Dragon Power 30th July 2011
The weekend of the 30th July 2011 Dragon Power played host to UMF Muaythai Champs & Dragon Legends MMA fight night which saw Keith Drewery go up against tough opponent Hishaam from White Tiger.Keith was victorious, and won on a points decision, in a display of Muay Thai that had the crowd on their feet for most of the bout.
Next up we had the talented Regis “The Reeg” Muyambo who won by arm bar within seconds of the first round adding yet another win to his record.
Themba “The Sniper” Gwera fought with courage and determination but unfortunately lost by submission.
Congrats to all, it takes a lot of heart and courage to step into ring. We are proud of you
FIGHT NIGHT- AFN3 22 July 2011 George
The night was filled with super knock outs and unlimited action!!!The event was part of the George 200 year celebrations, and had representation from several gyms from all over South Africa.
Well done to Dean Lotz who won by Guillotine Choke, Handre Croukamp, who lost by referee stoppage, but put up an excellent show of skill and Alain Ilunga, who lost on a points decision to a very talented grappler
SA K-1 Kickboxing Champs 2011
Langebaan, hosted the South African Kickboxing Champs on the 25th and 26th June 2011 doubled with a SA vs Canada. Well done to West Coast for throwing a well organized event. I would like to give Keith Drewrey a special mention as he is the current SA Muay Thai and K-1 champ and has been selected to represent South Africa internationally for both disciplines.Well done to Anthony who won x2 tough fights and Sibosisu, for his great show of heart, by coming back and TKO’ing your opponent after getting tagged and dropped very early in the fight.
Well done to Brittany, who fought with heart passion, Jamie who had a very close fight, Jason for a huge improvement and having the heart of a lion and Kyle who preformed like a champ.
Keep up the good work Panthers and thank you to all the trainers who put in the hard work, Alan, Gino, Sibosisu, Caley and Jason.
I would also like to thank the Parents and all supporters, for been the driving force behind our boys and girls who compete.
Keith Drewrey Gold Under 60kg’s
Sibosisu Mdoko Gold Under 75kg’s
Anthony Mailer Gold Under 75 Kg’s
Brittany Kettle Bronze Under 38kg’s
Kyle van der Schyff Bronze Under 38kg’s
Jason Roux Bronze Under 50kg’s
Jamie Williamson Silver Under 60kg’s
Western Province Kickboxing results 28 May 2011
Thanks to all who came through to support our fighters this past weekend at the Western Province Kickboxing Championships held at the Wynberg Military base. We had a number of fighters from Panther that entered, some were unfortunately not able to get opponents but luckily it means that they automatically qualify for entry into the upcoming SA’s which is being held in Langebaan on the 25th to 26th of June 2011. The tournament saw Panther fighters Kyle Van Der Schyff, Jamie Williamson, Qaasim Coetzee and Alain Illunga squaring off against their opponents. First up was Kyle who took the victory and next up we had Jamie and Qaasim both from Panther battling against each other. Congratulations to both of them for putting on a good show, both earning some very impressive points but in the end it was Jamie who took the win. Alain Illunga had 2 very exciting fights in which his opponents were unable to stop the precision striking of Illunga, adding yet another 2 names to his list of defeated opponents. We hope to see you all at the SA’s showing your support for the fighters who will be competing.
Dragon Power 14 May 2011
Congratulations to Alain Illunga and Sibusiso Mdoko who competed at the Western Province Muaythai Champs hosted by Dragon power on the 14th May 2011. Alain won within seconds of the first round by a devastating knee to his opponent leaving him grounded and unable to continue.Sibusiso Mdoko went all 4 rounds landing some very impressive shots and fought like a lion and showed what he's worth, - he didn't give up. He's a true warrior. Unfortunately the decision was given to his opponent, who displayed a better show of Muay Thai, scoring more points.
PANTHER FIGHT NIGHT 30 APRIL
Action satisfaction is always guaranteed at Panther tournaments, leaving the crowd cheering for more. With 12 explosive fights, 5 K-1 bouts, 6 MMA and 1 boxing match, the crowd was surely to be entertained.MMA
Once again Alain Illunga won his fight after the 1st round with his opponent unable to continue into the 2nd round, seems Alains’ punching power is one that cannot be matched. Another spectacular fight of the night was Sibusiso Mdoko, keeping most of his MMA fight as stand up where he dominated his opponent unfortunately the judge’s decision gave the victory to his opponent.
Fight of the night would have to go to Flippie from Two Brothers Combat ,who faced off against Nicholas Radley from Bulldogs Gym, who is in his last appearance at Panther won with a round house kick to his opponents head resulting in a very impressive 7 second knockout . This battle was sure to be brutal and that it most certainly was, both these warriors came in with some heavy punches and take downs with Nicholas trying to get his win with that infamous kick of his. His opponent Flippie impressed the crowd and the judges with his immediate recovery from this head kick and started to ground and pound Nicholas. The fight ended with Flippie winning by TKO.
These talented young men are definitely Cape town’s up and coming MMA fighters sure to hit EFC AFRICA soon.
K-1
First up was the juniors Kyle “TNT” Van der Schyff of Panther vs Jean Luc Ardendorff of Scorpions, both these youngsters fought with their hearts and in the end the decision was given to Kyle Van der Schyff proving that dynamite does really come in small packages.
A very big thank you to Austin Kettle (Panther) who stepped into the cage at the last minute and went the distance against Luan Venter (Scorpions) who won by decision.
2 Very impressive TKO’s coming from Panthers very own Justin Torode vs Johnny Dickens (Tricore) as well as Keith Drewery (Panther) vs Brandan de Beer (Takedown).
Congratulations to all the fighters that competed on the night making for a very eventful tournament.
Thanks to the team of officials as well as Devon Currer who played the role of MC.
White Tiger Tournament- Kickboxing against drugs 26TH MARCH
The White Tiger team has done it again. Offering up yet another action packed night and all for a good cause, the proceeds of this tournament went towards the fight against drugs. There was no absence of action at this event, featuring some of Cape town’s top talent. The card featured exciting match ups especially the main bout between top ranked international muaythai fighter Irshaad Sayed against Panthers Alain Illunga. This insane battle saw the 2 going toe to toe throwing blow by blow with Alain landing some heavy punches to the face of Irshaad nearly resulting in a knockout on more than one occasion, surely a fight he will not forget and perhaps won’t want to rematch. It was a close decision which in the end was awarded to Irshaad Sayed. Congratulations to our Panther fighters: Kyle Van der schyff (silver), Regis Muyambo (gold) and Alain Illunga (silver)PANTHER FIGHT NIGHT- THE Best of the best 19TH MARCH
Wow!Wow!Wow! 10 Awesome MMA Fights and 3 Explosive K-1 Fights, kept the crowd on their toes from first bell till the end of the last round. I am glad to see the standard of MMA is starting to really take shape, the fighters are becoming well rounded, and not all wins are by submission. Thank you to all the officials and Panther Students and the committee for making this a great night. Thank you to all the gyms that participated Jungle Warriors, Takedown, Panther DVille and Table View, Tap Out and White Tigers. Our next event is on the 30th April 2011. I am sure that those who were at the 11 March 2011 tournament will be back, those that missed it, don’t make the same mistake again, get there for a action packed night on the 30th April 2011design by: ubik