What a weekend for the Absolute Fight Team!
On Saturday night we had Teherah Noori and Kosuke Oishi competing in Muay Thai at Warrior’s Way. Taherah fought a good, aggressive fight and came away with the unanimous decision whereas Kosuke was hurt early but bounced back to make it to the final bell, although he wasn’t able to win the judge’s favor.
Sunday night we had Darren Gn, Andre Nguyen and Rhylie Kim making their professional MMA debuts in the cage at Gold Rush in Ballarat and what an outstanding night for us! Andre and Rhylie won decisions in very tough, hard-fought bouts while Darren put on one of the performances of the year, completely outclassing his more experienced opponent to get a dominant TKO win!
It was also a huge week for our Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu team, with some huge results from the No-Gi World Championships in the States and Grappling Industries and the Renegade comp locally.
Craig Jones was incredible at the World Championships – winning 5 matches all by submission to become the become purple belt World Champion. Shantelle Thompson also came away with bronze in her division.
Despite also having a huge team at the Renegade comp, Absolute/Maromba won both the gi and no-gi divisions at Grappling Industries with a special mention going out to Shaun Ogilvy for winning the cash in advanced open weight no gi division. There were countless other wins and medals won by the BJJ team as a whole – well done to everyone!
A big thank you to all of the coaches for your tireless efforts with the competitors and thank you to everyone else who got out there to support your team mates! Weekends like this really reinforce our love for what we do!