Kambiz Warriors at the First Johor JiuJitsu Open Championship

The First Johor JiuJitsu Open Championship in Pictures

The First Johor JiuJitsu Open Championship in Pictures

Date: 11th and 12th October

Venue: Central Area, Plaza Sentosa, Johor Bahru

Sponsors: Plaza Sentosa, REPS Fitness, Ultimate MMA Academy, Wahaha, YES, ONE Fighting Chmpionship and Potosan Corner. Massive thanks to them.

Participants from Fighting gyms from all over Singapore and Malaysia and one brave soul who flew in from Qatar come to our first JiuJitsu event and everybody showed just how much the skills are growing in this part of the world.

Participating gyms:
3S MMA Penang, Alpha MMA, BJJ Singapore, Crazy Monkey Defense, Excite Fitness, Evolve MMA, First Combat Strike, Fortitude BJJ, Impact MMA, Izza MMA, K-One, Kambiz Warriors Gym, Kinabalu Fighters, MEBJJA, Melaka MMA, Modern Street Combatives, Monarchy MMA, Monash University BJJ Club, Muayfit GFTeam, Penang Budo Academy, REPS Fitness, Shogun Fight Gym, SSF Gym, Team Highlight Reel, Transform Gym and Ultimate MMA Academy...

11 October 2014: Johor Jiujitsu Open Championship 2014 (Gi)
Gi Championship Results

Teen/Mix/Feather
Gold: Hyun Woo Baeck (Kambiz Warriors Gym)
Silver: Khoo Chor Chert (Ultimate MMA Academy)
Bronze: Ou Bao Sheng (Ultimate MMA Academy)

Teen/Mix/Light
Gold: Jo Yie Leong (Evolve MMA)
Silver: Andre Chuabio (Evolve MMA)
Bronze: Yasmin Teoh (SSF Gym)

Teen/Mix/Middle
Gold: Ryan Chan (Muayfit GFTeam)
Silver: Lim Jin Rong (Ultimate MMA Academy)
Bronze: Looi Zheng Tat (Ultimate MMA Academy)

Juvenile/Mix/Rooster
Gold: Jack Thoo Tinsley (Monarchy MMA)
Silver: Mohd Danyal (First Combat Strike)

Juvenile/Mix/Light
Gold: Julian Wang (Evolve MMA)
Silver: Ashwin Ross (MEBJJA)

Juvenile/Mix/MediumHeavy
Gold: Andre Kang (Evolve MMA)
Silver: In Weon Baeck (Kambiz Warriors Gym)

Juvenile/Mix/Heavy
Gold: Dani Effendi (Muayfit GFTeam)
Silver: Fareez Jufri (Muayfit GFTeam)

Female/White/Light
Gold: Emma Xiong (Fortitude BJJ)
Silver: Baiana Santos (Impact Checkmat)
Silver: Samantha Tan (Muayfit GFTeam)

Female/Blue/Open
Gold: Magdalene Tan (MEBJJA)
Silver: Su Ling Chan (MEBJJA)
Bronze: Kimberly Slider (Evolve MMA)

Male/White/Rooster
Gold: Daryl Ong (Fight G)
Silver: Khairulanwar (Fight G)
Bronze: Alexander Tay (Muayfit GFTeam)

Male/White/SuperFeather
Gold: Alvin Ang (Impact Checkmat)
Silver: Preston Liew (Alpha MMA)
Bronze: Ahmad Azarul (Ultimate MMA Academy)

Male/White/Feather
Gold: Hossein Basiriyan (Kambiz Warriors Gym)
Silver: Wilson Chiong (Fortitude BJJ)
Bronze: Tan Boon Piaw (Muayfit GFTeam)

Male/White/Light
Gold: Cheah Wen Khyn (MEBJJA)
Silver: Kris Khaira (MEBJJA)
Bronze: Aloysius Toh (Impact Checkmat)

Male/White/Middle
Gold: Beyukaga Ismailov (K-One)
Silver: Dexter Ong (Evolve MMA)
Bronze: Ian Lee (Impact Checkmat)

Male/White/Heavy
Gold: Mario Marozzi (Monarchy MMA)
Silver: Al Miqdad (Ultimate MMA Academy)
Bronze: Siim Saarlo (Ultimate MMA Academy)

Male/Blue/Rooster
Gold: Jude Kang (Impact Checkmat)
Silver: Siau Kah Buo (Monarchy MMA)
Bronze: Fouzein Fozi (Malacca MMA)

Male/Blue/SuperFeather
Gold: Julian Wang (Evolve MMA)
Silver: Edward Leong (MEBJJA)
Bronze: Ferry Reagan (Evolve MMA)

Male/Blue/Feather
Gold: Ralph Pacatang (Fortitude BJJ)
Silver: Shafiez Shamsuri (Muayfit GFTeam)
Bronze: Andre Kang (Evolve MMA)

Male/Blue/Light
Gold: Yan Wei Kwan (Evolve MMA)
Silver: Hanif Zainal (Muayfit GFTeam)
Bronze: Daniel Teng (Evolve MMA)

Male/Blue/Heavy
Gold: Edgar Siew (Evolve MMA)
Silver: Roman Borysenko (BJJ Singapore)
Bronze: Dalgish Singh (MEBJJA)

Male/Purple-Brown/Open
Gold: Ahmed Sidahmed (United BJJ Qatar)
Silver: Lim Fang Han (MEBJJA)

12 October 2014: Johor Jiujitsu Open Championship 2014 (NoGi)
NoGi Championship Results

Teen/Mix/Feather
Gold: Hyun Woo Baeck (Kambiz Warriors Gym)
Silver: Ou Bao Sheng (Ultimate MMA Academy)

Teen/Mix/Middle
Gold: Ryan Chan (Muayfit GFTeam)
Silver: Lim Jin Rong (Ultimate MMA Academy)

Juvenile/Mix/Rooster
Gold: Mohd Danyal (First Combat Strike)

Juvenile/Mix/Heavy
Gold: Dani Effendi (Muayfit GFTeam)
Silver: In Weon Baeck (Kambiz Warriors Gym)
Bronze: Fareez Jufri (Muayfit GFTeam)

Female/White/Light
Gold: Emma Xiong (Fortitude BJJ)
Silver: Samantha Tan (Muayfit GFTeam)
Bronze: Elaine Wah Pei Yee (Ultimate MMA Academy)

Male/White/Rooster
Gold: Alexander Tay (Muayfit GFTeam)
Silver: Muhd Syafiq (Monarchy MMA)
Bronze: Ahmad Afif Hajamohidden (Crazy Monkey Defense)

Male/White/SuperFeather
Gold: Joe Ang Hock Thye (Penang Budo Academy)
Silver: Preston Liew (Alpha MMA)
Bronze: Ahmad Azarul (Ultimate MMA Academy)

Male/White/Feather
Gold: Hossein Basiriyan (Kambiz Warriors Gym)
Silver: Yves Tan Boon Kian (Ultimate MMA Academy)
Bronze: Amir Rizayev (Muayfit GFTeam)

Male/White/Light
Gold: Hui Keng Fai (Muayfit GFTeam)
Silver: Louiz Gvozdin (Muayfit GFTeam)
Bronze: Kris Khaira (MEBJJA)

Male/White/Middle
Gold: Beyukaga Ismailov (K-One Penang)
Silver: Saeed Chapari (Muayfit GFTeam)
Bronze: Trestle Jun Minion Tan (REPS Fitness)

Male/White/Heavy
Gold: Mahdi Bagherikaji (Muayfit GFTeam)
Silver: Mario Marozzi (Monarchy MMA)
Bronze: Nawi Ungku (REPS Fitness)

Male/Blue/Rooster
Gold: Fouzein Fozi (Malacca MMA)
Silver: Siau Kah Buo (Monarchy MMA)

Male/Blue/SuperFeather
Gold: Lito Adiwang (Muayfit GFTeam)
Silver: Shafiez Shamsuri (Muayfit GFTeam)

Male/Blue/Light
Gold: Hanif Zainal (Muayfit GFTeam)

Male/Blue/Heavy
Gold: Andrey Pilipets (Singapore BJJ)

What's Next?

What can I say, this is going to be an amazing event. We expect around 750 fans to watch 20 bouts of International MMA. Check the Ultimate Beatdown Facebook Page For Up To Date Information

Ultimate Beatdown 15 Announced for November

Ultimate Beatdown 15 Announced for November

Ultimate Beatdown MMA is coming back again in November

This time we have a new venue and it's going to be amazing, it's much more what we think Ultimate Beatdown is about. Our last venue was just too big for where the sport is at this stage in Johor. 700 people were lost in that place. This new place is going to be perfect for a great atmosphere and we expect lots of noise especially as there should be some adult refreshments!

First Johor Jiujitsu Open Championship

Johor Jiujitsu Open Championship

Announcing our next event:

Ultimate Beatdown 14 @ Educity, Iskandar

Ultimate Beatdown 14 @ Educity, Iskandar

June 14th 2014 at Educity Johor - Ultimate Beatdown 14 (UB14@Educity)

Here's the Highlights 

Some Individual fights (in no particular order)

Here's a link to the official results

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Ultimate Beatdown 13 - Road To Glory

Ultimate Beatdown 13 - Road To Glory

30th November 2013

Johor Bahru's MMA Organisation Goes Big 

With A Packed International Night of Fighting

Yet again with our venue at Danga Bay being re-purposed we needed to find a new venue. Step up Johor's KSL City Mall and Resort who offered us their Expo Centre.

Full Event Results HERE

Main Event

My Three Fights of The Night:

Raymen Beh vs Amie Che Yun 

Raymen was lacking in both height and reach but as he has shown in previous events he never lacks in heart. For every 5 shots he threw probably four were misses as the height of his opponent and his longer arms proved a tough nut to crack and his opponent was having plenty of success of his own.  But Raymen just kept coming and coming and by the end of round 2 his opponent was looking decidedly ragged, In round 3 Raymen just kept coming like a steam train and Yun ground to a halt as the punches really took their toll. He was finished and Raymen kep landing blows until at 1:38 of the third round the ref had to step in a stop it.

Sabastian Cole vs Mehrdad Malekizadeh

Sure I'm biased he is after all my Son, but I have watched him from when he first started training three years ago at the Ultimate MMA Academy improve and become more dedicated, he spent two months at Team Quest in Chiang Mai this year and his game has improved. He has a long way to go but recently I have been lucky enough to watch him roll with some high levels guys and I can see where he has to improve, but I can also see how much he has improved.

Mehrdad is a muay thai fighter who has spent a good deal of time at Tiger Muay Thai in Phuket. He got in Sabastians face as the lined up and he leaned back against the fence full of confidence as the fighters were announced. And that confidence looked well placed as a solid opening punch caught Sabastian right from the off. But and this is the difference, he just kept to his plan and covered up taking the opening as soon as it presented itself taking Mehrdad down to the ground around 6 seconds in and from there it was one way traffic as every-time Mehrdad attempted to escape or change position the trapped tightened until at 2:17 he had to tap. Sabastian is still only 17 so has a great deal more time to improve. But for now. I, his Dad and fiercest critic is very pleased with his progress he is very dedicated and it's starting to show.

Kenny Yap vs Kumarasyan Perumal

Yap is a highly rated Malaysian fighter and present MIMMA Flyweight Champion and Kumarasyan is a 1-0 fighter from Singapore who at the last Ultimate Beatdown took just 16 seconds to become a fans favorite with a RNC victory over a fellow Singaporean.

Yap came in bursting with confidence and was I am sure most peoples favorite for this bout. I had seen Kumar rolling with noted BJJ grappler Shane Suzuki at REPS Gym after the UB press conference and I knew he had a lot of skill and long limbs. He was calm and collected and he did not let any aura of confidence that Kenny Yap may have had put him off of his game and he soon set about dismantling the Malaysian champion with superb strikes and non stop aggression that had Yap on the back foot until at 3:05 of round 1 the ref had to step in and save Yap from further damage. A superb showing from Kumarasyan who must be one to watch in the Asian scene. A real up and coming prospect.

A quick after event review and many thanks:

It was a fun night, our first in a new bigger venue and although we had some technical issues I think most people had a good time.
We fell short of my target of 1000 people but it was a big ask considering 2 years ago this event was 50 people in a gym and the last event hit 750 which in itself was a big jump from the previous event. So a solid event with a solid crowd.
We will continue to grow and improve.  Our new cage performed well and I think most people enjoyed themselves.

Thanks especially to our great sponsors: Eight Lido Johor's Best Bar by Far. REPS Fitness, Johor's Top All Purpose Gym for Getting Fit and Fight Training. Arty Party, Johor's premier Art market and chairty event organiser. Muscle Factory Johor's leading supplement supplier. Potosan Corner Kuala Lumpur's premier MMA equipment supplier. What's Going On In Johor Bahru (WGOIJB) the leading facebook resource for those living in or visiting Johor. Ultimate MMA Academy Johor's best Fighters gym. My Teksi the best and safest way to get around - Download the My Teksi app and see the benefits of this great way to get around. No more dodgy driver who wont use the meter or who take you for a longer journey. My Teksi tells you where you taxi is, who the driver is and his contact number, the cab number and the approximate price. It's a great system.
And a massive thank you to KSL City Mall Johor for a great venue and a great support team who made this possible.

Plus of course all the volunteers who really made this possible. Working all day and then coming and working until the early hours of the morning. Great job guys, you rock.

Thanks also to all the gyms who supported the event and brought fans and fighters.
It was great to see Heath Sims and the Evolve Gym who for the first time ever supported our event with their fighters.
Everfitness, Sparta Singapore, Monarchy MMA, Grasio, Elitez, BJJ Singapore, Fight G, Ultimate MMA Academy, HIt, Leverage MMA, Madman, MuayFit, Sparta Singapore, Team Thoo, REPS Fitness, Elitez, Melaka MMA, Penang Top Team, Impact MMA, Evolution MMA, Karabaw, SOS,
Thanks also to ONE FC supremo Vicotr Cui who came along and sparkled with his beautiful wife.
Also to ONE FC fighter Gianni Subba thanks for coming along and supporting the show.

Also big thanks to a big man - Matt Pellino emcee extraordinaire. Another great job.
Thanks to FS Cheng and his team and ONE FC fighter and the founder of Ultimate Beatdown Melvin Yeo for putting on a great show.

Some video highlights:

 


  

 

 

Ultimate Beatdown 12 - Get Real

Ultimate Beatdown Johor Bahru's Very Own MMA Event Just Keeps Growing

Four years ago when I turned up to my first Ultimate Beatdown held in a Gym in the Mount Austen area of Johor Bahru, I remember enjoying the great match-ups but being disappointed because the gym could not hold more than around 50 people. I remember wondering if this event would attract a crowd if it was held in a bigger venue. The general thought was that less than 200 people would turn up and pay on the door.

Well of course since then we have seen the growth of ONE FC and along with it Ultimate Beatdown, with the recent addition of MIMMA it seems that MMA in Malaysia has stepped up another level and Ultimate Beatdown is the perfect proof of that, as for Ultimate Beatdown 12 some 650 screaming fans of MMA converged on Johor's fabled Danga Bay area to witness the second event above Cheers Bar the almost perfect setting for MMA. By the waterside on the edge of Malaysia, so close to Singapore that they could surely hear the cheers everytime a Malaysian fighter defeated a neighbour from across the water.

This show held 8 events in the gym and this was just the fourth outside each one attracting a bigger and better crowd.

Event Highlights:

 

The event consisted of 27 bouts and below are the results.

K-1 Kickboxing: 3 x 2 minute rounds

Yuz Rizan (Southern Tiger, Johor) vs James Badril (Juggernaut, Singapore) - Rizan wins 22 secs of Rd 3 K/O

Samir Mrabet (Monarchy MMA, KL) vs Asraf Acap (KL) - Mrabet wins 1:34 Rd 1 Ref Stoppage

Amateur MMA: 3 x 3 minute rounds

Damien Koh (Grasio MMA, Singapore) vs Iskandar (Ultimate MMA, Johor) - Iskandar wins 40 secs Rd 1 ref stoppage

Pranav M (Evolution MMA, India) vs Tung-Lung Ping (Monarchy MMA, KL) - Pranav wins via Decision

Azri Iskandar (Ultimate MMA, Johor) vs Mohd Azhar (Sparta, Singapore) Azhar wins 1:21 rd 2 ref stoppage

Amir (KL) vs Mohd Hanis (Spart, Singapore) - Amir wins 2:45 rd 1 ref stoppage

Dj Ser (Muayfit, KL) vs Niko Soerento (Impact MMA, Singapore) 

Soerento wins 2:08 rd 1 ref stoppage

Yves Tan (Ultimate MMA, Johor) vs Syaiful Irfan (Sparta, Singapore) - Tan wins via Decision

Henry Yeo (Impact MMA, Singapore) vs Jason Pillai (Singapore) 

Yeo wins 27 secs rd 1 ref stoppage

Raymon Beh (Ultimate MMA, Johor) vs Mohd Rizal (Sparta, Singapore) - Beh wins 16 secs rd 1 ref stoppage

Alex Ander (Ultimate MMA, Johor) vs Mohd Hindra (Singapore) - Hindra wins 40secs rd 1 due to technical knockout

Sub-Zero Submission Grappling 1 x 7 minute round

Amanda Loo (Impact MMA, Singapore) vs Zhen Wei (Muayfit, KL)  

Loo wins 5:40 submission

Alfaik Farez (Wavestrike) vs Tan Wooi Kiet (T-Rex MMA, KL) - Draw

Susovan G (Evolution MMA, India) vs Ngeoh JC (Muayfit, KL) - Draw

Kent Yong (Ultimate MMA, Johor) vs Tjun Tjunnie (KL) - Tjunie won due to armbar

Nelson Kim (Ultimate MMA, Johor) vs Jason Lim (Fight G, Singapore) - Draw

Semi-Pro MMA 3 x 5 minute rounds

Khairul A (Singapore) vs Mark Kam (WS Muay Thay, Malaysia) - Khairul 14 seconds rd 1 via armbar

Amar Abaz (Wolverine) vs Bob Junior (Melati Puteh, Malaysia) - Junior wins 3:23 rd 1 ref stoppage

Sanjivan P (Evolution MMA, India) vs Ejam (Melati Puteh, Malaysia) 

Sanjivan wins 2:03 rd 1 ref stoppage

Olin (Borneo) vs Stefan Cole (Ultimate MMA and Juggernaut)

Cole wins 1:23 rd 1 RNC

Kumaraysan (Juggernaut) vs Jon Poh (Grasio MMA, Singapore) - Kumaraysan wins 16 secs rd 1 RNC

Putera Rudy (Sparta, Singapore) vs Jun (Philippines) - Jun wins 29 secs rd 1 Gulliotine choke

Haziq (Sparta, Singapore) vs Mohd Zakhir (UMF, Malaysia) 

Zakhir wins 45 secs rd 1 ref stoppage

Nick Lee (Singapore) vs Asrul Aseng (Malaysia) - Lee wins 1:34 rd 1 RNC

Helen Harper (Phuket Top Team/Juggernaut) vs Lieze Lumidas (Philippines) 

Harper wins 1:55 rd 1 ref stoppage

Mohd Kamal (Sparta, Singapore) vs Nik Harris (Muayfit, KL) - Harris wins 1:32 rd 1 RNC

The commentary team of Seth Borges and Fletch were entertaining.

Overall Chian Yik Malaysia's MMA pioneer, ONE FC warrior and owner of Ultimate MMA must be very proud of what he has achieved with Ultimate Beatdown.

Thanks also to the sponsors: REPS Fitness, Drive Energy Drinks, Potosan Corner, Cheers Bar and Danga Bay, Everlast without your support these events could not survive.

But most of all thank you to the many fighters and fans for doing an amazing job!