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FCFN 3 Line-up Update
November 13, 2004 South Parade Pier Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK Doors open 5.30pm - Fights Start 7pm FCFN - No frills, No bling and No bull
Special Thanks go out to Ian Dean and Cagewarriors.com for the following information:
The curse of Dave Roche has struck again, as a cut suffered in training has meant that he has been forced to withdraw from his eagerly awaited clash with Newcastle’s Dave “Speedy” Elliot. This now means that the fight has now been cancelled and Dave Elliot has also been withdrawn from the card. However in order to keep the fans happy the FCFN Promoters have moved the Paul "Hands of Stone" Jenkins/Danny Fletcher fight to Main Event status.
Paul “Hands of Stone" Jenkins is one of the most famous and well liked UK MMA personalities and has a staggering 24-19-3 record. Jenkins has already fought 14 times this year against a mix of top level UK and international opposition and is also the Cage Rage Welterweight Champion. However Jenkins is in the middle of his longest losing streak and has been 0-4 since winning that title. He will be eager not to make it 5 straight losses against Fletcher who he was originally due to face at Cage Rage 8 in September.
Danny Fletcher is from London and fights out of the famous Peacock Gym which has seen some of the top names in the UK Boxing scene train there. It has also seen MMA fighters training there in their own separate invite only classes to improve their game. With a background in Muay Thai and BJJ, Fletcher dominated Steve Cunningham in his previous MMA appearance at Cage Rage 5 in February. Although Fletcher did not need to show much of his striking prowess in a short fight in which he won via by armbar
after taking down his opponent
with a slam after 1.34 of round 1. will be eager to show the various scouts on display from Cagewarriors, Cage Rage and Extreme Brawl that he is a serious contender in the UK welterweight ranks, in what should be a great mix of stand-up and submission fighting that would be welcomed in any one of the "bigger" UK shows.
Other highlights of what promises to be a great night of UK MMA action includes Brian Adams taking on Glen Appleby of the Elite Fighting Systems gym. Adams (2-0-0) was victorious in the last FCFN event when he beat Appleby’s teammate Deckland Long via rear naked choke. Adams took down his London based opponent and unleashed a brutal display of Ground and Pound which set up a fine win and sent the home fans in the intense pier side hall ecstatic and created an atmosphere that many other shows fail to match.
Glen Appleby (2-4-0) is experienced and gusty and has fought on big shows in the past such as Cagewarriors and Cage Rage, fighting the likes of Rob Mitchell, Ross Pettifer and Mark Epstein. Although he may not be regarded as a top fighter, his never-say-die attitude epitomizes that of the Elite Fighting Systems gym and he will push the local favorite all the way.
Another attraction is a battle of two local fighters as the Cage Gym's own Chris Freeborne (3-9-0) takes on Phil "Billy" Harris (5-2-0) from Andy Foreman's Team Warriors Gym. This should be an interesting submission standoff between the Sambo stylings of Freeborne, who despite his record has took on the best at 65.8kgs and the Judo submission skills of Harris, who recently loss in controversial fashion to UKMMAC “World” 65.8kg champion Luiz Tosta.
The pick of the Semi-Pro action features the long awaited MMA debut of the Alex DeSouza's Purple belt "Rodrigo" as he takes on Jack McGee (who is also making his debut) from Sol Gilbert's ZT Fight Skool in Brighton at the 84kg Semi-Pro division.
And FCFN wouldn’t be complete without it's now trademark UK-1 fights, this innovative and popular addition to the UK MMA scene debuted at FCFN 1, and has grown in strength with rumors of a UK-1 only card in 2005. Northern Cartel member Matt "12 gauge" Thorpe takes on Dan Lloyd, whilst perennial crowd favorite Paul "Clarkey" Clarke makes his 3rd FCFN appearance by taking on Nigel Ford, in this exciting hybrid kickboxing style.
All tickets for this event are sold out and rumours are circulating that FCFN will move into a brand new arena in 2005 to accommodate its expanding fan base.
Revised card line-up (not in fight order): Fight 1 - Main Event - Pro MMA Paul Jenkins vs. Danny Fletcher
Brian Adams vs. Glen Appleby
Fight 3 - Pro MMA Adam Kelly vs. Atilla Kubilay
Fight 4 - Pro MMA Chris Freeborne vs. Phil Harris
Fight 5 - Semi-Pro MMA John O'Mally vs. Neil North
Fight 6 - Semi-Pro MMA Aaron Blackwell vs. Jason Clarke
Fight 7 - Semi-Pro MMA Jack Mcgee vs. Rodrigo
Fight 8 - Am MMA Ryan O'Sullavan vs. Christian Smith
Fight 9 - Am MMA Lee Curtis vs. Stuart Ayres
Fight 10 - UK1 Matt Thorpe vs. Dan Lloyd
Fight 11 - UK1 Paul Clark vs. Nigel Ford
Fight 12 - Kick Boxing Craig Copland vs. Daniel Movahedi
FCFN Co-promoter and the UK's number 1 MMA Referee, Grant Waterman said that "This is going to be the noisiest MMA event to date and a real night to remember. There will be promoters from Cage Rage, Cage Warriors and Extreme Brawl there as well as others, so it's a great platform for people to show their skills. Full contact Fighter magazine and the local press are covering the event and the Wrestling Channel people are filming it.” (Not that they guarantee to show it).
“It’s going to be awesome”
Those without a ticket can check out cagewarriors.com as our news team will be at the weigh-in (at roughly 2pm) and at the event itself (from the opening bell at roughly 7pm) providing updates, pictures and interviews from what promises to be the best FCFN yet.
From - Ian Dean & Cagewarriors.com (with a little editing from us - color, highlights, fight numbers, etc...)
Card subject to change (11/13/04)
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