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Lion Fight 8 – Van Soest vs Rufus: A Preview
By Jenypher Lanthier On an unnecessarily cold Saturday night in November, I had the privilege of having two of my fighters fighting on Kru Trevor Smandych’s Journey Fight Series event in Calgary, Canada. Lucky for me, my fighters fought early in the evening and that left the rest of the fights for me to enjoy with my team. The card had some great North American talent on it including a fast paced bout between Jessica ‘Thumper’ Gladstone and Alexis Rufus. I watched the height disadvantaged Rufus enter the ring confident and strong. Jessica entered the ring calmly with a long and lanky build resembling that of Julie Kitchen. In a five round fight where the action never stopped, I witnessed the shorter (by three inches) Rufus wear down Gladstone relentlessly with a barrage of punches and elbows. As a typically shorter-than-my-opponents fighter myself I appreciated the strength and aggression it took to over power someone taller. Rufus was impressive. The tables are about to turn where Rufus is the taller opponent and more experienced of the two but she faces a tough challenge in Tiffany Van Soest.
Eddie Walker joins the growing group of Americans heading to Glory
Glory continues to cement itself as the top kickboxing promotion in the world. With a roster featuring most of the world’s top talents and what seems like, up until now, an intelligent business plan in order to continue it’s impressive growth, Glory is establishing itself as the pinnacle of Kickboxing, and the promotion where many up and coming fighters will no doubt dream to compete. As Muay Thai and Kickboxing continue growing in popularity worldwide, the U.S. is no longer falling behind and is also prepping a steady stream of top class athletes to represent the red, white, and blue inside the Glory ring. Ky Hollenbeck and Michael “Chase” Corley were the first Americans to head overseas and fight at Glory. Recently, A fight between Joe Schilling and Steve Wakeling has been all but confirmed for a Glory card in London on March 23rd, 2013. This alone is an amazing match up since Joe Schilling has been hungry to fight the UK standout for some time. While most people would probably like to see a Schilling vs. Wakeling fight contested under Full Muay Thai rules, this fight is going to be without a doubt one of the most anticipated fights of 2013, no matter if it’s contested under Muay Thai rules or K-1 rules.
Posted in Muay Thai News, Upcoming Events
Tagged Eddie Walker, Europe, Glory, Joe Schilling, Kickboxing, Ky Hollenbeck, Muay Thai, Steve Wakeling
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Muay Thai at the Mecca 2 – Nov. 10th, 2012!
The East Coast has been in a state of disarray for the last week. Hurricane Sandy left much disaster in it’s wake and many of our close friends in the Muay Thai community have been left with nothing other than the task of picking up the pieces, rebuilding, and pushing on. Some of our fighter friends are still without power, some had their homes destroyed or severely damaged, and some even lost the gym where they used to train – which as many of you would know, is like a second home.
Lion Fight 7 – Schilling vs Walker, Choplin vs Valtellini, and Van Soest vs Sitzes
It has been a rough week for us at MTiL, once again computer problems and other such nonsense delayed us from posting more about the upcoming Lion Fight 7 event scheduled for this Saturday, October 13th, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada. For this reason we have officially declared this week, “Lion Fight 7 week”. Make sure to check out our Facebook page and “like” it because we will be posting pics, videos, and other interesting media highlighting some of the fighters that will be fighting on Lion Fight 7! Also, after the event, make sure to click the Lion Fight 7 banner in the content slider on the main page to get the full results of the nights action. If you are on the West Coast and can make it out to Vegas this Saturday, make sure to get your tickets by checking out Lion Fight Promotions main page and check out the show, live and in person! If you can’t make it to the event, make sure to support the sport and check out the live stream for the event which will air on GFL.tv As you should know right now, Eddie “Showtime” Walker from Atlanta, will experience the stiffest test of his young career as he faces off with the very dangerous and very exciting Joe “Stich’Em Up” Schilling. In a recent interview, Joe
