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Gina Elko vs Ashley Nee (the longest battle of the night - Ashley won by a tough split decision)
The last fight of the night, Wayne Hunter VS Mike Kellar, was withdrawn from YouTube due to copyright issues. It is beyond me to explain how a $300,000 UFC fight can be found all over the net but an amateur competition decides to pull copyright tricks.
But Wayne lost, unfortunately. He showed greatly improved skills on the ground, including a nice sweep from the half guard, and two escapes from tight Kimura (Americana) locks.
Ironic, huh?
Big CONGRATULATIONS to Billy and Gina for stepping up and putting on two great fights. We all look forward to seeing you on the next one.
This past Saturday, before the fights started, a group of good-looking KnuckleUp students headed over to the Wright Memorial bridge to participate in the celebration of the 9th Annual Kitty Hawk Heritage Day festival.
The main event, a 5K race, was a walk in the park for these beach bootcamp graduates, so they had plenty of time to shoot some pictures and even put some videos together for us.
We want to congratulate everybody for their efforts, and celebrate another win with you!
It's no surprise they did so well in the race - under Matt's military training they run well over 5k at least twice a week. Actually, it's more like 7 MILES twice a week.
A big thanks for Rev. Jay Bowman for putting this awesome video together:
Okay, so today Gina Elko and Billy Frezza are fighting at the AFL Fight To The Finish VII, and I can't wait to go see them drop their opponents, but to calm my nerves down until the match, a light entertaining video helps.
As you've probably imagined, the repercussions of the ridiculous KungFu vs MMA challenge were gigantic; Morrison's video has gone viral and more and more people are commenting on the fight.
One of those comments pointed me to an even more stupid challenge - a "KIAI" master (whatever the heck that is) wagers $5000 that he can beat any MMA guy. Now, I had never heard of KIAI before, but it involves "air slaps", something like the HADOUKENS that Ken & Ryu used to throw in the video game Street Fighter.
Can you guess what the result of the fight was?
It saddens me that this guy probably spent 30-40 years teaching and training something that is nothing short of a martial art hallucination.
Notice his face when he tries to air-slap the MMA guy and it doesnt work: it's like he's saying "My powers are not working!".
This Saturday, September 26th, the VII edition of the AFL Fight To The Finish takes place at the NG Armory in Elizabeth City, and as the main sponsor for the event, Penthouse Clear will introduce their new energy drink.
The Penthouse Clear drink is not yet available for retail distribution anywhere in NC, but they've picked AFL's MMA event to ease their entrance in our market here in the East Coast.
Here's a little blurb about this cool drink, from their official website:
We have succeeded in creating consumable products that allow you and the little devil inside of you to live life on top - helping you succeed in goals you have, or dreams that you have yet to fulfill by giving you the energy to accomplish them.
Penthouse clear quality control
The drink is entirely made in the U.S., and comes straight out of Memphis, TN, which is appropriate, since Memphis is the birthplace of Rock & Roll. Their production line pays extra attention to detail, and they're much more focused on quality then quantity.
Penthouse clear is made from Xian Cao, an herb considered to be the "Herb Of Immortality". Hype or not, Xian Cao is an Adaptogen (helps the body deal with its physical, mental and emotional stresses) and assists to maintain Homeostasis (our body’s ability to attain internal equilibrium by adjusting its physiological processes), and maintains healthy body functions. It is also a potent Antioxidant.
I'm darn excited to try one of these at the fights tomorrow.
Before you start watching the video, let's go a few weeks back to the King Of The Beach MMA event held at Port O' Call, in Kill Devil Hills, September 06th.
At the very end of Wayne Hunter's fight, his coach is telling him to choke his opponent - the only problem is that Wayne has mounted, and was in no position to pull that choke. Anybody with basic Jiu Jitsu experience would know that.
Morrison, while filming the fight, politely tells Wayne's coach that he didnt have the lock and would not be able to choke his opponent (you can listen to the entire conversation during the last minute of the video); his coach goes ballistic over Morrison's advice and immediately challenges him to get on the "stage".
Fast forward 20 days after that silly discussion - Morrison receives a text message from Wayne Hunter saying his coach was going to come to KnuckleUp and prove to Morrison that grappling is not important. He was going to jump on the "stage" and defeat Morrison without taking the fight to the ground.
Nobody believed he'd actually show up; but yesterday (9/22) he showed up at KnuckleUp with an entourage of 15+ of his students, and his own timekeeper. After signing a waiver of liability, the coach decides NOT to use gloves, and asks for ONE 15-min round. There would be no rules on the fight.
You can see what happened in the video above. It was quite a prehistoric approach, thought to be lost somewhere around 1997 after the first UFCs with Royce Gracie. In fact, the coach did resemble Tank Abott somewhat
One might think the coach overreacted, after all, it was a spur-of-the-moment discussion during a fight - but there's much more underneath the surface.
However, despite his ascending mma career, Wayne has never had any grappling training, and lacks basic ground skills. Wayne lost his past two matches due to his inability to defend himself from being taken down and dominated on the ground. But when he finally faced the need to learn Jiu Jitsu and Wrestling, his coach (the KungFu master on the video) would not allow it.
For whatever reason, Wayne's coach believed (I dont think he's so sure of it now) that grappling skills were not important for MMA.
Well, we sincerely wish he would've learned that grappling skills are important without having to undergo Morrison's punch-face treatment.
KnuckleUp wants to reinforce to all of those reading this post that fights like this one bring no glory, have no purpose, and are completely unnecessary. Fighting bare-knuckled is dangerous even for the guy punching, and we STRONGLY urge that nobody follows this coach's idea to solve a simple argument.
With that said, enjoy the video - it's darn good entertainment.
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