Dagens inlägg - 2010-10-20

MMA, traditional Martial Arts, Pankration and the history where it all came from.. when, how, who was first, etc.

TURKU FIGHT II
”Champions are here”

FIGHT CARD

PRELIMINARY FIGHT (amateur rules)


Muay Thai -81kg (5x2min)
Panu Korpivaara (amateur 12-4-0), Helsinki Thaiboxing Club FIN
No.1 ranked Finnish Muay Thai -81kg
vs
Daniel Forsberg (amateur 9-5-0), Turku Thaiboxing Club FIN
No.2 ranked Finnish Muay Thai -81kg, Turku Fight veteran

MAIN CARD (professional B-rules)

2. MMA -70kg (2x5min)
Tadas Aleksonis (1-0-1), The Knight of Plunge LTU
vs
Makwan Amirkhani (debut), TuTo-MMA FIN

3. MMA -65,8kg (2x5min)
Antti Virtanen (4-1-0), MMA Imatra FIN
Amateur Shooto European champion 2010, Cage veteran
vs
Ville Yrjölä (4-2-0), Team MMA Finland FIN
Finnfight and Cage veteran

MMA +93kg (2x5min)
Tommi Haavisto (debut), MMA MaxPower FIN
2x Finnish amateur MMA champion
vs
Marko Patteri (1-1-0), MMA Vantaa FIN
Finnfight and Turku Fight veteran

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Muay Thai -71,0kg (5x3min with elbows)
Kevin ”The Pitbull” Renno (33-7-0, 16 KOs), Tallinna Taipoksi Klubi EST
WKA European thaiboxing champion 72.6 kg, WFCA Baltic thaiboxing Champion 72.6 kg,
Estonian thaiboxing champion, No.5 ranked WKA World thaiboxing ranking -72.5kg
vs
Pasi Luukkanen (34-19-0), Turku Thaiboxing Club FIN
3x Finnish muay thai champion, Nordic champion, IFMA European Championship bronze, Enfusion-tv competitor and Turku Fight winner

MMA -93kg (2x5min)
Nerijus Slepetis (debut), The Knight of Plunge LTU
vs
Markus “Maaku” Halkosaari (3-6-0), Finnfighters´Gym Turku FIN
Vaasafight champion (Finnish champion), Finnfight and The Cage veteran

SUBMISSION WRESTLING PROFESSIONAL SUPERFIGHT
(no weight limit, no points, only submissions, 1x10min)

Pedro Karlsson (145kg / 200cm), Turun Toverit (TuTo) FIN
Strongest Man in Finland 2010, Fitness Expo Strongman Cup 2010 winner
vs
Sauli Heilimö (85kg / 178cm), Finnfighters´Gym Turku FIN
European champion in professional MMA (Shooto), 2x Nordic champion in NHB (Finnfight), Finnish champion in NHB(Vaasafight), Brazilian Jiu-jitsu black belt (Hilti BJJ), Goshin Judo 1.dan, Shooto Japan and Holland veteran, M-1 veteran

MMA -66,2kg (2x5min)
Laimonas Stancikas (6-5-0), The Knight of Plunge LTU
Cage veteran
vs
Jerry Kvarnström (7-1-0), TuTo-MMA FIN
The Cage and ZST winner, Turku Fight veteran

MMA -66,0kg (3x5min, A-class with elbows)
Dave Hill (9-0-0), Fs Freestyle UK
No.6 ranked European professional MMA -66kg 2010 (groundandpound.de)
vs
Tom Niinimäki (13-5-1), Finnfighters´Gym Turku FIN
No.9 ranked European professional MMA -66kg 2010 (groundandpound.de)
Nordic champion in NHB (Finnfight), FILA Combat Grappling European champion 2010, Cage and Cage Wars winner, Turku Fight winner, Shooto Japan veteran


MMA rules and referees: Finnish MMA Federation
MUAY THAI rules and referees: Muay Thai Association of Finland
SUBMISSION WRESTLING referee: Alfredas Lifsicas LTU
RING ANNOUNCER: Tuukka Koistinen FIN


Next show: Turku Fight III in March 2011
More information: turkufight@hotmail.fi
Matchmaker: jere.vesasto@turkufight.com