FIGHT RESULTS - CWFC Braves
CWFC held their first Junior MMA competition on Saturday April 19th as the lead up to the main Rough House Show at the Harvey Hadden Centre in Nottingham.
Following a few last moment withdrawals, 10 entrants took part in five bouts of 3 x 3min rounds, two of which included Head Shots at the request of the fighters and coaches. Family and friends travelled hundreds of miles to watch some of the most exciting MMA of the entire event which left many breathless as these up and coming juniors held nothing back.
CWFC 'Braves' Bout Under 61kg Bout - Headshots
Thomas Philips 16 yrs/59kg
vs
Sam Halliday 15 yrs/56kg
Sam Halliday won by unanimous Judges Decision
CWFC 'Braves' Under 66kg Bout - Headshots
Conrad Hayes 15 yrs/66kg
vs
Josh Lawder 16 yrs/68kg
Split draw - 1 judge to Lawder, 1 to Haynes & 1 to draw
CWFC 'Braves' Under 46kg Bout - No Headshots
Jordan Noon 15 yrs/49 kg
vs
Jordan Murphy 14 yrs/44kg
Jordan Noon won by Technical Submission for Armbar - Referee stopped
CWFC 'Braves' Under 48kg Bout - No Headshots
Ben Fahey 14 yrs/56kg
vs
Mark Holt 14 yrs/48 kg
Majority draw
CWFC 'Braves' Under 67kg Bout - No Headshots
Brett Nokes 16 yrs/67kg
vs
Jack Wright 16 yrs/67kg
Jack Wright won by Judges Decision
At the Rules meeting it was agreed by consensus to have all participants and their coaches set out clearly the rules for each bout as a number of the fighters were at varying levels of experience and skills. Moving forward the Teams agreed to hold future events and to draw up a staged rules listing to ensure each fight is matched carefully and to ensure the safety of the fighters is the prime motivator.
The Judges commented on the difficulty they faced in marking these bouts with all fights being very closely matched. Picture shows one of the hardest fought battles between Conrad Hayes of the Gladiator MMA Gym & Josh Lawder of the Wolfslair Academy.
Cage Warriors are committed to their programme of Junior MMA and more Braves Events as a permanent fixture of all future CWFC Events. A new section of the cagewarriors.com website will also be dedicated to Juniors. Many Thanks to the Fighters, Coaches, Teams, Family & Friends that took part, supported and competed.
Anyone wanting to support Junior MMA, should contact Cage Warriors about staging a Braves tournament at their Gym or entering their fighters in events and we will help in sponsorship, merchandise, marketing and event management.
Due to the age of the participants, Parents & Legal Guardians of Junior Fighters should contact Tony McDonagh for stills & video of the event and for terms and conditions of use. Photography by Robert Swann. Use of the pictures here are forbidden without prior approval by CWFC & the participants/guardians.