Fightergalla 17 – Fight reports

 As i went to germany to watch the UFC the very same night and couldn't be there, one of my friends stepped in and offered to write about the event.
I personally think Jacob Nielsen did a really good job and i would really like to thank him!
Here it goes;

Fightergalla 17 – House of Pain. To me it looked like a very cool fightcard, and I was certainly not disappointed. It had a lot of very intense fights that really got the crowd going although they were holding back on the cheers. The results are as follows:

SHOOTFIGHTING.


Theo Ginman Arte Suave vs. Stefan Kryger Jørgensen CSA.dk Cph - 73kg.
Theo won by decision.
Theo dominated the fight from the clinch the first half of the fight, until he hit Stefan with an accidental low blow. After that Stefan tried to come back with his striking, but it was not enough. Pretty soon he ended up clinched against the cage, and lost the fight.

Dan Dahl XGYM Aalborg vs. Jonas Fidelman Fightgym.dk Odense – 80kg.
Jonas won by decision.
What a fight! Both fighters came out ready to bang, and they did just that! Dan was knocked down and counted over very early, but came back and took Jonas down twice for an all out submission war. Jonas was closer to finishing the fight, which gave him the judge’s votes and the win!

Jens Dall Sønderborg MMA vs. Rasmus Foged Fightgym.dk Odense – 76kg.
Rasmus won by decision.
Relatively uneventful fight. Rasmus got the fights only takedown, and showed good control in the guard. Later they got back up, and he kept controlling the fight in the clinch. But none of the fighters were in any real danger.

Sammy Stiti fightcraft.dk vs. Jonas Larsen Fightgym.dk Odense 71kg.
Jonas won by TKO.
Pretty intense stand up battle. About half way in Sammy dislocated his left shoulder doing a hook, and doubled over in pain. Jonas showed a lot of sportsmanship by giving Sammy’s corner men his sweatshirt for them to sling his arm in. I hope he will be back; he looked like an entertaining fighter to watch.

AMATEUR MMA.


Paul Johannesson XGYM Aalborg vs. Kristian Hansen Fightpit.dk Herning – 66kg.
Kristian won by submission – Rear Naked Choke.
Paul went for the takedown early and got it. On the ground Kristian showed good control, and quickly got Paul’s back. Most of the round Kristian tried to sink in the RNC, but just couldn’t do it. In the end he set it up properly, and it paid off.


Rune Petersen fightcraft vs. Frederik Jostelius MMA Gøteborg - 65kg.
Frederik won by decision.
Frederik got both takedowns in this fight, and was very dominant on the ground. In round 2 Rune tried to fight back standing, and Frederik looked very tired, but it was not enough. Frederik ended up getting the judges favor.


Hassan Abuzaid Sønderborg MMA vs. Allan Neuherr Butchers Lab Cph – 76kg.
Allan won by submission – Rear Naked Choke.
The fight was very even, with both fighters landing heavy punches, until Allan got a spectacular takedown about halfway through round 1. He dominated on the ground and soon secured a submission victory.

Emil Weber Meek MMA Trondheim Norge vs. Milan Silva CSA.dk Cph – 82kg.
Emil won by TKO.
This was a kind of odd fight. Emil made two fouls; first he hit Milan in the back of the head in the clinch – Repeatedly! When the referee split them up, and restarted the fight, Emil low blowed Milan, and sent him huffing and puffing for almost 1 minute. When they actually got to fighting Emil brutally knocked Milan on his back with a hard right, and quickly followed up with hammer fists on the ground, till the ref. stopped the fight.

Thomas Plet fightcraft.dk vs. Paul Rostad Stockholm CSA.dk Cph – 81kg.
Paul won by submission – Guillotine.
Thomas tried for the takedown all throughout the fight, and ended up in a bad clinch position. Paul took advantage, and sunk in the guillotine, and dropped to his back.


STAND UP FIGHT.

Michael Andersen Mikenta vs. Mads Bondo Fightgym.dk -65kg.
Mads won by submission.
It was a very even fight. It waged back and forth. Michael Andersen was fouled for a knee to the head. Mads was a little more effective than Michael and ended up with the decision win.

PRO MMA.

Earl Brown England vs. Peter Kirkegaard Fightgym.dk – 91kg
Peter won by decision.
Really a one-sided affair. Peter got the takedown early in round one, and dominated with strikes and elbows from both mount, sidemount, and the top of the guard. Earl sweeped him with 15 seconds to go, but failed to make anything of it. Both in the second and third round Peter was close to finishing the fight with strikes and submission, but Earl held his own, and it went to the judges.

Raymond Jarman Mike’s Gym Holland vs. Nicolas Dalby fightcraft.dk – 77kg.
Nicolas won by submission – RNC.
An all out standup war. Early in the fight Raymond seemed invulnerable to Nicolas excellent standup. And even blocked every one of the Sharpshooters trademark high kicks. Raymond got cut under the right eye, but that did nothing to dampen his heart. He even taunted Nicolas to hit him on the chin and chest. They slugged it out until Raymond went for a takedown and Nicolas hit him with a knee/kick to the face, knocking him down and allowing Nicolas to take the back and choke him.

Ben Schneider England vs. Lars Besand XGYM Danmark – 91kg.
Lars won by TKO.
Lars secured the takedown very early and worked a bit to secure a proper position. But once that was obtained he let his hands go, and hit Ben with a barrage of punches and elbows, that even made Ben go limb before the referee called a stop, and gave Lars the win. Lars then took the announcers mic and let the audience know, that he is serious about not just doing MMA, but doing it properly. Then he invited his long time girlfriend Christina into the cage. I think she was expecting him to thank her, for her support or some such, because when he fell to one knee, she was shocked to say the least! He asked her to marry him, and she of course said yes. So a huge double win for Lars that evening!

European Title fight.

Domingos Mestre GBG MMA Sverige vs. David Rosmon Fightgym.dk – 77kg.
Domingos won by decision.
It was a very even fight. They both kept it standing all the way through, and didn’t seem interested in any form of ground fighting. By round three they both seemed gassed, albeit David seemed a bit more. That made it possible for Domingos to dish out a bit more punishment than David, and I think that won him the fight and the belt.


All in all it was definitely a cool show. I can’t wait till the next Fightergalla on the 12th of FEB 2011.

Video: Mikkel parlo vs Martin Lavin

Because they move so much, this was a really a difficult one to shoot, but it is i good fight so take a look!
Round 1:



Round 2:



Round 3:

Fightergalla 16 Results

1. Jacob Pedersen Fighterzone.dk vs Michael Bernabe Arte Suave

-Fight was cancelled

2. Cazim Halimi Fightgym.dk vs Chris Pickering Arte Suave
-Cazim wins by RNC after rocking him with a couple of hard punches.

3. Fillip Persson Malmæ Muay Thai MMA vs Theo Ginman Arte Suave
-Theo Ginman wins by decision. The fight started pretty equally on the feet. Then Ginman got a takedown and ended up dominating the rest of the fight with several good submission atempts

4. Koosha Yousefi Titans MMA vs Per Franklin Gladius MMA
-Per Franklin wins by RNC in the second round after a dynamic fight with both wild stand-up and slams.

5. Nicola Gozzi vs Martin Ansdal Mikenta
-Nicola Gozzi wins by stoppage due to ground and pound in the second round. After dominating Martin on the ground for most of the fight

6. Ricarod Chavez Titans MMA vs Rune Petersen Fightcraft.dk
-Rune Petersen wins by stoppage due to a knee to the body.

7. Mohammad abdallah Malmø Muay Thai MMA vs Kim Björnbakk Team Escalate MMA
-Mohammad abdallah wins by submission after a wild fight that ended after a failed shoot led to a gilloutine choke that made kim björnbakk go limb

8. Larens Jan Thijsen Mike's Gym vs Frodi Hansen Fightcraft.dk
-Frodi Hansen wins by RNC with 3 seconds to go, after a round of mostly grappling that ended with Frodi mounting Laurens and after landing some punches Laurens gave his back and go choked.

9. Martin Lavin Fightzone vs Mikkel Parlo Fightcraft.dk
-Mikkel Parlo wins by stoppage in the third round after dominating the entire fight.

10. Daniel West Fuzion MMA vs Maria Hougaard Fightgym.dk
-Daniel West wins by decision

11. Raimondas Sinica The Knight of Plunge vs Nicolas Dalby Fightcraft.dk
-Nicolas Dalby wins by knock out in 8 seconds. After landing a highkick to start the fight Raimondas was clearly rocked and tried to clinch up but Nicolas didn't cut him any slack and landed a barrage of punches knocking him the f**k out!



12. Rowan Tol vs Joachim Christensen Arte Suave CPH.
-Joachim Christensen win by stoppage with 5 seconds to go of the very first round.

Kenneth Rosfort-Nees looses Cage Warrior Title

Kenneth Rosfort-Nees have lost the Cage Warrior lightweight title to Matt Veach.
Reports say that Matt Veach won all 5 rounds via impressive takedowns and lay and pray.

Below is the tweets of BritMMA(read from below and up):
# Veach is the new @CageWarriors champ without a shadow of a doubt 1 minute ago via txt

# Ditto past three rounds. Rosfort can't stop the takedown. If veach shoots, if gets it without a doubt. Rosfort needs ko but looks all ou ... 7 minutes ago via txt

# Veach tries three takedowns. Veach gets three takedowns. Rosfort frustrated. Another 10-9 veach. Rosfort needs 2 stop him 13 minutes ago via txt

# Veach grinds out another round but rosfort getting livelier, veach looking tired 19 minutes ago via txt

# Veach wins round through lay and pray but is already knacKered. Rosfort confidence up at end 26 minutes ago via txt

# Veach bad ass slam. Champ works for guard tho 31 minutes ago via txt

Short Summary of Last Night's Fights (Fightergalla 15)

As it always is with amateur fights, last nights fight was a mixture of good fights and fight that are just really frustrating to watch either because of the technical level or because of the level of condining these guys have. Luckily the last part was much better at this event than what it has been in past events, and only a few people gassed. The technical level was generally but we also got to see brawling and windmilling and lets face it that is really what the crowd wants.

Romy Ruyssens Team GSDI Vs. Maria Hougaard Fightgym.dk
This fight was pretty much a one sided affair. Ruyssens got Hougaard up against the cage and was able to control Hougaard there until she took here down. On the ground Ruyssens threw several good punches at went constantly went for submissions. In the end she went from a RNC to a beautiful armbar.

Hyram Rodriguez Team Atfmilitia Vs. Rasmus Bendtsen Team Fight Pit
From the beginning of the fight both fighters set a good pace and it looked pretty even in the stand-up. Then Bendtsen decided to go for a takedown, but Rodriguez got the best of that and ended on top. After that Rodgriguez had the edge in the fight. Round 2 didn't go any better for Bendtsen and in the end he ended up mounted at just taking punches and the referee stopped the fight with 5 seconds of the round to go.

Tim Waage VBC Stockholm Vs. Damir Hadzovic Esbjerg MMA
This was a really good match up and both fighters went at it in an energy filled and technical brawl.
Waage got a cut early in the fight but was able to continue. The fight went back and forth with both fighters landing a lot of significant punches. The turning point came when Tim Waage decided to go for at running/flying knee and got caught by Damir, who finished him of with a choke.

Arvydas Zilius The Knight of Plunge Vs. Auyb ”Zap” Tashkilot Submission fighting Aalborg
Arvydas Zilius took this fight on short notice and it was very obvious that there was a articulated difference in the skill level of the two fighters. Zap dominated the fight form early on at got some good takedowns in and ended up finishing Zilius on a RNC.

KO-of the night: Kenneth Wivelsted
Submission of the night:Romy Ruyssens

Fightergalla 15 results

1. – 66 kg Martin Gellert Andersen Vejle Muay Thai Vs. Mathias Knudsen Fightgym.dk
Martin Gellert Andersen wins by dec
2. – 73 kg Joakim Paulsen Esbjerg mma Vs. Elo Casim Fightgym.dk
Elo Casim wins by dec
3. - 84 kg Jeppe Møller Team Fight pit Vs. Klaus Pedersen Fightgym.dk
Klaus Pedersen wins by dec
4. -65 kg Morten Toftdal Team Fight Pit Vs. Alexander Denic Hilti Stockholm
Morten Toftdal wins
5. – 65 kg Michael Tunc VBC Stockholm Vs. Shamal Tashkilot Submission fighting Aalborg
Shamal Tashkilot wins by sub
6. – 71 kg Tony Mickelsson VBC stockholm Vs. Jonathan Svensson Kalmar Fightzone
Jonathan Svensson wins by dec
7. - 77 kg Albin Shaje VBC Stockholm Vs. Sorin Prunar The Coloesseum Århus
Sorin Prunar wins by sub
8. – 77 kg Pontus Källgren VBC Stckholm Vs. Arash Dastni The Coloesseum Århus
Arash Dastni wins by dec
9. – 75 kg Kristoffer Källgren Escalate MMA Vs. Hassan Abuzaid Sønderborg MMA
Kristoffer Källgren wins by sub
10. – 83 kg Morten Skovgaard Team Fight pit Vs. Morten Skov Pedersen Fightgym.dk
Morten Skov Pedersen wins by KO
11. – 102 kg Zeljko Pranjic VBC Stockholm Vs. Kenneth Wivelsted Submission fighting Aalborg
Kenneth Wivelstes wins by KO
12. – 67 kg Romy Ruyssens Team GSDI Vs. Maria Hougaard Fightgym.dk
Romy Ruyssens wins submission (armbar)
13. – 70 kg Hyram Rodriguez Team Atfmilitia Vs. Rasmus Bendtsen Team Fight Pit
Hyram Rodriguez wins stoppage
14. –79 kg Tim Waage VBC Stockholm Vs. Damir Hadzovic Esbjerg MMA
Damir Hadzovic wins submission
15. –70 kg Title fight: Arvydas Zilius The Knight of Plunge Vs. Auyb ”Zap” Tashkilot Submission fighting Aalborg
Ayub 'Zap' Tashkilot wins by RNC

Kampmann vs Shields Co-Main Event for UFC 121

The fightcard for UFC 121 is filled with lots of exciting match-ups. Not only on the maincard but also on the undercard. But most importantly it has the Danish fighter Martin Kampmann fighting Jake Shields as the co-main event.
The main event for this fight is Brock lesnar vs Cain Valsquez, and as any other card with Lesnar in it, this one is almost guaranteed more than a million PPV buys, and that is going to mean massive exposure for the other fighters on the card.

Mikkel Guldbæk will meet former UFC fighter at Fight Arena 20

The Danish veteran Mikkel Guldbæk is taking on his toughest opponent yet in one of the biggest fights in Denmark. His opponent Nissen Osterneck(7-3) has fought in both WEC against Jake Rosholt and in UFC where he lost a split decision to Jorge Rivera.

Nissen Osterneck is very high caliber grappler training with Relson Gracie and with a jui jitsu record of 64-4. Osterneck is also training kickboxing with the former muay thai world champion Maurice Travis.

Guldbæk on the other hand is one of veterans of Danish MMA and has fought in MMA for over 10 year.
Despite the fact that he has won several kickboxing titles, Gulbæk has still won most of his fights by submission.

This fight is really a tough one to call. Both fighters has a tremendous amount of experience, Both fighters are skilled grapplers and they both have a good stand-up game. Guldbæk has a lot to win with this fight, Osterneck on the other hand has just won a title in smaller promotion in Brazil and a victory in a show in Denmark is not going to help much with in plans of getting back in to the UFC. There is still no doubt that both athletes are going to train their asses of for this fight, but Guldbæk might want the bit more that will ensure him the victory.

Here is a promo video for the fight, made by Fight Arena:

   

Rasmus Bendtsen to fight Hyram Rodriguez at Fightergalla 15

Rasmus Bendtsen from Fight Pit i Herning steps in to the ring again at Fightergalla 15 on september 11..

Bendtsen vs. Rodriguez

Hyram Rodriguez is a excellent grappler from Aruba with a record of 5-1, with most wins coming by submission. 
Bendtsen is especially known for his stand-up skills, so we are going to see a classic striker vs. grappler fight. Bendtsen says that he is going in there to "hit his head of" and predicts that Rodriguez will try to get him down into his element.

My predictions is that Bendtsen will be able to keep it standing and will have an edge there. Rodriguez is a very athletic fighter and if the fight goes to the ground he is good at ending up in the right positions, so Bendtsen will need to watch out. If he is able to follow his game plan I see him winning this fight.

Kampmann vs Shields Confirmed for UFC 121

As I wrote earlier today, Martin Kampmann was rumoured to fight Jake Shields when he would sign with the UFC.
Jake has now signed the contract and the fight is official for October 23. for UFC 121 in Shields home state California.
There will be a lot of hype around this fight and fighting on the same card as Brock Lesnar could mean that around 1 million PPV buys and potential exposure to several million people.

Here is what I wrote about the fight earlier:
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Kampmann recently won a dominate decision victory over Paulo Thiago. Jake shields' last victory came against former pride champion Dan Henderson. Kampmann's only two loses in the UFC has come against to of the absolute best and he is 8-2 in the UFC. Jake shields is on a 14-fight win streak since the end of 2004.

There is no doubt about that the level of hype around both of these fighters is really high. Plus the UFC is probably going to hype this fight even more now that they have stolen Jake shield from strikeforce.
Martin would really win a lot from this fight, but the stakes are also pretty high. When you fight against a guy that's on a such a long win streak you risk a lot, and this is far from an easy fight. But after what Kampmann showed against Paulo Thiago He is more than ready! "

I still believe that Kampmann will win this. Many people say that Kampmann weakness is wrestling, which is just what Shields is good at. But looking at the Paulo Thiago fight where Kampmann manhandled a really great BJJ black belt. Although not the same as a really good wrestler, you get the feeling that Kampmann's ground game has evolved greatly.

Martin Kampmann likely to be first oppenent for Jake Shields

Jake Shields was the Strikeforce middleweight champion but was stripped of the title after it came out, that he was going to be signing with the UFC. With the switch to UFC Shields is also planning to return to welterweight where he fought when he was the Elite XC champion.
It is now rumoured that Shields first opponent will be the Danish fighter Martin Kampmann, a match that will truly make the winner top contender. The date for the fight could be october 23 at UFC 121.

Kampmann recently won a dominate decision victory over Paulo Thiago. Jake shields' last victory came against former pride champion Dan Henderson. Kampmann's only two loses in the UFC has come against to of the absolute best and he is 8-2 in the UFC. Jake shields is on a 14-fight win streak since the end of 2004.

There is no doubt about that the level of hype around both of these fighters is really high. Plus the UFC is probably going to hype this fight even more now that they have stolen Jake shield from strikeforce.
Martin would really win a lot from this fight, but the stakes are also pretty high. When you fight against a guy that's on a such a long win streak you risk a lot, and this is far from an easy fight. But after what Kampmann showed against Paulo Thiago He is more than ready!

Note: Fight has now been confirmed: http://www.danishmma.com/2010/07/kampmann-vs-shields-confirmed-for-ufc.html

4 Seminars With The Hitman

The Danish UFC fighter Martin The Hitman Kampmann is coming home to visit Denmark. During his stay in Denmark he will give out 4 seminars around the country. The seminars are all 100 kroner per hour. See the Schedule below:

Fighterzone.dk: 28. of July from 17:30 to 20:30 (More info on the website)
Fight Pit: 4. of August from 17:00 to 21:00 (More info here)
Fightercentre: 9. of August from 18:00 (More info here)
Fightcraft: 22. of August from 12:00 to 17:00 with 1 hour break (More info here)

UFC fighter Martin Kampmann - Shootermma.com

Date for the Fight Night Live show now official

Denmark newest promotion Fight Night Live (FNL) with the Danish fighter Rasmus Bendtsen as front figure, has now got a date for their début show. The event will be held the 21. of may 2011 in Messecenter Herning's congress center.
Rasmus Bendtsen will fight at the event and it is rumoured for Lars 'Bad Boy' Besand to make a comeback.
The entire event will be filmed and produced for television and hopefully shown on TV2 Sport.

Kenneth Rosfort is the new Cage Warriors lightweight champion

After 4 rounds of intense battle with the Irish Greg Loughran, Kenneth Rosfort landed a right hand, that made a big gash in Loughrans upper lip, splitting it from mouth to nose. Shortly after (3:58 of round 4) the fight was stopped and Rosfort declared the winner!

Tue Trnka discusses Kenneth Rosfort's fight with Greg Loughran

 Pad work with Tue Trnka and Kenneth Rosfort - Courtesy Nicolas Dalby

Tue Trnka is Kenneth Rosfort's coach and is also know for his work as MMA reporter. I asked Tue some question on Kenneth Rosfort vs. Greg Laughran at Cage warriors 37, here is what came of it: 

Kenneth Rosfort has landed a title fight against Greg “Hitman” Loughran at Cage Warriors 37 in Birmingham, England, on May 22. How big is that fight?

- Well, obviously, the fight is a massive one. I mean, for any fighter this is a big fight. The Cage Warriors title is a title with leverage behind it. If you look at their champions, and how they’ve done, it tells you a lot about the event and their level. Of course, we’re looking at this as a terrific opportunity for Kenneth, and he has really deserved it, but we know we’re up against it here.

We’re fighting away from home against a dangerous, seasoned veteran, who’s hungry for a big victory. Hopefully, this fight will be a eye-opener in terms of recognition, as Ian Dean and the team behind Cage Warriors are doing a marvellous job of marketing the event. The winner gets another splendid opportunity in September, as a fight against the former champion, Alexandre “Xandinho” Izidro, already has been lined up, but we’re not even thinking about that possibility right now. All our focus is on Loughran and his skill set.

Do you have any predictions for the outcome of the fight?

- I’m not going to sit here and do a lot of trash talking. Loughran is a great fighter, and we respect his skills a lot. He seems like a likeable fellow, but of course, we believe in Kenneth’s skills, too. I expect Kenneth to come through, but this won’t be an easy fight. What Kenneth does best, is to absolutely destroy his opponents, but of course Loughran is ready for him. Loughran has showed, that he’s a top level fighter. He has improved a lot over the years, after a rough start to his professional career, and his record is deceiving. With wins over quality fighters like Peter Irving, Andre Winner, Francis Heagney, Daniel “Denzil” Thomas and Rob Sinclair, he has proven he’s a legitimate top fighter. He’s one of those fighters, who never back down from a fight, and he has faced so many elite fighters on short notice. I think this will be a gruelling war, and that’s what we’re preparing for. Loughran is really well-rounded, precise and calm under pressure, so he’ll probably look to shut Kenneth down both standing and on the ground. I expect fireworks, to tell you the truth. Both are really good strikers, who also have solid grappling, and we’re preparing for a war. A war of nutrition, as they say. These two are serious, professionals, who come to fight. Both are very exciting to watch, and there’s no doubt in my mind that leather will fly, and the audience is in for a special treat here. We’ll just have to see, who’ll come out on top, I guess, but it should be a sweet ride!

Kenneth was supposed to face Daniel “Denzil” Thomas at Fightergalla 13, but due to the now infamous volcano eruption, that fight was cancelled at the very last minute. Has the training continued at the same pace, or how have you handled that situation?

- Well, Kenneth’s manager, Manos Terzitane of Mano Management, offered us a fight against Jason Ball at Cage Warriors 37, before we knew the Denzil fight was off. So, we had that in mind, when the fight got cancelled, which took some of the frustration away. Then the Ball fight got cancelled, and instead Kenneth was supposed to fight at Fightergalla 14 on 29^th of May. Then, out of the blue, the call for the title fight came, because Izidro had sustained an injury. Kenneth took a week off after cutting weight and all that, in preparation for the Denzil fight, and then started training for the Fightergalla 14 fight immediately afterwards. He’s always in great shape, but of course we’ve upped the stamina training a bit, because the fight is scheduled for five rounds. So, right now we’re training with Loughran in mind, and everything’s going great. As usual, the entire Fightcraft Gym has stood behind Kenneth. This is a team effort, although it’s an individual sport. All the fighters have pushed him in sparring, the coaches have supervised and focused on his technique and conditioning and as usual we’ve also trained a lot with different fighters from other gyms, as well.

How much will the extra two rounds affect Kenneth?

- Honestly, I don’t know. When we got the call, we only had three weeks to prepare, so we haven’t really been able to change that much. But as I said, he was already preparing for a fight, and he’s in excellent shape. Stamina has never been an issue with Kenneth, and he’s always looked ready for more rounds, when his fights have gone the distance, even though he’s been in some gruelling battles. I don’t expect it to be a problem at all, and I actually think it suits Kenneth better, but we won’t know until the fourth and fifth rounds have been completed, now will we?

If Kenneth wins the fight, how do you view the future?

- As I said, we don’t focus on that at all. I have a heard time focusing on anything happening after the 22^nd of May. For sure, a win will boost Kenneth’s career, but we’ll deal with that after the fight. A win sets up the big fight against Izidro, as I said, but that’s not part of our calculation, right now.

Do you have a dream fight for Kenneth?

- Not really… This is it, pretty much. The next big fight has always been Kenneth’s goal, and that’s how we operate with him. In many ways, Kenneth’s different from most fighters. He’s not ambitious like the rest of our fighters, or all the other fighters I know. Yet, he’s without a doubt the best Danish fighter besides Martin Kampmann, and in my opinion one of the best in Europe. Kenneth views each fight as kind of an adventure. Simply put, he loves to fight! Of course, he’d like to see how far he can take it, and he’s as professional and dedicated about his training as the best of them, with 10-14 training sessions per week leading up to a fight. He never puts pressure on himself, and neither does the team, and I think that’s one of the secrets behind his ability to perform. He’s so relaxed. He’s in it for the love of the game, and not because he wants to fight in the UFC or any other big event. There’s no distant goal, and he’s very down to Earth about it. Of course, he’d like to fight against top opponents at major events, but he hasn’t one specific goal or dream with his career. As long as he enjoys training and fighting, he’ll fight on. We take one fight at a time, and as he keeps on defeating better and better opponents, we keep on advancing to the next level, so to speak. In many ways, this is kind of a dream fight for him, as it’s a really big fight against a dangerous opponent for a major organization. This is the biggest fight of his career by far, and he’s more excited than ever before. He always performs amazingly, and I think this fight against Loughran, win or lose, will showcase just how good Kenneth really is.

Anything else you want to add?

- I’d like to thank Ian Dean of Cage Warriors for giving us the opportunity, Manos Terzitane making it a reality and the team of trainers and fighters at Fightcraft Gym for making Kenneth ready for this fight. We’ve worked so very hard and dedicated for each and every fight, and his progression has been incredible. I think Kenneth deserves this fight more than anyone else, and I’m so appreciative of the Cage Warriors team’s job with this. I also want to thank promoter Carl Otto Knudsen, who acted very professionally, when we got this fight. He didn’t make a problem out of us cancelling Kenneth’s fight at Fightergalla 14, even though he had put in time and energy in finding Kenneth a worthy and willing opponent. Knudsen has promoted Rosfort well, and more or less solely promotes Danish MMA at the highest level, and has over the yeas kept on promoting major events from European Vale Tudo to Cage Challenge to Fightergalla.

Thank you for the interview!

- It’s all on me! Thank you for conducting the interview, DanishMMA.com, and thank you for doing a good job, giving the Danish MMA fighters some well-deserved publicity.

Kenneth Rosfort to fight Greg Loughran at Cage Warriors

Kenneth Rosfort is probably the best Danish fighter outside the UFC. He is so good that it was hard to find opponents in Europe to fight him. Fortunately Kenneth has just gotten a really big opportunity to fight Greg Loughran for the Cage warrior Lightweight title.

Greg Laughran is regarded to in the top 5 of British Lightweight with the four top spot occupied by UFC fighters.
Greg has fought in Bellator FC in USA, where he knocked down Eddy Alvarez twice before getting submitted.
Right now he is on a 3 fight loosing streak fighting in Florida, but his record has wins over Daniel Thomas who Rosfort was supposed to fight at FG 13, Peter Irving who is the 10th Legion Welterweight champion, Rob Sinclair who is the BAMMA lightweight champion and Andre Winner a TUF cast member now fighting in the UFC.

Loughran is a skilled striker, but has had quite a few loses coming by way of submission, including a loss to Jeff Lawson who Kenneth dominated both standing and on the ground, so perhaps we might see a different side of Rosforts game, that we have not seen much of before.

The venue for this fight is the the oldest MMA event in Britain, the Cage Warriors FC. Cage warriors 37 will be held at the NEC in Birmingham at the same time at a big martial arts convention.
Report say that the event will be streamed live to fans online.

Fightergalla 14: Two dangerous strikers in the main event

The main event for the 14th Fightergalla event on the 29 of may has been announced. Morten "Lumberjack" Djursaa will face the German fighter Cengiz Dana from Combat club Cologne.

Morten Djursaa has 7 victories and 2 losses, he is fighting out of Fightgym Odense and is best know for his lowkicks which he used to kick his latest opponent into submission (hence the nickname).

Cengiz Dana has record of 12-14 and is also know for his striking.
With these to fighters you can expect the fight to be quite the slugfest with a firework of punches and kicks to end the night.

You can buy your ticket here: http://www.fyensbilletten.dk/

Fightergalla 14 to feature cash bonusses

Fightergalla is retuning to Odense for its 14th event at the 29th of May.

The fightcard will feature Morten Djursaa, Allan Kristiansen, Kenneth Rosfort who had his fight at FG13 cancelled and Maria Hougaard who will face the Russian fighter Yana Kunitskaya from action-force fight team (nice name), a fight that was supposed to happen at the Pro FC event in Russia.

At Fightergalla 14 all the fighters (amateurs and pros) will compete for a €200 bonus for best submission and one for best KO.

Fightergalla 13 Main Card Videos Now Online

I have once again recorded the entire event. The fight will all be uploadet to youtube. To view the all as soon as the are online go to my youtube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/DanishMMA

Main Card

Jofes Kral Hell Cage Team vs. Mikkel Kjer Parlo Fightcraft.dk
http://www.youtube.com/user/DanishMMA#p/u/9/NDcW7_n8Kfg
http://www.youtube.com/user/DanishMMA#p/u/8/rQlquE6LhvA

Kristoffer Murén Escalate MMA vs. Ayub "Zap" Tashkilot Submission Fighting Aalborg
http://www.youtube.com/user/DanishMMA#p/u/7/wUu0TA0t2hI
http://www.youtube.com/user/DanishMMA#p/u/6/Vdf4Gbynd_E

Jaroslav Poborský MMA-team Karlovy Vary vs. Nicolas Dalby Fightcraft.dk Denmark
http://www.youtube.com/user/DanishMMA#p/u/5/XuwoYEJInuM
http://www.youtube.com/user/DanishMMA#p/u/4/8byiUnVkYQg
http://www.youtube.com/user/DanishMMA#p/u/3/NQtQW8Y8N1k

Mikkel Guldbæk Mikenta vs Arbi Agjuev Hell Cage Team
http://www.youtube.com/user/DanishMMA#p/u/2/KpUEKif65zU

Fightergalla 13 RAW: Jaroslav Poborský vs. Nicolas Dalby

In the first exchange Poborský dropped down and got a hold of Dalbys leg. Poborský utilized impressive wrestling to get Nicolas Dalby to the ground and stay on top for several minutes. Dalby did a good job fighting of his back and managed to get into guard and set up a triangle choke.
Soon after Dalby managed to kick Poborský away and they got to their feet. Dalby was far superior standing up where Poborský was mostly looking for another oppertunity to take him down. After sending a high kick straight into the shoulder of Poborský, Dalby hit tagged Poborský with a looping right hand. Poborský was clearly rocked and spent the rest of the round holding on.

Second round started out with some good punches and then Poborský took it to the mat. Dalby got in a sweep ending up in mount and threw some fierce elbows. Those elbows seemed to be enough for Poborský who quickly scrambled to his feet.
Been pressed up against the cage Dalby delivered several knees to the head and when Poborský backed up Dalby charged and rotated Poborský 180 degrees with at right hand. The Czech showed what a great chin he had at quickly recovered and scrambled to his feet(taking a few hits on the way up).
Standing up again Dalby dominated Poborský chasing him around the cage. Then Poborský threw a spinning back elbow sending Dalby to his knees. Dalby quickly got a hold of opponent but allowed him to get a guillotine choke in. The Choke was really in tight but Dalby fought his way out receiving a cheer from the crowd

In the beginning of the third round Dalby gave out a taste of the sharpshooter kicking, unfortunately none of the kicks hit their target. Then a right hand sent Poborský running and when Dalby chased him Poborský went for a takedown which was quickly reversed and Dalby got his back, where dalby mixed it up with punches, elbows and knees. Poborský rolled over and spent the next two minutes with Dalby in his guard hitting him with elbows and punches until dalby chose to stand up.
Dalby dominated the last one and a half minute of the fight avoiding two takedown attempts both times ending up in mount, which was where the fight ended.

Nicolas Dalby won a unanimous decision, in probably the best fight i have seen on Danish soil.

Mikkel parlo vs Josef Kral

Both fighters came out swinging with Mikkel clearly dominating.
A minute in to the match they clinched up and soon after Mikkel slammed Josef to the mat, where dominated him for most of the round.

The second round started out as the first one, but this time it was more obvious that Mikkel parlos cardio where superior to Josef kral's. Mikkel dominated the entire round with several devestating punches, knees and kicks, until he sent him to the mat with with a knee to the head and finished him.

Fightergalla 13 RAW: Results

Shootfighting:
Theo Ginman Arte Suave Vs. Emil Schondelmaier Fightgym.dk
Winner: Theo Ginman by armbar

Rune Sommer Fightcraft.dk Vs. Jacob Wismer Pedersen Fighterzone.dk
Winner: Rune Sommer via refere stopage

Amateur MMA:
Kristoffer Kallgren Escalate MMA vs. David Eriksson VBC Stockholm
Winner: Kristoffer Kallgren via tko

Claus Sørensen Submission Fighting Aalborg vs. Lasse Blaabjerg Fightcraft.dk
Winner: Lasse Blaabjerg via tko

Francisco Godoy VBC Stockholm vs Kim bjornbakk escalate mma
Winner: Francisco godoy via submission

Stand up:
Luan Kadishani Vejle Muay Thai vs. Morten Toftdal Fight Pit Herning
Winner: Luan Kadishani via decision

Amateur MMA:

Michael Tunc VBC Stockholm vs. Shamal tashkilot sfa
Winner: Shamal Tashkilot

Dennis Pillai VBC Stockholm Vs. Allan Neuherr Butchers Lab
Winner: Allan Neuherr

Zeljko Pranjic VBC Stockholm Vs. Kenneth Wivelsted Submission Fighting Aaalborg
Winner: Zeljko Pranjic

David Eriksson VBC Stockholm vs. Martin Ansdal Mikenta
Winner: Martin Ansdal

Carl Nordqvist – Linde VBC Stockholm vs. Brian Gronemann Fightcraft.dk
Winner: Brian Gronemann

Max Hederström Gladius MMA vs. Mulenga Chanda The Colosseum
Winner: Max Herderstöm

Main Card

Jofes Kral Hell Cage Team vs. Mikkel Kjer Parlo Fightcraft.dk
Winner: Mikkel Parlo via KO

Kristoffer Murén Escalate MMA vs. Ayub "Zap" Tashkilot Submission Fighting Aalborg
Winner: Ayub "Zap" Tashkilot via KO

Jaroslav Poborský MMA-team Karlovy Vary vs. Nicolas Dalby Fightcraft.dk Denmark
Winner: Nicolas Dalby via decision

Mikkel Guldbæk Mikenta vs Arbi Agjuev Hell Cage Team
Winner: Mikkel Guldbæk via submission

Fightergalla 13 Raw: Ayub "Zap" Tashkilot Vs. Kristoffer Murén

The former wrestler from Submission Fighting Aalborg, Ayub "Zap" Tashkilot is stepping into the cage again after an 18 month lay-off due to injuries.
Zap is 4-2 and has fought both Rasmus Bendtsen and Kenneth Rosfort.
Being a former wrestler zap has both a really good ground game and explosive stand-up game.

Zaps opponent is the swede Kristoffer Murén. Although he is only 2-0 he has a lot experience coming from his 11 amateur fights, more than 500 judo matches and has been Swedish champion in both shootfighting and judo.

Fightergalla 13 Raw: Full fightcard

Now the full fight card, which includes the preliminary amateur fight, has been uploaded.
With 24 fights the fight card looks very promising:

SHOOTFIGHTING

1) -73 kg Theo Ginman Arte Suave Vs. Emil Schondelmaier Fightgym.dk
2) -77 kg Rune Sommer Fightcraft.dk Vs. Jacob Wismer Pedersen Fighterzone.dk

AMATURE MMA

3) -89 kg Claus Sørensen Submission Fighting Aalborg vs. Lasse Blaabjerg Fightcraft.dk

4) -83 kg Ninos Haffo VBC Stockholm Vs. Mulenga Chanda Colosseum Århus

5) – 77 kg Kristoffer Kallgren Escalate MMA vs. David Eriksson VBC Stockholm

6) -104 kg Zeljko Pranjic VBC Stockholm Vs. Kenneth Wivelsted Submission Fighting Aaalborg

7) -70 kg Michael Tunc VBC Stockholm Vs. Martin Lynge Nielsen Fighterzone.dk

8) -70 kg Dennis Pillai VBC Stockholm Vs. Shamal Tashkilot Submission Fighting Aalborg

9) -70 kg Carl Nordqvist – Linde VBC Stockholm Vs. Brian Gronemann Fightcraft.dk

10) – 66 kg Nicola Jr. Grez Stockhom Shoot Vs. Jesper Kanlund Fightcraft.dk

11) -77 kg Francisco Godoy VBC Stockholm vs. Sorin Christian Prunar Colosseum Århus

12) -77kg Teemu Danielsson Frontier MMA Vs.Pontus Källgren VBC Stockholm

14) -75 kg Richard Granholm Stockholm Shoot Vs. Allan Neuherr Butchers Lab

15) -78 kg Anders Johansson Gladius MMA Vs. Peter Novak MMA-team Karlovy Vary

16) -76 kg Per Franklin Gladius MMA Vs. Martin Ansdal Mikenta

STAND UP FIGHTS / K-1
17) - 67 Ahmed Dawoud Vejle Muay Thai vs. Kasper Overgard Fight Pit Herning

18) – 66 kg Luan Kadishani Vejle Muay Thai vs. Morten Toftdal Fight Pit Herning

19) – 69 kg Martin Andersen Vejle Muay Thai vs. Frederik Grigoleit
Fight Pit Herning

Professionel MMA kampe

20) -70 kg
Daniel Thomas Dogs of War Wales
VS.
Kenneth Rosfort Fightcraft.dk Denmark

21) -84 kg
Jofes Kral Hell Cage Team Tjekkiet
VS.
Mikkel Kjer Parlo Fightcraft.dk Denmark

22) -77 kg
Arbi Agjuev Hell Cage Team Tjekkiet
VS.
Mikkel Guldbæk Mikenta Denmark

23) -77 kg
Jaroslav Poborský MMA-team Karlovy Vary Tjekkiet
VS.
Nicolas Dalby Fightcraft.dk Denmark

24) -72 kg
Kristoffer Murén Escalate MMA Sverige
VS.
Ayub Tashkilot Submission Fighting Aalborg Denmark

Fightergalla 13 Raw: Mikkel Kjer Parlo Fightcraft.dk Vs Jofes Kral Hell Cage Team

Mikkel Parlo is without a doubt the biggest prospect in Danish MMA and that didn't change when he knocked out Willem Peters in his pro debut and he is still only 19 years old.
His opponent is the Czech fighter Jofes Kral from Team Hell Cage Team. Both fighter are strong and very compact guy, they both have a really good ground game and both of the likes to bang.

This is really a fight with good value if you like punches that will echo through the arena and sheer power.

Fightergalla 13 Raw: Kenneth Rosfort vs Daniel Thomas

The main event of FG 13 is a fight win not only a championship belt on the line but also long winning streak from both fighters.

Kenneth Rosfort(13-2) is on a 5 fight winning streak with dominating wins over Jeff lawson and Franco de Leonardis.
Kenneth is a sprawl and brawl fighter with good technical striking and a very hard punch. He has fought international stars such as Dennis Siver, Anthony Njokuani and Martin Kampmann (Amateur fight).

Daniel Thomas(17-6) is on a 7 fight winning streak and is considered one of UK top 10 fighters in the weight class. Daniel is coming out of a training camp at Matt Hughes H.I.T. squad in USA and says that being considered the underdog in this fight has made him work even harder.

Daniel Thomas is the first fighter in some time that will look to stand and trade punches with Rosfort, which will be the final test to see if he is ready for the big promotions.

Fightergalla 13 Raw: The main card

Most of these match-ups have been for some time now, but I'll write them up anyway.
All of the match-ups are quite interesting and there is really a lot at stake.

Main event:
Kenneth Rosfort Fightcraft.dk (13-2) Vs Daniel Thomas Dogs of War (15-6) 


Mikkel Guldbæk Mikenta  Vs Abi Agjuev Hell Cage Team

Jofes Kral Hell Cage Team Vs Mikkel Kjer Parlo Fightcraft.dk 

Nicolas Dalby Fightcraft.dk Vs Jaroslav Poborský MMA-team Karlovy Vary

Ayub "Zap" Tashkilot Aalborg Submission Fighting Vs Kristoffer Murén Escalate MMA 

Until I finish the breakdown of each fight, you can find a (Danish) breakdown here: http://www.martialarts.dk/vis_emne.asp?id=27354#453119

Catching up

I have been away from the blog for some time now due to 2 amazing ski trips, some computer problems and I might have been a bit lazy. Despite of my absence the Danish MMA community have not come to a stop :) and have kept on producing news for me to ignore.

Here are some of the things you missed:

Nicholas Dalby won his pro debut via RNC.

Simon Carlsen won a first round stoppage in Hell Cage 5:


Frodi Vitalis Hansen also won his fight at Hell Cage 5 against Amir Visalimov via a triangle.

Martin updated http://www.martinkampmann.tv/  making it more up to date, check it out!

The entire Fightergalla 13: Raw was updated with a lot of exciting fights, which I will surely write out in detail in the following days.


P.S. and oh yeah I udated the layout :)

MCH messecenter Herning plans to host big mma event

I have been informed that Messecenter Herning is going to host an MMA Event.
The event will take place in the MCH concert hall and will have an estimated audience of 1700.
The local fighter Rasmus Bendtsen from Team Fight Pit is planned to fight in the main event.
The plans are not fully negotiated but I will return with more news on the event as soon as I know more.

Update: MCH plans to make it a series of events, which will happen twice a year under the name Fight Nigh Live. 

Martin Kampmann to fight Paulo Thiago at UFC 115 on june 12

Kampmann was scheduled to fight Ben Saunders at UFC 111 but after a serious cut over his left eye he was forced to withdraw.
Martin Kampmann has now verbally agreed to fight Paulo Thiago, who comes straight from a win over Mike Swick at UFC 109. Both fighters are looking to become top contenders with a victory in this fight and both fighters are great on their feet and are know for finishing fights so we can expect are war.

Rasmus Bendtsen 10th legion title fight report

Bendtsen was unable to stop Mohammeds takedowns

Michael mikkelsen who was Bendtsens corner man gave a fight report on martialarts.dk, this is a translated and fitted version of the report:

Bendtsen started out the first round with a few good punches and after getting hit with a straight right Mohammed did not feel like trading anymore and went for the clinch.
Although Rasmus controlled the clinch, but Abdul utilized his great strength and wrestling to take him down despite of Rasmus' impressive takedown defence.
After that Mohammed turned the fight into a wrestling match and grinded the round out, without damaging Bendtsen.

The next two rounds followed the same pattern at Abdul Mohammed won the decision victory, in a fight that really wasn't exciting from the point where it went to the ground.

Rasmus Bendtsen looses 10th legion title fight via decision

 

Bendtsen was unable to stop Mohammeds takedowns

Rasmus Bendtsen from Team Fightpit lost his fight for the 10th legion lightweight title via decision. There are yet no reports on what went on in the cage, but i will update as soon as I know more about it.

 

Rasmus Bendtsen is fighting Abdul Mohammed tonight!

Rasmus Bendtsen is fighting in the 10th Legion champioship tonight against the former Cage Rage champion Abdul Mohammed (16 - 8 - 3) from the Wolfslair gym for the 10th legion lightweight title.

Mohammed and Bendtsen at the weigh in.

Nicolas Dalby's oppent for pro debut announced

After cancelling his pro bout at Adrenaline 4 due to an injured knee, Nicolas Dalby is getting his long avaited pro debut at FG Fight Night 5 in Sønderborg. Dalby's opponent is Laurens Thysen who is fighting out of the productive Mike's gym in Netherlander and has a record of 2 wins with 0 losses.

Nicolas Dalby is a very well known fighter in the Danish community due to some impressive amateur fights and by working as a photographer at fights. Nicolas is best known for his standup and sharpshooter kicks:

Joachim Christensen Arte Suave Vs. Juha Saarinen Finnfighters Gym

Round 1: Joachim got rocked early but regained his composure despite of a Wild Ground and pound.
They got up but Joachim getting in trouble backing in to the corners and he got tagged a lot.

Round 2: this round was more even, joachims striking was better but juhaa landes more takedown and worked a lot from joachims guard.

Round 3: pretty much the same as round 2.


Winner: Juha saarinen by unanimous decision

Christian Colombo CSA.dk Vs. Tommy Rasmussen Valhall Gym

Colombo walk in with godzilla on the big screen and wearing a Danish flag haircut, which really Got the crowd fired up.
Round 1: after trading some punches they clinched up and an colombo gave Rasmussen some good elbow that made his nose bleed. They broke the clinch and colombo dominated Rasmussen until he decided to throw a flying knee which was caught and Rasmussen tool colombo to the ground. Colombo quickly scrambled to his feet and then dominated Rasmussen with vicious striking.
After being dominated in the clinch rasmussen tried a takedown but colombo threw him to the ground. Colombo then mounted him and finnished him with strikes!
Winner: Christian Colombo by TKO

Jorge Herrera vs Mohsen Bahari

Round 1: After trading kicks, the Fighters clinches up and mohsen got Jorge to the ground. Jorge reversed but Mohsen got up at threw some bombs at herrera who was on his back Mohsen got to side control and ended up mounting herrera. Herrera quickly gave his back up. When the punches started raining he soon figures out that he was in to over hos head and tappes out.
Winner: Mohsen Bahari by tapout due to punches!

Christoffer Volf CSA.dk Vs. Jakub Grzegorzek Team Hellboy Hansen

Round 1: Jakub dropped Christoffer with the very first punch. Christoffer weathered the storm and scrambled to his feet but Jakub overwelmed him and knock him out in just 34 seconds.
Winner: Jakub Grzegorzek by KO

Maiju Kujala MMA Lappeenranta Vs. Celine Haga Team Hellboy Hansen

Round 1: the round nearly started in clinch where maiju dominated and took celine Down. Celine used impressive grappling and Weng from armbar to triangle to another armbar. Even though maiju ended up dominating the round and finnished in mount.

Round 2: Celine pulled guard but maiju was able stand up.
After getting pulled into celines guard, maiju passed to side control and began pounding.
Maiju moved around in half guard and celine went for a leg lock, but maiju avoided it and ended it with a vicious hammerfist to the face.
Winner: Maiju Kujala by TKO

Aleksandar Djukic Manma Vs. Szymon Szynkiewicz Team Hellboy Hansen

Round 1: Aleksandar started out with some serious lowkicks until szymon decided to brawl forward and take Djukic down.
Szymon spent the rest of the round on top.

Round 2: This round followed the same pattern till the point where szymon got him pinned and could used Aleksandars head as a focus mitt.
Winner: Szymon Szynkiewicz by tko

Philip Fortuna CSA.dk Vs. Allan Neuherr Butchers Lab

Round 1: Phillip gave allan a taste of the gunshow and they ended up in the clinch. Fortuna made a takedown and took Allans back and choked him out 1:16 into the first round
Winner: Phillip Fortuna by tapout due to a RNC.

After the fight Said when Asked that he might go pro soon!

Martin Johansson Växjö Titans/Check Mat Vs. Jack Hermansson Team Hellboy Hansen

Round 1: The fight quickly went to the clinch where Jack dominated with knees and used his wrestling to throw Martin and landed in mount. The Fighters got to their feets and both threw some kick knees and devestating punches

Round 2: The round was spent standing up, and both Fighters did a lot of damage. Late in the round Jack threw two devasting knees sending Martin to the ground
Winne: Jack Hermansson by tko

Kim Frostholm FighterZone Vs. Johan Heidenberg GBG MMA

Round 1: in the beginning of the round Johan dominated the standup and after getting tagged Kim went for the clinch. Johan took him down and stayed in Kims guard for the rest of the round

Round 2: The standup in Thisted round was more even but Kim ended up on his back again. After a minute of work from the guard Kim kicked johan away. They stood up and Kim got a takedown and spent the rest of the round in johans guard, unfortunately it wasn't enough to win him the round.
Winner: johan heidenberg

Mikkel Thomsen Freefight.dk Vs. Kim Tinghaugen Valhall Gym

Round 1: the fight started out as a slugfest but after getting tagged Mikkel took it to the clinch. Mikkel controlled the clinch with good knees to the body.
After thet broke up the clinch they sent bak to slugging and Kim hit Mikkel with a powerfull punch and sent him to the mat.
Winner: Kim Tinghaugen by tko

Adrenaline 4 results: The undercard

I will constantly update the results as i know:

Amateur MMA: Theo Ginman Arte Suave Vs. Andreas Sveeaas Team Hellboy Hansen
Winner: Theo Giman by tapout due to triangle choke!

K-1: Kim Nielsen Kickboxing Academy Vs. Damir Hadzovic MMA Esbjerg
Winner: Kim Nielsen by unanimous decision

Muay Thai: Temur Choloev Fight Factory Vs. Jeppe Holm Grønning X-gym Muay Thai
Winner: Jeppe Holm Grønning by TKO

Grappling (gi): Cole Lauritsen Frontier Gym Vs. Thomas Iburg
Winner: Thomas Iburg by split decision

Grappling: Jeppe Fausing Arte Suave Vs. Milan Bodhi Hansen CSA.dk
Winner: Jeppe Fausing by unanimous decision

Grappling: Gustav C. Rasmussen Arte Suave Vs.Thomas Jensen Fightcraft.dk
Winner: Gustav Rasmusen by unanimous decision

Grappling: Wael Jebril MMA Alliance Vs Audun Fossum Valhall Gym
Winner: Audun Fossum by unanimous decision

Kampmann cut over his left eye, forced to withdraw from Ben Saunders fight

I think this picture pretty much speeks for it self:

The cut came from a knee to the head while shooting for a takedown, and his manager Ken Pavia told MMAJunkie that: "We had to literally tell him he couldn't fight Saunders like that, He didn't want to pull out (of the fight)."

Kampmann is not planning to make this injury stop him longer that absolutely nessecary and hopes to fight again in may!

Fightergalla 12: The videos!

Here are the fights uploaded at the moment, all of the fights will be available on my channel as soon as they are uploaded: http://www.youtube.com/user/DanishMMA


Kim Frostholm Fighterzone Vs.Ronni Winther Fightgym.dk part 1


Kim Frostholm Fighterzone Vs.Ronni Winther Fightgym.dk part 2


Jens östling Gladiusmma Vs. Rhassan Muhared Mikenta


Willem Peters Holland Vs. Mikkel Parlo Fightcraft.dk


David Haagsma Holland Vs. Simon Carlsen Fightgym.dk Round 1


David Haagsma Holland Vs. Simon Carlsen Fightgym.dk Round 2


Franco de Leonardis Dragon´s Cave Vs. Kenneth Rosfort fightcraft.dk Round 1


Franco de Leonardis Dragon´s Cave Vs. Kenneth Rosfort fightcraft.dk Round 2


Raymond Jarman Mike´s Gym Holland Vs. David Rosmon Fightgym.dk Round 1


Raymond Jarman Mike´s Gym Holland Vs. David Rosmon Fightgym.dk Round 2


Raymond Jarman Mike´s Gym Holland Vs. David Rosmon Fightgym.dk Round 3

Fightergalla 12: The Danes keep their titles

Last nights event brought brought succes to the Danish pro fighters.

David Rosmon got his revenge over Raymond Jarman with a unanimous decision victory after decorating his face for 3 rounds!

Kenneth Rosfort completely shutdown Franco de Leonardis game and made him quit after the 2nd round.

Simon Carlsen made David Haagsma tap out in the 2nd round due to vicious ground and pound.

Mikkel Parlo had a three minute fight with his opponent Willem Peters and then knocked him out making it a memorable debut!

Fightergalla 12 live results

When the fights of Fightergalla 12 begins tonight, I will be updating with live results as soon as the fights end.
I will also be filming the entire event and as i am not fighting this time, i should be able to get all the fight recorded and all the results.
Results:

Shootfighting 1 x 5 min

1) 75 kg Joachim Paulsen MMA Esbjerg Vs. Kasper Killerich Fightgym.dk
Winner: Joachim paulsen by dec.
2) 67 kg Casper Andersen MMA Esbjerg Vs. Rune Petersen Sønderborg MMA
Winner: Rune Petersen
Amateur Mixed Martial Arts 2 x 5min

3) 77 kg Per Franklin Gladiusmma Gøteborg vs. Martin Ansdal Mikenta
Winner:Per franklin

4) 105 kg Jonas Engelund Team Fight Pit Vs. Brian Kristiansen Fightgym.dk
Winner: canceled due to illness

5) 70 kg Kristoffer Ahlberg Kött FC Gøteborg Vs. Martin Johansen Fightcraft.dk
Winner:Kristoffer ahlberg kött

6) 77 kg Kristoffer Källgren Escalate MMA Vs. Filip Kranz Kött FC Gøteborg
Winner:Kristoffer källgren

7) 85 kg Thomas Plet Esbjerg MMA Vs. Thomas Asmusssen Team Fight Pit
Winner: Thomas Asmussen

8) Hassan Abuzaid Sønderborg MMA Vs. Carl Nordqvist-Linde VBC Stockholm
Winner: Hassan Abuzaid

9) 77 kg Morten Hansen Esbjerg MMA Vs. David Eriksson SPR Sverige
Winner: David Eriksson by rnc

10) 87 kg Martin Dideriksen Team Fight Pit Vs. Nicolai Kruse Fightgym.dk
Winner: Martin Dideriksen

11) 67 kg Ivan Thomsen Mikenta Vs. Thomas Hwan Jensen Fightcraft.dk
Winner: Ivan Thomsen by dec.

13) 90 kg Kim Frostholm Fighterzone Vs.Ronni Winther Fightgym.dk
Winner: Kim "Superman" Frostholm by stoppage by corner


Stand up fight 3 x 2 min
12) 65 kg Steffen Kusk Team Fight Pit Vs. Alen Domazet Fightgym.dk
Winner: alen domazet by dec.
Semi professionel Mixed martial arts 2 x 5 min

14) Jens östling Gladiusmma Vs. Rhassan Muhared Mikenta
Winner: Jens östlingen by rnc

Professionel Mixed Martial arts ( UFC rules ) 3 x 5 min

15) 83 kg Willem Peters Holland Vs. Mikkel Parlo Fightcraft.dk
Winner: Mikkel parlo by knockout!
16) 95 kg David Haagsma Holland Vs. Simon Carlsen Fightgym.dk
Winner: Simon Carlsen by tap out due to strikes!
Title fight
17) 70 kg Franco de Leonardis Dragon´s Cave Tyskland Vs. Kenneth Rosfort fightcraft.dk
Winner: Kenneth rosfort by tapout

Title fight
18) 77 kg Raymond Jarman Mike´s Gym Holland Vs. David Rosmon Fightgym.dk
Winner: David Rosmon by dec.

The videos will be available through my Youtube account: Danish MMA or through the a post on this blog.

Maria Hougaard fighting in the M-1 Challenge Tomorrow

Probably the best female fighter in Denmark Marie Hougaard is fighting in the M-1 Selection i Holland tomorrow.

Her opponent is the the Belgian fighter Cindy "Battlecat" Dandois. Cindy has only one fight as a pro, however it is a win over Marloes Coenen who fought "Cyborg" for the Strikeforce womens title.

The winner of this fight will have a good chance at fighting in Strikeforce.

The fight, along with the event, can be streamed through the swedish site Fightermag.se.

New gym in Roskilde: Fighterzone

The newest addition to the list of danish MMA gyms is located in Roskilde.
FighterZone is the name and it is the second gym teaching MMA in Roskilde.
The instructors in the gym are former instructors in Roskilde Fight Factory (former Roskilde Budo Klub).

FighterZone is rather serious gym focusing both on fighters but with room for those who only comes for the sake of the workout.

FighterZone is sharing mat with Roskilde Brydeklub located at Eriksvej 21 4000 Roskilde.

As for now Figterzone offers training sessions on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday.

For more information check out: fighterzone.dk or contact Mikkel Birch Olsen

Adrenaline 4 fightcard

With 7 professional fights and a still growing amount of amateur fights on the card Andrenaline 4 is going to be really exciting.

The professional fights are:

Joachim Christensen (Arte Suave) vs. Juha Saarinen (Finnfighters Gym) [Main event]
Nicolas Dalby (Fightcraft.dk) vs. to be Announced
Christian Colombo (CSA.dk) vs. Tommy Rasmussen (Valhall Gym)
J. Nicolas Herrera (Team Larsenator) vs. Mohsen Bahari (Team Hellboy Hansen)
Christoffer Volf (CSA.dk) vs. Jakub Grzegorzek (Team Hellboy Hansen)
Maiju Kujala (MMA Lappeenranta) vs. Celine Haga (Team Hellboy Hansen)[Women]
Glenn Aanundsen (Submissionfighting.dk) vs. Jonathan Svensson (Kalmar Savate)
Aleksandar Djukic (Manma) vs. Szymon Szynkiewicz (Team Hellboy Hansen)

The full figthcard is available at adrenalinesports.dk

Tickets are available at billetnet.dk

Mikkel Parlo's pro debut opponent announced!

The 19 year old prospect Mikkel Parlo from Fightcraft gym is making his long awaited pro debut at Fightergalla 12 the 6th of February. Parlo will face the Dutchman Willem Peters from Mike's gym in Amsterdam.

Many people in the danish MMA community has awaited the pro debut of the teen who has a bunch of awesome victories in MMA, shootfighting, submission wrestling and stand-up behind him. Despite of his young age finding amateur opponents was difficult that he needed to go pro to fight. This was no problem for the talented hard worker who is up to any challenge.

Willem Peters, who is also making his debut, is an experienced grappler with a purple belt in BJJ, but his biggest force could be his experience from the great sparring partners available in Mike's Gym.


Also on the Fightergalla card is Kenneth Rosfort and David Rosmon and many amateur fighters.
Tickets are available through Billetnet.dk

Blog now online at Danishmma.com

You may have noticed already, but today I have changed the address for the blog to www.danishmma.com.
The blog will still be available through the old URL and old links will still work.

 

Martin Kampmann vs. Ben Saunders at UFC 111 in March

The top Danish fighter Martin 'Hitman' Kampmann has agreed to a fight against Ben 'Killa B' Saunders at UFC 111 the 27 of March in New Jersey.

Courtesy of sherdog.com

The Hitman won his last fight against Jacob Volkmann at UFC 108 and is looking to get back into title contention after being brutally TKO'ed by Paul Daley.

Ben Saunders lost his fight against Mike Swick, who was supposed to fight Kampmann for a shot at the Welterweight title but withdrew with an injury leaving Kampmann in the hands of Paul Daley. Instead Saunders proved himself with a win in his last fight against Marcus Davis by way of a devastating thai clinch.

Though both of fighters' last fights was denoted to the preliminary card and not shown on the pay per view, this fight will probably have it's spot right up there with the already crowded main card containing 2 titlefights!

Fightergalla 12 fightcard breakdown pt. 1

Fightergalla 12 will take place on the 6th of February and although the fightcard has not been fully released, there are already some really awesome fights.

The main event Kenneth Rosfort vs Franco De Leonardis is a fight for the lightweight title and it is a typical striker vs grappler matchup:
De Leonardis is a black belt i BJJ with a MMA record of 11 wins with 4 losses.
Rosfort is a devastating striker winning most his fights by TKO or KO and he won his last fight again the skilled grappler Jeff Lawson by an impressive KO. Jeff Lawson afterwards called rosfort "slippery bastard" to describe how dificult it was to keep him on the ground, bearing that in mind i would bet my money on Rosfort by KO.

The co-main event David Rosmon vs Ramond Jarman is a fight for the welterweight title:
This fight is a rematch from their first meeting at fightergalla 6 in 2008 where Jarman won by submission, in the mean time Rosmon has won the title and is now seeking to get his revenge. Ramond Jarman has since fought 2 times in the M-1 challenge.
Both fighters are skilled in all aspects of the game, so we are most likely to see an exciting fight.

Other pro fighters on the card is the prospect Mikkel Parlo who makes his pro debut and Sonny Nielsen but both their opponents will be announced later.

Happy New Year! Welcome to a great year for danish MMA

I'm back, after a layoff through all of december. The layoff is both due to the lack of danish MMA news and also because i have used a lot of time starting up a new MMA gym in Roskilde, with some of the crew from RBK, wich i probably will do an article on later.

Looking at the calendar, 2010 already looks as a great year for danish MMA. We have Fightergalla 12 and Adrenaline 4 in February, FG Fight Night in March and Fightergalla 13 in April.

On top of all the great shows there are two Danes fighting for their titles at 10th Legion and Martin Kampman should be able to start another great winning streak tonight against Jacob Volkmann.