MMA League 2013 Thread

mark.leonard

This is where I will do all my boards posting for 2013!
We will be making a bunch of announcements on Monday, including the date of our first event in 2013.

Yourwellcum

Any sign of the announcements??

mark.leonard

Crikey, where is all the Christmas spirit!

The first round of MMA League 2013 will take place in Loughlinstown Leisure Centre in Dublin on Saturday the 9th of March.

We are bringing a number of changes to the League this year to try to improve on the experience for everyone involved, based on your feedback and how MMA is changing in Ireland.
The first key difference in League matches is that as a trial at the Dublin event, we will be judging all fights.
The League is about giving a platform for fighters and casual participants to try out MMA competition, for that experience to have more in common with the real thing all fights that go the distance will be decided by the judges at mat-side.

I will be back in the new year with some more information about changes in the League and registration for the first event will open at that time.

mark.leonard

The Registrations are flying in now for the First round - check out the news about the price drop over on our website

Dtp79

mark.leonard wrote: »

The Registrations are flying in now for the First round - check out the news about the price drop over on our website

Any chance of having an event outside Dublin and Galway?

mark.leonard

Dtp79 wrote: »

Any chance of having an event outside Dublin and Galway?

We always do! We have at least two events outside those venues every year. Dublin/Galway are reasonably accessible to most parts of the country, so they tend to suit people.

Dtp79

mark.leonard wrote: »

We always do! We have at least two events outside those venues every year. Dublin/Galway are reasonably accessible to most parts of the country, so they tend to suit people.

How bout the midlands?

mark.leonard

Dtp79 wrote: »

How bout the midlands?

If there is a venue close to a reasonable density of "Home" clubs then I will run a league pretty much anywhere. It has to make sense from those standpoints, clubs around the venue and reasonably easy to get to.
Where are you thinking of?

Dtp79

mark.leonard wrote: »

If there is a venue close to a reasonable density of "Home" clubs then I will run a league pretty much anywhere. It has to make sense from those standpoints, clubs around the venue and reasonably easy to get to.
Where are you thinking of?

Laois in particular. It's motorway from all angles of the country to Portlaoise

mark.leonard

Three Weeks to the League!

Not long now for the kick off of round 1 of 2013.
Really looking forward to seeing how the new set-up, well new-ish, set-up with the Judges will work out applied across the whole event.

If you haven't gotten around to registering yet then head on over to here and get it done!

jnixon

does anyone know of any hotels worth going to near the venue loughlinstown leisure centre

how about comming up to the north, Derry would be great place good venues and the amount of interest and top quality competitors or city alone has is tops

Derry also has direct motorway access

manga_10

Don't forget it's the city of culture :P

mark.leonard

Not long now to get registered for Round 1 of 2013.
Head over to the website http://www.MMALeague.com for a roundup of the changes to the competition this year and to get registered

Gumbi

Huge event, over 140 fights! Not unexpectedly, ran quite late (due to huge numbers). Won my fights in my first competitive outing!

mark.leonard

Full article up on the site here -> Article

mark.leonard

1 Week to go for MMA League Cork!

ATMatm

Seriously, it was awesome last time out in Dublin. I highly recommend anyone thinking of competing to just bite the bullet. There's no hard man atmosphere in the hall or anything.
I may have had my arm broken but don't let that put you off. Tap early, tap often and enjoy yourself.

Jason McCabe

Wats happening for league up north??

Gumbi

So excited!!!

All guns blazing this time, didnt make a great showing last time.

Lambasted

Is it too late to register for this weekend in cork? Nursing an injury that stopped me registering

Gumbi

Lambasted wrote: »

Is it too late to register for this weekend in cork? Nursing an injury that stopped me registering

I registered a few hours ago so I assume it's still OK to do so.

mark.leonard

Lambasted wrote: »

Is it too late to register for this weekend in cork? Nursing an injury that stopped me registering

Registration is open until noon tomorrow (Friday the 17th), so plenty time left yet.

Don't forget that you must be training with a club to compete in the League and covered under their insurance to do so. Getting a lot of registrations from clubs with names that sound like "qwerty", so thought I would remind folk!

orol221

Lambasted wrote: »

Is it too late to register for this weekend in cork? Nursing an injury that stopped me registering

Brain Injury ...???

DublinArnie

Do you have to compete on the first round in order to be eiligeble for the other rounds? Or can you join in any of the rounds throughout the year?

Dave 101

DublinArnie wrote: »

Do you have to compete on the first round in order to be eiligeble for the other rounds? Or can you join in any of the rounds throughout the year?

iam pretty sure you can jump in in any round

Gumbi

Dave 101 wrote: »

iam pretty sure you can jump in in any round

You can indeed.

markkelly1

Mark, is there going to be one in belfast this month? if so what date? Thanks

mark.leonard

markkelly1 wrote: »

Mark, is there going to be one in belfast this month? if so what date? Thanks

I had planned a Belfast event, but had to cancel it unfortunately - details here

mark.leonard

MMA League Galway registration is now open.
The event is happening in the Kingfisher Sports Center, NUI, Galway on the 7th of September.
Details here

mark.leonard

Also on Facebook here

mark.leonard

We have girls entered in this round! Great to see female MMA represented at the League

mark.leonard

4 weeks to go to the League in Galway!
If you haven't registered yet, then please get to it, this is looking like the biggest Galway leg in some time!
You can register over on our website - http://mmaleague.com/RegisterFighter.aspx

Gumbi

mark.leonard wrote: »

4 weeks to go to the League in Galway!
If you haven't registered yet, then please get to it, this is looking like the biggest Galway leg in some time!
You can register over on our website - http://mmaleague.com/RegisterFighter.aspx

Hi Mark, is there a protocol for competing under a different club name later in the year? I currently train in a different gym than I had competed under in the previous events (working up the country now).

Will I register under my current gym for the upcoming event?

Thanks.

mark.leonard

Gumbi wrote: »

Hi Mark, is there a protocol for competing under a different club name later in the year? I currently train in a different gym than I had competed under in the previous events (working up the country now).

Will I register under my current gym for the upcoming event?

Thanks.

Register using your current Gym and that should appear on the match lists on the day. The best thing to do is to go to your League Table and click on Report a Problem, then change your club name.
The system will then update your club on the tables when it next runs.

Gumbi

mark.leonard wrote: »

Register using your current Gym and that should appear on the match lists on the day. The best thing to do is to go to your League Table and click on Report a Problem, then change your club name.
The system will then update your club on the tables when it next runs.

No bother, sound. Now to hope I don't run into a member if my previous gym so as to avoid awkwardness... Haha

Thanks.

mark.leonard

2 Weeks to MMA League Galway - we'll soon be back where the League first started! Divisions are very busy so it is looking like being a great day, though we would expect no less from the Galway event. If you haven't registered already, get it done as the sooner I know how many people are going to be there, the easier it is to get officials organized and make sure the days runs smooth and with the usual League efficiency.
http://www.MMALeague.com/RegisterFighter.aspx

mark.leonard

Its Fight Week! Another 5 days and we will be lining up in the Kingfisher sports hall for the next round of the MMA League!
We have packed divisions and clubs from all over the country coming on Saturday and it is going to be a great day!
If you haven't registered, then head over to the site and do so. Any problems just give Mark a call on 087 2037 926.

mark.leonard

Registration is now closed for the Galway event, see you all in the Kingfisher!

mark.leonard

Galway is in the bag now, see a short review and some pictures here - MMA League Galway.

I will be calling the folks who qualified for a title shot in the next couple of weeks.
Dublin registration will be opening on Monday.

Gumbi

mark.leonard wrote: »

Galway is in the bag now, see a short review and some pictures here - MMA League Galway.

I will be calling the folks who qualified for a title shot in the next couple of weeks.
Dublin registration will be opening on Monday.

Hmm, wonder if I'm in for a title shot, I didn't compete in Galway but I'm actually fourth in my division nonetheless.

mark.leonard

Gumbi wrote: »

Hmm, wonder if I'm in for a title shot, I didn't compete in Galway but I'm actually fourth in my division nonetheless.

Requirements for finalists are as follows -

• Be in the top 4 (or in the top four places where more than one person shares points for each position)
• Be no more than 6 points from the person in first place
• The division must have at least 4 competitiors

Gumbi

mark.leonard wrote: »

Requirements for finalists are as follows -

• Be in the top 4 (or in the top four places where more than one person shares points for each position)
• Be no more than 6 points from the person in first place
• The division must have at least 4 competitiors

Thanks for that - looks like I'm in with a shot!

mark.leonard

Registration is open for Dublin, the final round of the 2013 season!
Details in the link here

mark.leonard

Due to a scheduling conflict with pretty much ALL my judges the League has been rescheduled for one week later on Saturday the 30th of November.
Apologies for any inconvenience this will cause, but it was run a half assed event on the 23rd as planned or move the date and do it professionally.

Xlami

Our latest piece on the MMA League with Chris Fields http://fighthounds.com/featured/a-fighters-opinion-the-amateur-irish-mma-league-with-chris-fields/

mark.leonard

Only one person I have yet to speak to, then I will be able to make the matches for the Finalists.
Other competitors not in the finals will have the matches made as normal.

The hope is that Finalists arrive early, get weighed in and can get on the mat right away, we should have two rings running to get all the finals over before the regular matches even need to start!

mark.leonard

The schedule for the Final matches has been posted on the League Facebook page.
Regular matches will be scheduled as usual on the day.

If you are in a final, you get once chance to weigh in and you need to be registered and weighed in before your match starts.
Anyone not ready to go when their match is called will be DQ'ed and a win handed to your opponent.

Apologies for the hard line, but we need to run the event professionally if we are going to get through the finals and the regular matches in a timely fashion, I appreciate your support.

mark.leonard

Registration is closed and we are packed up and ready to kick off the final round of 10 years of MMA Leagues!