April 30th, 2011 - Lincoln, California, USA
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April 30th, 2011
AK Promotions in Conjunction with Joslin's
Martial Arts Present
"Rumble
In The Valley "
Thunder
Valley Casino's Pano Hall
1200 Athens Avenue
Lincoln, California, USA
This event will be a full
day of martial arts for all.
The morning activities starting at 8:AM will
include an assortment of martial arts including,
Semi Contact
IKF Point Muay Thai
Kickboxing, Point Karate Fighting, Weapons, Katas and More!
Knockout Action for the Evening Show!
The evening will conclude with
another edition of IKF Muay Thai Championship
Kickboxing
Featuring some of the best fighters in the State in Full Fontact
Muay Thai Knockout Action!
The Show will be promoted by Johnny Davis'
AK Promotions and Sanctioned by the
IKF.
Doors will open at 5:30 and fights start
at 7:PM
LIVE
FULL CONTACT MUAY THAI / KICKBOXING
EXCITING BOUTS!
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BOUT |
RED CORNER |
RULE STYLE |
BLUE CORNER | |||||
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Eloy Garza |
AMATEUR MUAY THAI |
Marlon Telmo | |||||
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-2- |
Tai Ly |
AMATEUR MUAY THAI |
Kevin Rodas | |||||
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-3- |
Nathan Janis |
AMATEUR MUAY THAI |
Roman Nava | |||||
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-4- |
Ron Jacildo |
AMATEUR MUAY THAI |
Kingston Nguyen | |||||
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-5- |
Michael Hutchins |
AMATEUR MUAY THAI |
Nemo Vier | |||||
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-6- |
IKF
AMATEUR FULL MUAY THAI RULES | |||||||
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Ed
Abosolo |
VS |
Brooks
Hurd | ||||||
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-7- |
Sean Cronin |
AMATEUR MUAY THAI |
Dave Mundel | |||||
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-8- |
IKF
"FULL" MUAY THAI RULES | |||||||
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TJ
Arcangle |
VS |
Roberto
Morales | ||||||
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-9- |
Victor Chan |
AMATEUR MUAY THAI |
Jesus Sosa | |||||
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-10- |
Powell Kongkham |
AMATEUR MUAY THAI |
*Dee Alhadi | |||||
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-11- |
IKF
AMATEUR MUAY THAI RULES | |||||||
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Xavier
Vigney |
VS |
Manuel
"Macho Man" Mancha | ||||||
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-12- |
IKF
AMATEUR MUAY THAI RULES | |||||||
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Daniel Hodges |
VS |
Josh
San Diego | ||||||
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-13- |
IKF
AMATEUR MUAY THAI RULES
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Jon
"The Hawk" Pryor |
VS |
Aleksander Naumaski | ||||||
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$40 General
(1st
Four Rows)
$50 VIP Ringside
(1st
Four Rows)
Add $10 at the Door
Thunder Valley Casino's
Pano Hall, Saturday, April 30th, 2011
1200 Athens Ave. Lincoln, CA
95648
Doors And Bar open At 5:30 - Fights At 7:PM- 21 and Over
Ticket Info. Online Tickets
www.AKPromotions.org
SPECIAL HOTEL ROOM RATES
AT
SpringHill Suites Sacramento Roseville - Click The Marriott Link Below!
For More Info Contact Mr. Johnny Davis at (916)
205-4762 or 630-9254 or by e-mail at johnnyd@akpromotions.org
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WEDNESDAY,
March 23rd, 2011, AT 7:15 PM/
PST
Thunder Valley Casino
Welcomes
Big Kickboxing Show!
First
LIVE Fight Show At The Casino
PRESS PAGE CLICK HERE
See The Thunder Valley Casino Event Commercial - Click HERE!
Thunder Valley Casino located in Lincoln, California, USA is one of the premier casinos in the state and will be the location of the next IKF Muay Thai Kickboxing Championship promoted by Rocklin's AK Promotions Company on Saturday, April 30th, 2011.
AK
Promotions has been promoting several successful shows in the
area over the past two years. Crowds have been packing ballrooms and other fight
venues to watch one of the greatest contact sports in the world...Kickboxing! Johnny Davis, President of
AK Promotions notes that "Its
been a long time coming and finally getting a venue like Thunder Valley Casino
to allow Kickboxing events is a sure advancement. We are constantly up against
other contact sports and are looking forward showing off the talent of our
kickboxing community. Our plans are to produce a dynamite show for all to see on
April 30th. Some of the best fighters in the country will be on the card and
those in the audience should get ready for a real treat!" says Davis.
Approximately 15 Fights will be on the card including IKF Welterweight Muay Thai Champion Daniel "Hitman" Hodges (L) of Rocklin, CA who will be defending his title against tough Josh San Diego of San Jose, CA. Other locals slated to fight are Rich Davis and Sean Cronin of Rocklin.
Additionally, IKF United States Champion Jon "The Hawk" Pryor (R) of Sacramento will be stepping up for an even bigger title than his current one. A call went out to find Pryor a valid Contender as an opponent and he has been found... Pryor will meet up against undefeated Armin Safiari (Below Left) of Dublin, California for the vacant IKF Muay Thai Super Welterweight "WORLD" Title.
Safiari has a perfect 8-0 record in Muay Thai along with a 7-2 amateur boxing and 2-0 MMA record. He should be the challenge Pryor is looking for. He participated in the 2010 IFMA World Championships in Thailand. However after defeating 3 straight opponents from Brazil, Korea and Belarus he was stopped short of his bid for the IFMA World Title after his 3rd win. Upon his post fight inspection by the tournament doctors, they would not allow him to advance due to a cut he suffered in the last bout. This ruling would be the same for any tournament, even the IKF World Classic. Along with his winning bouts in Thailand he has also fought on a StrikeForce event as an amateur MMA fighter. In August of 2010 in Los Angeles he won the WMC Thailand Cup.
Pryor on the
other hand has conquered and defeated all but 1 title challenge he's been up
against. the original plan was to have him re-match and hopefully avenge his
loss to Skylr Penna.
Pryor and Penna hooked up back on July 11th, 2009 in Redwood
City, California, USA for the IKF North
American Title. However, on this night, Penna was the better fighter as he
defeated Pryor by unanimous decision, 49-46 on all 3 judges cards.
However Penna was unable to make the date for the challenge so Safiari
and his trainer took full advantage of the opportunity.
Since losing to Penna, Pryor has clearly earned the shot at the IKF World Title. He's defeated every other challenger in his division, so it only seems fitting that come April 30th, he will be in the hot seat for his ultimate IKF Title shot!
T.J. Arcangle of San Francisco, CA may have the
toughest fight of his career against two time champion Roberto Morales
of Elk Grove. Plus, 265lbs Manny Mancha (Below Right) of Fresno
/ Elk Grove CA will be battling 6'8" Xavier Vigney of Vallejo, CA
for the IKF Super Heavyweight California
Championship. At press time, newcomer Ed Abosolo of Vallejo will be
taking on Aleksander Naumski of San Jose. If approved by the IKF, this bout will be for the vacant IKF Amateur Muay Thai California Light Middleweight
title.
The $40 general and $50
Ringside tickets will be a great bargain for the action happening at
Thunder
Valley April 30th!
AK Promotions plans to continue to bring exciting kickboxing fight-action to the area with another grand show planned for Friday, July 1st at the Doubletree Hotel in Sacramento to kick off the July 4th weekend. With the Las Vegas atmosphere complete with special lighting, great drinks and food with a taste of entertainment from the Inferno Dance Team out of Sacramento and not to mention great fights, one hopes that Thunder Valley Casino could become a permanent home for such events.
The show is in part sponsored by Norcal Beverage of Loomis, CA, distributors of Budweiser Beer and The Rocklin Kickboxing and Boxing Club.
More information on tickets etc. will be available at
www.AKPromotions.org
For
question contact Johnny Davis at
johnnyd@akpromotions.org
(916) 205-4762 or 630-9254.
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FRIDAY,
April 8th, 2011, AT 3:15 PM/
PST
IKF
Kickboxing Meets the Mainstream of Sports Entertainment
With First Live
Kickboxing Show at
Thunder Valley's Casino
Saturday, April 30th,
Lincoln, CA
PRESS
PAGE CLICK HERE
Event
Commercial
"The City of Sacramento CA may be losing their
Pro Basketball Team ( Kings ) but there will still be a lot of entertainment for
sports fans in the Sacramento area!"
Johnny
Davis regarding his Kickboxing promotions in the area.
Although not confirmed, it does indeed seem apparent that the
Sacramento Kings
Basketball team is
leaving the city of Sacramento (CA) This being said, other sports like
IKF Muay Thai / Kickboxing is looking to
get their share of the diluted fan base of the Kings.
Thunder Valley Casino located in
Lincoln, CA and one of the premier casinos in the state will be the location of
the next IKF Muay Thai Kickboxing
Championship promoted by Rocklin's AK Promotions Company on Saturday, April
30th, 2011.
AK Promotions has been promoting several successful shows in the area in the past two years. Crowds have been packing ballrooms and other fight venues to watch one of the greatest contact sports in the world...Kickboxing! Johnny Davis, President of AK Promotions notes that " its been a long time coming and finally getting a venue like Thunder Valley Casino to allow Kickboxing events is a sure advancement. We are constantly up against other sports and are looking forward showing off the talent of our kickboxing community. Plans are to produce a dynamite show for all to see on April 30th! Some of the best fighters in the country will be on the card and those in the audience should get ready for a real treat!" says Davis.
Approximately 15 Fights will be on the card including IKF Welterweight Muay Thai Champion Daniel "Hitman" Hodges of Rocklin, CA who will be defending his IKF West Cost Muay Thai title against tough Josh San Diego of San Jose, CA.
Other locals slated to fight are Rich Davis and Sean Cronin of Rocklin. Additionally, IKF United States Champion Jon "The Hawk" Pryor of Sacramento who has defeated almost everyone in his division will be stepping up for a long awaited IKF World Title fight against undefeated top contender sporting a record of 8-0 Armin Safiari presently residing in Dublin, CA.
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Two Time IKF Champion TJ Arcangle of San Francisco, CA may have the toughest fight of his career against another two time IKF Champion Roberto Morales of Elk Grove. Plus, 265lbs Manuel Mancha of Fresno / Elk Grove CA will be battling 6'8" Xavier Vigney of Vallejo, CA for the IKF Super Heavyweight California Championship.
Newcomer, Ed Abosolo of Vallejo will be taking on Aleksander Naumaski of San Jose for a IKF CA Light Middleweight Title. The $40 general and $50 Ringside tickets will be a great bargain for the action happening at Thunder Valley April 30th. Fight fans will get a chance to get up close and personal and see for themselves why IKF Muay Thai / Championship Kickboxing is the "dark horse" of contact sports!
AK Promotions plans to continue to bring exciting kickboxing action to the area with another grand show planned for Friday, July 1st at the Doubletree Hotel in Sacramento to kick off the July 4th weekend. With the Las Vegas atmosphere complete with special lighting, great drinks and food with a taste of entertainment from the Inferno Dance Team out of Sacramento and not to mention great fights, one hopes that Thunder Valley Casino could become a permanent home for such events. The show is in part sponsored by Norcal Beverage of Loomis, CA, distributors of Budweiser Beer and The Rocklin Kickboxing and Boxing Club.
More information on tickets etc. available at www.AKPromotions.org - For question contact Johnny Davis at johnnyd@akpromotions.org (916) 205-4762, 630-9254, For Event Tickets go to akpromotions.tix.com
FRIDAY,
April 26th, 2011, AT 10:05 PM/
PST
IKF
Kickboxing's Grand Affair...This Weekend!
Kickboxing Show may be sign of Resurrected Sport
Saturday, April 30th, Lincoln, California, USA
See The Thunder Valley Casino Event Commercial - Click HERE!
PRESS PAGE CLICK
HERE
This Saturday, April 30 will be a historic day for Kickboxing and Thunder Valley Casino located in Lincoln, California, one of the premier casinos in the state. The casino will be be the location for IKF Muay Thai Kickboxing and will in fact be the casino's first live full contact fight sport event. Fighters and fans have been anticipating such an event for years. The show will feature five IKF title bouts and a full card of preliminary fights between combatants from distinguished fight clubs. Johnny Davis, President of AK Promotions notes that "We are doing this event in conjunction with Joslin's Martial Arts of Auburn, CA who will be hosting a Martial Arts Tournament earlier in the day which will include assorted martial arts and IKF Point Kickboxing divisions but we are appreciative for the opportunity to produce our full contact show and feel that the fans and the casino are in for a real treat. All reports are that fighters are ready to show why the sport deserves to be at the top of the entertainment industry! We are pulling out all the stops for this event as we will have the music blasting, cameras rolling, excellent lighting, great drinks and food combined with super fights!"
There is also a public weigh-in scheduled for Friday night at 6:PM at the Rocklin Kickboxing and Boxing Club located at 4415 Granite Drive, Ste. 600 in Rocklin, CA (95677) just a few miles from the Casino. It's a great opportunity to come by and meet fighters and get pictures and autographs. You will want to be apart of this event!
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Approximately 14 Fights (Subject to Change) will be on the card. Current IKF United States Champion Jon "The Hawk" Pryor of Sacramento who has defeated almost everyone in his division will be stepping up for a long awaited IKF World title fight against Aleksander Naumoski of San Jose, California who was previously on the card for another IKF title fight. However, due to Pryor's original opponent breaking his hand while training, it gave an excellent opportunity to Naumoski who has fought around the world and has an identical record as Pryor. It's clear that this will be a great fight and both men will have to dig deep because the stakes are high as the winner will be a new IKF World Champion and begin to accept challenges from fighters from around the world elevating their profile.
Bringing more excitement to the ring will be IKF Welterweight Muay Thai Champion Daniel "Hitman" Hodges of Rocklin, California who is growing in popularity as many in the fight world are starting to appreciate his non stop locomotive approach to fighting. He will be defending his IKF West Coast Muay Thai title against tough Josh San Diego of San Jose, California.
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Two Time IKF Champion T.J. Arcangle of San Francisco, California may have the toughest fight of his career against another two time IKF Champion Roberto Morales of Elk Grove, California. Morales has been chomping at the bits for over a year or so... calling out Arcangle and on this Saturday night, he will get his chance. All will see whether it was just talk or will he silence the doubters.
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Plus, 265lbs Manny Mancha of Fresno / Elk Grove California battles 6'8" Xavier Vigney of Vallejo, California for the IKF Super Heavyweight California Title. Both men have been downed by current IKF United States Champion John 'Big Sexy' Hurny of San Jose, California and both are looking at the final chance to avenge their one loss on his next title defense scheduled for July 1st in Sacramento.
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Finally, newcomer, Ed Abosolo of Vallejo will be taking on Brooks Hurd of Dublin, California for the IKF Light Middleweight California Light Title.
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In an effort to continue to brand Kickboxing and AK Promotion's Feet and Fists of Fury Brand of Hot Entertainment, there will be Kickboxing T- Shirts on sale as well as other martial arts accessories.
The advance $40 general and $50 Ringside tickets (Add $10 at the Door) will be a great bargain for the action happening at Thunder Valley this Saturday night. Fight fans will get a chance to get up close and personal and see for themselves why IKF Muay Thai / Championship Kickboxing is the "dark horse" of contact sports!
The Fury Dance Team formerly the Inferno Dancers will also be assisting with round cards while entertaining the fans. The show is in part sponsored by Norcal Beverage of Loomis, CA, distributors of Budweiser Beer and The Rocklin Kickboxing and Boxing Club. This is a Private Event, Open to the Public!
More information on tickets etc. available at www.AKPromotions.org or contact Johnny Davis at (916) 205-4762, 630-9254 or by e-mail at johnnyd@akpromotions.org - For Event Tickets go to akpromotions.tix.com
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MONDAY,
May 2nd, 2011, AT 9:30 PM/
PST
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Results From AK Promotions'
"Rumble In The Valley"
April 30th, 2011 - Lincoln, California, USA
WHAT: IKF Amateur Muay Thai
AK
Promotions And IKF
Kickboxing / Muay Thai
Meet Challenge With
SUCCESS!
First Live Fight Event At The
Beautiful
Thunder Valley's Casino
In Lincoln, California,
USA!
Weeks ago we brought attention to the fact
that the Sacramento region was on the verge of losing their Pro Basketball team,
the
Sacramento Kings. Well, lucky for Sacramento it
seems the Kings may end up sticking around
for at least another year. However there is better news for the Sacramento
region, regardless of the Kings decision.
This area will continue to reap the rewards of Championship Muay Thai Kickboxing
from fight promoter Johnny
Davis' AK
Promotions with the help of the officials and overall staff
of the IKF
This past Saturday night was the first ever full contact style fighting event at the prestigious Thunder Valley Casino located just outside of the Sacramento region on the outskirts of Roseville, Rocklin and Lincoln. Thunder Valley had been looking at the possibilities of having fight events at their facility for some time now. However, what they don't realize is how blessed they were to have AK Promotions host their first event.
Instead of cutting corners like many other "Indian Casino Fight Promotions" who often appoint their own friends as event officials, AK Promotions contracted with the IKF to handle all sanctioning and regulatory duties to oversee the event for fairness and safety. The combination of an outstanding promotional team provided by AK Promotions and the work of all the IKF Officials on hand made for a VERY Successful night of Championship Muay Thai Kickboxing at Thunder Valley!
Championship Muay Thai
Kickboxing is nothing new to AK Promotions
and of course, regular work for the IKF
Team. AK Promotions has been sanctioning
with the IKF since the mid 90's and
together they have seen each other grow to worldwide exposure.
AK Promotions last several events have
been outright sell outs from smaller venue's like Coaches Sports Bar
in Rocklin to the largest ballroom at the
Double
Tree Hotel in Sacramento (Where they will be again on July 1st)
Every event has brought back outstanding fighters who have been climbing the
IKF rankings and achieving legit IKF Titles. Many of the fighters on Saturdays event
along with their fighters have been with AK
Promotions and the IKF for
Years.
While other Northern California Muay Thai and Kickboxing promoters have fallen away, AK Promotions continues to keep a steady pace of consistent Championship events. With them, the fighters have seen their own success from the many opportunities AK Promotions and the IKF have provided for them. It's a combination that wins for everyone and with many more events planned for AK Promotions the only question is, where will they all be?
Sacramento's Double Tree Hotel has always been one of AK's homes, but other venues are now calling, asking them to bring their Championship success to their hotel or fight venue. If anyone here at the IKF has a say, we would love to work with the staff and facilities at Thunder Valley again and we are sure many would agree. However, that decision is up to AK Promotions and Thunder Valley so we can only hope they will have us back again.
We here at the IKF would like to thank all the outstanding staff of AK Promotions and the staff at Thunder Valley who helped make this outstanding "Sell Out" event a great success. We would also like to point notice to the outstanding group of officials who helped with regulating fighter fairness and safety for this event. Without a doubt we had some of the best officials in the fight business take time from their other schedules to be a part of this event.
Event Referee Dan Stell of Vacaville. Referee and Judge Terry Burton from Fairfield. Marshall Walker from Richmond. Bill Douglas from North Highlands. Timekeeper Velinda Stell from Vacaville. Ringside Physicians Dr. Gary Furness and Dr. Cesar Banda and some guys who took care of fighters in the locker rooms, sacrificing to help them with everything without being able to witness the entire event, Jeff Foley & Sean McCawley who travelled up from Napa, California. The IKF event Representative was IKF President Steve Fossum. All did an outstanding job and we thank you all for your work.
Well, that
should cover how great the event was overall, but we are sure you all want to
read about the action, so here are the nights results. We also included some
words from Craig Baracco of the website,
www.QuestionableStoppage.com
- His thoughts below will be headlined with the note,
QS:
Thanks Craig for your write-up of the event!
Photos are from Chris Kisela - www.ChrisKiselaPhotography.com
AMATEUR MUAY THAI - 147.1-153
IKF AMATEUR "FULL"
MUAY THAI RULES 
IKF
"FULL" MUAY THAI RULES
IKF AMATEUR MUAY THAI
RULES
*Daniel Hodges, Rocklin, California, USA,
6-0-1, AMMA: 0-1, 146.2, 5'9", 24, 3-31-87, Rocklin Kickboxing, (916)
205-4762
VS
Josh San
Diego, Milpitas, California, USA, 4-1, 156.6, 5'10, 26, 3-8-85,
Rudi Ott, (510) 913-6849
Aleksander
Naumaski (L) AND Jon Pryor (R)
Pryor
Wins By Unanimous Decision, 48-47 on all Three Judges Scorecards.
Roberto
Morales (L) AND TJ Arcangle (R)
Xavier
Vigney (L) AND Manuel Mancha (R)
AK Promotions
& IKF Muay Thai Kickboxing
will return to
the Double Tree Hotel in Sacramento July 1st!
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