Absolute’s Brenda Tran and Yvonne Chow have arrived in Las Vegas with the first Australian team to compete in the IMMAF World Amateur Championships where there there are over 200 competitors in the event from 32 different nations!
Can’t wait to see our Australian Champions fight to become World Champions! Wish them all the best!
Congratulations to everyone who made the next step in their BJJ journey at the mid-year gradings over the past couple weekends!
A special mention goes out to Steve Phillips who was awarded his BJJ black belt in recognition of his exceptional understanding and application of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and thousands and thousands of hours of hard work on the mats.
One of the nicest guys you’re ever likely to meet, Steve has been a real asset to the team since joining us in 2014. Although he takes his own training very seriously, Steve is always happy to share his knowledge of the art, often putting other’s training needs ahead of his own. His dedication, humble nature and good humour are real inspiration.
Congratulations Steve and thank you for being an amazing part of the team.
Due to the Queen’s Birthday Public Holiday on Monday, June 13 there will be no classes at any Absolute MMA location.
The Melbourne CBD location will be having an open mat/gym from 11AM to 1PM and South Yarra will be holding an open mat from 10.30AM to 12.30PM.
Incredible results from the 2016 World BJJ Championships with Livia Gluchowska (brown belt), Shantelle Thompson (purple) and Demi Butler (purple) all capturing World Championship titles and Cooper Burnham (blue) winning silver! Congratulations on achieving everything you trained so hard for!
The girls’ amazing efforts were also enough to win us fourth place in the Women’s Team Championship, placing us ahead of some of the biggest names in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu!
Congratulations also to the whole team of killers that went over to LA to chase their dreams! You may not have come home with titles but I’m sure that the lessons and experiences you had were worth it!
Thank you to everyone who helped the competitors prepare for the World Championships, although it’s an individual sport, these results don’t happen without a team!
Starting Monday, May 30 we will expanding our evening CBD Fight Team program with additional boxing and Muay Thai classes specifically for fighters with the great Pradeep Singh and Laos Toohey!
These classes will be held on Mat 2 so as there is restricted space, we will need to restrict the attendance to those who are fighting in amateur (or pro) bouts.
If you are not currently fighting but you are interested in attending these sessions, please have a chat to to Pradeep, Toohey or Erhan before joining in.
We have also greatly expanded our support for professional fighters recently with new Fight Team sessions running mornings and afternoons Monday to Friday, spearheaded by the esteemed Gustavo Falciroli. There are some very high level fighters in these sessions and they need to train at a high level so we have restricted them to very advanced amateurs and professional fighters only.
You can check out the full timetable here: https://absolutemma.com.au/timetables/melbourne-cbd/
Huge news for our striking program as we welcome Tao Jaiphet to the coaching staff at Absolute MMA!
Tao is a true pioneer of the Melbourne Muay Thai scene with over 16 years’ experience as a fight trainer, producing over 150 fighters to date and 14 champions.
Tao spent much the late 90s training and fighting in Thailand and Australia, amassing a record of 12 wins from 19 bouts, as well as training and fighting in Macau and Hong Kong also where he used his background in Muay Thai to compete in Sanda, putting together an undefeated record of 11 wins from 11 fights.
Tao is a fully qualified Fight Trainer with the Boxing & Combat Sports Board of Victoria. He is the Former World Muay Thai Council President for Victoria, and is a fully qualified and registered Muay Thai, Kickboxing and MMA judge and referee in Victoria.
Tao’s champions include:
Tao may be able to add to that list of champions as he has John McKenna fighting for a WMC Vic Title this Friday at Road to Rebellion!
Welcome Tao!
This Saturday we are pleased to have 4th degree black belt Erivaldo Junior teaching a special Gi Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu seminar at Absolute MMA Melbourne CBD!
Erivaldo Junior is one the finest elite-level coaches in jiu-jitsu today, having coached the likes of Claudio Calasans and Leandro Issa to world championships.
The seminar will be held at Absolute MMA Melbourne CBD from 2.00PM on 07/05/2016 and will be just $50 for members or $60 for non-members.
Registration and payment can be taken at any Absolute MMA location.
Due to the ANZAC Day public holiday there will be no classes at any Absolute MMA location on Monday. The CBD will run an open mat/gym from 11.00AM to 1.00PM and South Yarra from 12.00PM to 2.00PM.
Another big weekend of fights!
First up we had coach Sean Le Gourierec making his long awaited return to the cage at BRACE 39 in Canberra on UFC Fight Pass. It was an epic fight, with Sean’s top notch wrestling and BJJ winning him the first round and he was looking good in the second until his opponent pulled off a nifty escape from mount and managed to get a strong position to finish the fight with punches.
It obviously wasn’t the result that Sean was looking for but was still a very strong and promising return to competition. With the ring rust now shaken off and a few adjustments Sean is sure to come back from this loss strongly and get the results we know he is capable of!
Finally we had Josh Li fighting Muay Thai at Prestige Fight Series in Geelong. After two rounds the score cards would have been even and Josh finished strong, scoring a KO with a cross in the 3rd round!
A well earned win against a tough opponent, congratulations Josh!
Congratulations to coach Talgat Ilyasov, qualifying for the Olympic team in Rio!
Talgat first qualified for the Olympic team 12 years ago and was given a strong chance of taking home a medal but he unfortunately never got his shot as he suffered an injury in the lead up to the 2004 Athens Olympics that put him out of competition for 10 years.
Although he was told that he would not be able to compete again, Talgat has defied the odds and again earned his place! A simply amazing, inspirational story!
Congratulations to Connor and Shantelle too for all that you achieved during the lead up to Olympic selection but commiserations on unfortunately not making the team this year. As Talgat’s story shows though, you will get your chance if you persist! Thank you both for inspiring us all and leading the way!
Congratulations also to our very good friend and former coach Sahit Prizreni for also qualifying his THIRD Olympic Games!