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Morgan & Smith
Battle For IKF Gold!

In what was yet another exciting night of Muay Thai Action by Dennis Warner & In Sync Productions, Los Angeles California's Natalie Morgan and Brooklyn, New York's Venus Anne Smith battled toe to toe for almost 5 rounds. In a bout that saw both fighters giving their all, toe to toe, Morgan seemed to get the nod on the majority of the rounds leading Smith on the scorecards 40-36, 49-37 and 39-37 going into the final round.

Smith entered the bout as the Number 1 IKF Ranked Flyweight and had won the 2014 IKF World Classic and the 2014 IKF / WKA Unified World Championship title. Clearly Smith was the favorite going in with a perfect 10-0 record. Smith had her moments too landing several well placed strikes on Morgan throughout the bout.

Rounds 1-4 seemed to be pretty close, and even round 5 was looking to be the same way. However as everyone knows, ANY fight can turn on a single strike and in this case, it seemed to be Morgan's application of the spinning elbow that made the difference. A barrage of punches to Smith's head that started with a right hand and followed with a spinning elbow was the beginning of the end. That followed 3-4 more head punches and after another spinning elbow by Morgan to Smith's jaw, referee Dan Stell stepped in and stop the bout by TKO at 1:42 of round 5.

Morgan improves her record to 13-3-2 as Venus Anne Smith suffers her first loss ever in dropping to 10-1. Not to offer any excuses, Smith's trainer, Dave Wai Moy later noted that Venus had some health issues that took her out of training for close to 6 months, and 10 days before the fight, Venus had a bad fever. "I let Venus fight because she really wanted to fight." said Moy.

Two top ranked fighters gave their all on this night and without a doubt, we look forward to seeing them both in the ring again. Great performances by both, but in the end, Natalie Morgan finished strong and took the title in an impressive performance. Great fight ladies!

HERE ARE ALL THE NIGHTS RESULTS...

1. IKF Amateur Modified Muay Thai / 145
   **J: Nathan Escamilla (Los Angeles, California, USA, 1-0, 141.8, 5'6", 9-19-98, Daniel Gutierrez, (818) 268-7705, - (FP: 10-23-15) - (RN: 10-23-16) - (LU: 10-23-15))
   Defeated **Jose Serrano (Montclair, California USA, 0-1, 143.2, 5'7", 8-20-97, Jonathan Yu, (626) 536-9252, - (FP: 10-23-15) - (RN: 10-23-16) - (LU: 10-23-15) by Unanimous Decision:
   • Judge Mike Bray: 29-28.
   • Judge Kim Kongkriangkai: 29-28.
   • Judge Dan Stell: 30-27.
   • Referee: Vichai Supkitpol.
   • Jose Serrano was issued a 180 day no training and 180 day no competition Medical Suspension until April 24, 2016 by Dr. Rhonda Rand for possible Right Ankle Fracture.
     Fighter can be cleared by physician if no fracture is found.
     
     
     
2. IKF Amateur Modified Muay Thai / 185-190
   Dejon Daniels (Fulerton, California, USA, 4-2-1, S: 8, AMMA: 3-2, AB: 9-6, 190, 5'11", 4-6-93, Ray Gonzalez, (714) 606-2523, - (FP: 6-4-15) - (RN: 6-4-16) - (LU: 10-23-15)
   Defeated **Ryan Castillo (Lancaster, California, USA, 3-2, AMMA 0-1, 188, 5'10", 2-7-79, Charles Ramirez, (661) 860-3814, - (FP: 10-23-15) - (RN: 10-23-16) - (LU: 10-23-15) by Unanimous Decision:
   • Judge Mike Bray: 30-27.
   • Judge Kim Kongkriangkai: 29-28.
   • Judge Dan Stell: 29-28.
   • Referee: Vichai Supkitpol.
     
     
     
3. IKF Amateur Modified Muay Thai / 155-160
   Paul Silva / Da Silva (Norwalk, California, USA, 8-4, 161, 6', 7-28-86, Lucillo Nolosco, (562) 884-6124) (FP: 3-20-15) - (RN: 9-19-16) - (LU: 10-23-15)
   VS *rn*Jacobe Powell, (Van Nuys, California, USA, 1-2, S: 3-0, AMMA: 4-7, PANK: 0-1, 164, 5'7", 9-3-82, Daniel Guiterrez, (818) 397-9293, - (FP: 10-17-15) - (RN: 10-23-16) - (LU: 10-23-15)
   • This fight did not take place.
     Paul Da Silva and Jocobe Powell were both on weight and set as scheduled on the day of weigh ins.
     Paul Da Silva fell ill before the fights and the fight was scratched.
     
     
     
4. IKF Amateur Modified Muay Thai
   5 ROUND PROMOTIONAL TITLE / 108
   Ariana Gomez (Sun Valley, California, USA, 8-3/1, 107, 5'2", 8-10-90, Troy Fisher, (818) 272-5653, - (FP: 5-19-15) - (RN: 5-19-16, - (LU: 10-23-15)
   Defeated Chelsea Elexis Van (Eugene, Oregon, USA, 7-3, 107, 5'2", 6-29-92, Robert McNamee, (610) 931-8097, - (FP: 3-28-15) - (RN: 3-28-16) by Unanimous Decision:
   • Judge Mike Bray: 50-44.
   • Judge Kim Kongkriangkai: 50-44.
   • Judge Vichai Supkitpol: 50-44.
   • Referee: Dan Stell
   • Chelsea Van was issued a 14 day no training and 14 day no competition Medical Suspension until November 8th, 2015 by Dr. Rhonda Rand for fighter complaint of sore jaw, hard fight.
     
     
     
5. IKF Amateur Modified Muay Thai / 135
   Gustavo Del Valle (Santa Monica, California, USA, 4-1-1, AB: 2-1, 136, 5'6", 6-16-83, Antonio Hardonk and Crystal Luna, (310) 869-8944, (FP: 8-15-15) - (RN: 8-15-16) - (LU: 10-23-15)
   Defeated Sovankesa Som (Long Beach, California, USA, 4-6, (1-4), AMMA: 1-1,(?) 135, 5'6", 1-13-95, Ronald Smith, (310) 753-3587, - (FP: 9-19-15) - (RN: 9-19-16) - (LU: 10-23-15) by Unanimous Decision:
   • Judge Mike Bray: 30-27.
   • Judge Kim Kongkriangkai: 29-28.
   • Judge Dan Stell: 29-28.
   • Referee: Vichai Supkitpol
     
     
     
6. IKF Amateur Full Muay Thai Rules
   5 ROUND PROMOTIONAL TITLE / 125
   Brandol Mendoza (Pasadena, California, USA, 5-0, 124.2, 5'6", 8-4-96, Walter Michaelowski, (626) 644-6851, - (FP: 7-10-15) - (RN: 7-10-16) - (LU: 10-23-15)
   Defeated Thomas Dozier (Fresno, California, USA, 3-3, SB 2-1, 129.2, 5'8", 9-15-97, Jasper Tayaba, (559) 977-8408) (FP: 03-15-15) - (RN: 03-15-16) - (LU: 10-23-15) by TKO at 1:26 of round 3:
   • Thomas Dozier was issued a 30 day no training and 45 day no competition Medical Suspension until December 9th, 2015 by Dr. Paul Wallace.
   • Referee: Dan Stell
     • SCORES PRIOR TO THE STOPPAGE OF THE BOUT
       • Judge Mike Bray: 20-16 Mendoza.
       • Judge Kim Kongkriangkai: 20-16 Mendoza.
       • Judge Vichai Supkitpol: 20-16 Mendoza
         
         
         
7. IKF Amateur WOMEN'S Full Muay Thai Rules
   5 ROUND PROMOTIONAL TITLE / 115
   Janet Todd (Hermosa Beach, California, USA, 8-4, 115.4, 5'3", 12-12-85, Bryan Popejoy, (310) 408-2049, - (FP: 5-19-15) - (RN: 5-19-16) - (LU: 10-23-15)
   Defeated **Krystal Khorge (South San Francisco, California, USA, 4-2, 115.8, 5'5", 5-27-86, Jongsanan, (415) 516-6224) , - (FP: 10-23-15) - (RN: 10-23-16) - (LU: 10-23-15) by Unanimous Decision:
   • Judge Mike Bray: 49-46.
   • Judge Kim Kongkriangkai: 49-46.
   • Judge Vichai Supkitpol: 49-46.
   • Referee: Dan Stell.
     
     
     
8. IKF AMATEUR WOMEN'S
   FULL MUAY THAI RULES ATOMWEIGHT WORLD TITLE
   108.1 lbs. - 112 lbs.
   Natalie Morgan (Los Angeles, California, USA, 13-3-2, 111.8, 5'6", 5-19-87, Mark Komuro, (818) 471-3333, PHOTO - (FP: 12-6-14) - (RN: 12-6-15) - (LU: 10-23-15)
   Defeated Venus Anne Smith (Brooklyn, New York, USA, 10-1, 111.4, 5'7", 2-17-85, Dave Wai Moy, (917) 558-5879) PHOTO - (FP: 10-23-15) - (RN: 10-23-16) - (LU: 10-23-15) by TKO at 1:42 of round 5.
   • Venus Anne Smith was issued a 30 day no training and 45 day no competition Medical Suspension until December 9th, 2015 by Dr. Paul Wallace.
     Dr. Paul Wallace failed to complete Mandatory Medical Suspension for Venus Anne Smith or sign the Medical Suspension.
     However, Suspension still stands and confirmed by IKF CA.
   • Referee: Dan Stell.
     • SCORES PRIOR TO THE STOPPAGE OF THE BOUT:
       • Judge Mike Bray: 40-36 Morgan.
       • Judge Kim Kongkriangkai: 49-37 Morgan
       • Judge Vichai Supkitpol 39-37 Morgan.
         
         
         

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