Buffalo Results

Here are Saturday nights results:



Sweaty went the full three rounds, showing the heart of a lion, but lost a unanimous decision to a strong opponent.



Tranny had a dominant first round with knees, but was unable to continue mid way through after a joint injury.



Durst rematched his last opponent for what was largely a repeat of their previous bout. His opponent was very game and much more aggressive this time. However, Durst once again had a dominant 3 round fight for a unanimous decision win.



Patrick fought last. His original opponent backed out. Luckily, our friends from Training Ground Mississauga had a fighter weighed in and ready to go at Patrick's weight. The two had a very technical first round of exchanges, until Patrick landed a strong teep to his opponent's jaw. His opponent was not knocked out, but did sustain a serious cut, which resulted in a TKO win for Fingers.



Lastly, our friend from Victory, Andrew Poon, could not compete against Zhang due to a health issue. Andrew was nice enough to make the trek down to show support for the Canadian athletes.

Congratulations goes to Noel Hussey from our friends at Training Ground. He won the USMTA amateur Heavyweight title via TKO in the first round. Opening up with some fast and hard kicks, then finishing the fight with a freight train of a 1-2.

Chok Dee! YMT in West Seneca Nov 5th!

Good luck to our fighters tmrw: Patrick, Sweaty, Durst, Zhang and Tranny.
They are scheduled to take on their opponents in West Seneca on an amateur Muay Thai fight card! The team has been preparing hard...it's time to "throw down"!! *Zhangisms*

Also, the blue class is cancelled since most of the team will be away at that time for the fights.

Student of the Month (October 2011): Steve "Sweaty"!

Breast Cancer Handrwraps for sale! Support the Cause!

York Muay Thai and many other gyms around the GTA are now selling Pink Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation Handwraps. Proceeds go to the CBCF. Band is free with purchase! The funds collected will be donated to the CBCF on behalf of the Muay Thai community.

A huge thanks goes out to PC Matt Perez from Southside for the idea and execution!

MPL fights and Into the Fire Episode 2

By popular demand, Warrior Caste Productions and the MPL have uploaded Into the Fire Episode 2 on Vimeo (featuring Bad Boy, whom most of you have seen or met).

Also, for a limited time, Ky Hollenbeck vs Jordan Watson is on the channel. It seems MPL has been uploading popular fights from their cards for short periods of time. Just a few days ago, they had Liam Harrison vs Khamal, whihttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifch is now off the channel. Watch them while they are up!

link: http://vimeo.com/thempl

Congratulations!

New Blue Shorts! Sibbio, Dr Stef, Zena, Vicky, Oshry, Zhang, Allen, Mel, Sugi and Tenzin all passed their blue.

Blue is one of the few gradings we have in our system of teaching. It pushes students' conditioning and tests their basic Muay Thai technique. These Blue students are now challenged to push themselves to develop further in learning, fighting, coaching and conditioning. With what we have seen so far, we expect all of them to make us proud :)

Congratulations Matt!

Matt Embree took home the WMC North American title by defeating Josh Palmer last night at the Journey Fight Series Tournament final last night. Amazing work, Matt!


a screen cap picture from Kru Nick.

Here are the pics from the fight (photos continually added): http://www.kiwiblack.ca/#/904368/Fight-Night

Here is a write up from Kru N, who watched the live stream: http://bramptonmuaythai.com/blog/2011/10/the-art-of-chessboxin-matt-embree-wins-the-wmc-north-american-title/

and a write up by MuayThaiAuthority.com: http://www.muaythaiauthority.com/2011/10/results-and-recap-journey-fight-series.html