Knees of Fury 34. Sep2011
September 19, 2011 | Posted by Kar | No Comments
What turned out to be one the biggest nights in South Australia’s Muay Thai history proved to a great night at the office for the SSMT crew.
Lex Hanegraff continued his winning streak with another KO win over Michael Green from Taipan Gym in Sydney. He ended the fight decisively in the first round with some excellent grappling and dropped Michael with a knee and then finishing the fight with a jumping push kick.
Tom Boyle took on Areta Gilbert, a very experienced opponent from New Zealand with twice as much experience. The fight was very tough and close, although Tom managed to take the win via split points decision with some good grappling and clever take downs.
WKA South Pacific Pro Title Perth WA 6 August 2011
August 8, 2011 | Posted by Kar | No Comments
Lex and Tom ventured over to Perth, W.A on 8 days notice to fight on the WKA Fight Night promotion. They were given a warm introduction by the W.A. crowd and put on excellent displays. Lex, fighting against WA State Champion Michael Costello, ended the fight promptly with a jumping knee to the head dazing his opponent, and finishing with another stiff knee to the head. Win by KO 57 seconds in the first round.
Tom debuting in his first professional fight against Marco ‘Machine Gun’ Tentori for the WKA South Pacific Title. The main event of the evening, this fight was very aggressive with both fighters landing barrages of elbows. As the fight wore on, elbow exchanges were plentiful and Tom landed several that just didn’t result in a cut. In the 3rd Tom sustained a deep cut to the top of the head. Tom lost by TKO as he was unable to answer the 4th round.
SSMT 2nd Annual Sparring Comp & Gym Open Day
May 1, 2011 | Posted by Kar | No Comments
The 2nd Annual SSMT Open Day was a exciting day that wasn’t dampened by the poor weather. With plenty of beginners sparring, a BBQ and pads exhibition by Tom and Lex the day went exceptionally well.
Shins of Steel 3 – Whyalla, SA, 2 April 2011
April 16, 2011 | Posted by Kar | No Comments
Jake Attard loses his first fight by split points decision. A controversial decision, Jake put on an excellent performance clearly dominating the fight with knee and kick combinations, but in the end the judges didn’t believe that he had done enough to win the fight.
Frank Hero put on a dominant performance against a tough opponent and came away with a unanimous points victory. A very high paced fight Frank was dominating the grapple and executing good knee and kicking technique.
Brendan McDonnell put on a valiant performance but was just edged out of the win by a split points loss. Brendan was very strong and looked to dominate the fight in the grapple, taking his opponent down numerous times. In the end though the judges awarded the fight to the opposition.
Brute Force 14 – Melbourne, VIC , 18 March 2011
April 16, 2011 | Posted by Kar | No Comments
Lex Hanegraff and Brendan McDonnell taking these fights on a week’s notice.
Lex Hanegraff loses a split points decision to Theo Giannakopolous just missing out on the WBC Victorian State Title. He started slow, but came back strong in the final rounds, working heavily with the knees and wearing his opponent down. However it seemed as though the slow start cost him and in the end he narrowly was defeated.
Brendan McDonnell dominated his fight, but just couldn’t put his opponent away still winning comfortably by unanimous points decision.
Knees Of Fury 32 – Adelaide
March 1, 2011 | Posted by Kar | No Comments
IKBF Australia Title
March 1, 2011 | Posted by Kar | No Comments
EXTINCTION Natural Instinct 1 – Victoria – Sat FEB 5th 2011
Lex Hanegraff defeats a tough Victorian opponent, working his strong grappling and knees to end the fight via TKO in round 4.
Tom Boyle also defeated a seasoned Victorian opponent by TKO in round 2 with repetitive elbows, bringing home the IKBF Australia Middleweight title to Southside.