Contender Promotions’ latest pulsating night of K-1 rules kickboxing at Eston Sports Academy featured a clutch of title fights, a four-man international tournament and a touch of controversy.
House fighter Thomas Daniel lost his 84kg Contender title scrap against Paul ‘Semtex’ Daley-trained Jack Layton from Nottingham on points in the main event.
The 26-year-old got outworked over the three-round distance but felt he maybe got stuck between contests as the fight came just a week before his international debut for Superkombat in Romania.
Daniel said: “Maybe having the two fights in such a short space of time was at the back of my mind.
“I think I could have risked more because I was in the gym again the next day and did 10 rounds’ boxing and wasn’t even out of breath.
“But fair play to Jack. He was the better man on the night and I’m sure we will have a rematch at some stage.”
Aaron Browne used an aggressive kick and knee-centred style to win the show’s four-man, 70kg tournament.
The Irish fighter outpointed Brazil’s resilient Alexsander Milhomens in the final after putting away static French southpaw Hamish Willey with a first round high kick in his semi-final.
Milhomens booked his place in the final with a controversial points win against Brahim Kallah from the Vos Gym in Amsterdam.
The decision had a knock-on effect later in the night as still-annoyed Dutch trainer Francois Lubbers pulled Said Laghmani out of his fight against Stockton’s Luke Westwood after taking issue with a first round eight count.
Lubbers and his team then left the venue, although he has since apologised for his actions in a statement on Facebook.
Contender lightweight Andy Liddell won his semi-pro lightweight title fight against Kieran Parton (TMAS) by low kick stoppage in the first round.
Craig Bulmer recovered from several accidental low blows to land the cleaner shots on Contender’s Stu Gibson and win the Contender super-heavyweight title.
Bulmer’s gutsy Dungeon Okinawan Boxing Team-mate George Patterson lost his gruelling semi-pro heavyweight title fight to more diverse Londoner David Sa on points, but won the crowd over.
The chin-down brawler somehow stayed upright after getting with huge knees in the first and third rounds, and kept marching forward in search of a finish.
Light heavyweight Justin Burlinson - another Dungeon fighter - won his K-1 amateur title fight against Erlandus Paplauskan by first round kick finish.
Contender featherweight Andy Dillon was victorious in one of the night’s most technical contests, taking a points win over Sa’s stocky Daniel-Sam trained teammate Ricardo Co.
Dillon used his height and reach advantages to pepper the much shorter Co with punches and kicks, but had to take a big right hand in the final round.
Cruiserweights Mark Thoms (Contender) and Rob Welsh (Dungeon) shared a draw after three fast-paced rounds.
Thoms did most of the pressing but took a standing count after being nailed at the end of the second round.
Browne’s tournament win qualifies him for Contender’s 70kg tournament Grand Final on their November show at Eston.
Angola’s Reinaldo Santos and American southpaw DJ Miller have also qualified, with the final place to be decided on Contender’s next show in Bradford.
Selected Other Results: Kyle Todd (Millennium MA) by Connor Hawley (Pegasus Muay Thai) tko 3; Paul Hamel (TMAS) bt Niall Hester (The Manor) points; Richie Bonallie (TMT) bt Mark Stewart (Pegasus) ko 1; Paulie Shaw (Chilton Thaiboxing) drew with Liam Gray (TMAS); Mark Hetherington bt Sy Cogan ko 1; Tony O’Brien (Pegasus) bt Andy Webb (TMAS) ko 1.
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