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TOP KICK CHAMPIONSHIP KICKBOXING'S "SUPERFIGHTS" IN NYHere are the USKBA QUICK RESULTS of last night's Top Kick Championship Kickboxing's "SUPERFIGHTS" event held at SportsPlus Events Center in Lake Grove NY. Article on event to follow. USKBA San Shou Light Heavyweight
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TOM BOTTONE AND PETER KALJEVIC TO FIGHT FOR USKBA SAN SHOU TITLE ON "SUPERFIGHTS"
EVENT IN NY THIS FRIDAYUSKBA Promoter Joe Puleio (Top Kick Championship Kickboxing) is bringing another installment of his "SUPERFIGHTS" series to the SportsPlus Event Center in Lake Grove NY on Friday, July 26, 2002. The Main Event will feature the first USKBA San Shou Light Heavyweight World Championship Title as TOMMY "Bee" BOTTONE and PETER "F-16" KALJEVIC will fight each other in a scheduled 5 rounder. Steve Ventura (of NYKK) will be the USKBA San Shou Representative at the event. In other USKBA Championship Title bouts; KADIR will be fighting for the USKBA Grappling Light Heavyweight NYS Championship Title, KEITH NESBITT and BOBBY CAMPBELL will fight for the USKBA Super Featherweight NYS Championship Title, KYLE MURRAY and CHRIS ALGIERI will fight for the USKBA Amateur Super Lightweight Northeast Championship Title and JENNIE NEDELL and JENNIFER SWEENEY will fight for the USKBA Amateur Female Middleweight NYS Championship Title. An amateur undercard of Kickboxing and Grappling is planned. The event begins at 6:30 pm and is sponsored by American Jiu Jitsu Centers, Hooters and Premio. For tickets and information, call 631-360-8830. |
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A total of 6 knockdowns called and 2 knockdowns not called in the first 3 rounds is an indication that this was a brawl. ELVIR MURIQI fighting Sammy Ahmad kept everyone on their feet. Muriqi went down twice in the first round. It looked bad for Muriqi. At no point did Muriqi give up. He came back to put Ahmad on the canvas. In the second round, Muriqi hurt Ahmad, but the bell rang to give him a minute rest. In the third round, Muriqi came out throwing. He was able to connect with uppercuts and rights. He put Ahmad on the canvas again. Then Muriqi unleashed a barrage of punches. This time the referee waved his hands and called the fight over at 2:57 of Round 3. Muriqi had won by TKO. ^
PAST USKBA AMATEUR CHAMPION ELVIR MURIQI BOXES TONIGHT ON ESPN2
Muriqi is from Kosova and thus nicknamed "The Kosova Kid", a nickname he has kept since his kickboxing days. When he kickboxed, he was trained by USKBA World Champion LOUIS RUIZ. Now they spar together, each developing more skills for the ring. For both, it is working out well. Muriqi, under the tutelage of Teddy Atlas, is on his way to being a boxing champion. Tonight will be another stepping stone toward his goal. Watch him on ESPN2 tonight and we'll keep you posted on the results. |
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Three USKBA Champions made their way onto "A NIGHT OF CHAMPIONS" held on Friday, July 19, 2002 at the Tropicana Casino and Resort in Atlantic City. The event was arranged by 21st Century Warriors in cooperation with the Tropicana, sanctioned by ISKA and the NJ State Athletic Control Board and is available for viewing on Pay-Per-View. Out of the three USKBA Champions, unfortunately, two had to fight
each other. In what many people in attendance called 'the fight of the
evening', USKBA and KICK World Champion LOUIS "Bad Boy" RUIZ
met USKBA US Champion and ISKA World Champion TONY "TNT" VENTURA
in a scheduled 10 Round non-title bout. It was tough choice to decide
"INTERNATIONAL FIGHT NIGHT 6" PUT ON HOLD USKBA Promoter Gene Fabrikant (Gene Productions) has decided to hold off on his "INTERNATIONAL FIGHT NIGHT 6" in Brooklyn NY. The event will be rescheduled after a decision is reached by the attorneys handling the issue that closed the event on July 18, 2002. Stay tuned! |
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TEAM THUNDER PRESENTS "O-TOWN EXPLOSION" SEPTEMBER 27th IN FLORIDA USKBA Promoter TEAM THUNDER has just signed it's Main Event. DAVID CUMMINGS and VSEVELOD BERKOLAYKO will be fighting for the USKBA Leg Kick International Championship Title in the Light Heavyweight Division. Cummings come into the fight with an extensive amount of experience having fought some of the best fighters in the world while Berkolayko comes in with being undefeated in his last seven fights. Berkolayko currently owns the USKBA Muay Thai International Championship Title. "O-TOWN KICKBOXING EXPLOSION" will take place on September 27, 2002 at the beautiful and spacious Tupperware Convention Center Complex in Kissimmee, Florida (next to Orlando's Disneyworld). The card will Feature Bouts and an action undercard. Already signed; DANNY BRANDT versus SPIKE CHAMBERLAIN and CHRIS WEITZ versus GREG DIXON. For additional information on this event, keep watching the USKBA Website, or e-mail; david@fhrgroup.com.
 UPDATE:
RULES AND EQUIPMENT REGULATIONS OF TOURNAMENT POSTED FOR THREE FIGHTING
DIVISIONSThe Rules and Equipment Regulations for the following 2002 Ultimate Elimination have now been posted:
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KEYES GETS DECISION AND TITLE AND JASON ARRUDA AND PETER KALJEVIC SCORE
KO VICTORIES ON "SUMMER BASH"Two fighters weighing in at 228 lbs. That is what they weighed. Not
each, but together. Two small but agile athletes competing for the USKBA
Amateur FC Bantamweight World Championship Title. KENNY KEYES
versus JOSE BATRES. This bout was scheduled for five rounds. At
the opening bell, Batres seemed content to spend time sizing up Keyes.
Keyes seemed tentative but was able to control the round and deliver the
more effective blows. This pace kept up for the next two rounds earning
Keyes the first three rounds on all judges
In a non-title pro five round bout, GARY "The Bone" BONENFANT
and PETER "F-16" KALJEVIC met in the Battle of USKBA Champions.
This bout had the promise of being one of the battles of the year. Bonenfant
came into the fight with a reputation of being one of the hardest
hitters around. Kaljevic came into the fight with over 60 fights of experience
and as one of the busiest fighters in the sport today. The bell rang for
the opening round and both fighters In another Featured Bout, JASON ARRUDA and BILL BEARCE
squared off against each other in a scheduled five round match. In other bouts; RICHIE FELICIANO defeated JEFF BAASE by unanimous decision and RANDY OLIVEIRA defeated CHUCK JEWELL by unanimous decision. For information on future TNT Kickboxing events, call 508-991-5929.^ |
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USKBA TRAVEL TO EVENTS IN UKRAINE RESCHEDULED TO OCTOBER 2002Due to the upcoming 2002 Ultimate Elimination tournament, the short time to make travel arrangements, the unavailability of airline tickets for the dates of travel, and many more items, the announced events in the Ukraine will be rescheduled to October 2002. At that time, it is anticipated that the USKBA will bring a team of five or more sportfighters who will make up USKBA TEAM USA. They will compete against TEAM UKRAINE in at least two events in two different cities in the Ukraine.
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UPDATE:
REGISTRATION FORMS CAN NOW BE DOWNLOADED AND AUGUST IS DECLARED TOURNAMENT
MONTH
Due to preparation for the 2002 Ultimate Elimination the USKBA has declared August 2002 "Tournament Month". The USKBA seeks support from all its Promoters, Member Clubs and Sportfighters during August and will not sanction events during that time period. However, the USKBA will continue the sanctioning and involvement of three events already scheduled. The events are; August 2nd - TBBP's Extreme Grappling Challenge in Revere MA and two exhibition bouts in the Ukraine scheduled for August 3rd and August 8th. Anyone interested in officiating at the 2002 Ultimate Elimination should e-mail us at sportfighting@uskba.com. In addition, the posting of 2002 Ultimate Elimination Rules will take place during this coming week. |
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USKBA Promoter Vladimir Borodine (Borodin's Gym) organized "KICKBOXING KINGS" that finally found a home at The Millennium Theater in Brooklyn NY on June 30, 2002. The event was moved from Club Heaven to The Millennium Theater the day before the event. Fighters didn't seem to mind where they fought as long as they fought. And fight they did. The Main Event of Berkolayko-Forin was the icing on the cake. The cake being all the bouts that preceded the Main Event. In another USKBA Title bout, EDELMIRO MONTERO and AKMAL ZAKIROV
squared off for the In other action
For information on future Borodin's Gym events, call 718-332-7993.^ |
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LANE DECISIONS TOMMY RODRIGUEZ TO RETAIN USKBA WORLD TITLE ON "VENGEANCE
AT THE VANDERBILT 14"In the Main Event, USKBA Full Contact Super Lightweight World Champion TIM "Bring the Pain" LANE successfully defended his title against TOMMY "The Warrior" RODRIGUEZ in a ten round bout that had the capacity crowd on its feet cheering every second. This was Lane's first defense of his title since winning it from Marco Sies earlier this year. Lane came into this fight as the champion. Rodriguez came into this fight as a formidable opponent.
On Friday, June 28th, USKBA Promoters World Champion Louis Neglia and Ray Longo presented the next event in their "VENGEANCE AT THE VANDERBILT" series before a standing room only crowd at The Vanderbilt in Plainview NY. "VENGEANCE AT THE VANDERBILT 14" offered a card filled with Full Contact Kickboxing, Exhibition Grappling and Muay Thai bouts.
In other bouts
The referees were Fred Corritone and Jim Gargiulo (Full Contact Kickboxing), Kuhn Fred Fitzgerald (Muay Thai) and Kipp Kollar (Grappling). The judges were Miguel Alamonte, Frank Barroso and Fred Corritone. The ring announcer and timekeeper was Peter Neglia. The kickcounters were Ron Isaac and Maurice Elbaz. This event was sponsored in part by GECKO TEQUILA, FAIRTEX GEAR INC, CACHELL FASHION and PRIVILEGE. For information on future World Champion Louis Neglia events, visit their website at www.louisneglia.com or call 718-372-9089.^ |
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bout. Kadir is known to accept any challenge. This was to be one of his
biggest challenges to date. During the early rounds, Kadir was able to
use his long legs to keep Rivera at bay and land kicks to his head. Rivera
answered Kadir's attacks with attacks of his own Rivera possesses exceptional
punching and kicking abilities. As the rounds went on, the crowd cheered
every time Kadir and Rivera mixed it up at close range. Kadir has one of
the best chins and absorbed Rivera's uppercuts without going down. Kadir
landed some good ones of his own. The 12th and final round had arrived
with neither fighter tasting the canvas. Kadir seemed to pour it on in
11th and 12th rounds. But Rivera had been shaken at points during the fight
and never laid back. He kept busy and pressed Kadir. Kadir stood in there
toe to toe with one of the best kickboxers in the world for 12 Rounds.
Rivera won the decision and Kadir won acclaim from many people in the audience
who had never seen him fight. Congratulations Louis Ruiz, Tony Ventura
and Kadir, USKBA Champions...we're proud of you!
Club
Rasputin was ready, the eight newspapers covering the event were ready
and the crowd was ready for "INTERNATIONAL FIGHT NIGHT 6" in Brooklyn
NY last night. However, the NYPD, on authority from the NYS Liquor Authority,
was not ready. The promoter of the event was told that NYPD was enforcing
an Alcohol and Beverage Commission law that says that "combative sports"
cannot be held in an establishment that has a Liquor License. When it was
explained to the NYPD that the event contained martial arts and not "combative
sports", the response was that "...we will still close the show down,
and the club down, under a 'disorderly premises' violation."
scorecards.
Batres came out in the fourth round ready to do battle. The kicks were
flying and the punches were landing as both fighters stopped the tentativeness
and did battle toe to toe. Batres won the round on two of the three judges'
scorecards. The fifth round looked like a duplicate of the fourth round
with both fighters giving their all to win the title. The bell sounded
the end of the fifth round and the end of the fight. Now it was left to
the judges. Judge Gwzodz scored the fight 48-47, Judge Zychowicz
scored the fight 49-46 and Judge Sturgeon scored the fight 49-46
in favor of the winner by unanimous decision... KENNY KEYES.
Keyes/Batres
was one of the Featured Bouts on USKBA Promoter Tony Ventura's (TNT
Kickboxing) "SUMMER BASH" held on July 13, 2002 at Club Jokers
in New Bedford MA. The crowd came to see bouts featuring some of TNT Kickboxing's
best fighters. Although Ventura didn't fight on this card, the audience
gave him a standing ovation as he was announced into the ring as the ISKA
World Champion. In addition to the bouts, one of TNT's fighters announced
his retirement...undefeated KERRY WINTERSON (see
photo at left).
touched
gloves and prepared to do battle. Bonenfant clearly landed the best kicks
and looked to be in control of the fight. Kaljevic looked content to use
the first round as developing his strategy for the next four rounds. Bonenfant
won the round on all judges' scorecards. The next round saw Bonenfant pressing
the fight and Kaljevic landing some good kicks and punches of his own.
About half way into the fight, Bonenfant ducked down as Kaljevic was lifting
his leg. Kaljevic's shin caught Bonenfant right above his right eye and
opened a severe 3 inch gash. Referee Steve Rita stopped the time
and brought Bonenfant into his corner for his cutman and doctor to examine.
Bonenfant's trainer, the well respected Peter Murphy, decided the cut was
too severe for Bonenfant to continue. At :53 of Round 2, Kaljevic was
awarded the decision by TKO due to Bonenfant not continuing.
Arruda
was coming off a KO victory and Bearce was testing the waters by making
his pro debut. Arruda stood about 10 inches taller than Bearce, but Bearce
had a reputation for chopping down taller fighters. Although Bearce was
able to get close to Arruda, Arruda landed the more devastating blows.
Bearce went down about :45 into the fight but managed to get up before
the count of ten. Arruda was relentless as he knocked Bearce to the canvas
before the end of the first round. This time, Referee Steve Rita counted
to ten as Bearce remained on one knee. The winner by KO at 1:55 of Round
1... JASON ARRUDA.
USKBA
Full Contact Light Heavyweight World Champion 
The
last time they met, STEVEN BERKOLAYKO and LAMONT FORIN fought
a battle that ended in a draw. This time, they met in a scheduled five
round bout as the Main Event on "KICKBOXING KINGS" for the USKBA
Muay Thai Super Middleweight International Championship Title. Berkolayko
came out strong and seemed to land the more effective punches and leg kicks.
All three judges gave the round to Berkolayko. Forin came out strong in
the second round and won the round on all three judges' scorecards. The
third round saw both fighters mix it up in and out of the clinch. Berkolayko
was 
awarded
the round by all three judges. Berkolayko was ahead going into the fourth
round. Forin seemed to press the fight in the fourth round, but Berkolayko
seemed to be busier and more effective. Two judges gave the round to Berkolayko.
If this fight were to go to a decision, Berkolayko was now sufficiently
ahead. And he needed all of that as Forin came on strong in the last round
to take the round on all three judges' scorecards. Judge Bottone
scored the fight 48-47 Berkolayko, Judge Yanossi scored the fight
48-47 Forin and Judge Hewski scored the fight 48-47 for the winner
by split decision ...Steven Berkolayko.
USKBA
Full Contact Super Lightweight International Championship Title. This
bout was scheduled for five rounds. Both fighters seemed evenly matched.
However. Montero was the sharper of the two. The kicks were flying in this
bout as both fighters were true kickboxers with splendid kicking technique.
Montero came out as the aggressor and landed kicks to the body of Zakirov.
Montero was able 
to
keep Zakirov at bay with his long legs and long punches. Zakirov never
tired and never retreated. But neither did Montero. This was the same throughout
the five rounds. At the end of five rounds, the judges were called on to
render a decision. Judge Bottone scored the fight 50-45, Judge
Yanossi scored the fight 50-45 and Judge Hewski scored the fight
49-46 for the winner by unanimous decision ...Edelmiro Montero.
The
first round belonged to Lane on all three judges scorecards as Lane attempted
to take control of the fight. Rodriguez came back to take the second round
on two of the three judges' scorecards. Lane was proficient in his kicking
while Rodriguez used his hands to score. In the third round, a welt developed
over Rodriguez' right eye. During rounds, the doctor checked his eye and
stated that Rodriguez could continue, but it would be for just one more
round. One more round had come and gone. While Lane was relentless in his
aggressiveness, Rodriguez proved that he could still fight and possibly
turn the fight around. The scoring, up to the sixth round, had Lane ahead
by one point on two judges' 
scorecards
and Rodriguez ahead by one point on the third judge's scorecards. This
fight would not be stopped. At least not by the doctor. The action continued
into the tenth and final round. Rodriguez' corner did a tremendous job
on his eye to keep him in the fight. Lane's corner did a tremendous job
on a game plan and sticking to it. When the bell sounded the end of the
bout, everyone was silent for a few moments feeling the urge to have the
fight go on to additional rounds until one fighter was down and out. But
everyone was content in being present to witness one of the truly great
kickboxing bouts. At the end of ten rounds, the judges were called on to
render a decision. Lane was declared the winner by split decision scores
of 96-94, 94-96 and 96-94. Lane retains his USKBA World Championship
Title.
On
the last USKBA Promoter World Champion Louis Neglia event in New
York City (February 2002), STEVEN BERKOLAYKO fought for the USKBA
Muay Thai Super Middleweight NYS Championship Title. The bout ended
in a technical draw due to point deductions.
Berkolayko was not awarded the title at that time. This time, Phil Nurse
agreed to have his fighter, EDWARD DE NOBREGA, go in against Berkolayko
in a three round exhibition. Berkolayko was dominant throughout the fight.
Nobrega stood in there with Berkolayko but was unable to mount a continued
attack. Effectiveness was on Berkolayko's side. The crowd was treated to
a three round bout that showed technique and power. After the bout, Berkolayko
was awarded the USKBA Muay Thai Super Middleweight NYS Championship
Title belt. Berkolayko is trained by Vladimir Borodine.
In
the Featured Bout, USKBA Full Contact Super Welterweight US Champion
MICHAEL CORLEONE faced off against CHRIS 'The Cannon" WAGNER
in a scheduled five round non-title bout. As indicated by the judges' scores,
the first two rounds were even with one judge giving it to Corleone, one
judge giving it to Wagner and the third judge calling it even. The third
and fifth rounds were scored unanimously for Wagner with the fourth round
going to Wagner on two of the three judges' scorecards. Neither fighter
went down in the bout nor did either fighter seem in jeopardy of a knockout.
After five rounds, the decision went to the judges. Judges Almonte
and Corritone scored the fight 48-47 and Judge Barroso scored
the fight 50-45 for Wagner by unanimous decision.
In
a professional debut Muay Thai bout, SHENNEN MACEO (Team Tiger Schulmann)
faced LAWRENCE ALI DAVIS (Maisonet's Muay Thai Camp) in a scheduled
four round match. Davis weighed in heavy and was given time to work off
the weight. At second weigh-in, Davis was still over. After some discussions,
both corners agreed that the fight would go on. Since this bout was not
a title bout, USKBA Rules allow for a fighter to fight up one weight division.
The bout went on and looked from the opening bell. Both fighters exchanged
punches and kicks until Maceo caught Davis with techniques that put Davis
on the canvas. Davis remained seated on the canvas while referee Kuhn
Fred Fitzgerald counted to ten. Davis was stunned. Maceo was given
the KO win at :58 into the first round.