WARRIORS FIGHT NIGHT KICKBOXING PROMOTIONS
PROUDLY PRESENT
TIME FOR ACTION - ROUND 4
AT THE GREEN BANK LEISURE CENTRE, SWADLINCOTE, DERBYSHIRE
SATURDAY 9th FEBRUARY 2008

A late call for two USKA fighters led to a unscheduled trip to Green Bank Leisure Centre in Swadlincote Derbyshire for Ridwan Khan and Noor Muhammed to fight on the Warriors Fight Night round 4 show on Saturday 9th February.
After pull outs and injuries to original opponents promoter Craig Harrison called USKA coach Neil Kelly the Wednesday before to see if he could help with the weights.
After checking with the USKA boys who have a policy of always being ready and have gumshield will travel the fights were confirmed and the two lads alongside a small contingent of USKA support made the short trip down the motorway ready for action.
On arrival we found out that Noor would be matched against the extremely talented Curtis Jones a former BLCC British title contender from TKA gym in Tamworth. Curtis would also enjoy a healthy age and weight advantage over Noor so it was looking at a massive step up in class.
Ridwan was matched with Black Cobra gym's Kieran Lomax from Stoke. Ridwan had been victorious over Kieran twice in the past before in close contests so he knew what he was up against in this bout and was confident of completing a trilogy of victories against his man.

Ridwan was first and made his way through the intimidating and packed crowd to the ring.
Seeing both fighters squared up to each other it was clear that they were both the same body type and it looked like a dead even match. The first round saw Ridwan and Kieran trade of technique with Ridwan the aggressor and Kieran moving well around the outskirts of the ring. Kieran opting to flurry punches with Ridwan mixing his hands and legs together that little bit better to end a very close first round.
The second and third round saw Ridwan settle down and out kick his man looking the fresher of the two at the finish. An excellent fight that the USKA team in the corner felt that they had won two rounds to one even.
The referee announces the decision and as hoped for and expected Ridwan's hand is raised in victory.
A very sporting Kieran acknowledges Ridwan's win and the crowd applaud two very talented young fighters.
Second up for USKA sees Noor Muhammed into the ring with a very tough task in taking on TKA kickboxings Curtis Jones. Curtis is a known talent on the kickboxing light contact circuit and Noor would have to be at his very best to make the fight competitive let alone force a win.
Noor looked very apprehensive at the thought of the task at hand and looked somewhat psyched out on his way to ring. A negative Noor fought to survive rather than win over the three rounds never committing or opening up against the fast sharp Curtis. Curtis never felt threatened for one moment in the three rounds and as a result looked relaxed and able to do his thing.
The decision a unanimous one for Curtis leaving Noor to return once again to the drawing board to work on his mental and physical game. Loses like this can be constructive as long as the loser learns from their mistakes. Noor's mistake is often to get complacent in his training and not take it seriously enough. This mistake cost him dearly tonight being totally shut out in a fight that he could have turned out a much better performance in.

 

 

A big thank you to Craig and his team for the invite and his hospitality down at 'Time for action Round 4', We look forward to our invite for Round 5 next time out.