Tune Talk Mobile Prepaid (“Tune Talk”) which holds one of
the first and largest professionally managed pan-Malaysian amateur championship
offering a total of RM150, 000 in cash for its contestants. What more can a
fighter ask for? Malaysian Invasion Mixed Martial Arts (MIMMA) offers this
change through its recently launched competition for all the young guns having
the urge to battle in the cage. With a great opportunity to watch these
fighters from all over Malaysia to show off their skills, that thanks goes to Tune
Talk and Esente Communications for making this happen.
It all started with 56 MIMMA FC contestants and as I watched
each of the fighters fall in battle, leaving one man standing each round. The pure
adrenaline excites passersby and gathered hundreds of shoppers in Paradigm Mall
as well as MMA fans who came to support and snapping pictures while the crowd cheers
for more blood! Reminds me of the movie Gladiator.
Jason Lo said at the Quarter finals, “We are excited to see the talents that have come this far. All of them have dedicated themselves to extreme trainings and weight control in the last 5 months in order to give their best performance. The surge of contestants in MIMMA comes to prove that we have a lot of local talents that were not given chance to showcase their ability in the MMA sport. Tune Talk, in an effort to promote and grow this sport, would like to give all amateur fighters a chance to showcase their ability. Through this platform, we want to develop these contestants in building their self-discipline and one day be given a chance to compete in the international MMA space.”
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| A fight demo was shown |
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| Eric Kelly - A Takedown! |
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| Fight Demo - Ground Game |
I bumped into a couple of the ONE Fighting Championship
Fighters – Eric Kelly, Gianni Subba, AJ Pyro, Arnaud, Melvin and a few others.
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| Eric Kelly, one of my favourite fighter from ONE FC! |
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| Matt Pellino who was the Host (still is) for the day. Underneath that jacket is also a Fighter - don't let that quirky smile fool you. |
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| Gianni and Peter socializing. |
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| A fighter in the cage yet a real cool, humble chap and popular with the ladies, Mr. Peter Davis. |
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| I must give credits to Henry for boosting me a couple of favours. Thank you so much!!! |
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| Jason Lo! Used to have his "Evening News" on repeat. |
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| Jason Lo, Like a Boss. |
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| "Came to buy One Direction Tickets, VIP ah, front row." VS. "It's not me!" |
Below are the results for the two days of Quarter Finals.
Results
DAY
1
Fight
1: Heavyweights
Mohammad Narshaiful vs Sopian B. Aiyaman
Mohd def. Sopian via submission, straight
ankle lock, round 1
Fight
2: Flyweights
‘Johan’ Julian Lee vs Yusnor Rizan
Julian def. Yusnor via rear-naked choke,
round 2
Fight
3: Lightweights
Shammah Chandran vs Mah Yong Jian
Shammah def. Mah via TKO (ground and pound),
round 2
Fight
4: Bantamweights
Arthur Kah Bowie vs Muhammad Farqani
Arthur def. Muhammad via unanimous decision
Fight
5: Featherweights
Warren ‘Superboy’ Chan vs Mohd Khairul Annuar
Mohd def. Warren via unanimous decision
Fight
6: Welterweights
Teh Kah Wei vs Muhammad Hasrul
Teh def. Muhammad via straight armbar with
legs, round 2
Fight
7: Middleweights
Cheang Tak Woei vs Rayner Kinsiong
Cheang def. Rayner via split decision
Fight
8: Featherweights
Maxwell Majalang vs Naimul Amal
Naimul def. Maxwell via TKO (ground and
pound) round 2
Fight
9: Heavyweights
Christopher Leow vs Eugenio Tan
Christopher def. Eugenio via split decision
Fight
10: Lightweights
Tan Boon Kit vs Chew Chee Hui
Chew def. Tai via rear-naked choke, round 2
Fight
11: Middleweights
Gary McClay vs Jim Chong
Jim Chong def. Gary via TKO (strikes from the
back), round 2
Fight
12: Lightweights
Zeus Lim Zhee Sien vs Muhammad Ejaaz
Zeus def. Muhammad via unanimous decision
Fight
13: Bantamweights
Muhammad Aiman vs Jen Loh Lim
Muhammad def. Jen via rear-naked choke, round
3
Fight
14: Heavyweights
Mohd Zulhanizam vs Adrian Tham
Adrian def. Mohd via triangle choke, round 3
Fight
15: Lightweights
Allen Solomon Chong vs Muhammad Zhafri Hazwan
Allen def. Muhammad via triangle armbar,
round 1
DAY
2
Fight
1: Welterweight
Ooi Aik Tong defeats Michael Lim by
submission, armbar, rd 1
Fight
2: Flyweight
Muhammad Faizal defeats Soh Yew Seng by TKO,
rd 2
Fight
3: Welterweight
Rezza Azim defeats Michael Chen by Split
decision
Fight
4: Featherweight
Muhammad Ikram defeats Muhammad Shah Nizam by
decision
Fight
5: Bantamweight
Bryan Lim defeats Mohd ‘Bull Killer’ Zakhir
by submission, armbar, rd 2
Fight
6: Flyweight
Ngeoh Jian Cong defeats Muhammad Arif by
submission, armbar, rd 1
Fight
7: Welterweight
Chew Chee Chan defeats Dhiauul Amal by TKO,
rd 1
Fight
8: Middleweight
Hafiz Chandran defeats Mohd Fakhrul ‘MOK’
Izzat by decision
Fight
9: Bantamweight
Prabu Somanaidu defeats Mohd Faizul by
decision
Fight
10: Featherweight
Keanu Subba defeats Wan Hassan by submission,
RNC, rd 1
Fight
11: Flyweight
Kenny Yap defeats Muhammad Haidar by
submission, RNC, rd 2
Here are a couple of pictures:
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| Bumped into a friend of mine who's training BJJ with Marcos Escobar. Good seeing you Jo. |
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| "I can haz cheeseburger?!" |
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| One of my favourite MIMMA fighter. I hope he makes it through the finals! |
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| She was cool enough to smile for the camera. Thanks Merveen! |
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| Sup? |
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| Combo Punches! |
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| Karate Fighters! |
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| "I am resistant to pain!" |
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| Shivonne was ready for a picture! Peace yo! |
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| "A job well done team!" |
Do not miss the Semi Finals on the 18th of May
2013, Paradigm Mall. I will be there and so should you! This fight will determine the few finalists to walk into
the cage of Stadium Negara Final Battle held on the 15th of June
2013. Tickets will be up for sale! For more information, do check out www.malaysianinvasion.com
Do not forget the wise words of CEO of Tune Talk, Jason
Lo – “Now Everyone Can Fight.”
Thank you once again to Tune Talk and Esente
Communications for the endless opportunities!
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