Promoters of
CSC 29 were happy to join with other sports managers
to assist the city of Hampton in their first annual
Hampton Sports Festival. Athletes from across the
country traveled to Hampton in order to be part of this
three-day Sports Festival, full of exhilarating
competitions, seminars, and clinics. Featured were
Kickboxing, Muay Thai in a ring, MMA in a cage,
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and No Gi Submission Grappling. CSC
29 started off with seminars by WEC top contender Jeff
"Big Frog" Curran and UFC Veteran Roberto "The Spider"
Traven. A novice undercard, in which newer fighters
could test their skills and abilities, took place during
the afternoon. Despite their novice status, these
fighters put on a skillful, technical, hard-hitting
show. The main fight show featured open class fights,
along with four WKA
National Titles and one
WKA World Title
match, with fighters coming in from gyms all over the
country to showcase the best talents to be found.
The first US Title fight featured local fighter
Shawn Steen, 2008 WKA North American Champion, from
Hybrid Academy, taking on 2009 WKA US Team member
Scott Sawade from Real Fighters, Kentucky. Both
fighters battled out all five rounds, from the first
to the last bell, with Steen having the slight power
advantage and ultimately taking the unanimous decision
for the WKA US Men's Lightweight (-60 kg) Title.
In the second title fight of the night, Osvaldo
Dominguez of Sitan, Philly, home of WKA Professional
North American Champion Rami Ibrahim, faced New York
fighter Niko Tsigaras, former USKBA Champion, of
Lion's Martial Arts, who
agreed to take the fight last-minute when Osvaldo's
opponent dropped out. Despite the eleventh-hour
notice, Niko came out prepared to win the title, which
he did by knockout
barely
more than one minute into the first round, becoming
the new WKA US Welterweight (-67 kg) Champion. Also
filling in as a last-minute replacement fighter, Greg
Rowe of Five Points Muay Thai, New York, took on local
favorite Chase Walden of Hybrid Academy. In another
hard-hitting fight that went all five rounds, Chase
used his length and reach to both disrupt his
opponent's timing and balance with several well-timed
footjabs throughout the bout, winning him a unanimous
decision and the WKA US Middleweight Title.
For the WKA Women's Welterweight Title bout,
Lindsay Scheer, 2009 WKA World gold medalist, of Real
Fighters, Kentucky, rematched Caressa Kibler of Elite
Muay Thai,
Florida.
In a very competitive bout, where Kibler appeared the
busier fighter, it was Scheer's powerful punches that
gave her the edge for her win by unanimous decision.
In the Light Welterweight World Title defense,
former World Champion
Brandon Mickens of
Team Combat, Virginia, faced current World and
North American Champion, Sitan Philly's Tim Amorim for
a third time, with this match being the tie-breaker
between the two warriors. Mickens came out with strong
Dutch-style combinations, scoring repeatedly on Amorim,
who was issued a standing eight-count in the first
round. Amorim still seemed a little dazed in the
second round as Mickens looked for the knockout. In
the third round, Amorim changed strategies to nullify
the punching power of Mickens by looking to clinch and
knee as much as possible; both fighters seemed content
to trade knees in the clinch. The fourth round started
with both fighters seeming focused and intent on
gaining the upper hand. After several
exchanges, Amorim delivered a leg kick that caused
Mickens to go to the canvas, grasping at his knee.
With Mickens unable to continue, the referee declared
the contest a TKO for the current and remaining WKA
World Champion.
In a special event pro bout, Team Combat’s Carlos
David Oliveira took on challenger Dan Jones. Both
fighters came out hyper-charged with energy. During a
grueling first round, Jones fought off Oliveira’s
takedown attempts, at first successfully with use of
the cage fence. Oliveira took a few heavy strikes from
Jones, who was no novice at boxing, but Oliveira kept
Jones busy enough with takedowns to neutralize most of
the damage. Finally, however, Oliveira hit another
takedown, but this time, as it was not against the
cage, Jones was not able to use the fence to stand up.
Oliveira landed a few strikes and then, to no one’s
surprise, turned to his superior Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
skills and put Jones in an Armbar that ended the fight
only two minutes into the first round.
See full results here.
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