THE FIGHT NERD VISIT TO FIVE POINTS ACADEMY

Martial Arts arts fan and website entrepreneur The Fight Nerd came by to visit Five Points Academy, talk with some of the teachers about the history and instruction of our unique and diverse gym, and find a little of the backstory behind our founders and some instructors. Check it out!

MUAY THAI MAYHEM XIV: RESULTS

The June 16th Muay Thai Mayhem XIVplayed out to a capacity, standing-room only, wildly enthusiastic crowd. The results at BB King's in Times Square:

Wendy Lau (Five Points Academy) v

Kim Flynn (The Wat)The evening got off to an exciting start as Lau surprised her opponent almost off the bell

with a hard right hand, resulting in an 8 count and another immediately after that brought the fight to a quick end. LAU by TKO.

Passa Chattra (Five Points Academy) v Jun Lee (Renzo Gracie

Academy)
An exciting, non-stop brawl from start to finish. Both fighters went

non-stop and full-on. LEE by unanimous decision.

Jose Cruz (FivePoints Academy) v Matt Nives (Althouse Academy)A battle of Cruz' speed and technique versus Nives determination and

punching power. NIVES by unanimous decision.

Pascal Jean-Michel (Five Points Academy) v

Michael Fidelman (Borodin's Gym)
Another battle of speed and technique

from Jean-Michel

versus the powerful punching of Fidelman. JEAN-MICHEL by
unanimous decision.

Brett Hvalacek (The Wat) v Daniel Kim (Fairtex/Woodlands

Gracie Barra)
A hard fought, back and forth battle for the WKA US Amateur Title. HVALACEK by unanimous decision.

Eddie Martinez (Five Points Academy) v Nathan Boyer (Althouse Academy)

Boyer came out swinging hard from the opening bell, but Martinez stayed calm and composed, putting together his trademark textbook fast combinations and devastating knee strikes. MARTINEZ by TKO.

Rima Sidhu (Five Points Academy) v Lindsey MacMhaolain (Combat Sports Center)Rima continued to showcase her developing focus, confidence and speed, dominating a very strong and game MacMhaolain from the opening bell.

SIDHU by a surprising split decision.

Omar Ahmed (Sitan Gym) v Brandon Mickens (Combat Sports Center)A close fought, exciting contest for the WKA Amateur World Title. Mickens speed seemed to suprise Ahmed initialyy, who regrouped and returned to his trademark eaggressive style. MICKENS

by a somewhat controversial majority decision.

Mark Deluca (Sit Kangmongkorn) v Chris Aldea (Fairtex)
An outstanding demonstration of professional muay thai by two experienced fighters. Aldea landed several powerful and stunning blows; Deluca remained composed and lightning fast. DELUCA by unaimous decision.

Sean Hinds (The Wat) v Paul Marfort (Mejiro USA)
Hinds never puts on a dull fight and in

Marfort found a kindred soul. Both fighters went all out from the opening bell, weathered cuts with equanimity, and never stopped. HINDS by unanimous decision.

Emily Bearden (Five Points Academy) v Felice Herrig (Midwest Training Center)
Bearden landed repeated punch and kick combinations and controlled the clinch. Herrig came with hard punches, trying for the KO with every shot. Sometimes everyone in the arena sees the fight one way and two judges see it another. This was one of those times. HERRIG by majority decision.

Stay tuned for the the next MUAY THAI MAYHEM, coming Fall 2009. If you were at this Mayhem, you know you want to be at the next. And if you were one of those unlucky fans who couldn't get a ticket to this event, you don't want to miss out again!

WARRIORS CUP 7 (WITH RESULTS)

Come out and support up and coming FIVE POINTS ACADEMY fighters Sergio Aguirre, Seth Webster, Chris White and River Xin and the 7th installment of the Weapons 9 Warriors Cup Series. Our friends at Weapons 9 Gym in New Brunswick always put on a well-matched, well-organized show. Come enjoy it!
RESULTS: Another well-run, exciting show from our good friends at Weapons 9 Gym.
In his debut performance, River Xin put on an impressive display of muay thai technique. Looking remarkably poised and confident for a novice fighter, River dominated the tough and game Sam Kim of Kru Training Camp en route to a unanimous decision.
Chris White faced Rubin Lopez of our neighboring gym The Wat in a match that rested on who could establish their game. Chris worked well from outside, landing solid hard punches, while Rubin's game was to close and work knees in the clinch. In the end, Rubin imposed his plan and pulled out the decision.
In the Co-Main Event, Seth Webster squared off against Brandon Haze if TS-MMA. Fischeti came looking to land hard boxing combinations. An excellent strategy unless -- as everyone who spars with Seth knows -- you are facing The Hammer. Always relaxed and weathering a first round storm of punches, Seth landed hard low kicks and his trademark right-hand sledgehammer en route to a split decision that went to the final bell and had the crowd in a frenzy.
Sergion Aguirre faced Sam Hosmer of The Wat in the main event of the night. Just a few weeks after his 48th (no, that is not a typo) birthday, Sergio entered the ring at an extremely fit 165 pounds. His training showed as he pushed the pace from the first bell, landing hard punch/kick combinations and shutting down and visibly tiring his taller, younger opponent in the clinch. Culminating in an extremely close split decision that was highly unpopular with the crowd , one has to be impressed with Sergio's skill, heart and dedication to the sport.
Thanks again to Chris Tran and Derrick Riddick of Weapons 9 Gym for putting on these great events at the historic New Brunswick Boxing Gym.