All other Ghana guys fight on the tournament. Mr. Exenberger, ISKA AUSTRIA president said more then 600 fighter are registered already, almost on month before.  Teams from Europe, Africa, Asia and USA send their best fighters. The main event in the tournament is the team fight in point fighting for cash price 5.000 Euro !!!

The last team who entered yesterday the tournament was a huge team from Indian Kick boxing federation with 30 people. Don´t miss this huge event in Austria, the heart of Europe. Send your request to the promoter himself, Mr. Walter HOFBAUER, mail

Of course you must find a sponsor for your own expenses but we represent ISKA EUROPE all together, fighting same T-shirt etc.

If you´re interested to fight with us in all African open Champion ships, send just a mail. 

More details here and on www.iska-africa.com

ISKA AUSTRIA announced also the City WELS as venue for the European Championship September 26th , 2011. Wels has a very big trade fair area, the hall  (Rotaxhalle) itself is the second biggest indoor sport arena in Austria. A real amazing place, big enough for 2.000 and more competitors. All details will be online after Alicante on www.iskaworld.com,  or in German language on  www.iska-austria.at

Rockhold Crushes Bradley, Saffiedine and Medeiros Victorious On SHOWTIME® At STRIKEFORCE’s birthplace in San Jose

SAN JOSE, CA (February 27, 2009) –Before a sold out crowd of 2,322, former ballet dancer turned undefeated professional mixed martial arts (MMA) star Sarah Kaufman (11-0) became the first STRIKEFORCE Women’s Welterweight (135 pounds) Champion in history by powering her way to a five round unanimous decision over Japan’s Takayo Hashi (12-2) in the STRIKEFORCE Challengers main event at San Jose’s Civic Auditorium on Friday, February 26.

Cory SCHAFER ISKA World president

Luke Rockhold (7-1) continued his climb up the middleweight (185 pounds) ladder with a stunning first round (2:24) TKO of Paul Bradley (12-2).  A middleweight contest between former South African national wrestling champion Trevor Prangley (22-5-1) and France’s Karl Amoussou (11-2-2) ended prematurely after Prangley accidentally poked Amoussou in the eye, leading to a doctor stoppage and technical draw being declared.

From the outset, Kaufman pressed the action with a stiff jab and one-two punch combinations, but was unable to finish Hashi who repeatedly backpedaled her way out of trouble.  Kaufman landed her best shots in the first round, dropping Hashi with a straight right hand.

In the third stanza, Kaufman sent Hashi reeling back and nearly put the Japanese fighter down for the second time in the bout with a straight right hand.  After a Kaufman jab snapped Hashi’s head back, Hashi responded by shooting for a takedown that Kaufman stuffed.

A chess match ensued for the remainder of the bout.  Kaufman continued to score with her hands and right leg kick while Hashi retreated to avoid imminent danger.  All three judges scored every round in favor of Kaufman after the fifth round concluded.

In the first round of their much anticipated matchup, Rockhold dropped Bradley with a right hand to the side of the head.  Bradley fought his way back to his feet, but Rockhold quickly went on the attack, scoring a head kick and following up with three straight knee strikes to the body.

Badly battered from the series of blows, Bradley turned his back, prompting the referee to immediately stop the action.

As expected, Amoussou came out of the gates firing punches at Prangley, who covered up and countered the Frenchman’s assault with his own hands.  Prangley scored a takedown, but was unable to advance his position from half guard

After the referee stood up the fighters, Prangley, with an open left hand, accidentally poked Amoussou in the right eye.  The ringside physician immediately entered the cage and examined Amoussou, who was unable to open his eye, and declared the fighter unable to continue at the 4:14 mark of the first round (According to MMA rules in the state of California, the ringside physician has the discretion to stop a bout in the event that an accidental foul causes an injury).

In other action Yancy Medeiros (5-0) of Waianae, Hawaii dominated Raul Castillo (6-1) at middleweight with continuous flurries throughout the matchup between the pair of unbeaten fighters.

Medeiros stuffed Castillo’s repeated takedown attempts and continued to pour on the punishment with both hands, putting Castillo on the canvas with a right hand in the third round.  After an exchange of shots brought the bout to a close, all three judges awarded the fight to Medeiros.

Like Medeiros, Tarec Saffiedine (8-2) maintained an all out stand up offensive in a welterweight (170 pounds) fight with James Terry (7-2) for three straight rounds, opening a cut on Terry’s lower lip and bringing about a welt under Terry’s left eye.

Terry repeatedly attempted to bring the fight to the mat, but Saffiedine defended the takedowns well and responded with more strikes.  After three rounds, Saffiedine was declared the winner by all three judges scoring the bout.

Amongst those in attendance at Civic Auditorium, was MMA’s newest star, football legend Herschel Walker, as well as STRIKEFORCE World Welterweight Champion Nick Diaz, and STRIKEFORCE World Lightweight Champion Gilbert “El Nino” Melendez.

During an interview with STRIKEFORCE Challengers host Mauro Ranallo, Walker said, “(MMA) is the toughest sport there is.  To step in the cage and go mano-a-mano, there’s nothing like it. It is the toughest training I’ve ever done.”

Regarding his future in the sport, the 47-year-old Walker said, “I will leave that up to my team at AKA (American Kickboxing Academy, San Jose) when I get back in the gym, we’ll see if they say I am capable of going again, we’ll do it again.”

Complete STRIKEFORCE Challengers Results:

Main Card:

Yancy Medeiros  def.  Raul Castillo  – Unanimous Decision (3 Rounds) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Tarec Saffiedine  def. James Terry  – Unanimous Decision (3 Rounds) (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Luke Rockhold  def. Paul Bradley – TKO (knees to the body) – 1st Round (2:24)

Trevor Prangley – Technical Draw – Karl Amoussou (doctor stoppage after unintentional foul )  – 1st Round (4:14)

Sarah Kaufman def. Takayo Hashi  – Unanimous Decision (3 Rounds) (50-45, 50-45, 50-45)

Preliminary Card:

Ronald Carillo def. Anthony De Los Santos  – submission (armbar) – 2nd Round (1:20)

Steve Dickie  def. Alan Lummel  – TKO (punches) –1st Round (:33)

Renee Robinson def. Lilia Salas – TKO (punches) – 1st Round (1:06)

Jesse Tobar def. Johnson Nguyen – Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) – 2nd Round (1:24)

Tristan Arenal def. George Miller – TKO (punches) – 2nd Round (:30)

Samuel Bracamnonte def. Chris Stewart – TKO (punches) – 3rd Round (:59)

Wayne Phillips def. Eric Lawson – Submission (armbar) – 1st Round (4:27)

Bajrami start his preparation for the fight in Holland by his friends and he is weeks before in a very good shape. The media interest in Kosovo is very high and negotiations with Euro sport TV are running.

The ISKA  World Champion -60 Kg Anna KORCHAGINA get a chance to defend her title vs. the current polish Champion in a bout scheduled for 5 x 2 minutes round. Anna won her title against the African Champion in Cairo by unanimous points decision.  The charming “beast from the east”     is a real World Champion and she is ready to show excellent performance in Vienna.

And the second strike is Russian´s  Nr. 1 in the weight  -64,5 Kg. The famous fighter Denis LUKASHOV from Moscow fight for the vacant World title in Lowkick in a bout for 10 x 2 minutes round. Dennis is famous everywhere in the Kickboxing World, he is WAKO World Champion and also World Champion in other federations as well.

This event is a co-sanction with all three strongest promoters in Vienna and from there an second World federation sanction also 2 more World titles. So this show will have 4 World titles and top class fighters from Russia , Poland, Serbia and Ukraine facing ISKA Austrias stars in the Ring.

More than 900 fighters participated last Year in that event and this Year much more will come. ISKA EUROPE want to build up a team of the best European fighters , to challenge the best African fighters in forms, breaking divisions, point fighting and Full contact. ISKA family around the world support this huge event , which is in the same level like Asian Championship or European Championship.

Further is this event an excellent , suitable preparation for the upcoming ISKA Kickboxing World Championship in Almeria, Spain in November 2nd -7th.

Don´t miss this event, for further information contact Mr. Paul Cave, send mail or be part of the European team.

Beside the team fights we saw an Intercontinental title fight in MMA , Lincon RODRIGUES from Brazil vs. the Austrian home town boy Willi OTT. After 40 seconds in the first round Lincon won by surrender with an arm lock. New Intercontinental champion in MMA Lincon RODRIGUES from Brazil.

Superleague fighter Fadi MERZA from Vienna challenged Italian top class fighter Luca DI SANTO for the World title in OR – 72,30 Kg. In the first round Merza hit Luca with a knee strike on the jaw and referee Fritz EXENBERGER had to give a standing 8 count. The fight continues and after 5 x 3 minutes the international judges from Poland, Serbia and Austria made a clear point decision for Fadi MERZA. New World champion OR – 72,30 Kg Fadi MERZA.

Next big event in Vienna is scheduled in May 9th, again a team fight. This time is new ISKA SERBIA team as guest in Vienna.

With several weeks still remaining a huge card of fights has been confirmed for Oceana Super Fights II. This on all accounts will be a much bigger show than our first!

All Black Widow fighters will be taking on very tough opponents from all around the country so this promises to be an action packed evening!

The schedule so far:

C CLASS (3×2 min rounds)

1) Roy Davis (Black Widow) VS Steven Clarke (Studio 2000)
2) Luke Greenshields (Fearless) VS Chris Hudson (Impact Thai-Boxing)
3) Daryl Mullings (Black Widow) VS Chris Hands (Impact Thai-Boxing)

4) Naqqash Khan (Black Widow) VS Pavan Aujla (Firewalkers)

5) Suki Singh (Firewalkers) VS Affan Khan (LMTA)6) Kasian Jackson Williams (Impact) VS Alex Strickley (Thaitans)
7) Russell Pitts (Black Widow) VS Steve Johns (Chao Phraya Muay Thai)
Michael Corns (Black Widow) VS Kevin Fletcher (Salford Thai-Boxing)

9) Kay Magee (Black Widow) VS Cassie Robinson (Salford Thai-Boxing)

K1 RULES
10) Ivan Damyanov (Firewalkers) VS Paul Douglas (Storm Gym)

B CLASS (with knees to the head)
11) Richard Shaw (F’s Freestyle) VS Sean Clarke (Studio 2000)
12) Leko Wright (Black Widow) VS Juan Carlos Rios (LMTA)
13) Muri Balogun (Black Widow) VS Freddie Lumor (LMTA)

A CLASS (5×3 mins)

ISKA British Title
14) Kerrith Bhella (Firewalkers) VS Darren Till (Sapphire Gym)

(FULL THAI RULES)

ISKA Commonwealth Title
15) Jonno Chipchase (MFA) VS Ranjit Dheer (Eagles Bedford)
16) Michelle Newall (ISKA World Champion) VS Charlotte Webster (Bad Company)

This event is not to be missed and is guaranteed to be a sell out, so get your ticket to Birmingham’s biggest event of the year! Tickets are available from Black Widow Martial Arts Academy

An after party has also been arranged for all spectators so you can party till you drop into the early hours!

Hope to see you all there …

The tournament will also act as the qualifiers for the ISKA 2010 Amateur World Championships in Almeria Spain. The two highest placed English competitors in each Senior category will qualify for the England World Championship Team. All 1st place winners will earn a seeded position in the US OPEN 2010 (will not have to fight in the first round of their category).

All competitors will get free entry to the SENI show the largest Martial Arts and Combat Sports trade show in the World

A Full list of categories for the London International Open will be announce soon