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After a successful debut show, FSN is back firing with the second installment of New Zealand’s premiere multi fight sport event. March 13, witness professional Kickboxing, MMA (mixed martial arts) & Pro Boxing all on one show! We bring together Oceania’s top guns and local stars, for you to enjoy a night of pure athletic entertainment.

We have 17 fights currently confirmed - double the number of fights you’d expect to see in your standard pro fight card. 7x Kickbox/Muay Thai (including a 4-man Muay Thai Tourny) 7x MMA (including the MMA debut of Jaye Pukepuke) 2x Pro Boxing bouts (including Olympic boxer Soulan Pownceby’s homecomming bout) Apologies to the boxing fans, we had a few nightmare pullouts, but promise to up the anti on the next show in the boxing division… Mind you, we’re very excited to have Soulan Pownceby competing in his first Christchurch bout since turning Pro, against harden pro Fale Siaoloa. The doors will open @ 6pm and we will be starting bang on 7pm this time cos we have a lot of fights to get through, so it will be non-stop action all night long! Be there as early as possible for the best seats.

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“At the right time, I want to have a go at cage fighting. I’ve done wrestling since I was very young, so I believe it’s something I could compete at if I wanted to,” Darchinyan said. “My father was an Olympic wrestling coach for Armenia, so he was teaching me from the time I was very small. In a year or two, it’s something I’m definitely going to do.”

Vic Darchinyan talks about MMA in The Daily Telegraph. Darchinyan has been preparing for his fight against Mexican Rodrigo Guerrero scheduled for March 6 at the Penrith Elite centre, which is the same place UFC 110 participant Jamie Te Huna has been training.

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Breaking news has just come to light that Foxtel’s “The Contender” reality boxing star Sonni “Jungle Boy” Michael Angelo, has been arrested for Aggravated Sexual Assault and causing Actual Bodily Harm. Sonni was granted bail under strict conditions and may not leave the Sydney area under any circumstances. In what’s considered possibly even more stunning news to boxing fans and the public, though, ratings-hungry Foxtel producers and management have not actually ruled out Sonni from fighting on the January 14 season finale show, where he was expected to be in one of the headline telecast bouts.

In what was an opportunity for Boxing in Australia to receive a much needed boost to it’s public profile, The Contender Australia has systematically embarrassed the sport over and over again, across all levels. The series started off with plenty of promise and hype, the winner even being given an opportunity to fight Anthony Mundine for a world title on PPV. A good selection of fighters and trainers were chosen, with even the location of the gym and fights, a great choice for the group to be based out of. The Contender then systematically imploded on itself as horrible production decisions plagued the show. D-grade unknown “celebrity” Hosts who had no idea of the sport were introduced to the mix, the fighters had their talent portrayed based on ridiculous reality TV based challenges and fights were only shown in a horribly edited format with fake cheering and fake punch sounds. That was only the tip of the iceberg though. Fighters were then shown abusing each other out of context, footage of boxers kicking each other went to air, villains were made out of the African fighters simply because they had an exploitable state of mind & then the audience had to sit through footage on a regular basis of respected boxing veterans acting like a bunch of mental midgets.

The show continued to derail from that point though, as terrible boxing judges were allowed to officiate the fights (The NSW Boxing authority has since been dissolved entirely, amid claims of racism and corruption) and boxing trainers were captured verbally abusing the hopeless ringside officials so badly, their boxing licenses could have been revoked. Viewers of the show and boxers on the show were left outraged with what they considered to also be corrupt fight decisions and judges scores. The train wreck of a production has continued to crash and burn, with ratings dropping in to virtual obscurity. As if all that weren’t a big enough black eye to the sport, next up Anthony Mundine’s relentless ducking of actual champions or any fighter likely to give him real competition, led the Aussie fighter to be embarrassingly stripped of the only title he held. Which now leaves the show in the shameful position of having the competition winner unable to fight a world champion & without a promised pay day.

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Aussie boxer Vic Darchinyan won back the WBC and WBA world Super Flyweight titles in America over the weekend, brutally knocking out Mexican world title holder, Tomas Rojas. After cruising through the first round looking only to find his distance and timing, Darchinyan unleashed hard in the second round. The Aussie slugger landed almost every counter cross and straight he threw. Midway through the round, Vic faked an overhand cross, then stepped in and landed a straight bomb down the middle, turning out the lights of Mexican brawler Tomas Rojas, in devastating fashion. The sold out crowd in attendance exploded to their feet, as the Mexican fighter skidded across the canvas, landing unconscious on the judges tables.

In what is seen as a massive statement from the Australian slugger, Darchinyan has now skyrocketed back up the pound-for-pound lists of most pundits. Putting on such an emphatic display in front of a big American TV audience, on Showtime, will only continue to boost the profile of one of Australia’s greatest champion boxers. Darchinyan’s next fight is expected to be in Russia as a co-headliner for the next Klitchko heavyweight defense, then back to Australia in early 2010. Come discuss the results in the forum by clicking HERE.

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The Gold Coast PCYC Martial Arts Challenge promotes Queensland young Mixed Martial Arts Fighters in a safe and comfortable setting. This Event features Evan Byrne (Five Rings Dojo) vs Josh Russell (Intergrated Self Development) as the Main Event. Both these fighters started out in these shows, and its great to have them rise up to be worthy of Main Event.

We have an Exciting Undercard of Young Fighters, with Mick Green from Intergrated Self Development in Hervey Bay bringing down an army of samurai ready to take on Fighters from Five Rings, Shin Do, and Fightcross MMA. Tickets prices are- $20 (u18), standing $30, Seated $40, $50 and $60 for ringside. $10.00 Discount to the Muay Thai Event on the following day if you keep your ticket stub and present it upon purchase.

This Event is a Licensed Event. Proudly Supported by Go Tech Security -www.gotechsecurity.com.au Radio Metro -www.radiometro.com.au Fight Card to be uploaded soon! For more info call Roy on 0410 538 348 or training at fiverings.com.au

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Come and support Penrith’s local boys in our final show of the year at Penrith RSL November 20th. there will be 10 action packed fights Boxing, MMA and Kickboxing with the Elite Fight Gym V’s NSW. We have Pauly from Fat Pizza as our guest MC and Hottest ring card girls in Australia

Tickets are on sale now at Elite Fight Gym Penrith and Granville, general Admin $55 and VIP seating $75 be quick as the show is expected to be another sell out

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After the roaring success of FSN 1… FSN 2 is scheduled for March 13 2010, at Cowles Stadium in Christchurch. We’re accepting applications now for fighters in Muay Thai, Mixed Martial Arts, & Pro Boxing… We welcome experienced fight athletes to ‘cross over’ and try the different sports. For all fighter & corporate inquiries, contact us here See you all there!! Matt

For official results for Fight Sport Night 1 click full story below

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Fight Sport Night held there first show last night which included MMA, Boxing and Muay Thai in Christchurch. The show was a huge success and fighters came from all over New Zealand and Australia to compete. The main event was between 2 local fighters Scott Benson from Academy of Combat and Korey Gibson Integrated/Strikeforce were fighting MMA. The fight was won by Korey Gibson who displayed some great wrestling to avoid alot of take down attempts, get up when Scott got the take down and also land some solid blows. Both Korey and Scott put on a great show which the fans really appreciated and Korey remains undefeated with a record of 6 wins

Andrew Dearsley from 5 Rings Dojo on Gold Coast beat local fighter Benji Kney from Eastside GnP via Omapolata in the first round. Andrew came out and took Benji down and locked on an omapolata and landed several strikes before applying more pressure and getting the submission. In the other MMA fights Ben Gorzeman from StrikeForce Christchurch won his fight against Sloan Auckram from Toa Invercargill via Triangle in first round. Sam Fiamatai from Faith MMA in Auckland beat Jason Smith from Murihiku Jiu-Jitsu Invercargill via can opener submission in 1st round

For full results of the boxing and kickboxing fights on this show visit http://www.nzmma.tv

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Fight Sports Night will hold there first event on 17 October in Christchurch, the event will feature a mix of Boxing, kickboxing and MMA fights all on 1 show. The main event will feature two of Australasia’s most successful and experienced 70kg fighters in 3 rounds of MMA action, Korey Gibson

Scott Benson is a veteran of the New Zealand MMA & Muay Thai scene with 10 years experience & collectively 20 fights to his name. Scott holds numerous titles in MMA, kickboxing and grappling and holds a Brown Belt in Brazilian Jiu Jutsu. He is one of the head trainers at the Academy of Combat in Christchurch. Korey Gibson brings an impressive MMA record of 5-0 into the ring, and not to mention an Australian MMA title to his name. Korey is a product of Australasia’s most dominant & successful fight team; Integrated Martial Arts, based in Brisbane, Australia. Korey recently relocated to Christchurch to pursue business opportunities, and is looking to make his mark on the New Zealand MMA scene. The fight shall be contested at 70kg’s over 3×5minute rounds, MMA rules

Also on the card will be Leamy Tato the current NZ MMA Champ who will be fighting in professional boxing against Oscar Talemaria. Also local Christchurch fighter Benji Kney from Eastside GnP will be taking on Australian fighter Andrew Dearsley from 5 Rings Dojo on the Gold Coast. For full fight card click full story below

contributor: uncle_fu.   full story.

Fight Sports Night will hold there first event on 17 October in Christchurch, the event will feature a mix of Boxing, kickboxing and MMA fights all on 1 show. The main event will feature two of Australasia’s most successful and experienced 70kg fighters in 3 rounds of MMA action, Korey Gibson vs Scott Benson.

Scott Benson is a veteran of the New Zealand MMA & Muay Thai scene with 10 years experience & collectively 20 fights to his name. Scott holds numerous titles in MMA, kickboxing and grappling and holds a Brown Belt in Brazilian Jiu Jutsu. He is one of the head trainers at the Academy of Combat in Christchurch. Korey Gibson brings an impressive MMA record of 5-0 into the ring, and not to mention an Australian MMA title to his name. Korey is a product of Australasia’s most dominant & successful fight team; Integrated Martial Arts, based in Brisbane, Australia. Korey recently relocated to Christchurch to pursue business opportunities, and is looking to make his mark on the New Zealand MMA scene. The fight shall be contested at 70kg’s over 3×5minute rounds, MMA rules

Also on the card will be Leamy Tato the current NZ MMA Champ who will be fighting in professional boxing against Oscar Talemaria. Also local Christchurch fighter Benji Kney from Eastside GnP will be taking on Australian fighter Andrew Dearsley from 5 Rings Dojo on the Gold Coast. For full fight card click full story below

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