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FIRST USKBA CHAMPIONSHIP OF NEW MILLENNIUM
On January 15, 2000 at 7:22 pm, the arm of Henry "The Hitman" Nieves was raised in victory as the first USKBA World Champion of the New Millennium. Nieves won a hard fought split decision over Brian "Ice" Hollins in the Cruiserweight Division.

In the first round, Hollins came out fighting with an arsenal of punches and kicks that overwhelmed the audience at Winning Image Production's BATTLE IN THE BRONX in The Bronx, New York. Hollins floored Nieves. Nieves got up and the round went back and forth. Hollins took the early rounds with Nieves coming back with Hollins receiving a standing eight count. The non-stop action had the crowd on their feet. When the air cleared, Nieves got the belt. The fight was so close, audience members could be heard discussing this bout for an hour after it was over. Hollins proved to be one of the best 190 lb kickboxers in the sport today. Nieves proved that his 36 wins were all earned.

For complete details of this event, check out the USKBA/United States Kickboxing Association's website at www.uskba.com.

IKF MUAYTHAI 2000
Pro Jr.Middleweight World Title-full rules-5x3 Kongnapa"King of the Sky" Phetnoi Gym-Milwaukee IKF World Champion 4-time Rajadamnern Stadium Champion vs Dmitri Shakuta Kickfighter Gym-Minsk, Belarus (former Soviet Union) WAKO World Champion IKF Welterweight Inter-continental Champion

Pro Jr. Middleweight-full rules- 5x3 Jim "Knock 'em Down" Downey Phetnoi Gym - Milwaukee 1999 IKF National Tournament Champion vs Dave Zuniga Sik-Tai Gym - Winnipeg, Canada WKA Canadian National Tournament Champion

Pro Middleweight Full Contact Rules (5x2) Mike "Nasty" Nagy Team Z - Buffalo Grove, IL #2 IKF FCR vs Dave "Lights Out" Horvath Sik-Tai Gym - Winnipeg, Canada #10 IKF MTR

Pro No Holds Barred Match Adrian Serrano Serrano's Free Style Grappling and Jiu-Jitsu #1 IKF Submission Fighting vs Oleg Damsky Sik-Tai Gym via Moscow, Russia

AM Wisconsin State Lightheavyweight Title 5x2 Derek "TNT" Yuen Phetnoi Gym - Milwaukee vs John Holley Master Toddy's Gym via Prairie Du Chien, WI

AM Heavyweight 3x2 "Bad" Brad Fowler Phetnoi Gym - Milwaukee 1999 IKF National Tournament Champion vs Guiseppe "The Godfather" Denatale Sik-Tai Gym - Winnipeg, Canada 1999 IAMTF National Tournament Champion

AM Welterweight 3x2 Jason "Straight Edge" Strout Phetnoi Gym - Milwaukee vs Jeff Simsons Peoria Thaiboxing Club - Peoria, IL

AM Featherweight 3x2 Josh "Kongnoi" Tarman Phetnoi Gym - Milwaukee vs Pokham Gietphongkay Gietphongkay Gym - St. Paul, MN

AM Women's Featherweight 3x2 Rachel Thomas Phetnoi Gym - Milwaukee vs Tracy Kuschel Emerald Mongoose Gym - Omaha, NB

AM Kid's Paperweight 3x1 Tony "The Kid" Kindel Phetnoi Gym - Milwaukee vs Mike Rood Gietphongkay Gym - St. Paul, MN

AM Women's Welterweight 3x2 Julie Jackle Phetnoi Gym - Milwaukee vs Tammy Rosa Emerald Mongoose - Omaha, NB

AM Lightweight 3x2 Arnold Ibardaloza Degerberg Academy - Chicago, IL vs Eric Stein Peoria Thaiboxing Club - Peoria, IL

Coming April 1st: Pro IKF World Lightheavyweight Title-Full rules-5x2 Yazin "The Diamond" Phetnoi Gym - Bangkok #1 Lightheavyweight World Contender Former Rajadamnern Stadium Champion vs "Thai Killer" Manson "The Master Blaster" Gibson Chicago, IL 10 Time World Champion

Pro Heavyweight 5x3 Jason "Roadblock" Johnson Phetnoi Gym - Milwaukee 1999 World Amateur Muaythai Champion vs Jeff Ford "The Unforgiven" Kansas City, MO Pro 10-0

SEE THESE PROFESSIONAL PHETNOI GYM FIGHTERS ON THE ROAD:
Rajadamnern Stadium Bangkok Feb 6th
James Downey Sitkongnapa vs Later to be announced Thai opponent

Winnipeg Feb. 12th Jason "Roadblock" Johnson vs Wade Irwin Sik-Tai Gym

New York March 3rd Jason "Roadblock" Johnson vs Guy Metzger Lion's Den - Dallas, TX

MGM Grand Hotel Las Vegas March 17th Kongnapa "King of the Sky" vs Murad Sari Jr. Welterweight Lumpinee Stadium Champion Paris, FRA

Mandalay Bay Hotel Las Vegas April 22nd Richard Kostuck "The Shark" vs Namkabuen 3 Time Lumpinee Stadium Champion Bangkok, Thailand

University of Reno, Nevada April 29th Kongnapa "King of the Sky" vs Mohamed Ouali WPKL Welterweight World Champion Sitan Gym - Morocco

Open Bavarian Shidokan Novice Championships
Announcing the upcoming international Novice Championship on Saturday 27th in Kitzingen/Germany (close to Würzburg). After the tremendous success of our first tournament just two weeks ago, when over 50 Fighters from Lithuania, Holland, Belgium, France and Germany battled for the prestigious Titles.
For more information please visit www.shidokan.de

Kickboxing in Leeds - March 5th
Fight Card:
1) Richard Smith Bad Company Leeds v Takashi Ohno Japan ISKA World Title 75kg 5x3

2) Trix March Sheffield v Marja Vonk Mejiro Gym ISKA European Title 64kg 5x2

3) Kevin Harper Warrington v Ewart Liburd Sale Prestige fight 67kg 5x3

4) Christian DiPaulo Sheffield v Dion Joyce Melton Mowbray ISKA British Title 75 kg 5x3

5) Steve Rutherford Leeds v Mark Brown Maryport Dragons 58kg 5x2

6) Richard Cadden Leeds v Chris Stenson Maryport Dragons 65kg 3x2

7) Jordan Watson Leeds v Jeff Wharton Kao Bon Liverpool 34kg 4x11/2

8) Mark Lee Leeds v TBA 54kg 4x11/2 14/15 yrs old

9) Mark Whittam Nong Kee Pahayuth v David Stych Trojan 69kg 5x2

10) Mary Hary Sale v Sarah Hall Derbyshire Panthers 53 kg 5x2

Check out the Bad Company Website

The first new millenium champion in the kick boxing world is a WKN World champion!

Cerdan Results: World WKN full contact title superwelterweights / - 72,6 kg / 12x2 Nîmes, France. Promoter : Serge Eloffe.

Olivier Cerdan (France, Team Cabrera, European WKN Champion) wins by KO on the 4 round Borgio Juan Franco (Italia, European WKN Champion) With a body punch and face punch. For further info see wkn.group.tm

If you know of another body that has held World Championships in early January, drop us a line!

WWW.SANSHOU.COM
is back up again for the 3rd time and hopefully will be up for some time to come. We built this site to help bring the san shou community together, to exchange ideas, opinions and information about san shou. Hopefully this site will become a nonbiased hub where everyone can voice their opinions. Please discuss training methods, upcoming events, recent events or anything you want to! Also please tell everyone you know via email about this site who is interested in san shou.

5 March 2000 in Leeds Town Hall!
Richard Smith v Takashi Ohno (Japan) ISKA World Title plus a top quality undercard including Trix March (Sheffield) v Margea Fvonk (Mejiro gym, Holland) for ISKA European Title and Kevin Harper (Warrington) v Ewart Liburd (Sale) for ISKA Commonwealth title. www.badcompany.co.uk

HEART OF MUAYTHAI
AMERICAN JAMES DOWNEY WINS AT BANGKOK'S HISTORIC RAJADAMNERN MUAYTHAI STADIUM. DOWNEY IS THE FIRST AMERICAN TO FIGHT - AND WIN - AT THAILAND'S "HEART OF MUAYTHAI". On Thursday, January 6, 2000 James "Knock`em Down" Downey did what no other American has ever done. Fighting in his professional debut at Bangkok's famous Rajadamnern Stadium, the 21 year old Muaythai fighter from Racine (WI) not only became the first American to ever fight at Rajadamnern- he also became the first American to win at Rajadamnern. The victory improves Downey's overall record to 12-1, 6 ko's (pro record :1-0, 1 ko). His 20 year old Thai opponent Konsan T.Pitakgolghan brought 35 professional fights into the ring. Both fighters weighed in at 154 lbs./70 kgs. Downey followed the Thai tradition by taking on the ring name "Sit Kongnapa Kiet Phetnoi" which means "student of Kongnapa and Phetnoi Gym". He took the name to honor his trainer Kongnapa Kiet Phetnoi (4-time Rajadamnern Stadium Champion & current Jr. Middleweight World Champion). The event was promoted by Mr. Wiwat Phetnoi. Those who stayed after the main event were treated to an awesome Junior Middleweight battle. The fight started fast and furious, as the Thai tested Downey's blocking and defense, with an onslaught of powerful kicks and crafty elbows.
Thank You, Duke Roufus
For more visit www.milwkick.com

ART OF WAR - Hawaii
Fairtex will be the featured in the Hawaiian promotion "ART OF WAR" USA vs Russia February 26, 2000 at the Blaisdell Arena. The Fairtex pros and amateurs will be fighting traditional Muay Thai rules while our Russian opponents will be operating under Drakka rules. It should be an intriguing contest. Fairtex fighters rarely have the opportunity to use elbow blows and has proven more than lethal against the Chinese Sanshou fighters last May '98. Plan on getting out the winter weather you usually experience in February and join us in Oahu, Hawaii for sun, sand and Muay Thai! THE FIGHT ROSTER: Enn Fairtex, Kazsushi, Ryan Roy, George "TNT" Tsutui , Jongsanan "The Wooden Man", Jean Claude Leuyer and Michael Reginer.
www.fairtex.com

The Irish Open 2000
Well Guys the big event is drawing near, The Irish Open 2000 Europe’s largest semi-contact martial arts event is only fifty-four days away. If you have not been to the Irish Open then you have no idea what you are missing. We now have full confirmation from twenty four International teams, England x 8, Belgium, Denmark, Ukraine, Wales, Turkey, Canada, USA, Slovakia, Italy x 2, Austria x 2, Germany, France, Spain, N Ireland, Scotland and Greece so that is not bad at this early stage and remember all international teams must be pre registered on or before 10th Feb, so hopefully we will top last years tremendous achievement of thirty two international teams. You can view last year’s event and results at www.bushido.ie We are expecting twelve hundred fighters to be participating in light and semi contact kickboxing on the day. This year we are offering cash prizes for the team event and grand champion as well as a special forms/weapons challenge. We are also hosting the team event on the Saturday night 26th Feb, which we think will be an incredible show, with internationally renowned teams like, Team Hayashi, Team A.K.A.I., Team Austria, Team Italy, Team SAP, Team Lau and we have had enquiries from Team Top Ten and Team Jean Paul Mitchell, so this Team event is really heating up. If you would like any further information on the Irish Open feel free to contact me at your earliest opportunity. Roy Baker.