The Main Event - set to take British thaiboxing to new levels.

Today we start to release the fight card for The Main Event a new co-operation between Daz Morris, Dan Green & Darren Phillips (3D Promotions) in association with Peel Holdings.

Sponsored by fightshop.com, The Main Event will feature one of the most exciting cards in the history of British combat sports. The domestic fights you thought you'd never see, exciting knockout merchants going toe to toe and some intriguing technical technical contests - we plan to give every fan what they want to see!


We initially have two of the headliners to release today and the rest of the whole of the card will be released over the next fortnight. To add to the excitement both of these fights are WINNER TAKES ALL contests with several titles on the line to determine who is the true champion.


WMC MAD World Title, ISKA World Title, WKA World Title - 5 x 3 mins Full Thai Rules
Tim TNT Thomas (Nak Soo) vs Andy Thrasher (Manchester)
The two stand out welterweights of 2011 go head to head to decide who is truly British number one. Both fighters have had a phenomenal year, fighting nearly every month. Thomas taking the ISKA world title in Cambodia in the champion's hometown and Thrasher winning the Toyota Tournament, one of the biggest tournaments in Thailand and sparking out the Lumpinee ranked number one in the final. In total Thrasher had 9 fights with 7 wins 2 losses in 2011 (with one fight still to happen), Thomas had 9 fights with 7 wins 1 draw and 1 loss, also winning a title in Guernsey.

These two met before four years ago with Thomas then winning by stoppage. Will it go the distance this time?
Both fighers can bang, both think they're the best. At the end of the fight there can only be one winner..


WMC MAD World Title, WMC European Title - 5 x 3 mins Full Thai Rules
Micheal Wakeling (Scorpions) vs Craig Jose (The Faktory)
Jose does for us one of the most admirable things a fighter can do in the sport - putting the WMC MAD World title on the line for the third time in 12 months against Michael Wakeling. The South's most exciting fighter, WMC European and WMC MAD Intercontinental Champion Michael Wakeling, made a big splash last time he fought in Manchester against Chris Shaw and this time will challenge for his first world title on British soil. Both fighters had a great 2011 - Jose beating Kevin Harper and Daitan Jackson, Wakeling in his last fight beating the well reknowned Egon Racz amongest the mainy highlights for the two.




The rest of the card looks set to feature the best of all the weight classes and some great upcoming young talent including Dean James, Rick Barnhill, Andrew Tate, Daitan Jackson, Paul Kaporwicz, Stuart Kemp, Joe McGovan, Mike Clarke, Paige Farrington, Chad Sugden, Sam Omogobe, Thomas McCormick, Solomon Wickstead and others.


Tickets go on sale today and VIP tables are already 50% gone with pre-orders. Get in touch early about club bulk discounts as for sure this will be a sell out.

Also looking at possibly putting Michael Dicks on the card.

Great fights

Awesome, was on Phone tonight to Daz re: these fights and i Beleive me and Vinny are commentating ... i canni wait for this badboy x

and if poss: can we ( Emma beeps Bragg ) challenge paige farrington please as weve asked for this 3 times now 50 kilos for anything? ie: prestige / or Emmas English UKMF Title or any other?
Time she stopped avoiding Good domestic opponents

will be good to see tate and sugden cross over from kickboxing hear both are rated highly.

will be good to see tate and sugden cross over from kickboxing hear both are rated highly. also excellent matching reguarding jose v wakleing and thrasher v tnt. top domestic battles.

OMG, Thrasher vs TNT is a fight I've wanted to see for years, and for 3 forld titles! Thrasher is one of my favourite fighters to watch in the UK, love his style and his power is there for all to see! Tim is also an exceptional fighter, can't wait for this!
Would love to see Joe McGovern vs Andrew Tate under K1 rules! Both kickboxers making their mark in the K1 scene and also Chad Sugden who is going from strength to strength beating FTR British Champion Salah abdelsalem!
This really will be the main event!

Watch this space all good things come lol :-)

GOOD WORK DAZ...

Oops, forgot to mention Wakeling vs Jose! Only seen Wakeling fight once in his war against Chris Shaw, for me, fight of 2011! Craig has had a great year beaying Meikle, Jackson and Harper. Would love to see the winner fight the likes of Pique, Dzhabar etc. 72.5 for me is the most exciting division in UK muay thai!

Thanks Chris !! Some more mega fights to be revealed soon !!

Dean ! I think the winner wakeling v Jose will some massive stuff in the pipeline ...... I've heard that our friends the pesky Russians are keeping a close eye on this one !

Emma v Paige? please :-)

McGovern v Tate would be on a par with them all...

Michael Wakling v Chris Shaw was probably the best fight i photographed in 2011, better than UFC 138. Wakling has ferocious and never stopped comming forward throwing everything, cant wait to see that in action again.

Michael Wakling v Chris Shaw was probably the best fight i photographed in 2011, better than UFC 138. Wakling has ferocious and never stopped comming forward throwing everything, cant wait to see that in action again.

Wow !! Those 2 fights alone would be a 'sell-out' on any card. Really chuffed about the 'Andy and Tim show'. Thrasher is my favourite all-time MT UK fighter. He reminds me so much of Nigel Benn in his approach and fighting style. My money's on Andy winning this tough bout.

yes mate thrash and tnt is a great fight, looking forward to seeing who dean james fights, all ways puts on a clinic.

Wow, gonna be sick night of fights on this show. will no doubt be getting up to manchester to watch this.

Great job, Daz, Daz and Dan. Some brilliant matches as usual!

Andy V Tim is absolutely mouthwatering... I'll post a couple of pics from the first match, later.

Adam, I absolutely agree with you, Wakeling V Shaw was definitely the best fight I shot all year.

Looking forward to another great show!

Can't wait for this.. Excited to be headlining a card with such other great fighters :-)

amazing fights right there cant wait for this one...quick question the WMC mad title thrasher was already the champion but then greg wooton won the title at the same weight now thrasher and tim are fightiong for it, is thrash still the champ and def3ending or what im confused

There seems to be loads of MAD champions kicking about. Chu, Wakeling and Dzhabar all seem to be European Champion.

B good to see chris shaw on this v chu,d. Jackson or barwise

I was under the impression that the MAD title is not defendable, its more of a presentation belt with the procceeds going to drugs charities in Thailand, something similar to a show belt,

anyone betting? i will have wakeling and TNT for wins

they are defendable craig jose defended his against daiton jaackson last week dint he??

Liam, I'll have a little £20 on old man Thrash?

Yes they are defendable !!! And andy will be doing just that !

And Daitan will be on the show ! Simon is for now at least having a break but I am sure we will see him again soon, spoke to him the other day !

Loads of other quality fights to come out shortly ! Stay tuned !! :-)

Looking like an awesome line-up! Great work Daz&Co!

Cheers Ricky !! Hope u have booked ur seminar at sandy's ha ha

Still waiting for dates to be announced mate.. Ill have to find out whats happening lol

ill have 50 on thrash Gonz , need to get the money back youv won off me over the years

Also Good Luck to Tim Thomas, who has looked in great shape and had a massive year this year! Will be a hard and tough fight for both lads!

so many UK whose who v whose who
so much Talent it gets us all giddy !
some Great matches above


And Emma beeps Bragg v Paige farrington ANY Rules any rounds at 50kilos PLEASE !!!

I'm going for Thrasher and Jose win.

Where would the show be ?

Im sure The WMC MAD titles are not World titles, They are just the WMC muaythai against drugs champion not a world title. im sure of this because two of them were up for grabs on the Challenger final at the same weight. so they are just a title to promote MUAYTHAI AGAINST DRUGS!!

like the facebook page for updates https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Main-Event/301256853239665

Good luck with the show guys should be a cracker

You might as well go the whole hog and get Trainor v's Howson IV (or is it V) on

yeah your right then Jay whats the point in thrash defe3nding when greg wooton holds the title aswell??? may as well just fight for th number 1 spot its got more prestige that way

is my lad who you asked about no longer needed

Thrash holds WKA world and Tim the ISKA so there is plenty at stake !

Can some1 actually find out if theres one or 5 belts / titles? that aint good :-(

Also a quick apology to mark mathews re: me keep asking paige farrington fighting Emma he rang me and explained the situ re: paige only fights K-1 type fights and wont happen with emma.
I just want ( like Mark ) good fights for Emma and i / we strugglee for anyone under 50 kgs
Emma Beeps Bragg fought a tough and brave and less exp: Sai varleys girl Kirsty Green only a week ago for her English UKMF title defence at 50 Max
Kirsty was 49.5 on the day and Emma was 48.5 on the day

so anyone got any ideas of any female fighters in the UK at UNDER ? or 50 Max ? many thanks

really hoping to ge on this show! A or B class
please contact myself or henry cleminson if you can?

Nathan spoken to yogi mate fb me ya number

Sarah Gibbs fights under 50kg, contact Pierre or Chanelle at Kao Loi

Here's a couple of shots from Thrasher V Thomas I

looking like a fantastic show 2D, great team!

some great domestic matches, really looking forward to watching this.

how you doing lun, you still in thailand? I was hoping me and Dale White would get to fight on this, maybe next time.

Joe Mcgovan now world K1 Champion ..watch this space

Real shame for Dean if this fight doesn't happen, I know how badly you want it!

Eh??? x

Following the result of a certain fight tonight the next fight we are pleased to announce is none other than:

Andrew Tate (Storm Gym) vs Joe McGovan (SDF Sheffield)
Under oriental rules this is the cruiserweight battle that the whole country has been waiting to see! McGovan tonight (11 December) just won his first world title against non-other than multiple World Champion Marlon Hunt to cap a great year. World full contact champion Tate too has had a fantastic 2011 successfully switching to fighting K1 rules at top level, blasting his way through Enfusion and winning his ISKA title fight. Both fighters are bangers, both are on a roll, expect total fireworks!

What a fight! King Cobra Tate never fails to knock people out!!

Would have a 20 spot on Jose v wakeling if any one fancied it. Reckon Jose could do it! Will be a awesome fight would live to be in the Uk to see it. Would also be nice to receive 20 spot from my last bet on Jose to win guess there are some dudes on ax who like to take it but give it out when they lose.

i will have £200 on mike wakeling !!!

a.hustler who owes you/ shall we send the boys round??? :-p

Not too fussed sandy, will survive without it probs not worth much after converting it to auzzy dollar. Winner takes all on 2 main event fights! Real interesting. Wouldn't like to pick s winner from TNT thrasher. Am I right in thinkin TNT koed thrasher a few years ago in Leeds? Think thrash is the most improved fighter in Uk shows a old dog can learn new tricks. 2 awesome fights

We tried to get the fight with Dean James and Dale White, but Dean White wont have it. Shame coz the whole of the UK would love to see it.

Shame, would have been good but to be honest cant see anyone in the UK beating Dean, even a few KG's above his weight.

"how you doing lun, you still in thailand? I was hoping me and Dale White would get to fight on this, maybe next time."

im sound my mate, just got back jet lagged to hell, il pop over and see you lads sometime soon, maybe even chuck some gloves on and give our matt the business! well lets hope that fight happens soon, its probably the most anticipated domestic fight in the uk. dale probably needs a few warm up fights first as hes been out of action for a while.

Is this show on the 24th or 31st of March?Two different dates on the threads.

31st March 100%

Yes sorry first date put up in error

a.hustler name n shame the 20£ errr / lol
and good post re: andy Thrasher and heyi Always say "You Can teach a Old Dog new Tricks.....IF the Old Dog is willing to learn more"


and again what dates this show ?? lol

Tate v McGovan will be a showstopper ...Awesome match up ..

I'm looking forward to the MT community seeing Tate do his thing.
One of the most explosive fighters I've ever seen live (and I've seen a few good ones now) with raw power and pinpoint precision...he is mustard!

I'm not surprised Dean White doesn't want that fight for Dale, even when Dale was active Dean never really took any risks with him. I know he never wanted Dale to step up and fight anyone at 55 even though they were the best fights out there with the likes of Howson and trainer.

It would be nice to think though that with a few warm up fights it could happen but I fear we will never see it.

For me though Wakeling v Watson is THE domestic fight.

Let's just hope they both want to get it on at some point!!

Agree with you Dougie.

Pity this is on the Sam day as the O2 sucks ass for fans

Yes totally agree we had this date since June but I believe it's the day the O2 could be booked ! Just one of those things unfortunately

And Wakeling is apparantly matched on that show aswell.....When are tickets available?

Tickets are on sale now on our ticket hotline

dont forget my vips :-)

we need a "Like" button AX :-)

both different ends of country both exciting shows exposure nationwide all good x

Massive thank you to p4 for the trailer ! This one I aimed at the big screen in the Trafford center and its manchester demographic a full length trailers will be released shortly

Get some more fights up on here mate lol stop making us all wait lol

kru dazzathethai


what a load of bollox we would have it u fckin runaround 3 seminar puppet !!!


53.5kg and it all here for u Dean fights at 55kg & Dale can make 52kg so why is fight at 55kg then straight away mention 20% if heavy ? unlike u pal and the others i aint the kid who got bullied at school and wont bow to no man ;)

ps just been tipped off this was on !!!

Lol

So is the fight on or might be on 53.5 ??

Over to 3D

Any more names/fights yet? For defo on? Cheers.

What difference is 1.5 kilos to a world class fighter?

It's okay to be scared. Everyone gets scared sometimes in life.

Dean Ford
Posted: 2011-12-15 07:50:48

What difference is 1.5 kilos to a world class fighter?


To be fair the higher class the figher the more difference the weight makes, you wouldnt see thais giving 1.5kg in stadium only Saenchai when he was struggling for fights.

Anyhow regardless of weight if Daz M happy to hold the money will have £2000 sidebet on Dean James.

I'll hold the money !!!!

Great idea Dean moves up to 56.5kg & fights somebody at 58kg :D easy problem solved

you not on show B in a B ?

Just had long discussion with Dean James and Tony Myers.


We will do the fight at 53.5 kilos max

Thats a great fight matched if all is agreed and everything can be put to 1 side and make the fight.
Good work. 53.5kg good weight for both fighters.

Looks to be a great show by serious promoters looking to put the best names out there.

No excuses now Mr White. Dale is the best in the UK - now PROVE IT.

lol dont ya luv it :-)
All good in the 6 d's

DAZ
Darren
Dan
Deano
Dean
Dale


lol x

You angling to change yer name to 'Dandy', bud ??

Dale White will now get a miraculous injury leaving him unable to fight!

Dean Ford who the fxxk are you little kickboxing fag when i get u ur gonna scream and i swear on that this is my family ur talking about ;)

Kasat we aint even in rankings ring me m8 google my number Dean Whites gym lets speak like men ;)


Back to buisness now any promoter wants this fight in May get in contact with me NOT Dan Green Daz Morris Kru Phillips as i cant stand any off you... This is the BIGGEST BEST domestic fight ever any promoter will get 700-800 easy to watch this fight

Also £1000 to promoter 6 weeks before the fight any fighter doesnt fight due to pull out other fighter takes the purse


Dan Green ur not feathering ur nest with me ive seen ur track record takin fighters worldwide getting em smashed while ur drinking and rubbing shoulders with promoters making out ur mr Muay Thai not with my fighters ur NOT told you a 1000 times i cant be bought or sold ;)

So the fight is a go any promoter who as worked with me previous get i contact Dale White v Dean James 53.5kg :) lets get it on !!!

Oh yes and great show this is world and european title fights 4 English fighter the world end at white cliffs off dover :D x

Someone is a tad toucheee!
Bit harsh slagging Dan off. I think he has worked quite hard for the sport and himself. From a little hall in Eggham to the shows he puts on now is a huge step.
Deano youtrpost doesnt show you in a positive way.
I like your idea of the fighter putting a deposit down in case they back out! Not sure how many other fighters would support that one???
Smile its a sport....

ash well it all depends how u look at Dan isnt it !!!

doesnt show me in a positive way i never said NO to this fight thats why im pissed off i said what i put here but thats kept in closet but now i will post here for the world to see ;)


yes its a sport but 98% in this sport have nothing else in there lives unlike the other 2% and yes to us it is a sport we have familys grand children MANY friends good social life shame other 98% havent :D

As i stated NOBODY is picking fluff of me to feather there nests

like to finish and say Dean James TOP fighter nice lad along with Tony who knows who i am sat with him many times in Lumpinee ask him i know my stuff and DONT need seminars ;)

Dean your rambling does no one any favours !! your son IMO is one the best thai fighters i have ever seen and slagging ppl off on a public forum mars that !!

love or hate me Dan or baldy ! but we have great show building the tv deal is concrete the money is on the table !!! you wanna show case Dale get paid properly looked after you dont have to even speak to any of us !!

the fight deposit is waiting !! ill even put a win bonus on it !

1. Dan Greens fighter on Dan Greens show come on

2. U judged one of the worst dissisions ever with my fighter ;) and even said after u had gone wrong come on

3. Kru Phillips that far up Tony Myers arse u can only see the sole of his anklets come on


doing no favours u aint seen the txts im getting ppl love it i speak my mind and always will do !!!

Ha ha Dean stop towing the line and say what you really think!!

Let's just hope personal feelings aside this fight happens. I honestly think Dale is great but has nowhere near had the fights that can define him that way.

I also think you ate forgetting Tony Myers and his direct descendants are the only people who really know muay Thai outside of Thailand. No disrespect to Tony meant, just some of his following : )

I can understand why Dean is going off it,he never said on here the fight with Dale and Dean wouldnt happen,and its his son everyone is talking about.

Dean has never pulled any punches,those of us who know him well enough know that to.

If the fight comes off it will be a cracker and will sell tons of tickets,personally I would like to see it on the Main event and see the lads get looked after and paid well.

Shame personal issues may get in the way of this so perhaps Mr White would reconsider and put Dale on the main event? I wont hold my breath though!.

HoostFan,

You think only Tony Myers and his direct descendants are the only people outside of Thailand who really know Muay Thai? Sorry I disagree. There are many coaches up and down the country who travel to Thailand regularly to further knowledge and pass it on to there students and have been doing for many years. This assumption that there are only a chosen few who understand and are proficient in muay thai in UK is rubbish.

Love to see that fight on whatever show it may be on.

It would be right fight to be fair.

Sarcasm lost on kaiser lol

Everyone bangs on about taking the sport and like I have always done on the previous rumble at the reebok show's is try to showcase the top talent and up and coming talent in this country ! The collaboration between Darren Dan and myself has always been there so of course Dan is going to put his own signed fighter on.

A judging desicion that you didn't agree with dean has no bearing what's so ever as the officials on the night will be selected by the sanctioning body as will the ref and I defo wont be doing any of it.

And Darren's relationship with Tony is a completely null point ! At the end of the day no fighters are forced to fight just simply asked and offer what I consider the highest purse's in the UK and look after in every other way possible !

The offer was made to show case the fight ! It's still on the table its in a neutral location and for all the world to see !!

Your choice ?

The personal issues are just a side show to this situation. I think the REAL issue is this....The time has come for Dale White to step up to the plate and to match up to the hype that surrounds him. Maybe in Dean James they see the guy who will expose that hype.

I can't ever recall a fight where Dale White has set the world a light. But, here's the chance to prove it. Dad & lad take the world on! Let's see the hype backed up with the skill, the taking apart of Deane James the two fingers up to the MT world from the maverick Dean White & Dale White..

A fathers love is a fathers love and he will do anything he can to protect his son and Dean has some very valid points on whos a knob and whos not. Some of them make my list to haha. But ALL promoters pluck feathers of people to make a profit on their investment. If Dale has fought in Thailand then he's fought and bet on. That's the ultimate plucking feathers off. But he'll get probably the best pay day of his life. Is that plucking feathers off the punters? No, it's him making money from his investment in the sport just like a promoter

Feathers aside all the distraction tactics are raising questions how good do they really believe Dale is? I have £500 here that says not has good as Dean James. That's not because I think he's rubbish, far from it but the fact there's some nervousness in the camp coming out through aggression and maverick style behavior. Everyone is their own man and women Dean isn't unique.

I think he also knows the only promoters that could put it on are Dan & Daz Morris. By offering it to other promoters it looks like the fights wanted. But in my opinion thats because they know nobody will take it.

If it was my son and I wanted to prove he was the best I'd work through the politics, agree the judges, the weight, the purse, the bonus and get it on. Because I'd want to see my son as the top man and get the recognition for the years of sacrafice. No better show than one this big. On a show this size theres no where to hide though and that maybe the problem lies there. It's full exposure of all strengths and all weaknesses.

I don't think the fight is any bigger than any of the others on the show and I think Harrisson V Khan & Watson V Wakeling are far bigger fights out there that would wet the appetite far more

I've promised myself not to come back on and read replies to this post. So, if u have something to say direct to the Ax board not me. I won't be here haha

re: "Dan Green's fighter on Dan Green's show"
I think the reputation I have for fair unbiased results on my events speaks for itself.



That aside Mr White was offered the opportunity to have input into judges for the fight. So it's a moot point.

Aaah I see, I jumped the gun, apologies my brothers! x

considering dean james is pretty active when was the last time dale white competed? and how would dale white inactivity have no bearing on any fight? i see cherry pickers on here all the time, main event fighters or those touted as talent of the future being fed wee guys or euro level fighters rather than fighting top thai's, now there's not been any discussion of these fighters on here yet it's being implied that dale and deano white are ducking, i've not seen anything of them avoiding the fight, just want it to be evenly matched with venue and weight, don't think they've mentioned how inactive dale may have been, now would other camps be ready to step into the lions den as a comeback fight? probanbly not without some warm ups, it show the fighting spirit of the white family that they are up for this fight if the small details can be ironed out, only other fighter i've seen come back and fight the top names is steven wakeling and everyone knows what talent the wakeling family are(as well as being double hard) :)

dale has had 3 fights recently, deans not that active himself only fought against andy and an itailian since May if im not wrong?? also nige just to point out me and imran are training partners we wont be fighting

didn't know dale white was fighting again haha bang goes that theory, hopefully details can ironed out that both sides are comfortable with

i might be wrong it might be 2 but iv seen him school 2 spanish fighters on golden teams last 2 shows

to get back to normality, taking your point "what difference does 1.5 kg make" I agree completly with Liam last time Craig gave away wieght, Power of Scotland 3 Rotung was about 10kg heavier, he got his jaw broke, it makes a big difference.

Dean James looks total boiled down at 55kg, and he could shed another 1.5kg!!!!

Dean has offered to take the fight at 53.5? Plus i'm sure, Like Liam said, Dean's only had 2/3 fights since May?

Can anyone who does not have a name starting with D take part?
Dean v derrick
dave v denton
denzil v dorris.
Sorry I forgot Dick..

Your all being total letterist! Whats wrong with other letters of the alphabet. I blame Dan green for promoting fighters with a D in their name! He's always favoured them, the bastrad.
Alright, sometimes he lets a W in but be fare what about a Z or a X. I can see this going all the way to the European Alfa Rights Association.

HAHAAHA ace and sorry it was i that mentioned the Triple D's and its stuck
Glad ima S lol
and luv it the Europen Alpha Ass-ociation lmao



my D's are different
Desire
determination
Dedication




and maybe this show should be called..............




`The Main `D'Event` ;-P

wow didnt read after my post about the 6'ds further up lol

All good in the 6 d's

DAZ
Darren
Dan
Deano
Dean
Dale


wow it went off on one ddidnt it

and in response to Dean white and Dan
my words for what there worth?

1. its daz morris show first and foremost
2. dan and Darren p are matchmakers helping daz mand do great jobs matchmaking imo
3. dean read your posts and points and can i ask?
does this mean you will or wont fight on this particular show?


if you wont/dont and TBH rather see it on This the Main Event show in Manc: the Biggest and best, i will bet show in the UK ever to date ! then..... u could do this?
ive a show in Sunny Bolton sun: 29th: April Ikon ( just had a world title on was good) Not trying to steel this fight it defo should be a top class undercard prestige fight on THE EVENT
(main Event on mine )
im being serious on both
that its better on Daz morris show
but id put it on in Bolton

good luck and to both Dean james and dale when they do be a Great British bash up

Sandy,
Your posts actually hurt my eyes...they are the incoherant ramblings of a mad man!

Back to Dean v Dale, for once I agree with Nig Ash...I didn't really see this fight as that big of a deal in the first place. Got to admit though, this thread has made me interested...now I'm dying to see it, haha.

Is this the most elaborate ploy to hype up a match? Haha (Kidding)

If it was ever gonna happen though, for sure it would be on this event. Neutral show, mutually appointed officials and guaranteed good purses. I've worked on almost all of 'The Rumble' events, all 'The MSA' shows and almost all of Dan's recent promotions...never heard a single complaint from anyone about purses or hospitality....my guess is that no-one else will put this on!

As an aside to that bout...I'd LOVE to see Turner v Wooton...any chance?

turner vs Wooten would be a fantastic matchup!!

I would love to see John Dennis in action on this one aswell : )

great matching thus far. Looks like being an awesome show!!

dougie dougie dooooooogeyyyyyyyyyy
then get to McSpecsavers lol

lol i will translate fer yee McOk



and in response to Dean white and Dan
my words for what there worth?

1. its daz morris and Phil / partners show show first and foremost

2. Dan G and Darren G are matchmakers helping Daz/team and do great jobs matchmaking imo

3. dean white i read your posts and points and can i ask?
does this mean you will or wont fight on this particular show?


if you wont/dont want to ? on this show? ( and TBH rather see it on This )the Main Event show in Manc: the Biggest and best i will bet on it that it will best show in the UK ever to date !

then..... u could do this?
ive a show in Sunny Bolton sun: 29th: April Ikon ( just had a world title on was good) Not trying to steel this fight it defo should be a top class undercard prestige fight on THE EVENT
(main Event on mine )
im being serious on both
that its better on Daz morris & Co:'s show
but id put it on in Bolton

good luck and to both Dean james and Dale white when they do meet, it will be a Great British Bash Up !!!

Actually Sandy this event is a partnership.... :)



Should have some more fights to announce this week.

lol soz ok how many partners? 6D's and a P
cant wait for this show bud

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Just watched the only fight I could find of Dale White's on Youtube. He looked sharp and proficient certainly, but no-where near on Dean James' level. I can see why his dad is avoiding them fighting, he'd get taken apart.

I wouldnt go over board and say Dean would take him apart.
The whole reason everyone wants them to fight is beacause they are both so good and would make a good fight.

Lets forget the bullshit and get down to the pound and hope they both take the fight.

Part 1



Part 2

Dale wouldn't be out of his depth at all, like said earlier dale is one of best fighters I've ever seen. Dean is raw talent and this would be one hell of a fight

Would have to say Dean James is PURE not raw Talent!

Would also like to see Dale against Damian T or Andy.

why not put dean james in with top name thai's then, he'll gain more from it, win or lose, i don't understand the urgency to fight dale white when dale white has been fairly inactive for 4 years, seems almost opportunistic

there's michael wakeling-jordan watson, liam harrison-tim thomas, michael dicks-andy thrasher/tim thomas and plenty of more fights that are potential fights of the year with top uk nak muay who have all been more active, don't understand the urgency for dale vs dean, let dean fight 2-3 top thai's while dale gets warmed up again, will be good prep for dean james and gives dale white time to find his form

Quick Q? how many fights in total has Dale white and Dean james had W l d?
cheers

Got to agree with billybigconkers. Seems Dale is being goaded into a fight with Dean. There must be plenty of other match ups for both fighters that could be made. Could still have them both on the show just fighting other people.

Seems to be a major clique in UK Muay Thai and I think this may be the reason for the opportunistic approach? People in UK are probablytoo scared or and cautious about confirming this as a monopoly seems to be being formed as to promoters and fights/opportunities?

I don't know who Daz p is but as per reading above I see it's been suggested he likes Tony myres who trains Dean? Reason for opportunistic approach again? As a fan I'd love to see Dale take the fight as he would confirm my thoughts and prove a little too much for dean I believe. This fight won't happen unless Dale has another period of inactivity and then wants to accept the fight unfresh.

On another subject - what are the promoters fighting history? I hear Darren Morris trains bisping? The uk fighter who kicks butt in the states. What's his trainers fight record? I found that if Daz p is darren Phillips that he has been in with Denton and crooke. Is he the only person in the promotion that knows muay thai. My estimation leads me to believe this is true

Do you really need to know all the details of Muay Thai to promote it? Granted most come from training/fight background but a promotor is normally a business man/woman.
I don't think Don King was a huge boxer with numerous fights under his large belt.
I think some times its about passion and business. If you dont like Dan, Dan, Daz, Denzil, Dave, Dick, and anyone else with a D promoting fights you have to step up and do it yourself.
There are some great fighters and great fights on this show so lets enjoy them and celebrate the fact the the Brits can put on such a show..

also since when has anyone USA used "taking the Mickey" and "lad" lol x

I didn't know that anyone UK used 'X'

I'm in the UK at the moment, I was born in the UK and emigrated to the states when I was 6 , I'm home for xmas. Who cares? If I need to fill out a profile to get a response then i'll happily oblige. I'll also post my number so someone can ring me if they don't want to answer and it means that much to them. Clicky Clicky Clicky.

And to clarify, I was asking about history on "another subject" I understand it has nothing to do with promoting.

in fact AX has just lost another poster - I know no one cares but the clique is just too controlling - I came on here for a bit of action, not to walk on egg shells. absolute shite. Moderator please delete this account.

thank fuck for that! sure you will be back acting a cunt again in a week or so under a different name!

what are the promoters fighting history?

do you think you need to be criminal to be a judge in court you fuckin idiot!

Angelo Dundee never boxed and bjorn borg coach couldnt play tennis no relevance what's so ever how many great fighters has sugar ray Leonard produced talent is talent spotting it and improving it is another gift x

if you read my post - i stated ON ANOTHER SUBJECT (NOTHING TO DO WITH PROMOTING ) - I WAS CURIOUS - WHERES THE CRIME IN THAT - SHOULD I SET UP A NEW THREAD TO ASK PEOPLES RECORDS??? WHATS THE BIG DEAL

touchy subject i see clearly.

i thought you had fucked off.

yeah sling your hook ya bellend. go and try and upset some other people

and vinny i understand that - I'm curious, as someone who knows that Bisping fights/trains or is trained by someone I wanted to know their record - As darren phillips trains andy thrasher (top uk fighter) i looked up his record and fights and found out - seriously guys what a load of shit i asked a simple question

next time man up and put your name on your profile. half of the bullshit would stop if people had there name to it, splinter on the other hand we all know who you are.

its not particularly this post its that everything you say is loaded, all of you posts are having a dig somewhere or at someone.

Any chance of an updated/revised fight card?

Don`t really think Dean can be classed as a raw talent, he was at that stage a couple of years ago.

Would have thought Dale would need a couple more fights to get rid of the ring rust before taking Dean on as it would be a hard fight at the best of times.

Dave Jackson never fought did he, and he did alright with his fighters (including Bisping whilst he was carving out his career).

Mourinho was a flippin translator but he seems to do ok for himself in the footy world as well, not to mention Wenger.

If you can do the job you can do the job.

Daz has done a top job with mike bisping and flew to the states to train him highly thought of and no I have not always got on with him yet he wants to do his best to showcase the nations talents,he isn't on here praising himself also dan green another who I have been abroad with at least 15 times is held in high regard by promoters as a decent guy,Darren Phillips is a compassionate referee and honest further more Dale white inspired me when I was in Finland to improve in muay Thai he and Dean James are great fighters,dean has a huge respect for Dale as am sure Dale has for dean,we are known as a nation of great talent look what thrash did and Jordan and Liam and Damien Trainor and Michael dicks,Steven wakeling and michael am proud of it when they are mentioned to me abroad anyway getting all emotional xx

Thanks for the post vinny probably the most enlightening of all. I'm not known to UMuay Thai world at all so why put my name? Who cares!? im just a passer by who has an opinion. All opinions are valid. Thats me done anyway and thanks for the info, didn't know dave jackson trained bisping. not sure who he is does he come on here? vinny im usre there was a topic as to darren morris managing you? i thought you got on - i suppose ax isnt real life so could of been some kind of joke thread?

bye have a nice Xmas : )

lol, Dave Jackson is a no one...... He only trains the likes of Rampage & Congo now .... and a couple Nak Muays too ;-)

Anyone betting on Tate v McGovern?

I've lost count of all the names Dave Jackson has trained!!!

Abdul Arif, Alan Zindani, Ian Ledson, Shaun Johnson, Warren Brown, Kevin Harper, Brian Rustage,.....

and lately theres that young lad who fights at 65kg and is 6 feet tall (hes only 16 please help me!! whats his name again, cant think off hand) and the one and only Scot Dixon ;)

Hes trained that many champions i cant keep track!!!

kaman pickering..



and...

Vinny to echo and also say...


" They All Put there Money where their mouths are and Also
Do the DO too

kamen

Kamen . Training at kiatphontip ( Rob's Gym ) at the moment huge prospect .

Greg Wooton and Julie kitchen and loads more : ) x

just noticed the comments ref: what trainers / teachers /instructors / coaches / kru whatever you like to call us / them ? :-p

Whats it got to do if the Instructor wasnt a champion or even a fighter? if he (she) can produce fighters and good thai boxing students also and champions then they "Must" be Good and qualified and have earned their stripes !
gradings etc: and courses and seminars (paper qualified) is just that... and im not calling it before you say ? / ask/ as im got quite a few of the above, but its the action that speaks louder than words of who and how youve taught etc:
Like some mentioned above and i might be wrong ( correct me if iam sorry)
have maybe had a fight or 2? or never fought to my knowledge?
dave jackson
dean white
and others im sure of it ! and sdo what?
daz morris as your talking about him i know hes had a fight i was in his corner lol
but whats that matter? Look at who hes taught and produced and look at his Promoter skills TOP notch the Best in Britain imo and matchmaking etc: etc:
daz morris has been helping and assisting me for years and im thankfull and glad he has he has a a very forward thinking and astute brain in muay thai !
yep darren phillips is the exception as you pointed out and had i think it was, 10 fights with me at Bolton Thai boxing Club, his first 12 years in his long and succesful carear to date, and fought 3 Big names back then
Eval Denton ( world champ )
Peter crooke ( world champ)
Chris Allen ( who beat JWparr btw )
so i really dont think any of these or others need questioning re: "have / wnho they fought"/ look at who they have taught and teaching they all done amazing and full on respect for earning their "stripes" the hard way if they havent been in the ring or once or twice? thery All still get my vote ! "quality guys"

2012 the year of KING COBRA...bring it on!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XiBPabLOt0&feature=youtu.be

D day. Xx

frank warren was lb4lb wbc champ

FW smashed everyone!

5 x 3 mins Full Thai Rules:
Liam Harrison (Bad Company, England) vs Andrei Kulebin (Kick Fighter, Belarus)

The fight the fans asked for! - In his first fight in the UK for a whole year, pound for pound England's finest Liam Harrison goes up against the Belarussian fighting machine Andrei Kulebin. Twenty seven year old Kulebin, who has had over 150 fights in total (combining amateur and pro), has fought twice in the UK before beating both Michael Dicks and Imran Khan. Kulebin finished 2011 in outstanding form, winning the Belarus Big 8 world tournament at the end of November and is looking forward to fighting on UK soil again in 2012.
Twenty six year old Harrison, who we don't really need to tell you about, holds wins over Anuwat Kaewsamrit, Numphon PK Sterio & Sarmsamut Kiatchongkao, and was famously named by Sanchai as his best ever non-thai opponent, added a WBC title to his many others in 2011.

This truly is two of the world's very best going head to head and this will probably be your only chance to see Liam Harrison fight in the UK in 2012 - don't miss it!



Merry Christmas and Happy New Year everyone from 3D Promotions :)

amazing fight!

:D:D:D:D:D

Awesome fight. 2 of my favorite fighters to watch. All the best to Liam though, hope he gets the win.

Going to be a great battle. Definitely want to go to this.

www.themaineventmanchester.com for tickets!

Is it Christmas again?

super awesome..ive seen both guys fight live and liam will take him he`ll be too strong for kulbin this one only my opinion.. but kulbin he is a great technician tho .. peace x

I'm going to look forward to watching that :-)

This is an incredible fight whatever the outcome, for me personally the first reebok show was the best there were so many great fights like all the reebok shows, but for me rumble at the reebok means Juk vs Damian Trainer, so much hype and build up to that fight and the fight lived up to those expectations, I believe Liam vs Andrei will be the fight that will make the Main Event stand out, the fight itself will be a game of chess strategy and technique all the way through, Dixie made a small mistake and dropped his right hand and Andrei was on it like a tramp on a chip wrapper, can't see Liam given any defensive mistakes away, IMO it's going to the wire and the judges are going to ave tb on tiptop form scoring this, one kick or knee could decide the fight.

Thanks Paul I am hoping that "The Main Event" is the next step forward in raising the bar again !! And what better way than the card myself daz and dan have built !! Me and Dan were rivals for a while but now I think with us working together and daz p's eye for match making we are about to do something very special any hopefully get muaythai and the British fighter in the lime light !

Brilliant news!

jonno match my 100 pound bet on tnt lets go big man and the crippler ill match ur bet to :, ill be a rich man afta the event

Cool, £20 on Thrash! ;-)
Thanks, that'll buy me a few birthday drinks.

dAZ MORRIS UR WRONG TNT HOLDS THE WRSA AND ISKA HES GOT 2 BELTS TO THRASHERS ONE

how am i gonna get my winnings crippler, bank transfer

LoL, Slow your roll Danger...... I'm happy to accept MY winnings via Bank transfer!

Mr d danger you caps lock button is broken mate I apologies I forgot about Tims WRSA title but thrasher does have the WKA and WMC mad

Anybody want my £20 on Tate???

I honestly can't see Liam Harrison winning this fight. If people think he will be too strong for Kulebin they have not seen Kulebin fight.

The difference with this fight and others that Liam has fought in the past is size and strength, Liam was too big for the likes of Anuwat. This will be a different story

Should be a good scrap all round I reckon. Can't pick a winner at the minute but nothing wrong with people saying who they think will or won't win. No need to jump on someone for having an opinion just because it's not the same as yours.

Daz Morris - the WMC MAD means hardly anything - apart from that the title holder has beaten someone in a prestige fight -

WHAT IS THE POINT IN WMC MAD>>>???? I Can make some cool wwe belts for you to put on? all shiny...

Forget the titles just fight for no1 spot.

ridiculous.

MAD Titles-muay thai against drugs..promotion against drugs...
good thing imo

Kasat Therapy
isnt that wot there are doing its winner take all the belts the glory and more important the no 1 spot,,
and theres 2 other titles apart from the wmc mad i think its the 1st time iv seen a unification title fight in thaiboxing 3 different orgs
its a great match wots ur point?

...........this thread just keeps giving and giving!!!! LOL


..CAN WE GET BACK TO THE IN FIGHTING AND BICHING NOW PLEASE!!

now wheres that Septic Limey bloke gone......;)

My point is that this title keeps getting mentioned to promote fights - great fights in fact. BUT WHY?? so all the public can come and see 50 championship belts being foughbt for in one fight!? rubbish

Any fighter or fight can fight for a MAD world title if you show the money -

We have about 20 in states - most arent listed online - infact i'm not sure any are.

Thrasher v Thomas - Super Presitge - Undisputed UK NO.1 SPOT - HOW MUCH better does that sound.

Instead we have Thrasher WMC MAD WKA WEF WWFchampion v THOMAS WMC MADII WKAR ABC DEF Champion - It doesnt do the fighters justice.

Gav - no it isnt because 4 titles? Who has Thrasher and Thomas beat to get them titles? is the WMC one even regional??? or just MAD>?!

can anyone answer that one? is the WMC MAD title a world title? Who was beaten for the WKA?

I think the promoters of this show should put a neck out here - they have some of the best domestic fights ever seen so why dont they create a championship sanctioning body? winner of Thrasher Thomas wins the belt? to get that ONE belt, you have to fight the winner of that FIGHT - not a nobody??

Dean James V Dale white would be another good start - if dale wins you know who has the title?









Its starting to happen here and working - make THIS show and THIS brand the one to fight on by creating this opportunity. Get as far to a monopoly as you can then dominate

Wow great match up and definitely one I've been wanting to see for a while. Good luck Liam

Thrasher beat Dave Newbrook for WKA World title & Frankie Hudders for the WMC MAD at the first two rumble shows.I think it's good that the fighters are willing to put all titles on the line, never seen it before but it is to proove who is best in the division. In Boxing it is regular that the fighters will gain all world titles to unify the division and defend them together, look at Haye v Klitscko, that way nobody can argue who's at the top. Of course the UFC have an even better idea having only one title. But whilst more than one title exist, unifying them is the next best way IMO. Furthurmore, it's good for the sport that champions are defending titles, seems to be going on more recently and that is definitely better than just winning a title and never defending it, so again another plus.

Looks like this show is gonna be awesome!!

The UKMF attempted to bring UK muay thai together but it doesn't seem to have worked for whatever reason.

JB Muay Thai - your spot on but you don't realise it-

Boxing is going backwards dont you agree? It's a fact anyway if you look at PPV figures accross the globe -

HOWEVER -

THE UFC however - Biggest growing combat sport in the world second to none - WHY?! because of the way it is managed - they sanction their own fights and started out by promoting shows with a bit of cash. $2m (£1m) at the time - not a lot of money at all.

ONE BELT for ONE DIVISION - Only way this sport will grow- you should have to be signed to fight for shows like The Main Event- they should pay fighters contracts - get them binded by the men with the books and go forward that way -

Why doesnt someone say -

Heres the deal - Your fighting for me 5 times this year - I choose who you fight along with your management - you're not fighting for anyone else on these shores - who you fight will be dependent on who you beat - you will get paid £10k for the priveledge. obviously monetry values will fluctuate - and of course the prmooters are going to chirp up with the "what about injuries" "what about this what about that" well fuck that and COPY the UFC. Muay Thai in the UK doesn't look like a sport - it looks like a get together - get harsh get proper.

These boys of the Main Event look like they have the tools to do the production if its anything like reebok (far superior to early UFC production). I know someone very close to the business side of the UFC so if anyone wants some in depth confidential info I can pass on.

I totally agree with that kasat ! But until muay Thai has zuffa behind it
Myself Daz P and Dan are doing are up most to bring it together the UFC is bang on with one world title per division

Problems exist with contracting in this sport, unlike the UFC where pay days are football money and the reality to sue a fighter exist

If a fighter actually broke contract in uk muay thai would any one actually sue a fighter ?? Not for the money they are paid in the country !! IMO

Too may belts to know who is the true champ. One upside of multiple belts is unification bouts but how often do we see them? Problem we have had for a while there are certain circles that stick together and support each others shows and won't venture out of their circle. However this situation seems to have improved in recent years so hopefully it's a sign of things to come. But get rid of all these belts, every town has a british champ!

Hi Daz thanks for the reply - sorry I don't know what zuffa means haha:

The thing is dude you could easily sue a fighter - because they aren't being paid footballers wages you could take it to the court of small claims for £250 - if the contract is drawn up well and a lawyer has proof read it then the fighter would get laughed out of court.

Daz I think you can do this - why the hell not? You would never have to advertise fights you would be in complete control of bouts. Wouldn't cost you any more than it already does. Fighters in the states take pay cuts for multi fight contracts - gives them security on fights? Am I making sense in saying this is doable without much red tape? Ive seen it being and currently being done and achieved.

All this talk of wanting to sue fighters doesn't make this organisation too appealing!! haha only joking troops! x

And I know that you can chose your matches now but it's all subject to availability / trainers / shitty sporting politics / cliques weather u like it or not.

If Andy thrasher pulled out of your main event - you would go and replace him if possible with suitable opponent for Tom Thomas. However things under the above would be so much different. He couldn't pull out. And 2 if he did you have a fighter who by contract has already trained in case of pull out (higher fee paid to other fighter) also cuts out bill shit excuses. The short notIce fighter would be training already because he's scheduled on your show the month after - but because you "own" the contract he does what the fuck you say

Def agree with hoostfan don't see Harrison winning this

We're still building at the moment :)
(though a legal contract is a legal contract and can be taken through courts if need be)



Should have some more fights to announce next week. Great mix of top fighters and best upcoming talent..

just my opinion hoostfan :).. ive seen kulbin fight 2x once against michael dicks and against imran in sheffeild. and seen liam fight 4x and liam looks the stronger fighter just my opinion mate.. not saying its gonna be easy for liam no way but if liam takes it to him i think he will win ... peace guys. :)) h

Liam has it all to play for ! Kelubin is the 66.6 WMC champion he has compete at this weight and higher always !! Liam is moving up ! Liam wants it more !! and for me is the one if not the best fighters out there !!! Just my opinion !!

Well Said Daz. Liam v Kelubin is a mouth watering fight. Cannot wait to see this one

Liam knows how to beat Kulebin he talked about him with me a while ago and pointed it out to me and I was like "oh yeah" he isn't just a banger having said that Kulebin is a class act for sure x

Kulebin IMO is more technical than Liam and very accurate, although Liam is a very wise fighter and very strong. I can't pick a winner!
Not trying to cause hassle here, bur isn't Tommi McCormack suppose to be fighting Badger for the WRSA World Title at 67kg on the Showdown show?

i always get Andre Kulibin and Andre kotsur mistaken :-?
which one did Luke Turner do a number on at last reebok? when Liam was ill just before the fights unfortunatley, and Luke stepped in last min.com and Best Elbow tko :)

Liam beat Kotsur with that great elbow.

My bad .... I meant Luke (Stepping in for Liam).

Kulebin is definately a top class fighter and been fighting at world class level for so long this is gonna be a great fight!!
Obviously with 2 great fighters people are going to have different opinions but i do think a lot of people underestimate how technically good liam is............yes he is a banger with his hands and has ko d a lot of people but he is also so smart and does so many little subtle things that sometimes go unnoticed, cant wait for this one!

Watched Kulebin fight at IFMA Worlds last year, he was good but got beaten by a tallish skinny Thai in the final

The Thai didnt have much real power but tied Kulebin up and out clinched/kneed him every round, i was 4 feet away and could see the frustration on Kulebins face, it looked like teh Thai didnt really get out of 4th Gear

I know its Amateur so a slightly different scoring criteria but Kulebin was trying to hurt the Thai with power shots and Thai was never hurt and a little bit 'awkward'

Liam to win if he fights smartly IMO

Luke has been ducking the rematch with our Kotsur for a long time Kulebin is a better boxer by a long way like when he dominated Khan for five rounds but Liam should beat Kulebin by a clear margin.
The winner of Thrasher fight should fight Liam for number one undisputed at 66kg id Thrasher can make the weight.
What is the Tate fight? Have not seen the fighters before.
Think we will all be at the O2 arena probably.

Is the Liam/Kulebin fight for the WMC belt or just a prestige bout?

Andy Mcbasher at 66? doubt it very much Much suited at 67-70

Thrash pants can make. 66.6 which is the title weight !

Pauk Ward who are you and what are you talking about? Luke has been ducking Kotsur? No-one has ever offered us a fight with him since they fought last time. If the money is right we'll fight anyone.

Nice one Mr Smith. Knowing Luke, I wouldn't imagine him ever ducking a challenge. The man is hungry !!

Well said Richard

Luke turner step up to plate last time after Liam was struck with bad viral infection ! Luke beat kotsur well. There was no complaints from his corner with regards to the cut stoppage. Luke also took that fight at 4pm the day before and fought with fractured metatarsal

Sawatdee Khrup!
Well done 3D! Putting promotional egos and differences aside and joining together to create 'The Main Event' is a bold, mature and intelligent step forward. 2012 may be the year of the Olympics and the Queen's Jubilee but because of the foresight and dedication of 3D promotions it will also be the year of the Muay Thai Mega shows. This is a positive step in the right direction and we should all embrace and support it (as we should for all our UK shows) Daz Morris, Dan Green and Daz Phillips should be commended & praised for what will no doubt be an epic task for them. In life you either aspire or inspire, you aim for the standard or you set the standard - Well done guys! and the very best for what will be one of the 'Main events' of the year

SHAUN

To add......... There is also a lot of work that goes on in the background pre, during and even post show. So a big up to all the publishing, runners, security, ring girls, reception, PR, medical, MC, officials, hospitality, commentator etc etc, No matter how big or small a part, it is the 'Team' that keeps the wheels moving.
Happy New Year

SHAUN

AX LIke Button to above Shaun and Happy new year sawadee pi mai buddy :-)

p.s.
paul ward why would you head to Pay to park ya car at 02 ? lol when its Free and a Much better card in the HUB and epicentre/mecca of MuayTthai `Manchester`/North West England ( and sunny Bolton of course lol ) x

heard theres a gazzillion fights on this is it gonna be the first Ever Muay thai "Weekender" luv it

Great matches all round. Personally, I think Kulebin will win on points against Harrison unless Harrison catches him with a punch and gets an 8 count / TKO. Kulebin has the range and is good at scoring points under a Thai scoring system. Happy to eat my words though :D

is there anymore fights confirmed than whats on the main event website?

All will be out over the next 2 weeks

Ok i'll wait 2 weeks to see the line up before i buy a ticket.

Will luke be training hard aswell, just in case liam gets struck down with illness again?

LOL@Peter ...... Luke is indeed training hard, but not sure it's as Liams second. :-)

Lol Peter

5 x 3 mins Full Thai Rules:
Sam Omomogbe (Liams Gym) VS Solomon Wickstead (Franks Gym)

Two of the countries most talented young fighters will meet again, this time in a Full Thai Rules contest. Both fighters have had a solid 2011, with Sam recording impressive wins over Sean Perry and Jonno Chipchase and Solomon a spectacular head-kick KO of Chris Hargreaves amongst their respective scalps.
These lads have met before with Solomon coming out on top so Sam will be keen to set the record straight...

Cant wait for this - i've been to the venue before for a christmas party and its HUGE.

Is Jose vs Wakeling still happening? It seems to have dropped off the 'fightcard' on the main event website, but not read anything anywhere about it not being on?

Wakeling v Jose is on Kieran Keddles show at the indigo on the same night

Any reason why it was advertised on this fight card then? Seems to always happen...

use ur common sense.. oviously it was meant to be on this show but probably because wakeling is from down south they would prefer to fight on that show

Or the fighters were offered more money to fight down South ? Wakeling will fight anywhere if the money is right he doesnt care who is in the crowd....

i think going for your 1st world title against someone who has defended it a couple of times you would want the home advantage and the crowd on your side

no home advantage there, all judges are independant, same as the main event.

agreed, i mean when uve got the crowd willing you on it can be an advantage on your own performance with confidence etc

too true.liam h vs kubelin is a great match

big challenge for liam, they should strip pinca of his WBC belt as he hasnt defended it and let them fight for it, would make it a better fight than it already will be

XxX I understand what you are saying in most cases but you clearly don't know the Wakeling's... obviously it would be nice to have the home crowd but that will be the last thing the Wakeling's are bothered about...

yeah fair enough they are probably concentrating mostly on the task at hand but would you prefer to travel 6 hours drive to a fight or have the same fight in your own city

I get what you're saying mate... will be a wicked fight wherever though ay...

As per I will be the bookie for this fight... Pauilinthailand is the only person that has no credit due to unpaid bets...

the rest of you let me know who you want to back and I will also offer odds for round betting, points etc

inbox me for details

What an awsome card! Good luck with it. Some top top fighters on there.

yes would be a good fight gutted its not on this show i saw jose against harper and against daitan and he improved massively inbetween both fights think he will take it unless wakelings lands them razor blades he has as elbows... just wondering who is paul k fighting on this?

Wakeling v Jose was agreed and we announced it. It had nothing what so ever to with wakelings wanting to fight down south there was counter offer made to Jose and they his management decided to jump ship no big deal mark wakeling has already discussed with me about mike on our next show all good

Just to stop any confusion, the fight with me and micheal was not confirmed when it was posted here. Both shows wanted the fight, both great shows. I dont care where I fight I'm sure micheals the same. We took the better deal, the fight is on at O2 in london, for my Mad title and micheals Wmc euro. Gonna be a great fight. Good luck For the main event I'm sure it wont disappoint. All the best

Wherever he fights, good luck Craig Jose, top man, top fighter.

Main Event looks absolutely amazing show and would be proud for Lean+Green shows to reach just a fraction of the quality of these shows in the next few years.

when is the full fight card being announced?

My experience of announcing a full fight card on Ax is the second you do, they all pull out or change. At the moment we have a ridiculous amount of fights matched, so some people may end up disappointed. That said we have already announced

A class
Liam H V Andre K
Andy Thrasher v Tim Thomas
Sam v Solomon
Mark Skeer v Karl Ryan

K1
Joe Mcgovan v Andrew Tate

It looks like Paul K will fight the winner of Danny Crompton v Darren O'connor in A British title defence

Daitan Jackson will also be on the show

There are still more fights to add to the card and as some of these fighters compete before the 31st March I don't want to jump the gun.

looking good so far, nice 1, dont think any of them will pose problems for paul IMO but thats just my opinion!

I would like to see Darren O'Connor in that fight, he has a great style and good fighter

yes darren p and even more famous if you put fighters piccys / names on posters they go boobs up :-( This show will come together !!!

Don't people want to know who's fighting before they buy a ticket? If you saw a poster saying "Football Match" but not naming the teams would you go buy a ticket just because you like football?

There's been 5 or 6 fights announced so far they are worthy of going to the show and buying the ticket, if you go to a boxing show you only go to see the main card no one ever moans to frank warren saying release the undercard fights or I'm not buying a ticket.. Stop bitching an buy a ticket!

is my guy needed not heard anything yet another gym has already got tickets for thier fighter
i no its a massive show and maybe to big of a show for my lad
just let us no whats happening thanks

Well said xXx

xXx

Yea your right I should of used my common sense.

Daz Morris

"Wakeling v Jose was agreed and we announced it"

Criag Jose


"Just to stop any confusion, the fight with me and micheal was not confirmed when it was posted here"

Contracts need to be signed before fight cards are announced.

Dvs1


Well I don't believe if the match had been verbally agreed that daz or dan would have announced it , they are much more professional than that...

aaahhh the old "stop bitching" comment. Can't remember were I've heard that before?? Was it when I was complaining about been pinned down in Sangin, Helmand Province for 48 hours with barely enough food, water and ammo to stay alive..........or in fact was it the time I was moaning while having shrapnel removed from my legs and back after been caught in an IED blast??? I can't remember. Point is what you class as "bitching" is not what I class as "bitching". I simply have an opinion that differs to yours, maybe you need to consider that in the future before posting.

Verbal agreements don't really mean much if terms and conditions are still to be finalised. I'm not trying to have a go, just seen it happen far too many times when you go to a show and the fight card is completely different to the one you paid for.

Are all the other fights verbal agreements or have contracts been signed?

Sorry kaiser-cheif


Wasn't aware this was a afganistan war veterans forum I take my comments back :S

And dvs1 no probs but tbh this card will be amazing wether it chops and changes all the time or wether it stays the same!

No problem.

The main events are show filers on their own - Liam and Kulebin will be an ace fight, a real clash of styles !! If Thrasher against Tim is anything like the first fight it will be a right ding dong !!!

Maybe a nice gesture for the promotors to give our veteran friend a complimentry ticket ? Just an idea !

The reason I ask is because I'm deciding between this show or Xplosion.

Kaiser-chief email me please

Done Phil S.

Kaiser-chief, assomeone serving i find it idiotic of you to even mention your irrelivent comment, you r not the only soldier who has been on tour in iraq/afghanistan yet you give it bobby big bolox on here. I may come acriss as disrespectfull on this matter but i served in iraq and i know what i signed up for and will never throw the wounded soldier card around. Pvt paul gibson.

xXx like your post a few up and Thia show will be As ever a SHOW EVENT FIGHTS and Great as ever You will See
as i always say
"action speks louder than words"

Yeah sandy oviously this show is pulling out all the stops and I honestly don't think, in terms of high calibre fights, the xplosion can compare... The fights announced so far... Liam vs kulebin, thomas vs thrasher, mcgovan vs tate and soloman vs sam omomogbe if it was just a show with them fights on alone and no undercard I'd go to it.. Massive massive fights!!! I don't think this show has been given enough credit so far!

I haven't doubted the calibre of bouts, just wanted more info and i've got it elsewere. Anyhow, looks like a good one to start the year off, well done all involved.

two shows same day one in south one in north i am commentating on main event even so I wish xplosion all the best with that one because shows like both of these can only draw attention to the sport which is a good thing kieran sold last one out and Daz Morris can sell water to fish dan green and Darren Phillips have seen and done it all great day for the sport : ) x

Yep definately a posotive step for the sport, which is what we all want.

Be afraid Morris im coming when is your birthday could send you a present lol im sure this show will be world class mate

Posted: 2012-01-05 11:47:19
Wakeling v Jose was agreed and we announced it. It had nothing what so ever to with wakelings wanting to fight down south there was counter offer made to Jose and they his management decided to jump ship no big deal mark wakeling has already discussed with me about mike on our next show all good

Who is Jose management and why do they not have any loyalty to local promoter?

soz Spel "action speaks louder than words Triple X Nice-1 sir :)

And Paul
you Would know who craig jose trainer / manager was if you say you'd booked him last year? Everyone knows ( i assume lol )and still plenty of time from when and then, that you got and getting BIG names for this Main Event show and easy when you have some "THE" best fighters coming from the UK and probably Biggest names in the World !
(outside of Thailand of course, and IMO ) .... A Bold Statement i hear some saying???? Tell me im Wrong???

I think Liam will win, kulebin is awesome but I'm not sure he's the same fighter as he was a few years ago, all Liam has to do is elbow just above his forehead n he'll cut just like sudsakorn did :) but great fight n kulebin is mint !

I like the idea of a show nort and south.
The poor northerners can trudge bare foot in shell suits, with their permed hair, chips and gravy to a squallid little northern venue, lit with candles and the smell of BO heavey in the air.
The southerns can pt on their suits and arrive in gleaming vehicles to a venue with soft seats, semi naked babes at the door the smell of roses in the air. Great idea..

listening to oasis with a northern swag after watching shameless lol x

the down south show will be like an episode of the only was is essex with side partins and skinny jeans all over the place :)

Chaz and Dave are doing a demo : ) x

LOL, i heard the chuckle brothers are setting up the ring and lighting equipment etc..

Chuckle Brothers are Northern! Rotherham infact.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuckle_Brothers

LOL and chuckle brothers are commentating UP Norff Me and Vinny
poor Southerners will have to use Will Vanders ive heard ? ( no dissrespect Will btw i actually like him )

any more fights comfirmed to add to card??
is mine deffo on?

on wikipedia it says london coz i thought they were cockneys but had to confirm it for myself b4 posting haha... ive just seen the thread about petrosyan being available to fight on other shows now.... please get him on this show 3D's maybe vs jordan watson!! that would really put the cherry on the cake

Everyone will at pat butchers funeral...so main event will be chocka lol xx

Phil Mitchell Vs Jack Branning (A class FTR) matched at 80kgs weigh in a week before

get jordan onnnnnnnnnnn

yep DDD and P get Jordan on and / or Mosi or petrosyan
Oh yeah babbbbbbbbbbbbbyyyyyyyyyy !!!

no pointy gettin mosi as only others he could fight wakeling and jose are both fighting same day in london and jordans already bogged him off easy

Lets get a time machine and watch both shows...bogged off made me laugh x

Jordan vs petrosyan!!! Surely!

lol at time machine or a fast Shuttle and Mosi wants a rematch hes asking btw

LOL @liam "Bogged off":)

What about tony horbury is he on there. nice to see some heavier weights mixed in as well. seen him and paul crossley both beat that dave johnson in a smilar fashion.

could be a good match up.

be good to see Tony Horbury on again defo top fighter and hes unbeaten 7 and 7

no point in rematch really jordan got bigger fish to fry...petrosian is the one.

"no point in rematch really jordan got bigger fish to fry...petrosian is the one. "

would love to see jordan on this show preferably vs petrosyan, now is the perfect time with petrosyan being available for other shows now... if you can get the funds together triple D deffo get this fight on!!

5 x 3s FTR
Mark Skeer (Salford) vs Karl Ryan (Next Generation)

Salford's Mark Skeer will be looking to impress in this intriguing encounter against the more experienced Karl Ryan. Skeer was on the wrong end of a majority decision in a memorable fight against Mikey Wiseman in November where both fighters were knocked down for 8 counts. Ryan has an impressive record with 17 wins from 22 bouts but has been inactive for 18 months, losing on points last time out in a British Title challenge. Both lads will be hoping to get back to winning ways - expect a war in this one!

Show looks great, can't wait!

Skeer always comes for a scrap x

There are so many good fights out there for Jordan, personally I don't think the re-match with Mosab is a bad shout. I expect Jordan would win again but it would still be competetive. Giorgio is a fish that is too big to fry. Time could, and i hope it doe's proove me wrong.

Jordan vs Robin van Roosmalen would be competetive.

just been to Commentate live in Thailand for the outdoor Show @ the MBK Natioanl stadium area, Master Woodys show for upcoming fighters and farang ( internationals v Thailand fights )


Defo Re-match wanted by Mosi
had the pleasure to meet him again ( tonight earlier on @ the Bangkok MBK Fights )
and he pointed this out that he wants to fight the best out there and keen to fight in the UK and would really like the chance to fight Jordan watson again saying "jordan is a great fighter i respect him and lost to him, but woukld like the chance to fight him again and in th UK or anywhere? In the Challenger Muay Thai semi final i wasnt at my best having only 2 days to rest from a 5 round hard battle with Marco pique and taking a clash of shins and injury and a broken rib, please dont take it as a excuse just 2 days to rest and i beleive jordan was more lucky to have 10 days from his previous bout, its just how it happened and not a excuse, but if we are both the same 100% then the re-match everyone will enjoy"
Also id be happy to fight the Great British fighters sandy holt told me about and ive heard and seen these names and i would like to fight any of them this year, as ive big plans on my fight list and want to prove to myself and the world im up there in the busy and strong -72.5 kilos division, sandy mentioned these and yes to any of them-
michael wakeling
ben barwise
craig shaw
craig jose
daiton jackson

thankyou the `Persian mos Mosi`

You know Daz Morris has done really well and he's quite about it fair doesn't pretend he knows it all and loves the sport fair play x

echo that :-)
and puts his money where the cake hole is !
Biggest and Best Shiows in the UK defo

tell me hes Not Worthy????

come on !!!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8p-8tPQ5LU&feature=player_detailpage

last part of round 4 and 5

I think sandys been giving mosi quick BJs round the back of the mbk stadium ;)

tut tut nice thai boxers are nice people !
just trying to help a good thai boxer get fights

and i wouldnt turn gay if the last woman on the planet went !
not my Char Rhorrn

hot tea to you :-)

Who really cares about him apart from you sandy, if he's such a big star you match him. Put your money where your mouth is.

hey i do actually care about this sport and whose in it ! whats wrong with that? and just had a world title on last month 5 x 3 pro muay thai and paid for that ! at a small / medium show
do you put shows on? have a go :)

i think u put all your eggs into one basket with that world title fight and didnt actually care about the rest of the fights, u nearly put gav rogerson who is moving to A class soon and been fighting B class for a long time on a C class fight coz u didnt want to pay for it... and the £30 pound ticket entrance fee was a joke... for it to be the same price as the previous rumble shows and this show is £30 entrance aswell, which one wud you rather go to?? hmmm

I'm surprised that there's still no announcement about:
Daz Morris v Dan Green (5 x 3's FTR)

There's still time...haha

Dan g is a beast in the clinch mastered the reach around technique very dangerous

liam can beat kulebin but he will by no means BREEZE the fight that is a stupid statement! good luck liam

Douglas my we friend me and Daniel are good friends these days no need for hostilities but I can arrange you and the best English mc about mr tony dean in 5x3's full mic MC off lol

Tony is the man!
I'd never fight him, he looks in WAY better shape than me and I know for a fact that he did train...at Bad Co no less!

Besides...he'd be giving away a lot of weight, lol!

Anyway, back on topic...this show is shaping up to be immense.
Liam Harrison v Andrei Kulebin alone is worth the ticket money.

I reckon Tate is gonna impress those who have never seen him before (ie the MT community)...this guy is EXPLOSIVE big time and bangs like a privy door in a storm!

Interview Tates he is like Eubank lol x

so diverse this topic luv it lol and DDD &P will luv it as i seam to attract controvesy and keeps this topic up anyway lol Good for the Sport... better to talk about it / us / whoever/ than NOT to talk about it all ! :-p


you know what i luv the most how people will walk past you or evn say hello at a show ( and mine ) and say things like the 2 Negative posts up above hoostfan and this below lol
and bet neither has ever or will ever put a show on? just luve to PUNCH the keyboard and the occasional Pad and thn tell us ALL and me how its done lmao

i luv negativity in a weird way coz all you / they do is make me see what I HAVE Got and what i DONT want THANKS xXx and Hoostfan
keep it coming !


take another read at this guys n gals
need i justify this? shall i? and why would i Ignore Gav? he fought B-class and soon to be A class and happy to put him on my Next IKON show at A class ( rematch been asked BTW from Nick Wilson ) so lets do it and Feature Another Local lad ! i like both Gav and Nick and happy to showcase them !
ref: the costs of a a show ( & last Ikon ) is crazy compared to the profit it really isnt worth doing as i can tell you BOTH Craig jose and Daiton got paid more than i earned for 3 months work puitting and promoting the show (FACT)
this is why i only put 1 to 3 shows a year (mostly 2 a year)

anyway read away enjoy my xXx who normally has great posts and i enjoy his MT and Sport intelligence / knowledge, guess a negative one, once in a while is cool so no probz sir x


xXx
Posted: 2012-01-12 04:44:33

i think u put all your eggs into one basket with that world title fight and didnt actually care about the rest of the fights, u nearly put gav rogerson who is moving to A class soon and been fighting B class for a long time on a C class fight coz u didnt want to pay for it... and the £30 pound ticket entrance fee was a joke... for it to be the same price as the previous rumble shows and this show is £30 entrance aswell, which one wud you rather go to?? hmmm

Sandy sorry mate just saying it as I see it, all u seemed to post about was the world title fight, fair enough u might of been buzzing about it as it was probs the first world title fight u have put on but... As a promoter u can't put all your eggs into one basket when there's a full fight card on u need 2 show the other fighters credit and some kind of recognition.. And your tellin me with the 30 pound entrance fee u didn't pocket much? And in regards to gav rogerson... I remember seein on tyour shows thread that you wanted to put it on C class coz of the money u was spending putting on the world title fight.

lol
think you two should talk to each other and not talk about it on here its got nothing at all to do with this show
still not heard if you are using my lad or not can someone let us no thanks

Haha!! Love you sandy :)

sandy NEVER offer me c class i think that was a mistype sandy being up till daff oclock haha
we asked for A class but with the budget he had he only wanted 1 A class fight on the show so we took it at B class

cant wait for the show looking forward to it some top fights
those 2 headliners are going to blow the roof off or raise it as dougie says haha x

punters are defo gonna get there moneys worth

thanks Gav and yes never a mention of C class ??? and xXx hey its all good matey but iof you was there ( and i think you was) it was well worth the £30
this is waht the ticket gave you-
1 A class World legit full Thai pro rules title fight a true Cntender and champion
2. 3 b-class fights
3. a English Title defence
4. 11 fights
5. a pole Fitness demo by UK / Bolton champion
6. free parking
7. Thai food ( had to pay for that though lol )
8. free fight programme
9. free after party
10. UKMF profesional Officials judges and Ref


what can i say? for £30 ? NO 1 Egg or eggs in 1 basket
Triple X
and hey
man hugs matey all good !

Hello can we get back to the main event a show that mr rogerson will be fighting on

lol we just did !!!!!!!!!!!! and is it A class? :-p

go on gav

:)

Gav vs ed lyons?

im not aloud to say but its a great match and gonna be a barnstormer two top lads fighting it out :-)

daz when you back mate hope ya enjoy the cali sunshine haha

Sandy did u whip ur dentures out and gum him off behind MBK?

'like' haha

Back feb 1st Gav and yes Cali is around 85 at the moment so it's all good fly to chicargo week tues for the fight and looking at the weather it's gonna be mighty cold lol

Robo ha ha ha poor sandy get some flax ha ha

Ringside tickets still available?

Only a handful of front row tickets left MattAMT, theyve gone really quick. Www.themaineventmanchester.com

edd not fighting clarke - heard a rumour, thats all

liamR you was first in the Que, while i was was with the ring Ladies yours has Boys after the ladies word


back to the topic who ya fighting really Gav?

Sandy put ur dentures in b4 u talk that makes no sense

We all know that sandy goes to boys town, when he travels to Thailand alone.

Sandy when on earth did you become Mosi's manager?? :/ Jords better things to go onto so leave it at that, if the fights wanted then MOSI'S management will arrange it with Richard, a constant barraging from you on here will do nothing but put a holt to any chance of it happening.

Show's looking amazing and i've heard thru the grape vine of another great great fight to look forward to.

Lol at Andy. put a "holt" to anything happening

Sandy,

Gav is fighting Mike Clarke from mine. X

That's a right war...whackadoodle do x

Chad Sugden (Newark Martial Arts) vs Joe Roberts (Jai Muay Thai)
Our next fight to announce continues our pledge to showcase the UK's best up and coming young talent. Full contact star Chad Sugden will take on the talented Joe Roberts under oriental rules. Both these young lads are stylish fighters in their own disciplines and it will make for an interesting contest. Definitely two of the UK's best young talent going head to head.

great fight...chad to slick is a great fighter!

luv how you guys all get on it and stick the boot in just lil bullys and lol suck off ya gaylords
all im trying to do is help a fellow out with a dream to fight a re0-match and you fighters have all wanted this at some time or other give the guy a chance and thats it now ive tried and you will hear no more about it so shut the F*** up as your starting to P*** me off also
like i say im just trying to help a fighter out and would do same for YOU if you asked as he did

end of
now back to topic

Chad v joe will be a great fight, gutted I couldn't fight chad on this but joe will defo come to fight :) good luck to both

when are is the rest of the bill going to be put together/finalised please?

Very soon keep tuned x

UKMF English Title defence- Mike Clarke (Tobins) vs Gavin Rogerson (Wigan Thai)

Undefeated Mike Clarke puts his English Title on the line in this hugely anticipated fight against Wigan's Gav Rogerson. With a perfect record of 15 wins from 15 bouts, Clarke is the man to beat in the U.K in this division. With a victory over Wicker Camp's rising star James Ogden on his impressive C.V that also includes european opponents, Clarke is renowned for his ability to finish a fight early. Gavin also has a record to be proud of with 11 wins from his 15 contests, including victories over Andy Bakewell, Seb Long and Adam Hadfield. This is a fantastic match-up between two of the countries best 76kg fighters, surely worth the entrance fee alone!

watch out for joe roberts from jai, one for the future for sure.

xxx i won't be fighting on this show unfortuantely :( we were preliminarily approached about the fight against clarke but then told he's fighting Gav R. Hopefully me vs clarke happens this year!

We are so pleased to be fighting on this bill and promotion. Chad does not come on here but he would like to thank the promoters and Joe for being his opponent on this great fight niGht...:-)

Same with Joe, Dean, he didn't even know of this site untill tonight lol
Great opportunity for both lads. Really looking forward to it :)

Never seen Chad heard alot about him and robin produces great fighters this will be exciting x

Good luck to Chad, very exciting fighter and very strong and slick. I'm sure he also has a win over Salah Abdelsalem!

ahh come on Sandy we all love u really lets not get emoissional xxx

Shit Mikey (the beast) Vs Gav will be a good 1,Gav always comes to fight and Mikey is just down right awful, he is a big massive piece of discusting power :/ its a good little step up for mr clarke too, really looking forward to this show, the line up is awesome, congrats the 3 D's. x

my money is on mike clarke!

Delighted to see Chad is fighting on this one.
I've worked a few of the Kelham Hall gigs and I've seen first hand how good Chad is.
That's two of kickboxing's very best on this show (Tate & Sugden) as well as the best of Muay Thai.

This is the most excited I've been about a UK event in years...good work 3D!

just out of interest, what weight are chad & joe fighting each other at?

3Ds.... are all the names at the top of the thread still going to be on this?? ie tommy mckormick dean james, ric barnill and paul k??

Paul k is defo you need to stay tuned for the rest :-)

nice one!

The Irish are coming!!

Our next two confirmed fights are too hugely interesting international contests.


5 x 3 mins Full Thai Rules
Dean James (Pra Chao Sua) vs Stephen Meleady (Bridgestone, Ireland)

Some creative, clever matchmaking brings you one of the most intriguing contests to take place on UK soil in a while. Top technical fighter Dean James, doing what many of the top Thais such as Sanchai do and fighting outside his preferred weight class to make a fight, will take on Ireland's finest Stephen Meleady. Meleady though is no stranger himself to giving weight away having last time in Manchester beaten the highly rated Paul Kaporwicz. Many on UK shores may not know much about the man from Ireland, but he is a highly experienced top rated fighter. Meleady holds several Irish & Anglo-Irish titles, has 30 fights to his name and spent a year in Thailand fighting several decent names including 7 Thais, one of which was Dawsaming Ingram Gym ex raja no 1. In addition the Kaporwiczw fight Meleady also recently beat the highly rated Polish Champion Rafal Simonides.

Dean James had a fine run of form in 2011, stopping all 3 of his opponents - WAKO-pro World (K1) Champion Fernando Machado, ISKA World champion Andy Howson and Italian Champion Joseph Lasiri - in under 4 rounds and is now unbeaten in nearly 5 years!!

Both are fine, top notch technicians and this fight really could go either way!




ISKA European title Defence - 5 x 3 mins Full Thai Rules
Daitan Jackson (Salford Muaythai, Defending champion) vs Jono Bracken (Bridgestone, Ireland)

Daitan Jackson is never in a boring fight and as a general rule, neither are the Irish!
Expect non-stop hard hitting action as Manchester favourite Jackson does what every great fighter does and puts his European title on the line against double Irish Champion Jono Bracken. Bracken (who has had 24 fights in total) too has spent time in Thailand having 7 fights there and winning 5 of them. He has an exicting come forward style, similar to Jackson's and this will be a great fight between the two. Jackson's highlights of 2011 include beating Kris Addis and he is ready and raring to go for a big 2012. Don't blink during this one!


With a couple more bouts still to be announced, this truly will be The Main Event for British muaythai.

Cracking fights....deff making the trip up for this one!!!

A Class FTR

Liam Harrison v Andre Kulebin
Andy Thrasher v Tim Thomas
Dean James v Ste Meleady
Daitan Jackson v Jono Backen
Solomon Wickstead v Sam
Mark Skeer v Karl Ryan

B Class

Gavin Rogerson v Mike Clarke

'Oriental Rules'

Andrew Tate v Joe Mcgovern
Chad Sugden v Joe Roberts

And still more to come!!

www.themaineventmanchester.com

Tate has weird power honestly he can put you to sleep he is like naseem hamed watch x

Holy shitballs batman!!!! Deano and Ste is a great fight, have known about it for a while and its taken some keeping quiet about it. Fair play to deano moving up as Ste is a strong guy and been in with some great people. I love them both to bits and both good mates so its a tough 1 to call, again awesome work the 3D's. Keep this shit up all day long :)

WOW

Oh yes i cant wait see those 2 fights

:-) and hey what happened to Dale white v Dean james??? and ehat weights this? and thought Gavs was A class?

James vs Meleady, what a fucking fight! This IMO is defs a 50/50 fight as both are awesome fighters with exceptional skill and power! Must agree with Vinny about Tate, could watch him fight all day long, and his trash talk is even better haha!

Dale v Dean died ages ago.

Got to many A class on already so Gave V Mike is B class English Title defence, hopefully they will be back at a class on the next show.

Paul Kapowitz v the winner of Darren O'connor and Danny Crompton British title defence is missing of that list

This is the best card we've done yet. As a promoter/matchmaker what I love best is not knowing who will win a fight. To often in some promotions and other sports you know before you get there. All these fights can go either way

There is still more to announce as well

Chad and Joe is at 76.5kg

thanks for all positive comments and yes Dean Chad did beat salah under oriental rules...

Moving up in weight again :-) can't stop em growing lol

James vs Meleady will be a great fight, good to see James stepping it up a bit now. No disrespect intended but I saw the vid of his last fight in Birmingham and it was like throwing a lamb to the lion, despite the italian's title he was far from championship level imo. That's no fault of Dean James as on paper it looked a good match up, just be nice to see him fight some more decent fellas and develop himself further

dean james has fought and beat the best in britain and two world champions damian trainor and andy howson, how is that not fighting the best? and IMO it is a step down from howson etc... altough it is a step up in weight, i expect dean to win on points or cuts, i still to this day think karpowicz beat meleady.

deans never fought damien. dean and meleady has got fight of the year written all over it

Dont see how meleady is a step up for james after hes thought some of the best inculding howson etc. And agree with xxx i stil think karpowicz won the previous fight at the reebok and id know id prefer to see james and karpowicz. Two superbly technical fighters. Whereas meleady is not so technical and quite robotic at times.

ste meleady vs paul k was unanimous dec...defo the right one too

Dean has never fought Trainer and yes Andy was a good fight for him hence me saying its good to see him fighting some MORE decent opponents. Dean is one of my favourite technical fighters and I believe he is capable of fighting and beating bigger people than he has been previously matched with. I'm not saying Meleady will be a step up because he's a better fighter than Dean, just that he's a better fighter than MOST of the people dean has been fighting. Regardless it will be a good fight for them both and certainly for the spectators

great match with dean and meleady, got really different styles but both tough, fit, strong and been in with top guys............surprised some people think karpowicz should have got the decision, no disrespect to paul at all but i didnt think it was even that close, might go watch it again now

Bloody hell Dean must have done a number on me cos I don't remember that lol

This show is really shaping up to being how it's billed!

i mean that close in terms of scoring(thought meleady was stronger fighter 3,4,5) before anyone takes it the wrong way

From a Muay Thai point of view, which is what the fight was, The Kapowitz Meleady fight was not even close.

Meleady won that fight it's unquestionable, no disrespect to Paul but it was a clear unanimous decision. Dean vs Meleady will be a fantastic fight from spectator view and will be interesting to see who faces Paul out of crompton and DOC :-D show is really starting to hot up now...

in terms of the bout being close as in no-one was getting totally wasted by the other i can understand but scoring wise Meleady won by some clear margin and fought the perfect fight with good gameplan against Paul.
I dont however think even with the weight advantage he will be able to do the same to Dean.
Meleady definitely on top at that weight as we havent seen Colville fight domestic for some time so its a good fight.
On his way up the rankings Dean beat current number 1's at the weights above not sure which ones they were maybe Mark Timms and Graeme Ness?

Looking forward to this. Quality line up!

Just booked my hotel at the Trafford Centre so all set for a few shandys afterwards.

i thought the better techniques were thrown by paul k, he landed with clean elbows clean body kicks and blocked most of meleadys kicks the only thing meleady did was come forward and clinch! if the first two rounds were scored then clearly paul won, ive just watched it again and the only way i can see it been given to meleady is with the clinch in the last two rounds but even then paul was landing with clean elbows and kicks unless clinch MASSIVELY outscores body kicks and elbows, anyway this show is looking AMAZING! cant wait!!

and sorry damien lol i was under the impression you 3 had all fought several times, must just be u and andy lol... winner of meleady vs james fights trainor!!!

What a line up!

Hopefully see Kapowicz fight darren, would be a great fight I think.

Looking forward to some more of this from Ste Meleady on the Main Event!

This will show will truely be the "main event" and hopefully another step forward to getting muay Thai main stream ....... All the rumble shows Have got better and better and have consistently been a sold out and now with Dan green joining up with me and my team and Daz Phillips that's been involved since day one of me having this crazy idea of a super shows !!! I hope you all attended and enjoy it !!

Massive thanks to all our sponsor fight shop, Gorrilla warfare , vyomax , auto claims assist , and A&C auto salvage for continued support !

Get ya tickets bought because all the front rows have gone and the rest are flying out now

indeed and hey not got my / our tickets yet mister and me and vinny doing commentary for this?

Nice to see some gyms starting to give away a few kgs to get some interesting fights on the go, well done tony dean and team

This is something I have been trying to do in Ireland but to no avail, maybe we will start to follow suit now

Best of luck to the 2 Bridgestone lads.

paddy

The Scottish are coming

Stuart Kemp (Tobin’s Leeds) v Adrian Wedalowski (Griphouse)

This K1 Rules bout will be a real don’t blink affair. Kemp is renowned for his KO Power with 20 wins from 24 fights. Wedalowski has 12 ko’s in his 15 wins. Both lads are teak tough and exciting to watch. Over the sprint distance this will be a real firecracker


Nathan Bendon (Corefit UK) v Brian Totty (Griphouse)

After a successful junior career including 11wins from 15 bouts, Bendon has progressed quickly through the Pro ranks, fighting B class after only his 2nd fight and recently defeating Dave Gumbley. Totty also has an impressive record with 9 wins from 12 contests, including a KO victory over scottish champion Ahmed Ibrahim. This 1 will be another crackert

Kemp v Wedalowski Has the makings of a very good fight, this show is getting better & better!

Thanks to the 3 D's for having us over. Steo and Jono really looking forward to it. Pity its not in the Reebok again as I thought Daz with all his contacts could let us change in the corporate boxes again and arrange for Man Utd to play Bolton while we wait, spoilsport.

Should have some support heading over for this one.

BTW Paddy Steo fights usually at 59kg, he moved up a weight division to fight Karpowicz and now he is moving a weight division down from his normal to fight Dean so he swings both ways (hope people dont get the wrong idea LOL).

Paul.
Bridgestone Gym.

Paul don't fear my friend don't worry I'll arrange something special just for you ! Man utd ground is quater of a mileway

Cant wait to see Nathan Bendon take to the big scene and will of course be there supporting our boy Dean James, cant wait for this show!

Thanks yogi mate !!

Daz,

Any chance you can take me to Old Trafford too. X

Very excited and thankful for having Nathan Bendon on this card, and can't wait for the show to come around. A great opportunity for him to showcase what he's capable of. Looking forward to Dean James and Ste Meleady as well. Hopefully it will be a good day for the brummies!

Make sure you have your tickets this is crazy how quickly there selling ! Already people searching for tickets ! You don't want to be left out side in the cold !

you have txt mr m ...

Start a new thread aswell mate my laptops melting ...
New AX record ?? and 10 weeks to go ...Its a scandal

Hi Pete in Chicago mate till next week bell you when home and all you have to do is click jump to last post x

30,000 viewer lol

Chad Sugden v Joe Roberts could well steal the show both lads are brilliant talents..

Pete / anyone sorry and no tone in text before anyone bites ! :-/ whos these 2 guys/ whats there stats and what rules and where they from etc: /


and mr Daz morris ive asked ya 3 times for tickets im going to commentate to ALL stood outside incl: my students
sort your DDP's out please :-) x

Stuart Kemp v Adrian Wedalowski is a tough fight to call. Adrian is the busier fighter and more varied with his attacks. I'd go with Adrian by TKO.


Nathan Bendon v Brian Totty. Brian is too slow and very easy to hit. I can see Bendon picking him off until a late stoppage.

Sam Omomogbe VS Solomon Wickstead. Sam by KO.

Andy Thrasher v Tim Thomas. I think Tim Thomas will take it on points. Hopefully there will be a few knock downs. This is the fight I am most looking forward to.


Liam Harrison V Andre Kulebin. This fight has come way too late. neither fighter seems at their best. I think it will go the distance and won't live up to the hype. I hope I am wrong for the spectators sake.

Good luck to all the fighters.

Mr sandy holt I AM IN CHICAGO and you are in soi cowboy lol so they will be with you next week

And mr holt I will give you mic and a job don't stress you Mohawk will droop !

:-)))))

Sorry for my typo iPhone "don't stress or your Mohawk will droop"

Sandy phone or email me and i will sort your tickets

Liam Harrison V Andre Kulebin. This fight has come way too late. neither fighter seems at their best. I think it will go the distance and won't live up to the hype. I hope I am wrong for the spectators sake.

obviously didnt see me fight sanchai 9 months ago, no one will be dissapointed trust me

Sandy
both lads have had brilliant junior careers and just starting on the Adult circuit .

I Dont think Chad could have won many more titles as a junior kickboxer training under his dad Dean at Newark Martial Arts & and hes not started bad at K1 having a great win Salah Abdelsalem from Minators,great family & nice people also watch out for little Brothers Regis 16yrs & Bailey 14yrs who are both at the top of their games..The old fella wasent bad either..

Joe Roberts from Jai muaythai in silsden west yorks & is trained by Robin Sheperd ,joes done mainly K1 and won the WRSA title last year against another great yougster Danny Capness..
Best thing you can say about Joe is that he is a nightmare to match as not many lads want to fight him..

Along with Tate v Mcgovern these are headline fights in there own right not because its K1 or thai but because they are great fighters..

joe is being really hard to match as pete says, hence alot of k1. hes chomping at the bit to get some thai match ups. but as hes so young its hard.

Really looking forward to this show,which again looks absolute quality!! Ticket sorted. See you all there. GOOD LUCK with everbody involved with the show.

as a good will gesture i think the lads who was asked to be on the show and wont actually be fighting should be given two free tickets
got really excited my lad may have been fighting on possibly the biggest fight show ever in england
its like being on the vinegar stroke then stopping lol
two good veiw tickets would be nice

kluebin and harrison not in their prime? you would find they have been putting on gd displays and will put on a fantastic show for the fans :) 100%, and as for tnt vs thrasher that will not go the distance, i believe tim will ko him round 4 :), hes got the mental edge over thrasher to ;)

I think Liam will win by Ko. I think he will get schooled for a few rounds first then that TEAM SCANDAL left hook will do the job.

Kulebin won't get knocked out

This looks like a amazing line up . Good luck to the 3 D promoters and all the fighters.

i agree hoost fan i dont see kulebin getting koed noway, but i can see the fight getting taken to him differently and harrison can pull it off

Gav, you're is defo on mate. X

daz ya back? and how Michael bisping get on? as only got back from Thailand yesterday giz a bell ta



and any bets re: fights above btw?

Sandy do you not have his number ???? This is a forum not a voice mail service you gimp.

I knew Jez and am so sorry to learn of his death. over the years i have dealt with Jez I found him to be a man of integrity and was instrumental in the development of FC in the UK . He produced some outstanding fighters. Jez made his mark and will not be forgotten.

My thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends

R.I.P.

Sorry . Wrong topic , Shocked by the news of Jez Hall R.I.P.

LOL MR pfellows lol im his good mate but ive been in Thailand 3 weeks and he in LA 3.5 wkks and he checks here more than his phone ! plus hes about 8 hours behind i was 7 hours in front !
now whose the gimp lol its a Message forum this is how people do speak too its called communication !




on a Serious note WHATTTTTTTTTTTTTT?
Bill judd???? you serious? OMG :0-(((

Paige Farrington (Warrington Kickboxing Studio) vs Ines Rolo (Portugal)
Our first female contest to announce sees Manchester favourite Paige Farrington go up against Portuguese Champion Ines Rolo under oriental rules. Stylish Farrington packs a punch and will be looking to add another international scalp to her CV as she gears up for a big 2012. Rolo comes to town with an experienced record of 15 fights and is promising an upset.

The Main Event is now on facebook! https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Main-Event-set-to-take-British-thaiboxing-to-new-levels/363861553630905

How many fights are on the card now guys...it's looking stacked.
Any Mc's out there wanna do the undercard, lol
I get bored after 8 or 9 fights.

Kemp v Wedelowski has fight of the night written all over it, Tate v McGovern would be brilliant but my guess is that it won't be on long, lol...two explosive come forward style fighters each with proper stoppage power...my money is on Tate though.

Anyone betting on this?

It is looking stacked but as the show comes closer some of the main event fighters will start pulling out, it is always the way.
It's a good job there are a lot of big names on here to cover the pullouts.

It looks to be the biggest show of the year so far, well done.

Get big Phil Seymore Shouting on the undercard xx good enough for Sky tv ..

Hi everyone. what weight is the Kulbin and Harison fight set at and is it going to be for a title?

66kg i believe but i could be wrong and i dont think there is a title??

full fight card please mr d d d and p cheers

The closer this gets the more chance I think there is of Harrison getting stopped.

I think this could be the show that truely starts to muay thai into the main stream! should be on tv. ;)

If he gets stopped Hoostfan you going to run to the toilet and wank off?

I think main stream is still a million miles away considering this is the biggest show in the country and its not even getting anywhere near the TV

great show and best of luck with it . . will defo be making the trip over for it :)

Yes dvs1. Will you be wearing your sheep suit not having an opinion?

the main event will be on tv stay tuned for channel info

good news

Last few tables left !! If any one is thinking of getting a table, you need to get on to it now

honestly cannot wait for this show ! biggest event in my opinion with huge names fighting , its gonan be a good'en ! rounds on me (within reason ha) , shame with all this arguin on the thread though :/

and when i say rounds i mean from the bar :D

All fighters on this show will receive discounted rates on 1-2-1s with Vinny Shoreman if they mention The Main Event. Vinny needs no introduction on here so ill just say give him a bell or contact him via Ax. You wont be disappointed!

Are there any early predictions??

Prediction is excited x

Oh yes I cannee wait for this.

how much for a table Daz? (if any left)

Reeco you have mail

Gorrilla warfare are everywhere at the moment, good work guys.
Always love watching Harrison fight but cant wait for TNT v Thrasher.

Are there anymore big fights lined up on this one ?

TnT thrasher gonig to be explosive for as long as it lasts, i can see tim blowing him away in the 4th can sense it :)

Dont see thomas beating thrasher, liam to beat kulubin on points, dean james to beat meleady on points, great opportunity for meleady though.

I agree ! If meleady wins this will certainly put the cat amongst the pigeons !!

Any other predictions ??

Clark vs rogerson ! ??? Which way is this one gonna go ?

Daitan vs bracken ????

Daz rang you several times with no answer. Give up!

Heart says Gav Rogerson to win but think Mike Clarke.
Daitan win points.

Gav didn't look in good shape the other day on lean and green. They can't be working too well lol

paul123 based on what you dont see it happen, the first fight wasnt even close got stopped and like i said tnt is much better then that more powerful and smart, so if u wanna put a lil wager on then kool, already gt bets with crippler and meleady, u want in?

Thrash is a completely different fighter now than what he was then. I see him beating Tim on points.

I base it on thrash winning the toyaotatournament and by knocking out a current lumpinee champion(please correct me if im wrong)
I think thrash has improved more than tim since their last fight.

Duggy said it best at the last rumble at the reebok "Thrasher is like a fine wine, just gets better with age"

For me Thrasher is one of the most improved British fighters and top contender ! ...... Thrasher against any one at 67, Dicks should be next !

Since their last meet Thomas is an improved fighter and Thrasher is a different fighter.

Personally I wouldnt put money down trying to predict this one

I've sparred with tim in his early days he was a great fighter then now I believe he can be the best. For me tim will win.

I will put £20 on Thrasher to win Shane if u want it?
Gavin is not on 'Lean+Green' as you put it anymore. He was just outclassed by a better fighter on the day. The shows are 'Fighting Machines', Lean+Green is business name.

I'll take that bet with you. Pay on the day or via pay pal I'm good for it. Wasn't trying to offend you about the supreme greens sorry.

thrash and tim both improved immensley since the 1st fight will be a top fight and dertermine the number 1 at that weight for sure

Fancy thrasher to take this, but Tim is always dangerous

U didnt offend me with Supreme Greens dont worry. I know exactly what u meant. Gav is better at 76kg imo. He will be alot better with Mike Clarke im sure.
I think Tim v Andy will be close but put my money on Thrash as know him well and think he has the better of Tim. I will say everytime I have watched Tim he is class and Thrash needs to keep his chin down!! Good fight, great matchmaking.

I train with Tim and he is really sharp at the moment, if he's relaxed and on his game that day Thrasher will have to watch out!!

Equally I will take nothing away from Thrasher, stunning fighter and I'm really looking forward to this fight over any fight of the night.

I really hope this show lives up to expectations because its about time promoters like the guys running it stepped up and took a chance.....Muay Thai really showing it's worth in the UK.

Good luck to all......TNT to win in 3 rounds....I hope!

REALLY looking forward to this as there are a few fighters i have not seen before.Of the fights that are defo on? Need a new topic LOL trying to find the line up in all this lot!
Fancy Thrasher for the win(but Andy always has my support),Daitan to win,Harrison to win,Meleady a tough fighter so maybe a win too... Is Paul K Still on the card?

Any chance of a updated line-up as it stands? without pull outs at the mo.

Thanks Chalky.

Confirmed fight card at the moment:

Tim Thomas v Andy Thrasher
Liam Harrison v Andrei Kulebin
Dean James v Ste Meleady
Daitan Jackson v Jono Bracken
Sam Omomogbie v Solomon Wickstead
Mark Skeer v Karl Ryan
Andrew Tate v Joe Mcgovern
Mike Clarke v Gavin Rogerson
Stuart Kemp v Adrian Wedalowski
Joe Roberts v Chad Sugden
Nathan Bendon V Brian Totty
Paige Farrington V Ines Rolo (Portugal)

Paul Karpowicz will face the winner of Danny Crompton v Darren Oconnor which is due to happen on Saturday (18th)

We still have one more huge fight to announce plus a couple more undercard bouts

www.themaineventmanchester.com for updates, fight card and tickets. Fighter interviews coming soon!

Nice line-up. Thanks! Paul Karpowicz V Danny Crompton would be interesting,Danny is a good fighter and a sound lad but Paul is tough and very tricky and stylish....

Kombat League World Title 5 x 3 mins
Rick Barnhill (Super Gym, Manchester) vs Mohammed Majeid (Modena fight Team, Defending Champion)

Our last main event to announce brings you some world class oriental rules action as IKF European Champion Rick Barnhill challenges defending champion Mohammed Majeid for the KL world title. Majeid originally won the Kombat League title beating Barnhill giving him an eight count in the first round and on top of that was the winner of the first K-1 Max Italy and beat Kevin Harper in his prime! Kombat League is one of the best regarded organisations in Europe and is the org that Giorgio Petrosian made his name with.
This rematch is the fight Barnhill has always wanted and some knockdowns can be guaranteed!

Cant see Crompton beating Paul Karpowicz but good match up, is there plenty of tickets available left for this? Any tables left?

S Taylor there are a handful of tables left, email me philshed@yahoo.co.uk if you need info.
Standard tickets and the last few front rows are available through the website www.themaineventmanchester.com

Cheers

Kev won Italy ya know the score there and Barnhill will get revenge trust me x

paul123 winning the toyaota tournament is a big achievement and andy did very well sparking him, was a good finish. However i just dont see him avoiding the tnt bomb for 5 rounds, and when that connects on his chin its going to be lights out, its going to be an awesome fight, like the hammer said if tims relaxed,which he will be then theres only one winner, but we shall see :)

I think Andy will win, Tim will be head hunting and if he lands probably would stop him but I think Andy can avoid it

Definitely both improved massively and also both had huge 2011, Tim had a lot of fights and majority wins.
Thrasher huge win against Prakaisaeng who just got bombed out again 1st round hes deffo chinny now, i think it will always be in the back of Andys mind what happened in the first fight and wont want to make same mistake twice but Tim isnt just a headhunter which he shown against Khan will be top fight and definitely the two that deserve to be number 1 and 2 in the uk no question about that with their achievements in past year and records.
Anyone betting?

Sorry I didn't meam to imply Tim was just a head hunter but I think the first fight will be in the back of his mind as well and if things are not going all his way which obviously they won't he might just start chasing the KO. great fight either way

good point deffo gonna be one to watch

im betting on my man tim liam if your on it? ill put 30 pound on mr thomas to win the right :), i have faith in tnt, everyone saying andy, but i know what the outcome will be come 31st

I have invented a device that can get you cheap nights out.

what have u been smoking darnell

Phil S my email is being dicky at the moment it wont send emails i have a virus on it i think, could you text me the details please mate asap just because there's a group of us waiting to book we are wondering if its worth the up grade and how many per table, 07871214695, nice 1

lmao wow liam you went in, baiting my name hahaha. I was joking matey, id love to see you on the card as ur a gd technical fighter.

I'd have to win

Thrasher
Kulebin
James
Thrasher
Omimigbie

i will have money on thomas and harrison

I'll take those bets and tell you who I am if I win : )

i like liam harrison but just to take your money mr robinson ill have 20 on kluebin plz

I hope you have all got your tickets ! Because this boys and girls will be sold out soon !!!!!

Hoostfan, is Thrasher fighting twice ? ;-)

Woooh what a lineup good luck to everyone!!

Hey Darnell - I'll have a wager with you lets say a monkey eh??
seeing as you're so confident in Tim's mental edge lol ;-)
I'm really looking forward to this show - this rematch has been a long time coming for me, and as you say Tim sparkled me good style last time, few contributing factors on my part at the time, but I won't make excuses - Tim won fair and square and to be honest is the first person to ever knock me out.
I have a lot of respect for Tim and we're good mates, I admire his work and has represented the UK in fine style over the lastfew years, he's always humble and I like that, we will both be at the bar drinking together after the fight as always, but make no mistakes I'm looking for the number 1 spot and revenge and I won't accept anything but the win, as I'm sure Tim will feel the same, both putting a world title up each which also adds to the excitement.
As far as the rest of the show goes - its mouth watering - for me Liam will have too much for Andre, but will be a great fight - my irish brothers have very hard fights against two of my english brothers Dean and Daiton - I'm that close I find it hard to be partial, so won't try to call the results for them - Ste and Dean have contrasting styles which will make for a very exciting fight.
Daiton and Jonno have very similar styles and I predict a right smack down between these two - how we like it lol
Paul K and Doc's fight will be another contrast in styles - trained with both of them and can't wait to watch it, Daz looking strong in his last fight, and Paul is very stylish unpredictable fighter, so again don't want to call it- to be fair I'd put money on all of them so if anyone fancies a flutter for fun give me a shout - but I'll have £50 on Liam to beat Kulebin, and another £20 on him stopping him inside the distance.
All in all looking like a top show - just a great shame it's on same day as Semtex' o2 show. But Uk Muay Thai is heading in the right direction and I think these fights will help promoters pick the opponants for a US vs UK show being talked about over in the US.

Top post thrash ! X

This looks awesome!! Can't wait for it. Good luck everybody!
ALL THE BEST Thrash!

Did I say how much I'm looking forward to this show?

I'm saying it again. So many good match-ups in one room!

hey mr thrasher hows it going? you really want to wage 500 pound on your fight, someones confident lol

Hey Darnell - yeah mate I'll have that wager, but you tell me how much you want on it - that figure was a bit tongue in cheek - but hell, I've got mouths to feed and bills to pay so let me know if you want it and we can give the money to a neutral party (me) and I promise I wont be in the first taxi outta there if the fight doesnt go my way ;-)
Honestly speaking though, I think Tim is a great fighter and bloke, so no matter what the result we will still be mates after...........as long as there is no infamous floor boots or back breaking lol ;-)
Either way mate come and join us at the party after and I'll buy you a drink ( hopefully with my winnings haha

AHAH defo mate, i hope you can drink as well as u can fight or its going to be an early night for you hahaha. there an afta party yh?

For the crack may have to do the loser crawls out the ring - Mohammed Ali style bet ;-)

yh no boots on the floor please buddy - see ya on the 30th fatty :-)

lmao tim

Is the first fight of TNT vs Thrasher on the net to watch anywhere?

i have tried to search i cant find it, i also tried to find the tnt vs michael dicks fight but couldnt find that also :(

Errrrrrrrr I'm not really a good drinker, but I try D, lol and not an after party as such just where ever we end up mate.

And Tim, bloody hell mate, if you catch me with another of those right hands I might just be crawling out ring after anyway lol - IF you catch me haha - and no mate, no floor boots as long as you dont break my back or moonwalk ;-)

Looking forward to it mate - see you on the 30th for the weigh in, hopefully I wont be as fat then ;-)

Train hard mate and speak soon x

Both a credit to the sport. Good luck to both gentlemen!!

if there were more competitors like thrash and tnt the sport will be in a better place too much arrogance, going to be a very good night

Great stuff Andy and Tim just as it should be 2 lads with utmost respect for each other going to go to war for a few rounds then to the bar for the same,perfect I say,well done gentlemen and best of luck to you both:)

well said thrash-pants

ill see you wednesday in bangkok mate send me your thai number

what time does the show start and also, what hotel is near the venue? i have looked but the trafford centre looks massive and i have no idea which hotels are near event city :(

all fighters are in premier inn west and doors at 2 first fight 3

whos betting?

thanks Daz. i was getting confused with all the south and west hotels :/ place seems massive!!

Gavin Rogerson has had to withdraw from the fight against Mike Clarke due to a foot infection. Andy Bakewell (Waterloo Street Gym) will now take his place. Andy had a disappointing end to 2011 but is as tough as they come and has a decent record of 8 wins from 12 fights, including a win over Luke O'shaunessey and an impressive stoppage win over Salford's Martin Davies. Both lads are bangers and this should make for a cracking fight

Good luck Andy bakewellhe is a tough lad who is always really for a fight

totally gutted at having to pull out of the fight,foots balls it all up lol for those who have seen the pic on my facebook of my foot will know why it was a mess,
gonna be 6wks before i can even train again :-(
hopefully its just been put on hold and me & mike can get it on, on the sept main event show?
good luck to both lads

Undercard fight:

Duncan Stewart (Hakuda) v Carlos Degraca (Bolton Thai Boxing)

Both of these heavyweights are flying after fantastic stoppage victories in their last fights.  After 5 kickboxing contests Duncan had a long break from competition but made his comeback last year and recorded 2 wins from 2 Thai fights, the last of those victories coming by way of a 3rd round TKO. The lesser experienced Carlos has been training in martial arts for 12 years and had his first Thai fight under Sandy Holt in February, winning in spectacular style against a much heavier opponent in the very first round. This has all the makings of a quality heavyweight fight!

it's gonna mint : ) and just to see everyone and the parties are classics x

Heavyweight division is getting better now

this will be a great fight, both guys been fresh to the thai scene! both having stoppage victories in there last fights! and both don't know how to take a step backwards!!!

massive thank you to fightshop.com and sandee who give us the bespoke gloves that the guys will be fighting in on the night !!!!

are they the fight version of the gloves?? or just the normal ones?

The fight ones mate bb or email me mate

Hope you all have your tickets because nearly everything has gone

This show is gonna be amazing, and with a sell ou crowd the aatmosphere is going to be electric - really looking foorwardd to fighting on this :-D
Great Job 3D on puttinng this together !!

What time is the show likely to finish so that i can plan my journey, thanks for any rough times.

Depends on how many KO's Tom, but plan for anywhere between 10-11 ish usually.

The show will start at 3 and we are expecting a 9.30/10pm finish depending on stoppages etc

Is this show deffinetly sold out?

Is there a live stream for this?

Got a few tickets left but be quick first come first served :-)

Goodluck to ya on this mr thrasher, big big fight,

my picks,

Harrison stopage,
Meleady points.
Thrasher points.
Jackson points,

Kulebin points (although my heart says Harrison)
Thrasher points
Tate KO
Sugden points
DJ points

Undercard fight

Paul Crossley (Tiger King, Walkden) Vs Johnny Hunter (Master Chana)

Another bout involving two big heavy hitters sees Walkden's Paul Crossley up against the powerful Johnny hunter. Last time out Hunter put on an explosive display against Macclesfield's Tony Goodwin, stopping him inside 3 rounds. Crossley has been out of action for over 18 months but has 4 wins from his 6 contests and is raring to get back in the ring. This should be another cracking fight!

This may just be the last chance to see me fight in the UK, as I have just agreed to fight on the Petchindee programme for the forthcoming year, which includes four Toyota tournaments and the grand final if I'm succesful. There is also other promotions to fight on for the same promoters.

On top of this, after speaking to the owner of TopKing Boxing, who is also a co promoter of THAIFIGHT, tonight at Lumpini, I have agreed to fight on Thai-Fight Extreme shows when possible, I think the next one is China in September. Ironically I am unable to fight in the actual THAIFIGHT tournament as I am Toyota champion, Thai Fight is sponsored by Isuzu, a conflict of interests etc - but happy of the opportunity all the same.

I said that I was going to stop fighting this year, so that I can concentrate on family etc, so this will be a massive opportunity for me to bow out in style.

Anyway - as I said this may be the last chance to see me fight in the UK this year, maybe ever - so get your tickets in ASAP as I am looking to further my career and reputation one fight at a time starting with this one - against a great world champion and flag bearer of UK thai boxing - Tim TNT Thomas.
Add this to the other main event - Liam "The Hitman" Harrison Vs Andre Kulebin and the other headline fights, as well as a scorching undercard, this is going to be a show not to be missed
and anyone that does may be sorely dissapointed in time.

Come and support the best of the UK Thai Boxing scene, and all their hard work, commitment, dedication and sacrifice and help push UK Thai boxing into the mainstream and the world scene !!!

Awesome Andy,all the very best to you for all you do in the future:)

great stuff Andy and opportunities that are well deserved.

So chuffed for you Andy,well done mate. Awesome post by the way!
Yes,I am SO lookin forward to this show and this is what muay thai in the U.K needs,To ALL involved good luck/Chok Dee.
Ringside seat for me pal!

Top post Andy ! and I have to say myself, Darren and Dan are proud to have guys like thrash on show ,this show we are hoping to give you the biggest and beat show ever in uk history!!!!

Andy had like Daitan from my own gym have become surnonamous with my shows when it was rumble at the reebok, Andy winning both his world titles on them and never in boring fight ....... Stopping Dave Newbrook and the legend that is Franki Hudders also Ivan Daminov

I was in lumpini with Narit ( the owner of topking ) when he asked Andy about Thai fight ! Great opportunity for him and a well deserved one !

Now folks where is your money in this monster rematch

Thasher or TNT ?????

Thrasher mate never been more chuffed for you or happy to hear such news after the crappy last few months and before xmas with been let down with fights, awesome news mate :D

I can't wait for the show lads it's looking brilliant and a huge step forward congrats boys and will see you all there.

Good luck to all fighters involved, its going to be a great show.

Thanks Andy mate, really appreciate that, and yes been hard few months with one thing or another, but as they say suffering is good for the soul, and its made me more hungry and determined to see this year out with a bang.
This will be my first fight since the Toyota marathon, so six month gap will probably have me a bit rusty - we'll see ;-)

geat news Mr Thrasher - well deserved after the years you have put in and very happy for you - some fantastic shows there- will come over to watch where I can mate.

Cheers Noel, and we can go for a Swensons marathon after the fights, look forward to seeing you again mate ;-)

well deserved mate!!

Spoke to Kulebin's trainer this morning and they are excited for the fight and looking forward to coming to the UK again.


They said that this is by far Kulebin's biggest challenge here!

Spoke to Kulebin's trainer this morning and they are excited for the fight and looking forward to coming to the UK again.


They said that this is by far Kulebin's biggest challenge here in UK and a fight he has always wanted!

its a fight hes gonna get too

Goodluck Liam !!! I will have £500 on Liam to win.

Brief interview with Liam 'Hitman' Harrison

3D: How does Andrei Kulebin compare to some of the other world class fighters you have faced such as Sanchai, Anuwat etc?

LH: I think he's up there with the best in the world. He's fought Sudsakorn, Saiyok, he's beaten Mosab Amrani and loads of other top fighters. He's definitely one of the best outside Thailand and if I want to prove that I'm one of the best outside Thailand, he's someone I need to beat.

3D: What do you think his strengths and weaknesses are?

LH: He's very technical, fast and sharp. He a good strong clincher. I'm not coming to play around, I'm going to try to hurt him early on and slow him down.

3D: With that in mind, what's your gameplan for this fight?

LH: I'm going to fight to my strengths this time. In my last fight I didn't really fight to my strengths, I was trying to play a game that wasn't my own so this time I'm going to fight my fight, rip into him with solid power shots with technique as well.

3D: You've moved up a weight for your last couple of fights, 66.6kg for this one, is this your permanent weight category now?

LH: No, I'm coming back down after this one. I'm too small for it to be honest, all the guys I'm fighting are giants at this weight! I don't really have to diet much to make weight for these fights and it makes me feel a bit sluggish. My best weight is 63-65kg really so I'm looking to come back down to around 64/65kg max after this.

3D: Have you got other fights in the pipeline already this year?

LH: I've got a fight against Houccine Bennaoui in France on June 2nd, he's a good name who's just won a 4 man tournament over there. He's just beaten Mosab Amrani and he's fought Anuwat and some other good names so that's a good fight for me.

3D: Who are the other big name fighters you'd like to fight?

LH: I want to fight Fabio Pinca. There's talk about it at the moment so hopefully it will happen. I think if I beat Kulebin it's got to happen, so we'll see.

3D: Anything you'd like to add?

LH: I'd like to say thank you to everyone from Bad Company, my training partners, my sponsor Yokkao Boxing and also thanks to everyone at 3D for having me on the show.

Great interview Liam, especially the "and its a fight he's gonna get" I can't wait for this show and the fights on it - the whole of UK muay thai should be excited for this show and the effort the promoterrs have gone to in matchmaking and looking after the fighters involved - Again, great job Daz, Daz and Dan !!

Just playing with the Running order for this show and I have to say that I have a silly smug grin on my face looking at the strength of this card

Bennoui beat Damien alamos too this is gonna be ace x

What are the terms for fighting for Lumpini title? Can Harrison not challenge for Damien's title?

True but Alamos looks like he has improved since that loss

Yes he has defo takes nothing from bennoui though to level fighter beat mosab easy x

My moneys on Thrasher
Hes too strong for Tim

Will there be a live feed anyone?

it's on tv I know that which channel am yet to to know either mate me and Kevin Harper are doing it and Andy Howson and dan green are doing Rick barnhills fight as we are cornering him,it's really going to be exciting this one x

Live on TV Vinny or highlights shown at a later date?

Please not eurosport haha, can't bare to hear Will Vanders voice and getting everything wrong!

should do a voting poll for predicitions like on the second reebok thread :)

Tim Thomas v Andy Thrasher = Thrasher points
Liam Harrison v Andrei Kulebin = Harrison late stoppage
Dean James v Ste Meleady = James erli stoppage
Daitan Jackson v Jono Bracken = Jackson ponts
Sam Omomogbie v Solomon Wickstead = to hard to call but ill go with Sam
Mark Skeer v Karl Ryan = skeer stoppage
Andrew Tate v Joe Mcgovern = tate/ allways brings a suprize
Mike Clarke v Gavin Rogerson = ill go with Clarke but realy not sure
Stuart Kemp v Adrian Wedalowski = only seen wedalowski fight so cant call
Joe Roberts v Chad Sugden = Sugden points
Nathan Bendon V Brian Totty = Bendon earli stoppage
Paige Farrington V Ines Rolo (Portugal) = Farrington

just opinions ;)

Is that still the line-up?

Bakewell is fighting Clarke now

Due to personal reasons Dean James has had to withdraw from the fight with Ste Meleady. Big thanks to Danny Crompton who has stepped in at short notice to take the fight.

Gavin Rogerson had to withdraw from fighting Mike Clark due to injury, Andy Bakewell is now fighting Mike.

Damn was really looking forward to James VS Meleady. Is Kapowicz O'Connor still on?

any bets going on at the day ? , is BetFredor ladbrokes getting abit of this beautiful action ? hahaha :-)

fair play to danny stepping up to the plate for this one
totally gutted had to pullout of show as it looks great show, foot infection from hell, hopefully me & mike fight on the next main event show daz??

Oconnor v Karpowicz is still on, that should be a cracker. Line up is as above with the two changes Daz has mentioned and the other undercard fights posted further up.
Gold VIP tables are sold out!
Front Row is sold out bar a couple of tickets!
The show is very nearly sold out, dont leave it too late if you havent already got your tickets or you may be disappointed!
Full line up and tickets at www.themaineventmanchester.com

What round will Liam Harrison ko Kulbin in?

I think 4th

Kapowicz wins by points.

Tim Thomas wins by ko in in round 3.


I wont be betting on this because i dont have the bottle, it is just a prediction

Shame about the dean vs meleady fight, that would have been a cracker of a fight. Personally don't see Crompton goin the distance with him. either way with those two fight changes this show is still set to be massive for the UK fight scene

Line up looks great can't wait.........If anyone wants any bets I'll have a couple of small bets(I'm skint lol) on thrasher, Liam, meleady, daz o Connor and mike Clarke?

Like all the previous rumble at the reebok shows all fighters will be given signature bespoke fight gloves provided by sandee and fightshop.com, these will be worn on the night and theirs to keep afterwards. These glove like the last reebok can not be bought anywhere !

Second to this will be fight shorts as above bespoke etc

And lastly vyomax our supplement sponsor will be attending the weigh inn and give every fighter a care package !

This will be one hell of a show !! If haven't bought a ticket your gonna be very upset missing this on

Just 10 days to gnow - everything is looking good!

"go now" that should have said

Can't wait :)

Omg almost 50000 hits that's gotta be a record. !!!

Fit ready and strong...chad looking forward to his fight with Joe:-) every fight is a winner can't wait

Brilliant lineup and no doubt the production will be top class as well, well done guys, hope it gets the support it deserves!

Thanks Gary

Cheers Gary

Countin the days..... cum on!

6 more sleeps !!!!

full card please lads

Tables sold = 4, possibly another by Friday.

Tickets sold = 50, possibly another 20 by Friday.

Lots of support for our Queen of the Ring!

You know what they say - deadlier than the male!

These Pictures...

Paige 'The Diamond' Farrington.
2007 I.K.F.
British & Commonwealth Amateur Champion
K-1 ( Modified Type Rules ) Format.

www.warringtonkickboxingstudio.com

Black belt in muay thai? LOL

Don't miss the first fight I got a feeling it will be a CRACKER :-) get your seats early as this line up is for fight fans with NO EXCEPTION...

Anybody got a postcode for the venue please

Www.themaineventmanchester.co.uk

All venue details are on

Cheers

Who is meleady fighting now?...Heard crompton is out.

Meleady vs Dale White?

Ok guys it's 3 more sleeps to this bad boy

All VIP tables sold out

All front rows sold out

A handful of normal tickets left

Don't be out side listening to the crowd !!!

Meleady vs Jonno? Would be a war for sure!

Steo would jump in with anyone at this stage as he gutted fights fell through so if anyone up for it giv either of the 3 D's a shout. Jonathan still looking forward to taking some weight off Daitens shoulders and take that European belt back to Ireland.

Saw the "Main Event" trailer at the weekend at the Trafford Centre on the giant screens in the food court! Can't wait for this now.

Bridgestone :-) dont worry mate you won't need to up your baggage allowance mate that belt is safely staying in Salford :-) but I have ordered extra ice packs for jons head and paracetamol lol :-) x

Has to be some in the UK that would jump in a fight steven..Gutted for him if does not come off,2 big fights cancelled in a row now with omni and dean james.

Is Omnoi in the country? Doesn't he teach at Keddles sometimes? Be a massive shame if Ste couldn't fight.

Omnoi is in thailand heading to new zealnd for a year shortly.

Anyone know if the 30.00 tickets are seated or standing please?:)

Seated mate

Thanks Darren:)

Can someone please give me a rough time of the official show start ie after the prelim fights but just before the
opening demonstration / fireworks etc haha

no fights on before the start of the show. show will start at 3.00 with the first fight shortly after

Is meleady matched?

dont think so yet you fancy it keith :)

Meleady vs Mclachlan

It's on :-)

WHAT A SHOW! wish i could teleport over for this! chok dee to Liam, Thrash, Doc, and both Ste and Keith, have fun boys!

Fair play to Keith taking the fight. There will be some heavy shots being thrown in that fight. best of luck to all the lads fighting on this, one can only aspire to fighting on such a show!

Weigh inn today at 6 bells !!! Finishing av rig today this is gonna be massive

Doors at 2 tomo

Show starts at 3 bells

And almost 53000 hits omg has anything ever had so many hits ???

RatR 36000
Msa. 47000

All after the show !!!

Well in Keith at taking this! Not giving yourself much time to make the weight right enough haha! Good luck mate!!

Is a running order to be posted today? Final Line up?

Thanx to 3d for putting me on, it would have bn a shame for ste to have trained for nothing and its a top chance for me so why not

Might put the final line up after the weigh in, just dont want to invoke the Ax jinx.

All fighters we need your entrance music tonight at the weigh, you've all been asked already, if we don't have it tonight your coming out to Nellie the Elephant

Please note, there is no re entry at Event City, if you leave the building you will not get back in.

See yous all later

cannot wait for the show! good luck to everyone fighting especially Liam, Thrash, Ste and Paige! its going to be AMAZING x

Keith v mc stammer will be a war! gutted to be missing it
good luck lads!

Good Luck to Liam Harrison, Ric Barnhill and The TATE.x

Goose bumps just reading this !!! :-)

Best of British to the most exciting UK fighter on the Muay Thai scene today ...... Thrashpants !!!

The 3D's have couped a massive show here, big respect.

Weigh in was awesome .. good luck fellas x

Any weigh in pic's...?

KING COBRA 82.5kg...Ready!!!

second that.Any weigh in flix? also final card, running order?any danger?

A few weigh in photos from tonight. Roll on tomorrow, saw the arena layout tonight, its gonna be a great show folks!

The Main Event - Andy Thrasher

The Main Event - Andrei Kulebin

The Main Event - Liam Harrison

The Main Event - A confident Daitan Jackson

The Main Event - Jono Brackan

The Main Event - Andrew Tate

The Main Event - Joe mcGovern

The Main Event - Ric Barnhill

ric has trained really really hard It will be his night x

The Main Event - David Chirco (Italy)

Ric Barnhill looks in fantastic shape!!

great pics guys good luck. has thrasher found his precious yet haha

Best of luck to Ste and jono

*** Need help ***

En route to the show and realise that my mrs ; ) left the tickets in Edinburgh, can anyone ( officially ) tell me if I can get in if I have ye seat numbers and purchase details.

really don't wanna have to turn back!!

Bell me mate 07590543406

All the fighters look in fantastic shape/condition. Good luck to everybody! And see you at the show!

Can't wait for this, roll on 3 O'clock!

Absolutely gutted I'm not going.

Im so excited, I can't feel my arms =)

Mind blowing x

Am I the only one who thinks Liam looks stoned in that pic? lol

All results live here

Liam looks stoned haha! All lads look in great shape, be a cracker.

Chad sugden - Newark martial arts
V
Joe Roberts - jai muay thai

Winner - chad sugden - points

live stream anyone?

Duncan Scott - hakuda
V
Carlos degraca - Bolton Thai boxing club

Draw

Paul crossley - Walkden thai
V
Darius? - franks gym

Winner - Paul crossley - tko

Shauna lee - sasiprapa
V
Jackie bogart - northern spirit

Winner - jackie bogart - points

fight order please? live stream?

Nathan bendon - corefit uk
V
Brian totty - griphouse Glasgow

Winner - Brian totty - points

Fights are happening thick and fast

Mark skeer - Salford muay Thai
V
Remi Henry? - franks gym

Winner - mark skeer - other fighter retired start of round5

Any chance of getting the line up along with the updates>

British oriental rules title

Mike clarke - tobins gym leeds
V
Andy bakewell - gillys gym

Winner - mike Clarke - points

Keith McLachlan - eclipse muay Thai
V
Steven meladey - Bridgestone

Winner - Steven meladey. - points

Well done Chad Sugden! Come on Harrison and Thrasher!!!

Paige farrington - team diamond
V
Ines rolo - Portugal

Winner - Paige farrington - points

Absolutely gutted I had to pull out of this at such short notice, tried a new weight cut that never worked for me, resulting in a trip to A&E , apologies to mark skeer , & well done on the win! , very unprofessional not making the weight, I can only oppoligise , good luck with the rest of the show

Sam omomogbe - Liam's gym
V
Solomon wickstead - franks gym

Winner - Sam omomogbe - points

Andy thrasher - gfc
V
Tim Thomas - nak soo

Winner Tim Thomas - ref stopped fight round 2

Gutted for thrasher

Well done chad, really spoiled joes talent, never allowed him to get started.
Joe will be concentrating on full Thai from now as that is where his skill lies .

These are some good fights.
Tim Thomas is on another level! Well done.

Ikf k1 British title

Stuart kemp - tobins gym
V
Adrian wedolowski - griphouse Glasgow

Winner - Adrian - ref stoppage round 1

Why was thrasher stopped?

European title defence

Daitan Jackson - Salford muay Thai
V
Jono brackan - Bridgestone

Winner daitan Jackson - ref stoppage round 2

Joe Mcgovan - sdf
V
Andrew Tate - storm gym

Winner Andrew Tate refstoppage round 1

He was getting banged up, that's why.

Sorry to upset you raj ha

Quite a few stoppages, has Harrison KO'd Kulebin yet??

Gutted for Thrash, any details? Never doubted Tate for a minute, pure class! Big well done to Adrian, unexpected!

is it me or does the italian David Chirco look like a cross between mark skeer and liam harrison on the weigh in pic
Any more results ?

Paul karpowicz - 2tec
V
Darren o'connor - tmas

Winner - Darren o'connor points

great win for Darren

Big win for Darren well done!

Guttered for Thrasher, Mcgovan, Karpowicz, COME ON HARRISON!!!

Thats a great win, well done darren o conner

well done Darren o'connor :) great win !!!

Liam won

Nice one :-)

.....points or stoppage Rich?

Big win for Liam

Sick bastard I fucking love you big time man crush

Well done Liam, one of his biggest wins to date! Should fight the winner of Dicks and the Thai for WMC belt!

3rd round...low kicks
But heard he beat him in all departments
Nice one Liam :)

Massive win for Harrison !!!

Yes Hitman!!!! X

Perfect way to silence the knockers - back on top wear he belongs !! Great result for UK muay thai - Kulebin is a great fighter !!!

Kulebin is a slick fighter, big win for Harrison and UKMT, well done!!

Congratulations Mr Harrison,hopefully now we will get to see you fight pinca to see who is number 1.

Biggest win of a uk fighter ever! I never doubt you as a bad ass but was worried about this fight thought it was a 60-40 against just because kulebin is a bigger boy naturaly that's how much I rate kulebin so happy for you mate that cements the legacy now love you mate

just wanna start by saying thanks to Daz M, Daz P and Dan G for having me on the show.

I'm over the moon with that win I really am, it makes the last 6 years of my life worth it. The training hard every day and the thousands of pounds i've spent going to Thailand and that made it worth every penny.

I first saw Paul fight about 5 or 6 years ago on leeds town hall VS John Dennis in there first fight and I remember being amazed at some of the stuff they were doing to each other... so to be in the ring with him 6 years later and beating him is something that I can't put into words what it means to me.

I'm so happy for Liam to win aswell and prove he's the top dog in Europe, he was one lf the first of many good mates ive made through this sport and i was delighted to see his success tonight x

Great show, great fights, great venue.Really enjoyed it.Thought Solomon Wickstead was robbed?Gutted the Thrasher/Thomas fight finished think that would have been incredible if it it had gone 5 rounds.Doc and Liam Harrison fought amazing fights with excellent game plans.Again, great show, well done.

great show some great fights paul k was blatantly robbed as the whole room would agree no disrespect to darren a whole stadium can`t be wrong

Great show and fights! Good venue and well organised.
Gutted for thrasher,But one hell of a punch off Thomas.
Well done liam and daitan and mark skeer.
The Darren o'connor v paul karpowitz result was'nt popular or Sam V connor either...

Good crowd in and atmosphere.

Thanks to Daz phillips and Daz Morris for the welcome and handshake. Good work fellas!

Philip, no offence taken... we can both come up with arguements like that all day, i can say '2 out of 3 ain't bad' in regards to the judges decision.... Spoke to a few other officials at the show who had no doubt about who won (me) so that will do for me.

Paul himself said to me girlfriend that he knew I won, good enough for me

Great work with body kicks 3,4,5 Dazza ...But a very close great fight ...Paul K Awesome in the early rounds..

Not bad for "FlickBoxers "

Congratulations Team 3D for pulling off the best MuayThai event the UK Has ever seen , attention to detail was second to none..

Dont know how you better it , but Ihave no doubt you will fellas , thanks very much for asking us to help out on such a fantastic show..

Pete & Lauren xx

Any action shots Pete?

Sawatdee Khrup!

Now THAT'S how to do it! Top venue, Top promotion, Top organisation, Top dancers, Top (less) ring girls, Top pyrotechnics, Top MC Top officials, Top referees, Top fighters, Top sponsors, Top fights and to top the lot a top night! .......... Top that!

SHAUN

Nice one :-)

The ring girls ..... were topless you say? :O

Yes there were topless ring girls. Thought it might be tacky for TV but actually they looked really professional. Was a nice touch :-)

The topless ring girls were a great touch,they should become standard at all shows I attend:)

This show was the best!! everything was done right, fantastic matches and even enjoyed the K1 bouts, it was top! :)

ok where do i start !!! i want to thank everyone that help in the show !! i have specially thank the "P" that is missing out of the 3D. Phil Sheddon one of my best friends and my right and left arm he kept everything together and organised... and also darren and dan !!

my runners who were impeccable, even tho pit bull will be doing extra burpee's this week for the last of brews he got me :-) x

all the fighters and gyms in involved super professional ........ hopefully this is the next step in taking Muay Thai to the next level !!!

and all you guys that came and made this show so good !!!

we learnt a lot last night and loads to change to make the NEXT one even better

thank you every one

Daz

Photos of said topless ring girls would go great on here, hell give it its own thread.

Brilliant show, I really enjoyed the fights and the atmosphere was electric for such a big room.
I was really impressed with the red-haired Scottish fight from Griphouse, he fought brilliantly!
My fight of the night was Paul K-Daz O'Conner, Daz didn't get dragged into Paul's game and put on a quality performance. Paul was as usual great to watch!

I'll put up a few random photos today as i sort through galleries, enjoy

Cant wait to see this on P4.

Thats probably the best venue in Uk I have been to in 30 years of Muay Thai!.

The show itself was ran very smoothly so a big well done to the 3 Ds and all involved.

I thought the first half of the show was good but the second ie the main events were very good and in the case of Liam Harrison bloody great!.

Cant see how people think Paul K beat Darren O Conner I thought Darren scored well especially the last 3 rounds,nice work with the left kick,really enjoyed the fight by the way and well done both lads.

I thought that Solomon Wickstead had done enough to get the nod against Sam Omomogbe.

What to say about the Hitman Harrison! what a great performance well done that man,clinical use of the low kick,great defence,composure,desire the lot,well done Liam and Bad Co.

Overall I had a great night out,still to many fights for my liking but I understand why that is,I also dont think we needed a break but those 2 things are nothing compared to all the positives from the show.

Well done again to all involved,3Ds,fighters,gyms,officials and the crowd for showing our sport at its best:)

Ooops I forgot to say a special mention to the topless ring girls,well done ladies:)

Phil Moxon - Honestly no offence intended and obviously Paul K was the hometown favourite, but DOC clearly won that fight by a long way.He consistantly out scored in the first four rounds easily with left and right body kicks.He possibly lost the 5th round but had done more than enough to comfortably win the fight.Agree with Paul Pearson I think best venue Iv attended for uk muay thai, great place that.

Massive well done to 3d and to all the fighters who helped make the show as impressive as it was great step forward for ukmt look forward to future main events

Just to echo what Morris has already said, a massive amount of work went into making this event happen, not only from the 3Ds and myself but all the behind the scenes crew without whom it would never have been possible. The pitbulls did an immense job backstage while putting up with me stressing at times, the av crew who spend days rigging the place out, staff at p4tv, all the officials and commentators, the list is endless. A massive thank you to everyone who helped out. Roll on November!

Thanks 3D+P, show was everything a fighter and coach is looking for, well run, on time, no dicking about between fights, paid immediately, no bull at weigh-ins, great venue, and great matchmaking. I need to thank my corner guys -Mani and Brian (Senior) Totty, and my fighters. I knew they both had hard but winnable matches, and they stuck to their game plans for the win. I know a few people have commented on Totty's strong clinch, but I thought his counter left kicking was brilliant, particularly rd4,completely took away Bendon's boxing combos. Adrian went into the fight (his first k-1) with a desire to be exciting. Mission accomplished. 2/2 wins for the gym in England is a very big deal for us, and thank you to the promoters for the opportunity. And the border raiders - 20+ supporters who made the 8hour round trip. Cheers!

Agree Guy your lads left kick was working well so why change and maybe risk a knock on the chin as Nathan can dig a bit,well done:)

Atmosphere was amazing all night, brilliant venue, excellent fights and production was superb.

Best show I've been to in this country.

Hope they do another one there.

wicked show best show I've been too really professional, good judges good arena and good fighters!

sam against solomon was apparently a bad decision? Not being biased but thought sam won clearly knee'd the back multiple times every round and dropped him in round 2?

now the bets people owe me money the crippler, ste meleady and mr thrasher :) bank transfer please :) now I told you Tim would win people saying thrasher would of been too strong different fighter, but i knew unlucky to thrash you'll come back stronger, well done to liam, and all the winners out there :)

Where do you start. Its been exhausting but hopefully worth it. It seems like we've had a right journey since Daz first came to me with the idea for the first Rumble at the Reebok.

Last night was superb, but the we still aren't happy and think we can do better, so lets see...

Big thanks to everyone involved, fighters, coaches, staff, sponsors and the crowd. Especial thank you to Phil for everything he has done and the Dawgs who are simply the best.

See you all soon

Dan Mcgowan - i dont know either personally but form a spectators POV It looked to me like that Sam dominated the first 2 rounds completely but looked to lose 3,4 and 5 IMO.That said it was a close one.Just my opinion mind, I get what your saying.

that venue was amazing! really good atmosphere too well done 3D's, the show was brilliant, enjoyed every single fight!
Paige is getting better and better, such lovely technique and she is growing in confidence, loved watching her.
SO pleased for Liam, that was him at his best! he made Kulebin look average which as everyone knows, he isnt and nothing he was doing was working against Liam. Congrats to liam and Richard Smith too x

What a fantastic show that was last night very professional and very well organised the crowd was one of the biggest I've seen at a Muay Thai show and the 3D's have done the sport proud!!!

Thanks Phil

Tim TNT Thomas deffo uk number 1 at under 67kg proved it too many times get in there alfred

Tim Thomas really is on another level and blessed by having dynamite in either hand I was'nt sure how this fight was going to go as Andy Thrasher is one hell of a fighter and also can bang as well!...if you're reading this Tim my humblest apologies for congratulating you by saying "Well done Thomas!" instead of calling you "Tim" on the way out sorry but it was a long day!...lol

people need to start paying their bets, dont brag etxc if ur not gonna pay, ste meleady i spoke to is gonna pay up coz hes a man of his word, thrasher serious.

i wudnt hold your breath, ive collected winnings and paid losses on this show and explosion, wont make same mistake twice promised some of that £350 to Tim if he won by stoppage too :-(

On a serious note I have meetings with high bookies about proper betting with in Thai show the size of the main event

That was ment to say high street ........ F@&kin iPhone x

Anyone have all the results for the event?

Awesome event...just awesome!
Brilliant to work with all the old 'Rumble' and 'MSA' officials again...they really are a cracking bunch.
Daz, Darren and Dan I know worked hard to make Saturday's show a big success and their hard work paid off.

As mentioned previously, Phil was brilliant throughout the event too!

Really don't see how they can improve on that...the show was perfect.

(Harrison v Pinca on the next one please)

Oh, gutted for Barnhill...gutted!

Brilliant show the promoters have worked so hard and it showed the fighters performed brilliantly and so did all the officials and staff.
I believe the next show is November if everyone can work together then the main event can push UK muay thai through the barriers of the media and public eye which can only better our sport throughout the UK.

robinson didnt pay up D dangerous he owes me 800 quid

Just to re-iterate what Daz/Darren/Phil have said - thanks to everyone who worked on the event and supported it. Without you guys it wouldn't be possible!

Last night was just the start and the next one will be even bigger and better!

Saturday night even - I still have some sleep to catch up on :)

when is the next one then defo been told sept/oct now beaty says nov??

all in all show was great some good stoppages ran smoothly well done 3d & phil cant wait for next one

yeah
liam vs pinco
jordon vs yod
tim thomas vs dicks
shaw vs wakeling 2
plz

would like to thank you guys for having me on the show was an amazing venue and very well organised!

sorry to brian totty for the bad performance and not giving him a better fight, just dont think that was my night!
congrates on the win tho mate and hopefully a rematch very soon!

Full results are on the website www.themaineventmanchester.com
We'll let the dust settle on this one first then confirm exact date for next one, will be November as it stands.
The Sky program details will be posted on here soon too. First half will be on p4tv next week

liam badco
Posted: 2012-04-02 03:09:00
robinson didnt pay up D dangerous he owes me 800 quid

lmao u fool, u paid up i didnt lose any bets on this one just on the xplosion im just waiting for my £350 from thrasher

at the end of the day i wasnt being cocky making bets thrasher on here said a monkey ill bet it all confident, so i thought about it, added him on facebook at a long chat with him, i go ok 400 hundred ill bet he goes yes no problem mate, then i changed it to 500. I also told him i couldnt make it to the vent event and explained this in bold and his reply was "Hey mate - no worries - shame you can't make it to the fights, but no worries we'll sort it out after the fight, I'll pay up no problem if it doesn't go my way - thanks for letting me know D, speak soon mate" copied and pasted straight from the conversation, then his excuse reply was "Like I said all bets were off as soon as all the shit at weigh kicked off- but like I also said I'll still have the bet if there's a rematch- and I'll give the money beforehand" I was prepared to go to the bank and transfer this money as im a betting man and i dont mug no one off, as its pride and guilt that would make me pay as i dont wanna be seen as a man that can make promises or bets he cant keep as soon as they lose, its bollox the weigh was nothing to do with me all i know is a bet is a bet dont matter epsecially when the person at the time was confident. I said TNT would win anyway shape or form, i dont think there will be a rematch as hes koed you twice, and this fight was the 1 that counts as both fighters had improved massively, people on here telling me thrasher too strong bangs just as hard, ZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzz BORING, if it every happened again same result.

too major

no once it says oh if any out side interference or technicalities bets off

no once it says oh if any out side interference or technicalities bets off

no once it says oh if any out side interference or technicalities bets off

no once it says oh if any out side interference or technicalities bets off

Liam vs Pinca on the next show will be awesome! Hope I can fight on the undercard too!

No point making bets if your not gonna pay up afterwards.

I know Prathet would be interested in fighting on the next one, if you were interested in having him on?

D, send me bank details to bodyphysicsuk@gmail.com.
Sorry not been on here as fought on the show and was at another yesterday.
I was sure I someone had taken my Tate bet!!! Damn :-(

On a brighter note, Thanks to the 3D's for having me on the show. Thanks to Darius and Franks gym for taking the fight.

The full gallery with all of my best shots from the night is here.

Michael Howarth - Picture gallery from The Main Event.

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still no response from mr thrash pants, but you dug your hole thrasher you had months to train and make weight and couldnt even do that,i think that was to try gain an unfair advantage tbh, but thats my opinon but fair play to tnt for taking the fight anyway and fair play to you for stepping in the ring coz takes guts and courage, but you have pissed me off abit im not going to lie, such is life you live and you learn, you said to me you dont trust no1, i think you ment no1 can rely on you coz your not a man of your word done. if there ever was a rematch id take you for every penny, house , car etc lol lol.

Crippler thanks ill email, nuff respect to you and meleady, ill be wager with both of you in the near future, hopefully im not on the recieving end of a loss, if i am so be it, its banter and fun, its when people go beyond banter and start betting unrealistic bets they cant afford or shall they say hoping that their bogus bet comes through when they aint got the money LOOL, those playground antics back fire everytime, dont they andy thrasher but im gonna stop drilling you as you got the message

Andy's just lost a massive fight, forgive him for not waking up and thinking about your money first.

dvs1 he has thought about it and point blank refused to pay so i do not forgive him no, no he did not just lose he got annihilated. SOUR GRAPES

Hindsight is a great thing and you learn from no matter how much money I am offered to commentate while someone I have trained will be be without me it's not often because I have no gym now yet I can't as person,coach whatever sit and watch things unfold although the corner did a great job it's my job to do one or the other this I should have chose the other,Rick broke his foot in round one and he's better than that and I am saying sorry because now I know better next time I'm with regardless what happens xx

d dangerous !! i know your happy tim won and you won your bet but get off the topic use Facebook and conduct ya slagging there mate !!

both lads top fighter and mates and the rest of the sport CBA with your rants

The reason I shouted across to you Vinny, a familiar voice can totally change a situation ;-) x

like dean ford said daz, no point making bets if your not going to pay up right or wrong? and i never said andy thrasher wasnt a top fighter because he is, winning the toyota event in thailand and holding world titles, i have no problem with mr thrasher, which i have explained to him. I havnt lied nor have i said anything made up mate. Yeah im happy tim won your right same way i would of been pleased for andy if he ever got a victory vs tim, either way it still doesent correct being misled by him also thats all. so no problem :) i have said what i had to say :) glad your show was a success and and i wish you every success in the near future

Thanks to the 3 D's for having our Bridgestone team over. Steo showed his class against a game Keith Mc, Jono was unlucky against a top class opponant in Daiten and still european champ (for now). Best venue and show iv ever been at and involved in . Looking forward to the next one cant think how you going to top this one but all the D's were adamant they can raise the bar again. Thanks again.

He,s a real nice kid Rick and he,ll be and is better than that hard lesson but its an unforgiving sport,thanks paul xx

just had a look at Kulebin's career on wiki, very impressive resume.
For Harrison to move up in weight and take him out like he did is just insane, how many guys at the top level get stopped with low kicks?!

the guy is wrecking machine when he's stood in the middle of the ring and in the mood to dish it out like that, love it

I remember Liam writing on ax that Kulebin isnt as good as everyone thinks. I guess he proved it on Saturday. Well done.

I remember Hoostfan saying Liam would get stopped. Humble pie anyone?

Congratulations go to Liam, I honestly didn't think he would win this fight but am happy to have been proved wrong. Sorry Dvs1 I'll not have an opinion in future

Is Liam the forst farang to stop Kulebin?

If not then he hasnt been stopped by a farang for some time!!

Great achievement for Liam, well done mate!!

Sounds like an awesome show, gutted to miss it!!

smeikl11 I think Liam is the first farang to stop him. Great achievement. Sends a big message out. Hoostfan no need to be sorry, only messing about.

Great show best i have ever seen. Liam harrison u r the man !! and well done to all the fighters on the show and the after drinks were crazy nice one !!!!! :)

just so you all know the next show will be mid early oct or late november (football fixtures dependant) !!

and much bigger and far better we learn loads the other night so already we have the production being worked on hope to see every one there

daz and team x

Just seen the Liam Kulebin fight on youtube. Solid leg kicks you can see him switching to south paw round 2 but the kicks have clearly taken effect. Beautiful left elbow right kick to finish him off!

Thank you for a fantastic show, best I've seen in the UK for a long long time.

Massive respect to all the fighter, some amazing fights and congrats to all the winners.....sorry to be bias but a massive congrats to my boy TNT Thomas, showed he is number 1 and a top class fighter!!!!!!


Cant wait for the next show!!!!!!!

wish list for next show

harrison vs pinca or kevin ross ftr
watson vs patrosyan or souwer k-1
dean james vs rung ftr
luke turner vs greg wotton ftr
andrew tate vs tom kong watson k-1

Luke v greg
Liam v pinca
Stevie brown v paul k
Adrian wedolowsli v tommy mckormack or jono bracken
Chris shaw v wakeling 2
Jordan c v loz reilly
Jordan w v andy souwer
Me v any1 :D

Liam v Ponca
Wooton v turner
Arobitov v Tate
Wakeling v Watson

Liam vs Pinca
Jordan vs Sudsakorn
Dean vs Rungravee
Luke vs Greg
Thomas vs France
Tate vs Hunt
Salah vs Omomogbe/Mcallister
Daiton vs Shaw

I dont think Rungravee will make 55 in uk
Lee Colville v Panicos or Darren O'Connor
Wooton v Turner
Harrison v Dicks or Thomas
Watson v Antuan
Fenwick v Wakeling
Jackson v Barwise/hodge again lol
Dean James v Leo Siangboxing
Chu v Shaw
Wedolovski v Stanton
Orbotov v Amir
Ashdown v Calderwood
Payne v Alldis
Alexis v Iman
Garnett v Kitchen

lucy V Bernise...good call!
would prefer to see Iman fight JoJo..


Jordan v michael wakeling
Liam v Pinca
craig jose v antuan

Andy T vs. Darnell 'talkalot' H - Catchweight of 72g... this beef is too Major.. lol

Timpsons right hand versus mount rushmore lol , i reckon he'd chin it.

:)

Barnhill rematch he deffo wasn't himself last wkend, James vs Leo is a good call my lad Danny vs either brian totty/Nathan bendon ;-) would like to see brad Stanton on the nxt one too!

LOL Tim

Brian totty great clinch

lot of people saying wooton vs turner, get in touch with mr smith but im free and wud love that on the next show. hopefully gregs got no other commitments. great fighter iv lots of respect for him and think its a fight everybody wants to see.

Barnhill was exposed a rematch is dangerous. So was Paul Kapowicz why has his opponent had to come on here to explain how he won. Its so simple he did the same as when he lost against Steve Meleady then had a panic half way through the final round and started trying to claim some points, too late.

paul ward ! neither paul or rick were exposed, they both fought their fight, and on the night it wasn't their fight ! i think to say they have been "exposed" is very disrespectful

Not really as the fights highlighted their flaws dont you think?
Ricks chin and Paul not being able to block or to knee.
No disrespect intended sorry paul and rick :-S

Paul is allowed to say what he saw so it's not disrespectful really they fought how they fought that night if they have rematches then it's upto them it's a harsh game it takes no prisoners : )

Rick highlighted that he didn't have great head movement or lateral movement to avoid punches. His chin/ fitness was incredible, he got hit a LOT and still stayed up, the issue was that he eas unable to change his gameplan and readjust - haven't seen much of him previously, but I agree that it might not have been his night!!

Fantastic night, ran like clockwork and the fights were really well matched. Harrison' performance was emmense, thought he would win but never expected him to make andre look ordinary. Also really liked Soloman from franks gym....really nice style and composed.

Also have de say that I thought the griphouse guys were really impressive. Totty' clinch was strong and scored hurtful knee' throughout. Adrian' spin kick was a treat.

Looking forward to seeing it all again on P4TV ; )

Congrat to all involoved

people should write what they want as it is a forum and let the fighters prove them selves in the ring.
Internet and reality are very different.
Interenet causes lies and curruption but reality tells the truth.
I have I want my Grandmother to live in the uk. I write it on the net but in reality it cant happen

I've been sitting infront of my computer refreshing P4 since Saturday - I can't wait for it to go up!

They are on YouTube mate follow the link further down the p4tv page

Yes I agree people can say what they like ! I guess I feel for both guys are they are both good friends and have had the privalge of cornering Paul and work closely with rick !!

Just think the term exposed is not the correct for either fighter

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Brilliant event. Everything went fine. Only one issue for me was the sound at that the back of the stadium on the bleachers behind the sound control wasn’t as good as up near the ring and ring entrance. But thats not an issue just I love the show side of things and would of been nice to be more surrounded by the music. but I didnt go there to listen to music just enjoy hearing fighters personal taste of intro music etc. adds to the whole experience.

The fights were brilliant. The first half showed some real good talent unlucky for Solomon he was very close.

Mike Clarke is an absolute beast and gonna take a big effort to beat him

Mark Skeer beat a tough raw talent in remi. Think it shows how much he has improved putting that fight to bed. Was an easy night for daitan for once.


The second half was brilliant standout fight was paul k and Daz Oconnor. I agree its unfair to say paul K got found out.
I think the reason why a lot of the crowd who knew nothing about scoring thought he won is cause he did look like he was in control but for people in the know he wasnt scoring enough.

Dont think daz would deny paul is the more talented fighter but talent alone doesnt win fights. Dont know the ins and out of pauls gym but it looks like he really needs a dedicated trainer.
Its like the corner team didnt read what was going on and to agree with the guy above paul came out blazing again in round 5.

Well done to darren sticking to his gameplan

Well done to liam harrison not easy to make kulebin look average.

Brilliant Show Well Done 3d team

Dont know the ins and out of pauls gym but it looks like he really needs a dedicated trainer.
Its like the corner team didnt read what was going on and to agree with the guy above paul came out blazing again in round 5.

100% agree paul needs a more experanced corner team who can read the scoring/fight and tell him what needs to be changed as they didnt look very vocal too me on the table i was on
great fight tho from both lads

only saw bits of round 5, look forward to watching whole fight regardless. DOC has come on loads in such a short period of time with real understanding of the sport that shows in his kids he trains.

I told Paul same he needs someone and if he does he will start causing waves for sure x

Everyone who knows Paul has been saying the same thing, with a trainer who understands how to score he will be devastating!

The very fact his corner team still believe he won the fight against Meleady shows that they will always be struggling.

Bearing in mind I have known Paul probably longer than most people out there I know what an amazing athlete he is, but he will not fulfil that potential until he makes some changes to his training

Sprewell "Dont think daz would deny paul is the more talented fighter but talent alone doesnt win fights"

explain that comment to me???

Totty impresses me more everytime I see him fight really strong in the clinch and a nice style great performance. Would love to see Brian v Robert Burke again that was a war

Darnell talkalot H what the hell ever taking the pis fam

Is this on TV and what channel/time?

It will dfo be on Sky 219, maybe others, no schedules yet.