Get In The Ring 2 Results And Review

I always struggle to find a single word to describe a fight night, this time around is no different. Get in the Ring 2 was nothing short of explosive. So many action packed fights, unexpected outcomes and such an organised, well run event. Well done to Nicholas Radley and his team at Thaiholics!!

Bout 1: Larry Fawcuz (Venters) defeated Christopher Briggs (PFC)by unanimous decision
Bout 2: Stefan Gelderboom (Tricore) defeated Adriaan Matthew (Young Guns) by TKO in R1
Bout 3: Kyle Juries (Tricore) defeated Jean Claude Dixon (PFC) by TKO in R2
Bout 4: Sylvester Chipfumbu (Panther) defeated Keeran Geduld (Rad Dragon MT) by KO in R2
Bout 5: Hermie Drotschie (REPS) defeated Julian Cormille (CTFC) by TKO in R2
Bout 6: Jasper Basson (Tricore) defeated Saint Dumas (Venters) by split decision
Bout 7: Joshua Ignjatovic (Panther) defeated Chester Kruge(Tricore) by unanimous decision
Bout 8: Emile Brits (Tricore) defeated Josh Light (Takedown) by TKO in R4
Bout 9: Antonio Fabing (Thaiholics) defeated by Shaun West (Sparta) by split decision
Bout 10: Carlo Schippers (Tricore) defeated Hishaam Kamish (PFA) by split decision
Bout 11: Rafel Wozniak (Thaiholics) defeated Dyllan Dutton (Young Guns MMA) by KO in R3
Bout 12: Lucky Mokate (Young Guns) defeated Steven Peters (Young Guns) by unanimous decision
Bout 13: Christiano Ndombassy (Insane Boxing) defeated Ashley Robinson (Tricore) by KO in R1
Bout 14: Adrian van Wyk (Tricore) defeated Remo Ralph (Andrew Thomson) by KO in R3

It would be so much easier if we could review every single fight at every single fight night... but unfortunately that’s not possible, so these will have to do :)

Bout 2: Stefan Gelderboom (Tricore) vs. Adriaan Matthew (Young Guns)

There won’t be much to say about this fight, because it ended rather quickly, but this is one of those “it’s not about the destination, it’s about the journey” kind of situations. In R1 Stefan had made his intentions clear that he was there to do a job. He wasted no time in taking control and dominating his opponent. Stefan left no room for his opponent to counter, causing an injury with the ref calling the fight in the break between R1 and R2.

Bout 4: Sylvester Chipfumbu (Panther) vs. Keeran Geduld (Rad Dragon MT)

This was a rather interesting fight to watch, even more so from ring side... Sylvester opened R1 with a clean, jab landing full on in Keeran’s face. An exchange of very technical punches saw Keeran hitting the canvas, getting an 8 count, but maintaining his heart and getting back in there. Shortly after, Sylvester delivers a knee to Keeran’s face, Keeran hits the canvas but gets right back into it. This is followed by a flurry of punches from Sylvester, still maintaining his technique, slightly more passive than Keeran, and ending R1 with another knee to Keeran’s face. Something that really grabbed me from this fight, was every time Keeran got knocked down, regardless of how bad it hurt (and we all know, I know exactly how bad that hurts), he got back up, showed little to no sign of being hurt or losing heart. Sylvester delivers a combo of punches in R2 followed by a powerful front kick, ending the fight in a KO.

Bout 8: Emile Brits (Tricore) vs. Josh Light (Takedown)

 So doing what we do, we happen to know certain fighters and their game... it’s great when they surprise us, catch us off guard and fry our brains sometimes. Something about this fight had me excited from the word go, maybe it was that Adrian “Sparks” van Wyk mentioned in his pre fight interview, that Emile Brits is his training and sparring partner. That must make him a tough cookie. R1 opens with Josh dropping heavy leg kicks, but Emile returns the favour. Josh delivers a combo, sending Emile to the ground. Emile gets back in, Josh continues delivering combos’s, cautiously controlling his moves, being slightly technical, while Emile continues to counter his combo’s. Josh delivers a knee to Emile’s solar plexus, and another combo to end R1. Josh going hard in R2, while Emile maintains composure, through a solid head kick delivered by Josh. Both guys exchanging combo’s, and some body kicks to end R2. Josh feeling Emile out in R3, allowing Emile to take advantage and close in on him. Emile unloads a flurry of punches just before Josh gets sent to his corner to have his nose cleaned up... Blood everywhere... Emile drops a knee to Josh’s face and follows up with a strong head kick just before Josh gets sent back to his corner for another clean up ending R3. Emile opens R4 with leg kicks, Josh returning with the jab but leaves a gap for Emile to land a clean straight right causing even more damage and the ref calls the fight, too much of an uncontrollable blood fest.

Bout 14: Adrian van Wyk (Tricore) vs. Remo Ralph (Andrew Thomson)

This was one of those “if you blinked, you might as well have been asleep” kind of fights. Great match up, both athletes having had some major experience behind their names and bith very well rounded stand up athletes. Remo opened R1 with a combo, clean, technical punches, while Adrian dropped leg kicks that even we felt! Remo returns with a head kick, putting his slight height advantage to good use. Adrian delivers a spinning head kick, remo not fazed, returning knees to the chest of Adrian. Remo dropping some strong body kicks to end R1. R2 sees Remo delivering head kicks with intent! Remo displaying very clinical, technical striking... Adrian attempts to distract Remo with short jabs to Remo’s face, while Remo unloads body shots to Adrian. Remo lands a head kick, Adrian returns with a leg kick, a combo and a knee to Remo’s face. Adrian delivers a technical knee, sending Remo to the canvas with an 8 count. Remo recovers and R2 ends. R3 gets underway with both Remo and Adrian unloading strong, solid punches, followed by a knee to Remo’s face giving him an 8 count that he recovers from and finds himself back in... Adrian delivers a flurry of punches, Remo hits the canvas, gets an 8 count and doesn’t recover in time... the ref calls it and Adrian “Sparks” van Wyk is the Get in the Ring champion. Not only did a lot of hard work and strength go into this fight, but evidently, tremendous amounts of heart from both athletes!!

All images by: RazzWorksDigital

Boxing Barbie would like to congratulate all athletes who competed.
P.S you either win, or you learn :)

Get In The Ring Preview

Weigh in, check!
Medical examination, check!

Next up, Fight Night!!

But just before we get to that, we have a little pre fight night post, just for you, the fans :)
Before we get into that, this will officially be our very first event that we will be covering all on our own, with live twitter updates @BoxingBarbieZA !!

We asked each fighter in the 5 main fights to introduce themselves, tell us how they felt about their upcoming fight and a little something extra. Here's what they had to say:

Hishaam Kamish (PFA) vs. Carlo Scheepers (Tricore)

Kamish was unavailable at the time of publication.

Carlo Schippers (29) holds an amateur record of 8-1 and a pro- am record of 5-1. Schippers agrees to being nervous as with every fight, to put on a great performance for the fans. Schippers says he has a lot of respect for Kamish and seems to know him on a personal level. After GITR, Schippers will be working towards his professional K1 debut but sees his upcoming fight as a means of improving the current level that he is on. Schippers concludes, "I would like to thank God first and foremost for blessing me with this opportunity, Ruhan Louw for always making sure I am prepared for all my fights. It is a blessing to have Louw as a Sensei and a coach. I'd also like to thank all my team mates for helping me prepare and always motivating me and everyone who has supported me"

Rafel Wozniak (Thaiholics) vs. Dyllan Dutton (Young Guns MMA)

Rafel Wozniak (23), holding a record of 6-2 says that he is always excited for upcoming fights and feels no differently about this one. Wozniak will be representing Western Province at the SA champs shortly after GITR, but for now, he has his eye on the W at GITR. With Wozniak's track record of being an entertainer, when asked what we can expect to see tomorrow night, he responded saying "I wont tell you what to expect in this fight, as every fight is different, be surprised instead" Wozniak mentions that his fight camp has been fun, tough and rewarding, but improvement never lacks. Wozniak concluded "I would like to thank my Coach, Nicholas Radley, for always being positive and taking that extra step to help me and many others improve in various ways. Thank you to all my friends and family for their continuous support. God I left you for last, because finding the words to thank you is impossible, I'm grateful for the chance to Live to fight another day"

Dyllan Dutton, with a fight record of +- 25 fights informs that his last fight was 2years ago at Cape Fight League, against Zeeke Norris. Dutton says it was a very hard fight  against Norris, and since this is his comeback fight after 2 years, he'd like to shake the ring rust with his positivity and confidence. Dutton would like to persue a professional K1 career in the near future


Steven Peters (Young Guns) vs. Lucky van der Mokate (Young Guns)

Steven Peters (35) has had a total of just over 18 fights and is coming back from taking a break from competing. After Peters' last fight, he had been fighting independently, but now fights out of Young Guns MMA. Peters would like to thank the Almighty for his blessings, Nicholas Radley for the opportunity to compete, Young Guns as well as Bootleggers. Special thanks to Young Guns, Mitchells Plain, Ronan and Jeremy.

Lucky “The Surgeon” Mokate (30) holds a record of 27-4 and explains his emotion towards his upcoming fight is nothing but exciert as he hasn’t competed over the last 12months. Mokate admits that he will be testing his fitness as he has a lack of training partners and almost no one to spar with where he currently resides in the Northern Cape. Despite these constraints, Mokate considers himself a “Hungry Lion” and says he will still “eat” his opponent and nothing will stand in his way of a W. Mokate concludes thanking his team at Young Guns, Nicholas Radley and all his sponsors.

Christiano Ndombassy (Insane Boxing) vs. Ashley Robinson (Tricore)

Christiano was unavailable at the time of publication .

Ashley Robinson (24) holds a record 13-2 and will be making his pro debut with his upcoming fight. Robinson sees a bright future for himself, with only bigger and better opportunities to come. Robinson not only trains to be the best, but also likes to keep his crowd entertained so we never know what to expect. Robinson is thankful for his teammates, who not only train beside him everyday, but also motivate him when necessary. Robinson concludes thanking his sponsors: USN, HS trailers investments, R and R massage therapy, dryk holdings, fight evolution and apocalypse. Robinson considers them "golden stars and pure hearts" and admits that he would not be where he currently is, without their support. "Saving the best for last, I would like to thank God for opening up doors to opportunities and blessings".

Remo Ralph (Andrew Thomson) vs. Adrian van Wyk (Tricore)

Remo "The Destroyer" Ralph (25), with a record of 7-0, fights out of East London and says that he sees himself fighting abroad in the near future. Ralph has also had the experience of competing in the Extreme Fighting Championships Worldwide (EFC). Ralph says "I've been competing in K1 because I am naturally a stand up fighter and that's what my fans like seeing me do". Ralph concluded by thanking his Coach, Andrew Thomson, his friends and family in East London, as well as the rest of the country for all their support.

Adrian "Sparks" van Wyk (26) holds an amateur and pro-am record of 22-2, a professional record of 1-0 and a pro boxing record of 1-0. van Wyk stated that he feels confident and ready, saying "the harder I train, the more confident I feel" but admitted that "cutting weight is the hard part". When asked what his plans are after Get in the ring, van Wyk said that the first place he'd be heading to, would be the gym, because 2 weeks after GITR, he will be competing in "SA vs. Canada" and just 3 weeks thereafter, he will be competing in "Rumble" in Japan. We asked van Wyk if he had an opinion on his opponent having competed in EFC, van Wyk responded saying "I don't focus on who I'm going to fight, but only on my own training." he also added that he enjoys competing against opponents on a high level to improve himself, all that matters is how well he is prepared. van Wyk concluded with a thank you to his sponsors, his team at Tricore for all their love and support, with special thanks to Emile Brits, his main training partner.

Boxing Barbie would like to thank Nicholas Radley and his team for making the event possible and all the fighters who took the time out to be interviewed. We wish all the athletes competing, everything of the best and may the event be a success!!

See below for the full fight card :)

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CFL 08: Results & Review

The main reason this post is only being published now, is because I've been struggling to put into words how amazing CFL 08 was. All the

pictures, tweets and updates can't compare to having been there, ring side, witnessing every emotion of every fighter 

as they courageously stepped into the ring and went to war.

But at some point, I'd also like to express my thoughts and opinions about the night and specific fights so we'll get straight into the results:

Bout 1- K1:  Stefan Gelderblom (Tricoe) defeats Rashdeen (Young Guns) via split decision
Bout 2- K1: Amy Visser (Tricore) defeats Lyndall Sandenbergh (Mecs Martial Arts) via unanimous decision
Bout 3- MMA: Frank Nyembu (Panther) defeats Jaco Smith by TKO (Independent)
Bout 4- MMA: Sylvester Chipfumbu (Panther) defeats Gerry Gerhardt (Impakt) by Submission (Triangle Choke)
Bout 5- K1: Shaun Landon (Sparta) defeats the Erwan Parwang (Pantehr) by default
Bout 6- MMA:  Caleb Ridley (Panther) defeats Rudolf Schaaf (Mecs Martial Arts) by RNC
Bout 7- MMA: Luke Skinner (PFA) defeats Shane Daames (Zebra MMA) via guillotine
Bout 8- MMA: Felix Raschky defeats Justin Efile via RNC
Bout 9- K1: Dayne Cull (Thaiholics) defeats Antonio Fabing via split decision
Bout 10- MMA: JP Van Der Merwe (REPS) defeats Zack Wright (Independent) via armbar
Bout 11- MMA: Gorilla (PFA) defeats Max Moleke (Lethal Edge) via unanimous decision
Bout 12- MMA: Frans Steyn (Monkey Militia) defeats Juan Lagrotteria (MMA Africa) via TKO
Bout 13- MMA: Soldier (Panther) defeats James Rodgers Bulldogs) via illegal striking
Bout 14- MMA: Bloq Kabamba (Pro Fitness) defeats Mec Crain (Mecs Martial Arts) via armbar
Bout 15- MMA: Colin Hulme (360 Specialised Training) defeats Aiden Leppan (Evolution) via RNC

Bout 16- MMA: Gary Joshua (Top Gym) defeats Luthando Biko (Evolution) via RNC

Bout 17- K1: Ashley Robinson (Tricore) defeats Lloyd Price (Showgun) via TKO

Bout 18- MMA: Brandon-Lee Maddock (Tricore) defeats Justin Radford (Mark Delafield) via armbar

Bout 19- K1: Wade Hammond (REPS) defeats Rafel Wozniak (Thaiholics) via unanimous decision

Bout 20- MMA: Armand Scheepers (REPS) defeats Josh Light (Takedown) via armbar

Heart of a Lion... In and Out of the Ring!

Juan "LionHeart" Joubert may only be a young 18, but in the cage, he definitely lives up to his fight name. With an MMA record of 5-2, Joubert has proven to be always hungry, always keen and always prepared. Fighting out of "the beautiful Jeffreys Bay" as Joubert puts it, he fills us in on what he gets up to in and out of fight camp, ahead of his CFL 08 fight!

A question that always gets me going, is how a fighter gets involved with MMA, specifically competing. Joubert informs us of his journey to the cage; 

"MMA has been a part of my life since I was small. My uncle and Rico Hattingh trained together years back, so I got my first insight on the fight game then."

At 15, Joubert joined Shaughn Vos, spending "some of the best times" of his life, at Crucifix.

Joubert, fondly known in Cape Town, has competed in every Cape Fight League event, except CFL 04, and sees his biggest achievement, in his young fighting career, having had the opportunity to fight for the CFL Lightweight Title.

Joubert describes his title shot against Josh Light as unforeseen. "I trained hard, 3 times a day, eating clean and my mind set was good.

The fight went to the ground, I got the triangle and then got slammed very hard. I recovered and got an armbar, but got dumped again... after that I don't remember the fight.   

I woke up in an ambulance. It was a horrible experience, but that's how you learn"

Joubert also says that he sustained his worst injuries in this fight, "The X-Rays showed I had 2 cracked neck vertebrae and suffered a concussion" but he doesn't take that forward with him as he adds "I'm ready to rumble again".

Joubert is set to face Frans Steyn at CFL 08 on the 13th December 2014, for the number one contender spot in the Welterweight division.

A lot of CFL talk probably has you wondering if Joubert has competed in other promotions as well, don't worry, we wondered the same. "Apart from CFL, I've fought at Takedown Fight Night, as well as Tricore Fight Night to mention a few", Joubert informs us.

Being 18, we asked Joubert what he would like to do once he has completed his Matric exams. "I would love to fight professionally and make a living doing what I love", Joubert says, adding that opening his own club in Jeffreys Bay is definitely also a thought to be put into action.

Joubert is currently being managed by MMA Africa Management and describes this as "one of the best things that happened to me so far.

I was approached by one of the members of the team and I didn't hesitate to join them.  

Steve van Wyk and Stephen Olivier are two of the most awesome guys."

After all this MMA talk, we got to the not so openly shared information starting with asking Joubert what keeps him occupied when he's not training. 

This led us to find that Joubert is also surfer dude too and loves surfing almost as much as he loves fighting... but not quite as much ;) haha!

Joubert went on to say "I'm fortunate to be supported by Jeffreys Bay surf school", he paused... and then mentioned, "The Captains Beard Oils keep my best friend healthy"... tamatoe, tamatie... best friend, awesome beard... we call it as we see it #LionsPride ;)

 

We managed to sniff out some more information by asking if there was a special lady in Joubert's life, to which he responded with "Special lady... very good question" and then jokingly added "I wish, haha". (So there you have it ladies... grab a number and wait in line ;) haha)


Looking at becoming a professional MMA Fighter, we asked Joubert what his take was on the transition from EFC Africa to EFC Worldwide. "The fact that EFC is worldwide now, is amazing!! I'm a big fan of EFC and always will be", says Joubert. "I can't wait to be there and live my dream against the best".

Living relatively close to Port Elizabeth, we asked Joubert if he would be competing in IFC. He responded, reminding us, "There hasn't been an IFC event recently, otherwise I would probably have competed."

On role models, Joubert informs us that Rico Hattingh has been his role model since he was only a little boy, "Hattingh is the most humble and friendly person, and definitely the best heavyweight SA will ever have!"

Joubert describes the biggest lesson he's learned in the fight game as never underestimating your opponent. "Anything can happen in there, stay humble and down to earth. Being in the public eye doesn't make you a role model", says Joubert.

Joubert explains his fight name, "though the years of growing up, life wasn't easy.

I've been through tough times, but I've stayed strong.  

Heart of a lion... I can be down, but never out".

Joubert finds himself chilled and watching fights on fight night. he then proceeds to "get in the zone" and warm up. He explains "I usually have team mates psyching me up. Nerves are always high, but I love every moment."

Joubert thanks BoxingBarbie for the interview, Kombat Lifestyle, who have stood beside him throughout his MMA career, always backing him. "Thanks to Sponsors Apocalypse Fight Gear, The Captains Beard, @ Work Rocking Sports Bar, Jeffreys Bay Surf School, Sale Caps, DXJ Graphics Design, Frost Tattoos, SAF Stats and MMA Africa Management. Thank you Steve van Wyk and Stephen Olivier for all your time and effort. Without you and all my sponsors, I wouldn't be able to pursue my dream. Thank You!

Follow Juan Joubert on twitter to keep up to date: @juan_leeuMMA

BoxingBarbie would like to wish Juan Joubert everything of the best with his upcoming fight at CFL 08!!