy Mark Havel DQ
Donal Tynan Limerick Pankration Academy vs. Mark King Top Pro Kilkenny Donal Tynan Guillotine 02:30
Noel Hannigan Combat Sports Center vs. Richard Crossdule Spartan MMA Noel Hannigan Arm bar 01:40
Vincent Williams GRASP vs. Dean Donnelly SBG Draw
Paddy Cordell Elite Martial Arts vs. Richard Crossdule Spartan MMA Paddy Cordell Arm Bar 03:10
Dave Banks Point Blank vs. Vincent Williams GRASP Dave Banks dq 3:32
Mark Havel SBG vs. Donal Tynan Limerick Pankration Academy draw
Noel Hannigan Combat Sports Center vs. Nick Kehoe Enniscorthy draw
Mark King Top Pro Kilkenny vs. Ciaran Gavagan SBG dq

Rookie 85kg Middleweight
Diarmuid O'Riordan Point Blank vs. Marcin Dorosz Combat Sambo Academy Marcin Dorosz 03:18
Ciaran Morgan Elite Martial Arts vs. Peter Barrett UCD MMA
Stephen Tyler Waterford Vale Tudo vs. Adrian Junger Combat Sambo Academy Stephen Tyler DQ 00:26
Paul Anderson GRASP vs. Zbigmiew Stachowski UL BJJ Paul Anderson DQ
Diarmuid O'Riordan Point Blank vs. Peter Barrett UCD MMA Peter Barrett Injury
Ciaran Morgan Elite Martial Arts vs. Zbigmiew Stachowski UL BJJ Zbigmiew Stachowski 04:20
Marcin Dorosz Combat Sambo Academy vs. Stephen Tyler Waterford Vale Tudo Marcin Dorosz Guillotine 01:32
Paul Anderson GRASP vs. Adrian Junger Combat Sambo Academy Adrian Junger Injury

Rookie 90kg Super Middleweight
Marcin Kandler Combat Sambo Academy vs. Przemyslaw Paluch Point Blank Przemyslaw Paluch RNC 02:14
ee Combat Sambo Academy vs. Przemyslaw Paluch Point Blank Przemyslaw Paluch kimura 04:04

Rookie 95 + Heavyweight
Campbell Marshall Milfords Jiu Jitsu vs. mariusz hajdukiewicz UL BJJ Campbell Marshall Keylock 03:44
Daniel Asgeirsson SBG Rathcoole vs. Vasile Coica Combat Sambo Academy Vasile Coica kneebar 01:21
Campbell Marshall Milfords Jiu Jitsu vs. Daniel Asgeirsson SBG Rathcoole Daniel Asgeirsson armbar 02:56
Vasile Coica Combat Sambo Academy vs. mariusz hajdukiewicz UL BJJ Vasile Coica RNC 01:56

BobbyOLeary

Bobby O'Leary UCD MMA vs. Kinasiewicz Woziek UL BJJ draw

This wasn't a draw, Kinasiewicz hurt his arm in his bout with George O'Neill so he pulled out of our fight. In the end Peter Barrett (-85kg Rookie) and myself had a fight just so he'd get a chance to compete, it was the second last fight of the day and it went to a draw. Sorry if you already know this and wrote it down like that!

Ciaran Morgan Elite Martial Arts vs. Peter Barrett UCD MMA

Peter Barrett won this on a really early DQ, it was the first DQ of the day iirc, a light open palm to the face I think. You were refereeing at the time I think Mark.

Sorry to nitpick!

mark.leonard

BobbyOLeary wrote: »

This wasn't a draw, Kinasiewicz hurt his arm in his bout with George O'Neill so he pulled out of our fight. In the end Peter Barrett (-85kg Rookie) and myself had a fight just so he'd get a chance to compete, it was the second last fight of the day and it went to a draw. Sorry if you already know this and wrote it down like that!

Cheers I will fix that

BobbyOLeary wrote: »

Peter Barrett won this on a really early DQ, it was the first DQ of the day iirc

I didn't modify any results just put up what was in the sheet, Colm actually beat you to it via email.

BobbyOLeary wrote: »

a light open palm to the face I think. You were refereeing at the time I think Mark.

Come here and I give you a light open palm to the face like

Tim_Murphy

Kiran Singh Point Blank vs. Shane Smith NUI, Galway Judo Shane Smith Arm Bar 03:44
Kiran Singh Point Blank vs. Robert Dempsey Milford Jiu Jitsu Draw

Kieran said he won one of his fights by armbar, not lost by it.

BobbyOLeary

mark.leonard wrote: »

Come here and I give you a light open palm to the face like

Lol, its how Pete described it actually!

mark.leonard

Tim_Murphy wrote: »

Kieran said he won one of his fights by armbar, not lost by it.

You are right Tim, Kiran won that one, not lost it. Adjusting results accordingly.

mark.leonard

I knew I would forget someone, very special thanks to Fightlord! For sponsoring the league this year and ensuring that eveyrone could get all the equipment they needed for the event conveniently and competitively priced.

I notice an abundance of rashguards appearing at Point Blank now too, did you guys have anything to do with that?

Thanks to Stephen Bourke for a tremendous prize for Fastest Submission, won by David Majewski.

Best submission was given to Tom King, in a tremendously tecnical match with Barry Oglesby.

Roper

mark.leonard wrote: »

Best submission was given to Tom King, in a tremendously tecnical match with Barry Oglesby.

Eh, wait, yeah. I remember me and Tom coming to an agreement. I give him a "cool" submission and he and I split the prize yeah?

That was a good match alright. My open guard game works on other people I promise

Colm_OReilly

Kieran said he won one of his fights by armbar, not lost by it.

Those Limerick boys would say anything to change their results

Where's my prize for most controversial decision?

Tim_Murphy

Those Limerick boys would say anything to change their results

I'm sure they would but Kiran is from Galway.

dlofnep

What did the Waterford lad get disqualified for (twice)?

And also, does anyone know anything about the Sambo school?

mark.leonard

dlofnep wrote: »

What did the Waterford lad get disqualified for (twice)?

And also, does anyone know anything about the Sambo school?

There was only one DQ for anything other than a head shot, neither of those were it.

dlofnep

mark.leonard wrote: »

There was only one DQ for anything other than a head shot, neither of those were it.

Any idea on the sambo lads Mark? Where do they train?

Roper

dlofnep wrote: »

Any idea on the sambo lads Mark? Where do they train?

O'Brien's!!

Sambo!! Geddit? O'Brien's?:D I crack me up.


They train in Swords and I might be popping around to them for a session soon. They were all fit, strong and good.

dlofnep

Roper wrote: »

O'Brien's!!

Sambo!! Geddit? O'Brien's?:D I crack me up.


They train in Swords and I might be popping around to them for a session soon. They were all fit, strong and good.

Wouldn't mind a sambo tbh!

Let me know how you get on. They seem to have done well. Would like to try get them involved in some judo competitions. Would be nice to mix things up a bit.

MaeveD

mark.leonard wrote: »

I knew I would forget someone, very special thanks to Fightlord! For sponsoring the league this year and ensuring that eveyrone could get all the equipment they needed for the event conveniently and competitively priced.

I notice an abundance of rashguards appearing at Point Blank now too, did you guys have anything to do with that?

We might have sold one or two of them

A big thank you to everyone for their support in Galway. It was a great opportunity and we're looking forward to the next one....

We're thinking of bringing down some water, energy drinks, rehydration tablets, energy bars etc. next time... good idea?

If there's anything else you guys would like to see on the stand let us know and we'll see what we can do.

Conor20

mark.leonard wrote: »

Conor Kelly Spartan MMA vs. Brian Breslin Indie Brian Breslin

That fight was a draw, not a win for Brian Breslin.

Ger Healy

Richard Gorey (LUMA) LOL:D

Tim Murphy's old training ground were every on wears cooool rashguards

johnathan woss

How are the rookie and normal classes seperated?
Thanks.

Locomotion

Conor20 wrote: »

That fight was a draw, not a win for Brian Breslin.

The judges gave it to Bres because of that devastating pro wrestling dropkick he used!

Nothingcompares

johnathan woss wrote: »

How are the rookie and normal classes seperated?
Thanks.

If you've never competed before in the league you usually enter as a rookie. If you've competed in a previous season of the league or have fought at semi-pro level before or are "experienced" you usually compete as a veteran. That's the gist of it. <- unofficial, I'm just a fan of the league.

Raze_them_all

Locomotion wrote: »

The judges gave it to Bres because of that devastating pro wrestling dropkick he used!

That drop kick was possibly the best thing to happen all day I think everyone had a laugh about it, even the ref!!!

Ger Healy

Raze_them_all wrote: »

That drop kick was possibly the best thing to happen all day I think everyone had a laugh about it, even the ref!!!

Yea I was right beside that when it happened and it was funny. What made it funny was that fact that the guy getiing kicked just stood there while the other guy bounced of him coooool

Raze_them_all

Ger Healy wrote: »

Yea I was right beside that when it happened and it was funny. What made it funny was that fact that the guy getiing kicked just stood there while the other guy bounced of him coooool

ha ha yeah i was behind him to the right I think there was more damage to me...my sides seriously split lol

Chewabacca

Kiran Singh won his first fight

mark.leonard

Chewabacca wrote: »

Kiran Singh won his first fight

Posted on previous page but cheers