Friday night saw the undefeated Coach Kevin “Le Monstre” Jousset take on a fight at Eternal MMA 48 for the welterweight championship on just two weeks notice! In his third professional fight, Kevin stepped up to take on a strong opponent in Jack Della (6-2), Eternal MMA welterweight champion, who is currently on a six fight win streak. The bell started, and round one began with plenty of back and forth from the two competitors. Kevin hit a picture perfect harai goshi (hip throw), showing off his judo background and landed some strong strikes in this round. Taking the fight back to standing, the two went kick for kick, with Jack securing a take down on Kevin towards the end of the round.
Round two saw Della land a big right hand, working his strikes into his grappling to push Kevin up against the cage, just after the first thirty seconds. After the two competitors exchanging strikes on the feet, Della landed another big right to rock Kevin, moving forward to get the take down and bring the fight to the ground. In a barrage of strikes in ground and pound, Della opened up a cut just above Kevin’s right eye with a big elbow. Showing great resilience to continue despite there being significant blood flow, Kevin got to his feet in an attempt to bring the fight back to standing, however was taken down again at the end of the round.
With the blood flowing significantly, the doctor called a stoppage to the fight prior to round three. While Kevin sustained a loss this time around, we are supremely proud of his determination and tenacity, and look forward to seeing him back in the octagon when he’s all healed up!
On Saturday night, Kate Van Staveren went to war representing the team at Warriors Way 24 under the guidance of Coaches Jai Tao and Joe Boobyer. Fighting against an opponent in Anela Ilic (Southside Muay Thai) from Adelaide with 12 fights experience (9 wins, and 2 Australian titles) in a 56kg match up 3×2 FTR, Kate put on a dominant performance, securing a unanimous win via points with 30 to 27 on the score card! Amazing work by Kate who challenged herself by taking on an experienced opponent, and stepped up! Kate has won all of her fights since coming to train with us at Absolute MMA and we could not be prouder of her progression. Well done Kate!
Photography: Eternal MMA and W.L Fight Photography.