FRIDAY, February 20th, 2009, AT 6:00 PM/ PST

THIS WEEKENDS IKF ACTION!

TKO PROMOTIONS PRESENTS
"The Empire Strikes Back"
Kent, England

• WHEN: Sunday, February 22nd, 2009
• WHO: TKO PROMOTIONS
• WHERE: CASINO ROOMS ROCHESTER, KENT, ENGLAND
• WHAT: IKF Pro & Amateur Kickboxing
• IKF Representative: PHIL MAY
• IKF Referee: PAUL MORGAN
• IKF Chief Judge: PHIL MAY, IAN LOHOAR & TBA
• IKF PROMOTER: Mr. Colin Payne at tkokickboxing@hotmail.co.uk
• ON THE WEB: www.TKOKickboxing.co.uk

MORE IKF ACTION THIS WEEKEND...

Paul Pearson In Association With A.K.A. England Presents
"IKF Amateur Muay Thai & Kickboxing Championships"
Cockerton, Darlington, England

• WHEN: Saturday, February 21st, 2009
• WHO: Paul Pearson In Association With A.K.A. England
• WHERE: Cockerton Club, Darlington, England
• WHAT: IKF Amateur Kickboxing - OSR Format & MTR format.
• IKF Representative: Dave Eckersley
• IKF Referee: Craig Booth
• IKF Chief Judge: Mark Matthews / Dave Eckersley
• IKF PROMOTER: Mr. Paul Pearson: Text – 07787-830-107
• ON THE WEB: www.AKA-England.org

IKF Amateur Muay Thai Rules
British Light Welterweight Title Defense
Champion Robbie Newton
Bishop Auckland, England
VS Challenger
Phillip Williams
Urmston, England
________________________

IKF Amateur OSR
British Light Middleweight Title Defense
Champion Ben Marshall
Teeside, England
VS Challenger
Raf Hussein
Birmingham, England
________________________

IKF Amateur OSR
British Super Middleweight Title
Lyndsey Henderson
Bishop Auckland, England
VS
Cath Stroud
Leigh, England

MORE IKF ACTION THIS WEEKEND...

Warrior's Fight Promotions Presents
"IKF Championship Kickboxing"
Mounds View, Minnesota, USA

• WHEN: Saturday, February 21st, 2009
• WHO: Warrior's Fight Promotions
• WHERE: Mermaid, Mounds View, Minnesota, USA
• WHAT: IKF Pro & Amateur Kickboxing
• IKF Representative: Glen Legus
• IKF Referee: Ralph Lee
• IKF Judges: Rick Anderson, Brian Campbell, Mike Duffey, Peyton Russell
• Event Doctor: Dr. Doctor Holms
• IKF PROMOTER: Mr. Bobby Anderson at (612) 716-9654 or at theewarrior15@yahoo.com
• ON THE WEB: www.WarriorsFightPromotions.com

IKF AMATEUR
MINNESOTA STATE
FCR LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE
Derek Knudson VS Jamie Kottke

MORE IKF ACTION THIS WEEKEND!

Jordan Pallen Presents
"IKF Point Kickboxing"
Santa Clara, California, USA

• WHEN: Saturday, February 21st, 2009
• WHO: Mr. Jordan Pallen
• WHERE: Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, California, USA
• WHAT: IKF Semi Contact Point Kickboxing
• IKF Representative: Mr. Johnny Davis
• IKF Referee: TBA
• IKF PROMOTER: Mr. Jordan Pallen at (510) 914-6764 or 630-9254.
• ON THE WEB: www.PallensMartialArts.com

MORE IKF ACTION THIS WEEKEND...

Pete Foley Presents
"IKF Junior Light Contact"
Galway, Ireland

• WHEN: Sunday, February 22nd, 2009
• WHO: Mr. Pete Foley
• WHERE: Oranmore Community Centre, Oranmore, Co. Galway, Ireland
• WHAT: IKF Junior Light Contact
• IKF Representative: Chris Dowling
• IKF PROMOTER: Mr. Pete Foley, Mobile - 00353 87 8119227, Tel/Fax - 00353 91 79302 Or by e-mail at pfugym@hotmail.com
• ON THE WEB: www.BlackDragon.ie

MORE KICKBOXING NEWS...

DRAGON WATCH...
TV Schedule For
Don 'The Dragon' Wilson

18 Fingers of Death
Dragon in Kung Fu Comedy
James Lew's film, "18 Fingers of Death" will air on ABC, Sunday February 22nd, 2009.

Chuck Norris' Walker, Texas Ranger, Legends
This episode was done in 2001 and included many Great Martial Arts Stars and Kickboxers such as Howard Jackson, Cung Le, Joe Lewis, Danny Steele, Bill Wallace, Alex Gong, Olando Rivera, Duke Roufus, Tommy "Bee" Bottone and of course, Don 'The Dragon' Wilson.
Monday, February 23rd, 8:00 PM Halmark Channel
Tuesday February 24th, 2:00 AM, Halmark Channel

Red Sun Rising, Opening Fight Scene, Don Wilson and James Lew (1993)
Dragon Action - Click HERE!

WEDNESDAY, February 18th, 2009, AT 6:00 PM/ PST

Results From Dawn Willock's
"MAGB Fight Night"
February, 8th, - West Midlands, England, UK

• WHO: Dawn Willock
• WHERE: The Land Rover Club, Solihull, West Midlands, UK
• WHAT: IKF Pro & Amateur Kickboxing
• IKF Representative: Colin Payne
• IKF Referee: Mike Belgrave
• IKF Judges: A: Colin Payne, B: Warren Fryer, C: Winston Gordon
• Doctor: Dr. Jim Webb
• IKF PROMOTER: Dawn Willock
• ON THE WEB: CLICK HERE

1. IKF Professional English Super Lightweight Title
   Mike Nudd, 63kg, Touchgloves, VS Rob Stevens, 63kg, B'ham MA
   8 x 2 min rounds Pro Rules
   WINNER: Unanimous decision Rob 'Diesel' Stevens A: 71-80 B: 70-80 C: 69-80.
   
   
   
2. Chris James, Bridgewater MA, 76kg, VS Will Wright, 78kg, Lincoln
   KB 4 x 2 min rounds Pro Rules
   Split Decision Draw: A: 38-39, B: 38-38, C: 39-38.
   
   
   
3. IKF Amateur Midland Light Welterweight Title
   Shaun Hurdman, Crown KB, VS Haroon Rafiq, B'ham Martial Arts
   5 x 2 min rounds Amateur Rules
   WINNER: Majority decision to Shaun Hurdman A: 47-48, B: 48-47, C: 49-47.
   
   
   
4. Lucy Payne 56kg, Touchgloves, VS Gemma Marshall, 54kg, Lincoln, Kickboxing
   3 x 2, Amateur Rules
   RESULT: No Contest.
   • IKF Headquarters is awaiting an explination for the "No Contest" ruling on this bout from IKF Representative Colin Payne.
     
     
     
5. Ian Johnson, 70kg, TS Kickboxing, VS Ricky Atkins, 69kg, B'ham Martial Arts
   3 x 2, Amateur Rules
   WINNER: Unanimous decision Ricky Atkins A 26-30, B 26-30, C: 26-30.
   
   
   
6. Kirsty James, 54k, Bridgewater Martial Arts, VS Rachael Ball, 56kg, Pride Kickboxing
   3 x 2, Amateur Rules
   WINNER: Unanimous decision Rachael Ball A: 28-29, B: 29-28, C: 29-28.
   
   
   
7. Jordon Greatex, 60kg, St. Georges, VS Myah Williams, 62kg, B'ham Martial Arts
   3 x 2, Amateur Rules.
   WINNER: 2nd round retirement, TKO win to Myah Williams.
   
   
   
8. Craig Allen, 88kg, Newark Martial Arts, VS Stef Warmsley, 88kg, Fite Rite
   3 x 2, Amateur Rules
   Majority Draw A: 28-28, B: 29-29, C: 29-28.
   
   
   
9. Allen Smith, 73.5kg, Fite Rite Martial Arts, VS Danny Harkin 75.5kg, B'ham Martial Arts
   3 x 2, Amateur Rules
   WINNER: Unanimous decision Danny Harkin A: 27-30, B: 27-30, C: 28-30.
   
   
   
10. Dalton Blackburn, 67kg, Newark Martial Arts, VS James Fenning, 69kg, Pride Kickboxing
    3 x 2, Amateur Rules
    WINNER: Unanimous decision Dalton Blackburn A: 30-24, B: 30-24, C: 30-24.
    
    
    
11. Joss Gilbert, 78kg, Touchgloves, VS Christian Harrison, 78kg, Derby Panthers
    3 x 2, Amateur Rules
    WINNER: Unanimous decision Joss Gilbert A: 30-26, B: 30-26, C: 30-26.
    
    
    
12. Frank Preston, TS Kickboxing, 64kg, VS Craig Priestly, 64kg, 1-1, Lincoln Kickboxing
    3 x 2 min rounds Amateur Rules
    WINNER: Unanimous decision Craig Priestly A: 27-30, B:28-30, C: 28-30.
    
    
    

TUESDAY, February 17th, 2009, AT 2:50 PM/ PST

STILL NO
Amateur Sanctioning Bodies
Officially Approved In Illinois...

Amateur fight sports (Kickboxing & MMA) are going through some tough times in the State of Illinois. Although the first two reviews for amateur sanctioning bodies was held two weeks ago, as of today, there still are no amateur sanctioning bodies approved to sanction amateur Kickboxing or MMA Events in Illinois. The review for the ISCF (MMA) and IKF (Kickboxing) was suppose to be today, but was rescheduled for a week from today, Tuesday, February 24th.

A statement from Rafael Caro II of the Illinois State Professional Athletic Unit, Division of Professional Regulation, Illinois Dept. of Financial and Professional Regulation reads:

Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Please note that as of right this minute, there are still NO sanctioning bodies approved in the State of Illinois. So, that being the case, there aren't any amateur events allowed yet. We do know about one event (Southern Illinois) and are dealing with that now.

Although no Amateur sanctioning bodies have been approved, one of the organizations "Accepted, but not Officially Approved" choose to do their own thing. Two weeks ago, the most well known of the "Rubber Stamp Sanctioning Bodies," Kick International and another Illinois Sanctioning body underwent their review to be accepted by the Illinois Athletic Commission (IAC) to sanction Amateur Kickboxing & MMA Events in Illinois. After both sanctioning bodies went through their review, they were voted on by the IAC for acceptance. After a closed session, the IAC invited everyone back into their meeting room and announced that both were accepted. However, although the other sanctioning body officials stayed at the meeting to see if they were accepted or not, the representatives of Kick, Frank Babcock and Ted Welsh both left after their review. Someone may have past on information to them saying they were accepted, but what they were not told was that although both were accepted, neither was given approval to sanction events in Illinois until they made changes and additions to their rules and regulations to be "Officially" APPROVED.

The biggest issue with Kick with the IAC was blood testing. The IAC was FIRM that they would make blood testing for amateur fighters a MANDATORY requirement for all accepted amateur sanctioning bodies. Although the other organization confirmed they would do so, both Babcock and Welsh of Kick hesitated, then never confirmed whether they would make this a requirement of their sanctioning. This alone should have been a reason not to accept Kick as an accepted sanctioning body at the time. Upon the IAC's announcement, nearly everyone (except for the 2-3 in the room who were kick associates.) in the room was very surprised that the IAC accepted Kick International, even knowing they needed to add and or change some of their rules and regulations before being Officially Approved.

Without official approval from the IAC, Kick went ahead and confirmed sanctioning of an event on February 27th in Illinois. The additional surprise was the added sanctioning body letters on the event ads. A sanctioning body created by the events promoter (Jim Boucher) known as PKL. Not only was PKL never approved by the IAC, they have never even applied. Adding to this, they are not even a real sanctioning body. They are just some letters the promoter put together for his own event titles.

Making things more confusing for the IAC was the Amateur event held in Southern Illinois two weekends ago that was illegal since no Amateur sanctioning bodies have been approved yet. "Although not confirmed," rumor has it that Kick was involved in that event as well.

Another addition required by the IAC was a major jump in insurance requirements for Amateur events. A minimum insurance amount of $25,000 medical, $25,000 accidental death and dismemberment and $500,000 liability/property damage is now a mandatory requirement. All the added IAC requirements can be found on the ISCF Illinois Rules page found by clicking HERE.

One topic that has been a big discussion has been the blood testing requirements. Amateur Promoters need to know that first of all, all MMA fighters must be a minimum of 18 years of age. ONLY Amateur MMA fighters are required to have the Illinois Mandatory Blood Testing done. The Blood Testing DOES NOT apply to Amateur Kickboxing or Karate tournaments for competitors of ANY Age.

FRIDAY, February 13th, 2009, AT 7:00 PM, PT

THIS WEEKENDS IKF ACTION!

Absolute Adrenaline Presents
"Deliverance"
Blackfield, England

• WHEN: Sunday, February 15th, 2009
• WHO: Absolute Adrenaline
• WHERE: Gangwarily Leisure Centre, Blackfield, England
• WHAT: IKF Pro & Amateur Kickboxing
• IKF Representative: Colin Payne
• IKF Referee: TBA
• IKF PROMOTER: Mr. Carl Sams on 01020294223 or e-mail member@bnetwork.fsnet.co.uk
• ON THE WEB: www.AbsoluteAdreneline.tv

MORE IKF NEWS!

IKF Iran Representative Amir Mosadegh
Welcomes Ernesto Hoost To Iran

THURSDAY, February 12th, 2009, AT 11:55 PM, PT

IKF Welcomes Amir Mosadegh
As New IKF Iran & Asia Representative

Amir Mosadegh of Tehran, Iran was born on May 10th, 1980. He started to practice Martial Arts at the age of 5 with his father, who was one of the best and leading trainers in Iran in his field. He has been teaching since 1996 in different Master Classes and Schools in Iran, India and Greece. He has a Diploma from FIMA University in the field of Martial Arts. He instructs many classes which include Light Contact Karate, Semi Contact Karate, Body Contact Karate, Full Contact Karate, Low Kick, Free Style, Kickboxing, Shoot boxing, Muay Thai Boxing, Wrestling Fighting, Wrestling, Brazilian Ju Jitsu, Aikido, Advanced Self-Defense, San-Shou, Kung Fu Toa, San Da Wang, Wushu, Traditional Cold Weapons, Physical Fitness, Sports Nutrition, Self-Confidence and Self-Discipline.

Amir is the President of the Persian International Martial Arts Federation. He has more than 2,000 students around Iran, some of them are now World Champions and also International trainers all over Iran. His overall plans are to make a Professional and Strong group in Iran in the forming of IKF Iran and expanding IKF Asia with our other IKF Asia Associates.

Amir's other plans are to have two IKF National Tournaments. In these Tournaments they plan to invite fighters from all over Iran in the style of kickboxing. From these Tournaments they will introduce the future champions of kickboxing in Iran in 4 age classes: Under 10, Under 14, Under 18, and Under 35. Fighters of the bouts will fight for the National Championship in each age class. In March he hopes to have an event for the female fighters.

For the Iranian New Year which is at the start of spring, Amir and his Team will sanction another event. In addition to having their IKF certificate as IKF representation of Asia they will also work to attain their permits from the Iranian Olympic Committee under the IKF's name.

"We would also like to extend our humble thanks to Mr. Fossum and Mr. Davis." Said Amir. "We are sure that we can help the IKF grow in this region and this part of the world and we plan to host many events for the IKF here." He continued, "We are hoping to get things started as soon as possible so we can launch the Asian IKF site and find more representatives in Asia and organize many more events. It's also in our plans to have events similar to K-1 events that are held in many countries and invite the champions of these events and hold a night show and have a best of the best championship.

Amir and his team have big plans and are very excited about their potential under the IKF Banner. "We are proud to have Amir as part of the IKF." Said IKF President Steve Fossum. "We had a lot of applications from the Middle East and in the end, we are confident with our decision to select Amir as an IKF leader."

IKF Representative Johnny Davis has also spent a lot of time speaking to Amir. "He's very serious about what he wants to accomplish." Said Davis, "This played a major part in finalizing our decision with him as an IKF Representative and all of us here at the IKF wish him and his Team Great success!"

Amir's website can be found at www.amirmosadegh.com
His IKF Profile Page can be found by clicking HERE.

MORE IKF KICKBOXING NEWS

POSTED AT 10:20 PM, PT

Results From No Xclusions, Inc.'s
"FRIDAY NIGHT FIGHTS!"
February 6th, 2009 - Jacksonville, Florida, USA

• WHO: No Xclusions, Inc.
• WHERE: Plush - Jacksonville, Florida, USA
• WHAT: IKF Amateur Kickboxing
• IKF Representative: Lee Barden
• IKF Referee: Daniel Benaitis
• Event Doctor: Dr. Jim Webb
• IKF PROMOTER: Mr. Thomas Fischer at (904) 744-9995 or by e-mail at noxclusionsinc@aol.com

Friday Night Fights at Plush is always a great night. Great fights, Great Spectators, Great Coaches, What more could you ask for? One of the best fights of the night was between Joseph CoCicero (1-0) and Stan Kordonskiy (1-2.) These guys were in great shape and ready to fight. This was Joe's first fight and he won by unanimous decision. Looking forward to the March 13th fights there is a rematch between Paco DeJesus and Chris Roach. These two hooked it up this past January and Chris won which is why Paco wants a rematch. There is also a team coming from Puerto Rico so it should be a great night!

1. Amateur Full Contact Rules
   Dennis Heijduk, Jacksonville, Florida, USA, 1-0, 148, 5'11", 10-8-93, Self, 904-738-7722, defeated Scott Logan, Jacksonville, Florida, USA, 3-3, 150, 5'9", 9-28-92, Lonnie Bowen, 904-210-7778, by unanimous decision with judges scoring the bout 30-27, 30-27, 30-27.
   
   
   
2. Amateur International Rules
   Joseph LoCicero, Gainesville, Florida, USA, 1-0, 159, 6', Gainesville Dojo, defeated Stan Kordomskiy, Jacksonville, Florida, USA, 1-2, 160, 5'11", 6-13-79, World Martial Arts 904-642-3150 by unanimous decision with judges scoring the bout 30-27, 30-27, 30-27.
   
   
   
3. Amateur International Rules
   The bout between Greg Bamberg, of Jacksonville Florida USA, 2-0, 198, 6', 12-23-75, Jeremy Moore 904-716-4126 and Pete Santiago, of Interlachen, Florida, USA, 0-1, 192, 5'9". 9-12-84, Pete Santiago 352-214-8144 is under review. There could have been an error administered in the IKF 3 Knockdown Rule.
   
   
   
4. Amateur Full Contact Rules
   Keith Dixon, Orange Park, Florida, USA, 2-0, 160, 5'10", 3-1-85, Smiley Combat Athetlix, 904-644-7571, defeated Dwaine Davis, Orange Park, Florida, USA, 0-1, 142, 3-22-82, Gene Baptista, 904-644-7999, by Unanimous decision with judges scoring the bout 30-26 , 30-26, 30-26.
   
   
   
5. Amateur Full Contact Rules
   Joshusa Johnson, Orange Park, Florida, USA, 160, 2-1, 5'10", 1-8-85, Smiley Combat Athletix 904-644-7571 defeated Leslie Straton, Ponte Vedre, Florida, USA, 4-6, NEED WEIGHT, 5'9", 6-4-84, Self, 904-817-0874 by unanimous decision with judges scoring the bout 30-24, 29-26, 30-24.
   
   
   
6. Amateur Full Contact Rules
   Charles Tobin, Jacksonville, Florida, USA, 2-0, 166, 5'9", 5-8-90, Gene Baptista, 904-644-7999, defeated Chris Thrash, Jacksonville, Florida, USA, 0-2, 160, 5'9", Self, 904-349-6179, by TKO at :52 seconds of round 2.

MORE KICKBOXING NEWS

POSTED AT 11:20 AM, PT

Beasley & Lewis' New Book Out!

More info coming soon.

FRIDAY, February 6th, 2009, AT 12:40 PM, PT

No Xclusions, Inc. Presents
"FRIDAY NIGHT FIGHTS!"
Jacksonville, Florida, USA

• WHEN: February 6th, 2009
• WHO: No Xclusions, Inc.
• WHERE: Plush - Jacksonville, Florida, USA
• WHAT: IKF Amateur Kickboxing
• IKF Representative: Lee Barden
• IKF Referee: Daniel Benaitis
• Event Doctor: Dr. Jim Webb
• IKF PROMOTER: Mr. Thomas Fischer at (904) 744-9995 or by e-mail at noxclusionsinc@aol.com

MORE "FLORIDA" FIGHT NEWS

2009 EUROPA SHOW OF
CHAMPIONS
ORLANDO, FLORIDA
APRIL 17th & 18th

THURSDAY, February 5th, 2009, AT 3:45 PM, PT

Amateur Sanctioning Approval
In Illinois
SETTING THE FACTS STRAIGHT AMONGST THE BAD RUMORS

This past Tuesday the Illinois State Professional Athletic Unit Division of Professional Regulation Financial and Professional Regulation held the first of two meetings in regards to the approval of Amateur Sanctioning bodies in Illinois. This first meeting the commission interviewed two of the 5 Amateur Sanctioning body applications, KICK and Combat Consulting. After each groups interview the Commission voted to approve each sanctioning body with several conditions of some of their rules and regulations that need adjustments or changes. Once these adjustments and changes have been accepted, these two sanctioning bodies will be allowed to sanction both Amateur MMA and Amateur Kickboxing in Illinois. However, all adjustments and changes will first need to be approved by the Commission for them to get the green light to sanction amateur events.

ISCF and IKF President Steve Fossum attending this first of two meetings even though the ISCF and IKF was not on the first meeting schedule. Sadly to say, some people walked away with the wrong idea about the results of the first meeting. Already associates of KICK International as well as the heads of KICK International themselves have been heard claiming that they are one of only two accepted amateur sanctioning body in Illinois with no need of revising their rules or regulations and that no other sanctioning bodies will be approved.

The main comment we have been informed that the KICK International guys are saying reads something like, "Only us and Combat Consulting were approved and they said no to ISCF, IKF and ISKA and that they will need to re-apply."

This of course is totally false and it's sad that the KICK guys are making such accusations, but we would expect nothing less from them. The ISCF and IKF (Along with the ISKA) were not in a sense, "turned down or turned away" by any means. The ISCF and IKF knew they were not on the agenda to be reviewed by the board for this first of two meetings.

The reason is because ISCF, IKF and ISKA got their paperwork in "After" the other two did and they did not have time to review ISCF, IKF and ISKA because of how long the reviews were in addition to all their other agenda items on for this first meeting. Mr. Fossum attended the meetings simply because he wanted to hear everything the commission talked about along with discuss the new rules and regulations with some of the members of the commission in person. "Being there was of great value." Said Fossum. "Even though we were not on the agenda to be reviewed, it gave me an opportunity to hear the many items of discussion among the many in attendance." The ISCF and IKF review will be on February 17th, along with the ISKA and another sanctioning body.

The State of Illinois has made a mandatory/minimum rules requirements for any and all Amateur Sanctioning bodies for MMA (With some rules applying to kickboxing as well) and the ISCF has posted them off of their Rules Page. The page link can be accessed by clicking HERE.

WEDNESDAY, February 4th, 2009, AT 8:30 PM, PT

The Dragon In Moscow

Could The Dragon Fight Again... In South Africa?
There is a Rumor going around... If we hear more, we will fill you in.

MONDAY, February 2nd, 2009, AT 1:30 PM, PT