Next year will see Showdown Events promote first of its 8 man tournaments, with the prize money of £10,000 Surely we will see all the best 66-67kg fighters out there to battle it out to take the number one spot.

The right 8 men could mean every fight a war, who would we like to see in the competition????????

First Place to be taken is

Greg Wootton from the KO Gym Greg is arguably one of the best fighters in the UK at the moment, fighting Liam Harrison for the number one spot in June.

He will be tough to beat in the competition

67kg is a bit above his normal fight weight. I can see 10,000 reasons why he'd want to step up in weight for this but will he be as dominant at the higher weight? It'll definitely be interesting to see who else will be in this. An exciting prospect.

Second Place to be confirmed

Imran khan , Imran has been out of the ring for a while after coming off a win over Josh Palmer he has stated he will be in the best shape of his life for this tournament

Imran v Greg would be worth the ticket money alone surely

Always a well run show with good match-ups the Showdown Events. Went last time and there were some cracking fights. Will be sure to be going again this time. Is there a dvd of the last show as wouldn't mind watching some of those fights again?

Tim TNT Thomas definatelly!

Regis Sugden has to be in this...

What rules?

Salah stanton tieu

This 8 man is Full Thai Rules the 3rd fighter to be confirmed

Thomas Mccormick been out of the ring for a while, but with his tricky skills and track record in previous tournaments will provide a threat to any fighter in this

What about Regis .... Young kid does note but step up and surprise every time !!!!!!!

If regis wants to be in dean needs to get in touch

What about Mcallister ????

If there camp are interested tell them to get in touch

Has Regis Sugden written all over it

Thomas Stanton Pamler Sewell and David Tieu after his performance on The Main Event. This could potentially be amazing!

Ok just to make it a bit more interesting we have another fighter to throw into the card

Tim Thomas needs no introduction UK number 1 at that weight!!!

This looks great!! Cant wait!

Another fighter to be confirmed tomorrow also a a top international in this 8 man

shapeing up nice, hows the prize money split, winner will recieve how much ????

Can you put Dave Tieu in please

Wowwww this just maybe the best 8 man seen on these shores ever, this is exciting

8 Man is shaping up very nice fighters confirmed so far

Fighter 1 - Greg Wooten
Fighter 2 Imran Khan
Fighter 3 - Thomas Mccormick
Fighter 4 - Tim Thomas
Fighter 5 - Reece Mcalister
Fighter 6 - Brad Stanton
Fighter 7 -
Fighter 8 -

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Who else do we think? surely this will determine who is best at that weight???

Tieu and sewell

Agree on tieu and sewell thats almost the dream domestic 8 man tourney.
Who are the favourites? Obvious choice would be tnt but any others?

Any predictions????

Im going with reece, interesting to see how greg does it this weight

You have to get Salah in on this aswell surely!? What a great line up so far

I was training out at super pro samui when Reece was out there and this kid is a class act. A very nice and down to earth guy with a very bright future. I believe he's been quite active in thailand as well as his stints ink1 and Glory. Haven't Reece and Tim met before? Am I right in thinking Reece won a decision?

Who else has met before in this 8 man? I know tournaments are always very different to a single fight but it'd be interesting to know.

Has Greg ever fought at this weight before? I think he's one of the UKs best p4p but here he would be fighting the UK's best at 2 weight classes above his normal weight. That's a big ask! I'm a massive fan of his and would pay the ticket money to see him take on that any of the above mentioned fighters.

You can never rule out someone with TNT knockout power and that may suit a tournament style. Tim has to be one of the favourites.

Who has David Tieu fought at this weight? Whats his record? I know of Carlton Leiu and Mathew Tieu but I haven't seen David fight. He's definitely from an excellent camp and training in good company.

Imran Khan is another legend. In fact - this looks to be an amaizing line up!! When and where is this taking place, I'll have to make sure I can go?

Sheffield octagon centre 7th september 2014 has to announce early to get the dream 8 fighters on here for the best tournament.

This is full thai rules

Tim has fought Imran twice 1 win 1 draw A class
Tim fought Reece K1 lost on points

Don't forget Thomas McCormick he has a great record in tournaments

Yea, Thomas McCormick has a wonderfully elusive style from what I remember.

Putting that date in my diary.

What gym in Thomas McCormick fighting out of now ?

I believe he is training with Dan Hudson

8 Man is almost complete

Fighter 1 - Greg Wooten
Fighter 2 - Imran Khan
Fighter 3 - Thomas Mccormick
Fighter 4 - Tim Thomas
Fighter 5 - Reece Mcalister
Fighter 6 - Brad Stanton
Fighter 7 - Ricky Sewell
Fighter 8 -

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Is this k1?? If so id be well up for it

Am I missing something her? Surely Liam Harrison should be in this?

Am I missing something here*? Surely Liam Harrison should be in this?

8 Man is complete

Fighter 1 - Greg Wooten
Fighter 2 - Imran Khan
Fighter 3 - Thomas Mccormick
Fighter 4 - Tim Thomas
Fighter 5 - Reece Mcalister
Fighter 6 - Brad Stanton
Fighter 7 - Ricky Sewell
Fighter 8 - Dave Tieu

Any one prepared to put there name on a prediction>

That's a brilliant tournament

ricky sewell is in at the deep end here as has a gulf of experience difference compared to the others but as we have all been saying hes from "that gym" that is killing it at the moment!

i train with imran we cant both be in it. great tournament shame its so long away tho i dont wana wait ha

If this stays together it will be the best possible 8-man we could ask for! Talking to Hussain today theres already a buzz about it. be interesting to see how Wootton gets on with the bigger lads. Think we'll get a decent idea of that when he fights Liam in June. Khan has all the experience in the world, 1 shot from Thomas can KO anybody, Stanton making huge noise in the division at the moment and rising stars Tieu and Sewell could well cause upsets. Throw Mccallister and Tommy in the mix and this could be an amazing show! Cant wait!

me and wooton is at 65 tho...fighting 3x at 67 will be hard but hes got the right physique to be able to bulk up properly so i think he will be ok

Sorry the weight is set at 66kg can't wait to see greg v liam

sewell and mcallister are gonna be huge at that weight...i cant wait to laugh at sewell when hes cutting that weight

The undercard will also feature some big domestic fight

UK Muay Thai gets better end better

Very competitive tournament very difficult to pick a winner thats the great thing about it, props to the promoter for putting this together. Couldnt have picked a better 8 man apart from if liam harrison was in it. Im struggling with predictions changing my mind constantly but going put my neck out and say greg or reece. Wouldnt put any money on it though

Reserve fight if anyone pulls out due to injury on the night

Winner of

Josh Palmer v Michael Blood

Reserve fight is another cracker!

One hell of an 8 man that, hope it all stays as it is and no pull outs. Nice one Shaf

How old is Sewell? making 66kgs in 09/14 might be hard than it is now if hes still growing

Hes 18. He just likes eating bacon butties and biscuits too much :)

Some more big fights on the undercard one featuring Dan Edwards this fight is one domestic fight we have wanted to see for a while

A1 line up, good on ya mate for pulling it together! what is the date?

7/9/14, didnt see that at the top doh.

Woah! That is one hell of a tournament if all those fighters stay in it. Definitely going to this show, Reece Mcalister wins it for me but I wouldn't bet on it.

Grandprix '8 Man' Tournaments are great for spectators, but can be a lot harder for promoters than a regular show, both financially and also with matchmaking ( keeping the tournament intact with 10 participating fighters). Many promoters avoid them for this very reason, full credit to the organiser.

This one looks set to be a cracking event.

Best wishes to all involved!

By the time this comes round it will have lost 90% of the big names in it! Always happens.

Dropouts are expected in these tournaments its part of the sport, if half the fighters from the original lineup stay in it will be well worth watching

we can only aim to put on the best we have arguably 8 of the best fighters in the UK at that weight, if anyone pulls out we can't really help that

This show will be MASSIVE if these fights take place and even if some fighters do pull out due to injury, etc I'm sure Showdown will still deliver the goods as these shows have grown in strength each year giving the public some top fights!!!

I agree with edwards paulie, come septemeber the line up will be different, I hope I'm wrong

I'm sure there was a similar tornament planned last year with TNT stanton and poss imran in it and all had to pull out.

Maybe it would've been better to keep it under wraps until closer the time not announce it 10 months early........

If it does happen my moneys on Brad or Imran

Off course the line up will be diff, but the ambition is there to put together a great line up.

And if the prize money is real then the line up will good a good one whatever happens.

Hey Shafique Ameen Alkilaney will be up for this tournament, he's back on form.
Stopped his last 2 opponents November stopped Richmond Annan 3rd Round FTR at York Hall, Last Sunday stopped French fighter Quentin? in rd 2 in a K1 fight at Sheffield Octagon.

fighting again this month then will train all over winter before going to Thailand for 2 months where he's hoping to fight at least 3 times!

An exciting fighter that can upset anyone on his day!

The reason for announcing the tournament so early is to get all the fighters booked, we can not help injuries etc but even if 4
out of the 8 stay in, it will be amazing

What about sam omogobe

Whether the original 8 stay in it or not it should be a quality tournament event if only half remain in come September. This weight division is ridiculous for talent and there are plenty who come step in and still make it a good show, gonna have to see this one :)

Anyone predict a winner?

Another top A class fight on the card, great domestic fight Dan Edwards (k star) v James Ogden (Wicker camp) this will be a war@@

All 8 men will be interviewed before the show giving predictions on how they will do, will be played live at the show on our big screen

8 Man complete card

Fighter 1 - Greg Wooten
Fighter 2 - Imran Khan
Fighter 3 - Thomas Mccormick
Fighter 4 - Tim Thomas
Fighter 5 - Reece Mcalister
Fighter 6 - Brad Stanton
Fighter 7 - Ricky Sewell
Fighter 8 - Dave Tieu

Reserve fight - Josh Palmer v Michael Blood

Under Card A class
James Ogden v Dan Edwards

More fights to follow......

If anyone drops out Josh Jauncey would love to be in a show like this.

whats his full record

He is from Canada mate

Hey do you have a E-mail? We have some fighters from Mike's Gym

email me on hussain@wearechic.co.uk cheers

Just starting to work on the undercard for this amazing 8 man

67kg 6w 2L 1d
66kg 2w 1L 2d
65kg 5w 3L 0d
61kg 6w 3L 1d
75kg 6w 3L 1d

We myt have some names for you mate

can you email all details through to hussain@wearechic.co.uk

cheers

McAllister on McCormick for me! Would have been nice to see Salah involved.

Salah fights at 69-70.

What weight is this tournament now? I don't think Brad will mind me saying he struggles with 67 so 66 is going to be some ask.

Didn't he fight Wayne fisher at 66?

no mate

Tournament looks awesome!

Greg's surname is "Wootton" by the way... and I think you might want to check the spelling of Tieu.

If half those fighters can make it it will be a stunning tournament.

tickets on sale soon

Thanks Raymond

sorry will get these sorted

Tickets go on sale 1st May and will be in touch with camps who have sent fighters for the undercard

if one of this fighters waiveri ' ve a replacement. Alessio d'angelo.he have figth whit tim thomas at thai max in france. whit alamos kaoponlek. khem salvador. three time in the thai figth. thanks'

Fighter 1 - Greg Wooten
Fighter 2 - Imran Khan
Fighter 3 - Thomas Mccormick
Fighter 4 - Tim Thomas
Fighter 5 - Brad Stanton
Fighter 6 - Ricky Sewell
Fighter 7 - Dave Tieu
Fighter 8 - Josh Palmer

change to the 8 man Reece is no longer available so Josh Palmer has now stepped in comes to the ring with a wealth of experience
Any predictions???

Tim Thomas has retired..

Would like to see josh turbill in this if anyone else withdraws

Even though he steps up in weight I still think Wootton takes this.

Tims coach has told us, this is his last fight in thai boxing

Would be great to see Tim have his last fight on this show he has a knockout style of his own which I love to watch but also Brad Stanton alongside Thomas McCormick will also prove dangerous in an event like this one...8 man's are always full of shocks and surprises!

Wootton and stanton for me. Interesting to see otheres predictions, its a tough call.

Interesting to see if Wooton can compete at the higher weight, dont know him personally so would be interested to hear his walk around weight? Harrison is a massive test so if he did beat him, surely hed be the "favourite" for this?

I still think Thomas has something left in the tank, McCormack back in the mix, has tournament experience, but i like Stanton for this, his style especially the beast clinch could mean he limits the damage he takes through the rounds?

Some really good undercard fights being matched will be releasing very soon

If you have a need a substitute i've alessio d'angelo thanks

Tickets will be on sale this week

Fighter 1 - Imran Khan
Fighter 2 - Josh Palmer
Fighter 3 - Thomas Mccormick
Fighter 4 - Tim Thomas
Fighter 5 - Brad Stanton
Fighter 6 - Ricky Sewell
Fighter 7 - Dave Tieu
Fighter 8 - Charlie Peters

change to the 8 man Greg is no longer available so Charlie Peters has now stepped in comes to the ring with back to back wins and taking the Enfusion circuit by storm.

Any predictions???

Showdown 14 - 7th September , Octagon Sheffield, £10,000 prize money.

Fighter 1 - Imran Khan
Fighter 2 - David Tieu
Fighter 3 - Thomas Mccormick
Fighter 4 - Tim Thomas
Fighter 5 - Brad Stanton
Fighter 6 - Sam Omomogbe
Fighter 7 - Charlie Peters
Fighter 8 - Stephen Meikle

Any predictions people? tickets are flying out!!!!.

Now that Sam Omomogbe's in the mix there's gonna be trouble for everyone participating in this tournament! He's a beast!!!

is it muay thai or k1 for the tournament i couln't see it.

Full thai rules

thats good. thanks Hussain

Didn't Brad beat Sam O quite easy as well as palmer?

Gotta echo what superpetch said tho, can't see Brad making 66kg, from what I've heard he hasn't been able to make 67 lately

Snowplastlondon i totally agree the kid is evil, he never has acheived what he could i seen him when he was 15 at an interclub smashing full grown men with ease, i was sure he would be a higher profile name now than he is. him or brad stanton to win it. i think brad may already have a win over sam tbf. tournaments who knows

Sam has been competing at 63.5kg but does has a dig on him way above his weight, he dropped soloman giving away weight and will be fit and durable as wont have to cut weight to make 66kg. I think Brad did beat Sam quite convincingly before but i wasnt there and the tournament format suits him even when you hit him you seem to injure yourself i dont know what he is made of lol.
66kg MAX is a good weight for this.

thought the tourneys 67kg?

This is at 67kg

So it was at 66kg until Wooton pulled out?

is this stil happening?

4 weeks out no news no promo?

A lot of money. Is it still on?

Sorry just been busy of course show is still on tickets are flying out all VIPs almost sold out

I was meant to be fighting on this show, but I've just found out (via Facebook) that my opponent james ogden is fighting someone else now , can the promotor please confirm this and the reason why ?

Dan , Steve was made aware weeks ago about this situation you need to take this matter up with him

Latest 8 Man Line up

Tim Thomas
Imran Khan
Thomas Mccormick
Brad Stanton
Sam Omogobe
David Tieu
Stephen Meikle
Paul Norton

Anyone one of these could take the crown

McCormick all day long

Under Card fight

James Ogden (Wicker Camp v Loz Smithen (kiathonip) A class

This will be a great fight with James returning to the ring having 2 years out due to injury and Loz just coming off a win

Not long now and this 8 man is going to be knockout!
Some tasty support bouts getting lined up for this show too!

Some more big undercard fights to be announced very soon

Whats happening with this event? So much hype to begin with then 3 weeks out no promotion. Underwhelming

what are you going on about are you not looking at the posts above???

Who will be the 8th man then since Stephen meikle pulled out ??

Will put the full line up in the next day or so just confirming

Some huge names still left in this tournament. Really hope it does end up as eight fighters in the draw not 7,stupid when one fighter gets a free round because another fighter pulls out. if that happens it should be cut to a four man not carry on with it when theres not enough fighters for the first draw.

This will be a 8 man tournament as advertised!!

TINO -TINO
Posted: 2014-08-23 09:37:40
Whats happening with this event? So much hype to begin with then 3 weeks out no promotion. Underwhelming

What difference does it make to you. You gonna buy a tickets ?

Unless you can do a better job keep your mouth shut

Ok tough guy...hahaaa

Not as tough as you mate,

What have you done with your life apart from sit on ax all day talking rubbish

Now now gentlemen, has been a good topic so far put the handbags away. Am going Mr Stanton or a big come back victory for Mr Thomas, who I hear is gonna be massive for this bad Boy. All the best to all involved gonna be a top night out!

Is josh Turbill still fighting at this weight? He can go a bit. Sorry if I have misspelt your name josh.

Josh is a bit big for this, but we do have 8 men in this and all have a chance of winning

no wukkas mate, am a bit out of touch with the uk scene. good luck with the show.

Looking good Hussain.
Tournament will sort itself out and I'm sure will be a cracker!!
Always a great show and atmosphere.

Latest 8 man line up

Brad Stanton
Imran Khan
Tim Thomas
Thomas Mccormick
Ben Lucas
Andrew Loftshouse
Luca Donadio (Italy) Over 100 fight experience)
Nelson Gomez ( Portugal) Portugese Champion

Looks like you have struggled with pull-outs on this, still got some really strong lads in there though, winner has to come from Stanton, Thomas or McCormack for me though. I would say Lofthouse on paper, as he had a good tourney on Last man standing a while ago but he's gonna be small compared to say, Stanton who's a beast!

Not heard of the Italian and the portugese though both are usually tough and durable, anymore info on them?

Must be mental doing an eight man, all the best with it. Octagon is easily one of my favourite venues to

Lofthouse must be totally insane his last fight was at 60kg fair play to him for jumping in.

Lofty is fookin mental! some HUGE guys in this compared to him. Elbows can stop a fight in a second though and hes great with his so could be some upsets on the cards !

This 8 man's going to be crazy on Sunday everyone will be hyped up for this!...I'll be interested in those first fight draws as they can change the outcome and who makes the final I wouldn't rule out anyone winning this type of tournament!

What is the final line up of the Tournament?

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£10,000 - 8 men - 1 winner , who will it be?

Ben Lucas (superpetch)
Andrew Lofthouse (evolve)
Bradley Stanton (kiathonip)
Tommi McCormick (bodyflo)
Imran Khan (bad company)
Luca Donadio (Italy)
Nelson Gomez (Portugal)
Simone Del Vecchio (Italy)

Any predictions

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Martyn Kemp (Evolve Manchester) v Ladislav Horvarth (SAMA) 3x2
Sy Forrester (Superpetch)v George Carter (Sor Chang Kow) 5 x1.5
Luke Akrigg (Jai Muay Thai) v Lee Oldfield (Body Flo ) 5 x1.5 ,
Chrystian Korzeniowski (wicker camp) v Ray Mughal (Superpetch) 5 x1.5 ,
Fight 1
Fight 2
Fight 3
Fight 4
Charity Boxing Fight
Pete Newbury ( Baileys Gym) v Carlos Graca ( Bolton Muay Thai) 3x2
Josh Crowther (Jai MuayThai ) v Kyle Reville (Wicker camp) 5 x1.5 ,
BREAK BREAK BREAK BREAK
WRSA English Thai Boxing Title - SPONSERED BY KUDOUS MENS WEAR
Gabbie Naughton (Frankie Hudders) v Lucy Horrobin (Kiathonip) 5x2
Semi Final 1
Semi Final 2
International Fight - SPONSORED BY BODY FLO GYM
Shane Farquharson (Kiathonip) v Roman Skulskyi (Portugal) 5x2
WRSA English Thai Boxing title - SPONSERED BY YORKSHIRE AUTO CENTRE
Greg Kurberuwa( Evolve Manchester) v Ryan Stoddart (Sor Chang Kow) 5x 2 ,
SPONSORED BY NOODLE INN CENTRO
Loz Smithen (Kiathonip) V James Ogden (wicker camp) 5x3,
SPONSORED BY AUTO PARTS WORLDWIDE
Final

Martyn Kemp (Evolve) v Ladislav Horvarth (SAMA)
Sy Forrester (Superpetch) v George Carter (Sor Chang Kow)
Luke Akrigg (Jai Muay Thai)v Lee Oldfield (Body Flo )
Chrystian Korzeniowski (wicker)v Ray Mughal(Superpetch)
8 man
Fight 1
Fight 2
Fight 3
Fight 4
Pete Newbury ( Baileys Gym)v Carlos Graca ( Bolton Muay Thai)
Josh Crowther (Jai MuayThai ) v Kyle Reville (Wicker camp)
WRSA English Thai Boxing Title - SPONSERED BY KUDOUS MENS WEAR
Gabbie Naughton (Frankie Hudders)v Lucy Horrobin (Kiathonip)
Semi Final 1
Semi Final 2
International Fight - SPONSORED BY BODY FLO GYM
Shane Farquharson (Kiathonip) v Roman Skulskyi (Portugal)
WRSA English Thai Boxing title - SPONSERED BY YORKSHIRE AUTO
Greg Kurberuwa( Evolve Manchester) v Ryan Stoddart (Sor Chang Kow)
SPONSORED BY NOODLE INN CENTRO
Loz Smithen (Kiathonip) V James Ogden (wicker camp)
SPONSORED BY AUTO PARTS WORLDWIDE
Final

Carlos 3x2 mins??

What happened to Tim Thomas??

Carlos is a charity boxing fight

Tim apparently family problems

Good luck with the show.

what happened to tieu?

any results ?

Stanton won the tourney

What happened to the £10,000 prize, as it was only £5,000 to the winner.

The rest got split between rest of the fighters

10k total prize fund, was decent money for the lads really, £800 for losing semi finalists is pretty good for one of these tournaments.

Oh that makes sense, was confused I dont think it was announced
Great final fight

Full results?

tournament results please?

Lucas bt Khan
Stanton, Lofthouse & McCormick bt the foreign lads

Stanton bt Lofthouse (couldn't continue after 1st round, think it might have been his arm. Stanton looked to strong for him anyway)

McCormick bt Lucas (stoppage low kicks)

Stanton bt McCormick (quality, looked to me for the 1st round and a half McCormick was ahead with his slippery style but Stanton is special and got through to him)

Great night for Sheffield Muy thai
What happened to Farhad Ali return fight?

Full Results

Martyn Kemp beats Ladislav Horvorth TKO round 3
George Carter beats Simon Forrest unanimous points
Chrystian Korzenowski Beat Ray Mughal KO round 2

Qtr finals

Brad Stanton beat Luca Donardio – Donardio retired end of round 1
Andrew Lofthouse beat Simone Delvecchio unanimous points
Ben Lucas beat Imran Khan unanimous points
Tommi Mccormick beat Nelson Gomez unanimous points

Josh Crowther vs Kyle Reville – Majority Draw
Lucy Horrobin beat Gabbi Naughton unanimous points

Semi finals

Brad Stanton beat Andrew Lofthouse – Lofthouse retires after round 1 due to injury
Tommi Mccormick beat Ben Lucas TKO via leg kicks round 3

Shane Farquharson beat Roman Skulskyi unanimous points

Greg Kurberuwa beat Ryan Stoddard TKO round 5
Loz Smithen beat James Ogden unanimous points

Final

Brad Stanton beat Tommi Mccormick unanimous points

Will this show be out on DVD?

Yes it will be

and how would one go about buying this?

online? or over the phone?