Now putting the finishing touches to the bill for the next show at the Casino Rooms in Rochester on 16th May.

Main fight
George Pattison making the first defence of his WKU European Super-welterweight title against Carlos Pedroe from Portugal.

Chris Butcher defending (for the fourth time!) his Southern Area light-heavyweight title

Gavin Hughes defends his Southern Area Middleweight title

Also billed are Mumtaz Shaffi (coached by farhad), Garry Taylor,Phil Eton, Darren Bundy (coached by the Bulldog), Gleb Stanoi and many more.

Poster to follow

Looks like a good line up!!
Hope everything goes well mate!!!

Mumtaz shaffi is feeling well up for this one

so that'll mean he'll want plenty of tickets then won't it? LOL

dont hold youre breath :P

Hi Colin,

Can you please advise me of what the order of fights will be on the night eg 1st fight x versus y.

Thank you and hope the show's a success.

Here it is (as it stands today)



Stacey Cockin (Deal KBC) v Sarah Coggins (Mensahs Gym)
3 x 2 min

Terry Jordan (Mantis) v Jimmy Chappel (Invicta)
3 x 2 min

Lee Gibson (SAMA) v Sam Heaps (TS Kickboxing)
3 x 2 min rounds

TBC v Michael Buckingham (Medway)
3 x 2 min rounds

Natasha Davies (Jeepai) v Jo Buckingham (Medway)
3 x 2 min rounds

Mark Thomas (Walton) v Dan Morgan (Invicta)
3 x 2 min rounds

Andrew Coomber (SAMA) v Frank Miall (Medway)
3 x 2 min rounds
VACANT SOUTHERN AREA SUPER-LIGHTWEIGHT TITLE
Phil Eton (Samurai) v Darren Bundy (Bulldog Gym)
5 x 2 min rounds
VACANT ENGLISH LIGHTWEIGHT TITLE
Taz Shaffi (Sheffield) v Stacey Gosden (Pro-am)
5 x 2 min rounds

James Mead (South Coast KBC) v Steve Gray (Medway & Maidstone)
3 x 2 min rounds

VACANT ENGLISH MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE
TBC v Gavin Hughes (Mensahs Gym)
5 x 2 min rounds full contact

Luke Sines (TS Kickboxing) v Andy Pollard (Walton)
4 x 2 min rounds full contact

Dave Warren (Samurai) v Gleb Stanoi (Medway & Maidstone)
3 x 2 min rounds full contact


Soren Siraes (Norway) v Jan Young (Spartans Gym)
5 x 2 min rounds

EUROPEAN SUPER-WELTERWEIGHT TITLE
Challenger Champion
Rui Ribiero (Portugal) v George Pattison (Invicta)
10 x 2 min rounds full contact

Thanks alot Colin. Hope to see you on the day.

Now been confirmed we have two fighters coming from Norway now. I see Trevor has started another thread on the subject of Norwegian fighters looking for fights overseas and we are pleased to be having them over this week. Hopefully not for the only time this year.

I already had matched Jan Young from Swindon against Soren Siraes and now due to a problem with another fighter I have a young fighter from my gym 16 yr old Michael Buckingham fighting Wim Austgulen. It's good because it give Michael an opportunity to have an international match in only his third fight.

Just lost Dave Miller from a fight but have replaced him at the 11th hour by Darren Forrest. I've said it before Darron is my favourite fighter. You call him up, he doesn't care who its to fight, he just says yes. Always there and he has great 'fighters' attitude in the true sense of the word.

Colin, can I please have your email address?

yeah no problems...it's colinpayne@blueyonder.co.uk......No spam please LOL!

Good luck with the show Colin, and also good luck to Darren Bundy.

:)

thanks mate and of course good luck at the york Hall.

Just wanted to say 'thank you' to Colin Payne for organising a successful event. I'm pleased that I met him and from what conflict has been expressed on the Armageddon thread, it was nice to meet someone who was calm and collected.
Thanks Colin and no doubt I'm sure we'll meet again...for the fifth time!!

ps. Are you going to post some pictures of the fight...especially of Taz!

'calm and collected'!!! ha ha..that's because we spoke after the event..you should have seen me 2 hours before the event when I'd just been told my MC would not be coming, some shitbag(no other word I'm afraid) of a trainer had decided to withdraw his fighter and not tell me and that the challenger for the European title had failed finally to make the agreed weight.

Seriously, thanks for your comments. The show went well and the background troubles did not stop the show from (hopefully) being a good one.

I am annoyed at the portugese fighter who came in far over the weight. The fight was changed to a non-title fight which meant I had brought over an overseas judge for no reason. George pattison stopped him in the second round, but he has lost out on making a successful defence.

Taz will be welcome back to fight anytime.

I will post full results and pictures over the next 2 days.

The Portugese fighter (and I don't mean this disrepectfully) looked like no match for George P and what was to be a grand finale to the event, was somewhat disappointing. But that wasn't your fault Colin.

I did get to see the Soren v Jan match and that was inspiring! It was good to see that the judges were fair and unbiased. Soren was the better fighter on the night and the judges decision reflected that.

I'm looking forward to seeing the pictures and possibly coming to train at your club for a few days through the Summer (as I'll be visiting my sister who lives in Streatham).

Take care and all the best for your next show in September.

OK, results:

Stacey Cockin (Deal KBC) v Sarah Coggins (Mensahs Gym)
3 x 2 min - POINTS WIN FOR COCKIN

Terry Jordan (Mantis) v Jimmy Chappel (Invicta)
3 x 2 min - A NO SHOW BY TERRY JORDAN AND NO EXPLANATION FROM HIS GYM. NOT PLEASED AND WILL NEVER CONTACT THEM AGAIN!! - SUGGEST EVERYONE ELSE DOES LIKEWISE

Lee Gibson (SAMA) v Sam Heaps (TS Kickboxing)
3 x 2 min rounds - POINTS WIN FOR GIBSON

Wim Austgalen (Norway) v Michael Buckingham (Medway)
3 x 2 min rounds - GOOD FIGHT - WON BY AUSTGALEN

Natasha Davies (Jeepai) v Jo Buckingham (Medway)
3 x 2 min rounds - EASY POINTS WIN FOR BUCKINGAHM

Mark Thomas (Walton) v Dan Morgan (Invicta)
3 x 2 min rounds - POINTS WIN FOR MORGAN

Andrew Coomber (SAMA) v Frank Miall (Medway)
3 x 2 min rounds - GREAT WIN FOR FRANK, HE'S MY FIGHTER AND I WAS REALLY PLEASED WITH HIS PERFORMANCE

VACANT SOUTHERN AREA SUPER-LIGHTWEIGHT TITLE
Phil Eton (Samurai) v Darren Bundy (Bulldog Gym)
5 x 2 min rounds - WON BY ETON, GOOD PERFORMANCE

VACANT ENGLISH LIGHTWEIGHT TITLE
Taz Shaffi (Sheffield) v Stacey Gosden (Pro-am)
5 x 2 min rounds - TAZ JUST DIDN'T KICK ENOUGH AND GOSDEN TOOK THE WIN

James Mead (South Coast KBC) v Steve Gray (Medway & Maidstone)
3 x 2 min rounds - 1ST RD KO FOR MEAD

VACANT ENGLISH MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE
Darren Forrestt v Gavin Hughes (Mensahs Gym)
5 x 2 min rounds full contact m- REALLY GOOD FIGHT WON BY HUGHES

Luke Sines (TS Kickboxing) v Andy Pollard (Walton)
4 x 2 min rounds full contact - TKO WIN FOR SINES

Dave Warren (Samurai) v Gleb Stanoi (Medway & Maidstone)
3 x 2 min rounds full contact - NOT A GREAT FIGHT, WON ON PTS BY GLEB


Soren Siraes (Norway) v Jan Young (Spartans Gym)
5 x 2 min rounds - A WIN FOR THE NORWEGIANS AGAIN ON PTS

EUROPEAN SUPER-WELTERWEIGHT TITLE
Challenger Champion
Rui Ribiero (Portugal) v George Pattison (Invicta)
10 x 2 min rounds full contact - DECLARED A NON TITLE FIGHT AFTER THE PORTUGESE FIGHTER DID NOT MAKE THE WEIGHT AND WON EASILY BY GEORGE IN THE 2ND RD.

George needs good opponents, any takers??

Frank Miall v Andrew Coomber

Darren Bundy v Phil Eton

Stacy Gosden v Taz Shaffi

Stacy Gosden v Taz Shaffi

Gavin Hughes v Darren Forrest

Gavin Hughes v Darren Forrest

George Pattison v Rui Ribiero

Thanks Colin. :-)))

good Action Pics; Col Glad it went well !
Hope alls well Down Yonder !

Hows the `Sandee` / Sandy Pads Holding out ?
me-thinks yourbAbout due some new uns :-p

Sandy, you know us lot down here can't hit hard! those pads will last forever LOL..

The show was excellent , the last fight wasnt as good but george can only fight whats put in front of him.

As for the rest of the show , yeah taz really didnt kick just boxed while stacy kicked VERY well

As for the buckingham brother and sister, they were GREAT!!!
but if they were to fight, my money would be on the sister :P

it was a great honour to meet Trevor Ambrose who seemed rather pleased to meet me
Trevor is a real legend in kickboxing and seemed like a nice guy.
The guy and hirl from norway were both very tall, very nice ppl and really good

That girl Soren Sioares could easily be a model!!!
would you believe shes 27? i said to ehr "youre 19 right?" she said " 27 but thank you"
shes gorgeous for real!!! the lads has a treat there :P

Hey Colin !!! bring her back over!!!


The fights were well matched all the guys were fit and knew what they were doing.You could sell it to tv to be honest
FC has a future if aLL shows are like this one

Well what can I say! Thanks farhad your comments are appreciated. Hopefully see you at the next one.

i sure hope so colin,
the whole weekend was ace!
rochester has a lot going for it as far as tourism goes,.. theres a castle there and everything! i thought only kings lived in castles!!!


where is mr Ambrose then?

Hey colin! where are the pics of Soren Siares :P

Hey colin! where are the pics of Soren Siares :P

Farhad
you Alive ?
lol

YO Colin just got back to Norway would like to thank you again for everything, me and my fighters where very well looked after ( thanks for running around with me 2 hours before show looking for train tickets lol) I have travel the World with kickboxing and have met many promoters i would like say that you was amongs the best, i had not one complain from the start to the end. Great show which had a good flow and some good match making looking forward to working with you again in the near future..

p.s Farhad it was a pleasure to meet you, my female fighter is a police woman in here day to day job, i have told her what you have said on AX, she said to tell you thank you for your kind words....

the pleasure was all mine trevor
wow! soren is a policewoman???

could you post a pic of ehr in her police uniform?

Farhad...ttt...what would your wife say??? :-))

Farhad i will ask her for one with police uniform and boxing gloves on...

thank you trevor

ok to take the Pressure off Farhad
Show the Photo/s of Her for AX and Me !
Farhad can look too if he might be interested ?? :-p
Hey bro Hows you ?
"Come Rush me No" ! ?
How goes it Trevor?
Sandy McMad man Holt