ISKA Malaysia Championship Super-4 Pro Kickboxing results.

Kai Chee with YB Datuk Rozman Isli member of parliament of Labuan (on his right) and other VIPs

Labuan 30 DEC 2018.

It was a perfect closing to 2018 for ISKA Malaysia by having a title fight in Borneo Martial Arts Expo or which is call BMAEX in short. This year marks the 2nd edition of BMAEX as it continue its mission to bring together & unify martial arts.

BMAEX started on 28 DEC 2018 at palm beach Resort Labuan, consist of many martial arts activities, ie: expo, breaking challenge, forms competition, Sanda K1 tournament, seminars & workshop. The Pro Kickboxing event was on the final day and the climax was the ISKA Malaysia Super-4 bout fought at 72kgs

4 contender for Super-4 are :

Fikri Rozan (Kelab Labah Mas Baling), Kai Chee ( Kuala Lumpur), Mohd Hafiz (Kuda Kepang) and Chew Zhi Kong (D-30 Muaythai). (Click here to read about their profile here).

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First fight : Fikri Rozan vs Kai Chee.
Both the Muaythai stylist started slow with both fighters being cautious. Kai Chee was the aggressor, initiating attacks with combos of punch follow by knees & low kicks. 2nd round was the same but Kai Chee executing harder kicks & combos pressing Fikri to the ropes and Fikri given a standing 8 count. Round 3 was the same but Fikri being on the attack mode a few times but it was not enough to sway the judges decision, which was a unanimous win for Kai Chee.

2nd fight:
Mohd Hafiz vs Chew Zhi Kong.
Chew literally a newbie taking on his 1st pro Kickboxing bout faced the multiple champion Hafiz. Chew wasted no time & pushed forward with looping punches, connected few times but also open himself for many accurate counter punch to the head by the experience Hafiz. It was a close match in the first round. 2nd round was the same but the aggression level was up another level. Chew kept pressing with punches but Hafiz return fire that rock Che's head backward & bloodied his mouth. Towards the end of round both throws single punch at each other & both scored. Chew ended the round with a few knees
Knowing it was very close first two round, Chew launch into full attack mode twice that saw Hafiz given the 8 count. But Hafiz is still in the fight, after the 2nd time count, he was the one pushing forward with excellent combos that connects & knocks Chew's mouthguard out. Chew given standing 8 count. Fight restart & again Chew on the attack mode, throwing some jumping knees and referee stop the fight at 2:56 with merely 4 seconds left to give Chew a win by TKO.
An entertaining fight that both fighters should be proud of themselves for displaying grit & warriors heart.

FINAL:
Kai Chee vs Chew Zhi Kong.
Kai Chee with many outside low kick to Chew's lead leg unanswered. Chew tries to attack but Kai Chee's counter with punch & hard hooks. Twice Chew given standing 8 count. In the 2nd round saw Kai Chee seals the win connecting a few punch and connecting & staggered Chew for a full 10 count by referee.

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 Kai Chee is the Champion of ISKA Malaysia 72kgs Super-4.

Watch the whole fight & other pro Kickboxing bouts at:
warriors.asia/bmaex-2018/

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Story by T.Wallace

ISKA BMAEX 72kgs Super-4 Malaysia Title

ISKA BMAEX 72kgs Super-4 Malaysia Title
 
Fight A : Hafiz (Kuda Kepang) vs Chew Zhi Kong (D-30 Muaythai)
Fight B : Fikri Rozan ( Kelab Labah Mas Baling) vs Kai Chee (Kuala Lumpur)

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Chee Jian Kai or better known as Kai Chee is the highest profile fighter in this Super-4 fight.
At 33 years old he is considered a veteran in the Malaysian combat sports scene. A Muaythai stylist he won ISKA BMAEX 2017 Super Fight Title was the South Thailand Patong Stadium Champion, & Malaysia Sanda Champion His Pro MMA Record 30-20-10.

He is one of the earliest few Malaysian whom fought pro MMA , and  holds a 4-7-0 record with fights at Martial Combat, Malaysian Fighting Championship, ONE Championship and URCC.

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Standing at 176cm tall, although just 29, another veteran is Muhammad Fikri Rozan from Kelab Labah Mas Baling.
Fikri is a Muaythai specialist and holds an impressive record of  58-2-53.

He was Kedah state champion 3 times 2005,2006 & 2007 and Champion in Songkla Hatyai Thailand under WMC 2008 and fought recently in Road to Z1 Langkawi 2018.

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 Chew Zhi Kong is from Miri representing D-30 Muaythai trained under Master Tang Hui Ding

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At 32 this year Mohd al Hafiz bin Mohd Hanaffi of Kuda Kepang is a Muaythai specialist based in Johor Bahru.

Hafiz is from Segamat and  started training in martial arts since 19. He has fought more than 70 times in his martial arts career. He is 2011 Muaythai Pesta Pulau Pinang Super-4 champion, and most recently collected another belt - Asia Super Challenger.

He loves the fighting art and has made it his full time career by teaching PT and instructing in Johor Bahru. He also delve into MMA a bit but still prefer the art of the 8 limbs.

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BMAEX is a event that aims to unite all martial artist in this region by giving all styles a platform to perform & excel, with many martial arts activities such as expo, forms competition, breaking challenge, wushu & amatuer kickboxing tournament, seminar & workshop. All this happening from 28-30 DEC at Palm Beach Resort Labuan.
The climax is the 10 title fight in K1 Kickboxing rules happening on 30 DEC 2018

 

THIRAPHONG'S VICTORY: EFN 8 - FIGHT RECAP

Sat 8 October was a packed week of martial arts events in Kuala Lumpur. MIMMA 4 Grand finals was on in Stadium Negara. Copa De malasia was held in P.J.  It was also HARI SUKAN NEGARA ( National Sports Day ) with many Muaythai competition organised in other states.

For fight fans that craved for Pro Muaythai actions, they were rightly  treated to an electrifying night of action at Kuala Lumpur’s Badminton Stadium, as EFN Champions league 8 came to town. Alongside several exciting MMA match ups as part of the Road to Abu Dhabi series.

EFN 8 is part of a series of events organised around the world. It began in Bangkok for EFN6, followed by EFN7 in Bulgaria. KL is the 3rd installment for the 2016 series. The 4th installment - EFN 9 will be in Brazil in November and finally all the champions from these 4 installment will meet at the year end December Grand Finals in Bangkok for the Kings Cup.

Production standard was top notch and the fights was action packed!

Super 4 - 72kg

Super 4 - 65kg

The muaythai portion of the card saw two 4 man tournaments, one at 65 kilos and the other a 72 Kilo tournament to decide the 3rd contestant to go through to the Kings birthday tournament on the 5th of December in Bangkok. 

The Muaythai action opened with a super fight between local fighter Iwan Merican and Thai fighter Nonthachai Kiatkorwit. The Thai fighter forced the pace throughout and looked a bit stronger and more dominant in the clinch, managing to throw down Iwan several times. Nonthachai took the points decision at the end.

Iwan vs Nontachai

In the first of the 65 kilo semi-final fights Petsaharat Sor Kiatiwat of Thailand faced Ncedo Gomba of South Africa. It was Ncedo who started the faster, landing with some eye catching jumping knees and kicks early on, before dropping Petsaharat for an 8 count near the end of the 1st, with a sharp overhand right. Petsaharat tried to get back into the fight at the start of the second, attacking Ncedo with some sharp kicks and solid punches, but by the second half of the round seemed to have run out of gas. In the final round Ncedo was in cruise control and took a clear win at the end.

Petsaharat vs Ncedo

The second semi-final saw Amir Naseri of Iran take on Malaysia’s Wes Jaya. Wes was the more aggressive, forcing the fight from the start, but Amir showed a clever control of the clinch and some clinical elbows, cutting Wes in the opening round and dropping him for an 8 count in round 2. 

Wes kept coming forward n the last round looking to punch, but Amir was never troubled and took the decision.

Wes Jaya vs Amir

In the 72 kilo tournament the first semi-final was over fast when Thiraphong Kiatkorwit made short work of Malaysia’s Muhammed Al Saiyuti, hurting him with solid left punches before finishing the fight with a minute to go of round one with some devastating low kicks.

Thiraphong vs Muhammad

The second semi-final also failed to see the distance as Kurits Michael Allen of the UK took apart Bow Suweilek of Malaysia in the second round, dropping him early in the round with a fast high kick to the jaw and then finishing the fight with a barrage of punches shortly after.

Bow vs Kurtis

The final of the 65 kilo 4 man saw Ncedo looking aggressive in the opening round of his fight with Amir. The young Iranian looked composed though and in round two the crowd saw more of his clinical elbow work, as he drove a hard, rising elbow through the guard of Ncedo, dropping the South African down for the count. 

65kg finals: Ncedo Gomba vs Amir Naseri

In the 72 kilo 4 man final Kurtis looked to have a bit of a size advantage over Thiraphong and the Thai fighter fought a cagier fight plan this time, sitting back more and looking to pick of Kurtis with fast counters. Kurtis pushed forward well and caught Thiraphong with a few sharp punches, but Thiraphong never looked troubled and was awarded the decision at the end. Earning his place in the final 4 man on the Kings birthday and making up for the disappointment of losing in the semi final the previous year, to the tournament winner Sean Kearney.

Final 72kg: Thiraphong vs Kurtis

Next stop it's EFN 9 at Brazil on 1st November.
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