Mark Sedgwick Fight 1
First on the mats was Mark
Sedgwick. Mark lands a flush round kick to his opponents
head and then drops him with a side kick to the body.
The killer kicker is now landing all his techniques
with ease. A beautiful combination of lead axe kick,
rear round kick lands to the head of his opponent
as Marks confidence grows and he flies through his
arsenal of kicking technique.
A beautiful spin kick lands followed by a side kick
to the face. The fight is stopped and Mark is awarded
the decision.
Mark Sedgwick Fight 2 (Quarter finals)
Mark is up against a fighter
from the same camp as his first opponent.
Mark pushes forward from the opening bell but neither
fighter is landing clearly. A lead axe kick from Mark
pushes his opponent off the mats.
Both fighters are brought to the centre. A beautiful
jump turning side kick from Mark sends his man to
the mat and Mark is breaking away.
Mark finishes the round strong by dropping his opponent
with a spin kick and sails through to the semi finals.
Mark Sedgwick Fight 3 (Semi finals)
Both fighters are standing
off and Mark is told by cornerman Qasim to be move
first and fire first. Mark presses the action and
now starts to find success with his techniques. A
beautiful spin kick lands from the killer kicker followed
by a combination of straight punches and finishing
with an accurate rear round kick to the head. Mark
finishes the round on top and is declared the winner.
Mark Sedgwick Fight 4 (Final)
Both fighters go toe to toe
with their punches but Mark is catching the judges
eye as he is finishing his punch combo with his kicks.
Mark lands aa eye catching double rear round kick
using the floor for momentum on the bounce.
Mark is instructed to hit and move from his corner
and the tactic is working to great effect. Mark finishes
the round with a bang by landing straight punches
and three head round kicks to put the decision beyond
any doubt.
Mark is declared the competition winner and is awarded
the WKA gold medal to add to his already impressive
trophy collection.
Qasim Nisar Fight 1
Next up is Qasim Nisar in the
+54kg category that has fighters in it almost 40kg
over that limit. This is another example of crazy
mat categories that can't possibly be deemed as fair.
Qasim was matched against one of the WKA World championship
squad who competes usually in a much higher weight
category than Qasim.
From the opening bell Qasim did not look himself and
coupled with the fact that his opponent was a bit
of a spoiler it was turning into a very scrappy fight.
The fight goes into a toe to toe exchange and Qasim
seems to be getting the better of the trade off.
Qasim's legs don't seem to be in gear but he is still
managing to land his trade mark right leg straight
leg to the body.
To negate the weight advantage of his opponent Qasim
tries to use hit and move tactics but is shipping
alot of his opponents shots on his arms as he tries
to land his counters.
A scrappy fight draws to a close and the decision
is awarded to his opponent on what must have been
for his forward fighting style.
Bad day at the office for the dream but another learning
curve on the mats nevertheless.
Reiss Larvin Fight 1
The final USKA fighter in the
competition was Reiss Larvin who at 14 years of age
not only was facing people in his category up to three
years older but 25kg heavier than him aswell. Absolute
madness!
Reiss luckily for him in his first fight was up against
an opponent slightly lighter than himself and Reiss
was keep to press home his weight advantage.
Reiss lands a clean jab to rear uppercut in exchanges
of punching flurries.
Reiss is first to break the kick drought landing a
lead leg side kick that sends his opponent flying
off the mats. Seeing that his man wasn't keen on taking
kicks Reiss fired off a right hand to left leg body
straight leg and lead hook to rear leg straight leg
and punctuated his combo with a dirty spin kick that
drops his opponent to the mat.
Reiss is now in total control and hurts his opponent
again with a rear straight leg to the body followed
by a lead hook which drops him again.
The bell rings to end the fight and Reiss hand is
raised as the winner.
Reiss Larvin Fight 2
Reiss in his second encounter
was up against a much heavier opponent who had age,
height, weight and longer reach over him. The fight
is going back and forth as both fighters are only
landing the odd clean shot in the scrappy exchanges.
Reiss gets pushed off the mats by the heavier man
but fires back strong to push the heavier man back
in true relentless style.
Reiss is finding success with his lead body straight
leg but it might be a little too little too late to
impress the mats judges.
The final bell sounds and it is a close decision for
the judges.
After deliberation it goes against Reiss and his days
tournament is over.