Big congrats to the FFA fighters!  This past two weekends we have had five people fight and do excellent!

 

First up, two weekends ago, we had two fighters make their kickboxing debuts!  We had Danny Chavez (Miami Gym) and Cesar Serge (Davie Gym) both make their debuts… and win!  Danny did excellent in his fight, dominating all 3 rounds of action and scoring the unanimous decision.  He did some awesome!  He came in very disciplined and used sharp technique, scoring several huge punches, kicks, and knees.  Right after Danny, came Cesar.  Cesar fought a tough fight that we won by split decision.  It was a real war!  Cesar came out a bit tenative in the first round and lost the round – but we storm back in the second round and win that round.  Then in the final round, him and his opponent went to war – and Cesar won by using the trademarked FFA guts to take the victory!

 

Then last weekend, we had three fighters fight MMA:  Michael Bernhard, Tulio Quintanilla, and Shah Bobonis.  Michael Bernhard and Tulio were fighting in Destin, Florida while Shah was fighting in North Carolina.

 

Michael Bernhard was doing awesome – clinching with up his opponent, taking him to the cage, then scoring a big takedown!  Afterwards Mike landed several big shots from inside his opponent’s guard and, in a scramble, jumped to mount.  From the mount, Mike landed more big shots.  However, while mounted on his opponent, Mike was accidently poked in the eye.  The poke was so bad that Mike lost balance and sat on his butt, not being to see.  His opponent seized the opportunity and landed a barrage of punches on a blinded Mike.  Mike stuck it out until the end of the round but during the break, the doctor stopped the fight.  Mike was seeing triple and couldn’t tell the doctor how many fingers he had up.  It is a tough way to lose a fight but Mike was doing amazing and we are hoping to setup a rematch.  The Florida Boxing Commission is reviewing the tape and may declare the bout a no-contest.

 

Tulio Quintanilla… what can we say about Tulio?!  Tulio’s fight was, in my opinion, the biggest display of heart ever shown by a FFA fighter in the cage!  The fight was definitely the best fight of the night!  The 1st round was ALL Tulio!  He came out and dropped his opponent with the very first strike thrown – a devastating leg kick!  With his opening leg kick, his opponent was dropped.  Then Tulio connected with all sorts of amazing kickboxing combos.  He scored a flying knee, a kick to the head, an assortment of leg kicks, punch combos… and even dropped his opponent with a left hook to the head!  However, his opponent was tough as hell and took everything Tulio gave.  In the 2nd round, his opponent rallied back and dropped Tulio!  Then Tulio found himself on the defensive and was dropped two more times!  The referee almost stopped the fight on several occasions – it was very scary!  When the bell rang, Tulio stumbled back to the stool.  In the 3rd round, Tulio scored a takedown and took the fight to the ground.  On the ground, he was reversed but was able to sink a perfect triangle choke!  However, he couldn’t get his opponent to tap!  The guy was VERY tough and stayed in the triangle until the end of the round – about 4 minutes!  Tulio applied two armbars and landed many elbows – but at the end he had to settle for a hard fought unanimous decision.  Both fighters left the cage bloodied and both ended up in the hospital.  Both guys are fine – I will later post up a picture of both men posing with their war-torn faces together in the hospital.  Awesome fight, congrats Tulio – who is now 3-0!

 

Last fighter was Shah “Show Stoppa” Bobonis.  Shah was fighting a tough fighter with some experience.  His opponent was an expert wrestler and BJJ purple belt.  Shah was able to keep the fight standing and win the first two round with nice boxing – moving in and out and landing clean combos.  All the while he did a great job stopping the takedown and even landed takedowns of his own.  In the 3rd round, his opponent was able to take Shah to the mat and take his back!  It was a scary moment, but Shah was able to defend and escape the position, winning the fight by unanimous decision and improving his record to 4-1!  Great job Shah!

 

I will try to post some pics soon, in the meantime give your fighters a big congrats when you see them at the gym!

 

Sincerely,

Coach Marcos Avellan