SELECTED PREVIOUS EVENTS 2001




"BEAT DOWN IN COW TOWN" - (Calgary, Alberta) April 7th, 2001


National Kickboxing and associate instructor Brian Bird promoted the first large and strictly No Holds Barred event at the Palace Night Club. The event was attended by around 500 people.

The event was sanctioned by the C.M.M.A.C. The card was a big hit with the fans having 8 NHB fights and 2 grappling bout with fighters from across Canada competing. The Palace Night Club hosted the event and had a very large and loud crowd to cheer on the fighters. Dave Nicholls of Ontario commented on the fans saying, "The Calgary fans are great. They are very supportive of not only the local fighters but the out of town fighters as well." And the fans had a lot to cheer about with all 20 fighters giving it there all in the 10 action pack bouts. The rules allowed punching, kicking, and knees to the body while standing. Punching and knees to the body with open hand strikes to the head were allowed on the ground. All submissions except twisting of the knee or ankle were allowed.

The outcome of the evening is as follows:

The Main Event of the evening featured Adam Laporte (National Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu/Fudo Boxing/National Kickboxing) stepping into the ring against Ontario’s Dave Nicholls (Dragon’s Layer). This was a one round 7-minute bout and was a huge crowed pleaser. Both fighters came out strong and started exchanging strikes. Early on Nicholls landed a kick to Laporte’s head which seemed to get Laporte fired up as he became even more aggressive and backed Nicholls up against the ropes with a flurry of punches. At this point Nicholls chose to go to his guard buy pulling Laporte to the ground. The fight stayed on the ground for awhile with Nicholls attemping submissions while Laporte defended and countered with strikes. Laporte came back to his feet and then attacked Nicholls as he was rising. Nicholls had enough and the ref stopped the fight. Laporte won by TKO. After the fight Nicholls took the microphone and in a very class act thanked the promoters and the fans for having him and his teammates on the card.

The Semi-Main Event was a very close fight with Richard Martens (National Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu/Fudo boxing/National Kickboxing) stepping into the ring against Edmonton’s Victor Valimaki (Sniper Shootfighting). The fight started with Martens throwing a quick combination and Valimakic immediately clinching. Martens quickly took the Edmonton fighter down landing in his guard. The fight continued on the ground for the rest of the 7 min time limit with Martens having the advantage in the grappling with 2 ankle lock attempts and an armbar that had Valimakic’s arm bent so far that many in the crowed were grimacing. Valimaki defended the ankle locks well and fought off the armbar with a great show of determination. Valimaki showed good skill at striking on the ground and landed some solid strikes. Both fighters fought hard right to the end with almost no pause in the action. Valimaki was given the decision at the end. The promoters were heard to say that this was their favorite fight of the night. "Both fighters showed great skill and technique and fought very hard."

The next fight was a grappling bout with no strikes. Lethbridge’s Elvis Aarts (Mein’s Martial Arts) stepped into the ring against Calgary’s Roger Persoud (Dynamic). Persoud got an early takedown and controlled from the top for most of the fight. Aarrts defended well but late in the fight was unable to stop an armbar attempted and had to tap out. Persoud won by submission.

Calgary’s Steve Zureski (Z-Factor) stepped into the ring against Kevin Fair (Dynamic) also from Calgary. Most were expecting this fight to go to the ground early, as both fighters are experienced grapplers. This was not to be the case as both fighters came out throwing bombs, content to stay on there feet. The fighters each landed some solid hits but as the fight continued Zureski started to take the worst of it. By the last two minutes Fair was landing leg kicks and punches at will but he was not able to put the right combination together to finish a very tough Zureski. Fair won by decision.

Edmonton’s Mike Yackulic (Sniper Shootfighting) stepped into the ring against Ontario’s Pete Montroy (Dragon’s Layer). Montroy, being a very experienced wrestler, took Yackulic down early with a double leg takedown. Montroy attacked with strikes and neck cranks from inside Yackulic guard but Mike defended and worked for his own submissions. Yackulic attempted an armbar that Montroy defended but in the process ended up in a triangle leg choke. Montroy tapped and Yackulic won by submission.

The next bout was the second of the two submission grappling bouts of the night. Conan Lefevre (National Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu) stepped into the ring against Mike Bell (National Kickboxing Edmonton). This proved to be a very exciting match with both fighters going hard through out the bout. Lefevre was the aggressor for most of the match getting two takedowns, a guard pass, and a sweep from his own guard. Bell defended Lefevre’s early submission attempts and escaped his cross mount once but late in the fight was unable to escape a rear choke applied by Lefevre. Bell tapped and Lefevre won by submission.

Attila Schausitz (National Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu/Fudo Boxing/National Kickboxing) stepped into the ring against Edmonton’s Chris Ade (Z-Factor). This was a rematch with Chris Ade looking for revenge, as there last fight had been a very close back and forth fight with Schausitz winning by a submission close to the end of time. Schausitz had other plans in mind as he had been working hard on his striking and wanted a K.O. He did not have long to wait. At the 16 second mark Schausitz landed a hard right that rattled Ade causing him to turn his back. The referee stopped the fight and declared Schausitz the winner.

Edmonton’s James Zureski (Z-Factor) stepped into the ring against Ontario’s James Atkinson (Dragon’s Layer). Zureski took down Atkinson early with a single leg takedown. Atkinson worked to place Zureski in his guard while James worked a choke. Atkinson defended the choke and attempted to turn Zureski over but in the process James went through the ropes. The fighters were started back on their feet where they chose to stay and strike. Zureski landed some solid punches that hurt Atkinson. The referee stopped the fight declaring Zureski the winner by T.K.O.

Lethbridge’s Trevor Slavens (Mein’s Martial Arts) stepped into the ring against Ontario’s Mike Kitchen (Dragon’s Layer). Kitchen is the C.M.M.A.C Canadian Grappling Champion (175lb - 190lb) and he showed his skills this night. The fighters started off circling waiting for the other fighter to make the first move. Slavens initiated with a kick but Kitchen was waiting and took his opponent down with a double leg. Slavens went to guard and Kitchen immediately started working for neck cranks. Slavens worked for armbars and came close a few times but Kitchen escaped each time. Kitchen worked to half guard and from there was able to secure a neck crank that Slavens had to tap out to. Kitchen won by submission.

Steve Bergeron (National BJJ/National Kickboxing) stepped into the ring against Ontario’s Dave Pacey (Dragon’s Layer). This fight got the night started off with a bang. Bergeron started off very aggressive and landed some solid punches and leg kicks. Pacey was losing the stand up game so he clinched with Bergeron and pushed him up against the ropes looking for a takedown or throw. Bergeron tried to defend but Pacey’s Judo skills were too much and he was thrown with a powerful hip throw. Bergeron got to his knees with Pacey on top but he looked dazed. Not know to the crowd Bergeron had dislocated his collarbone from the throw. Pacey was working a choke but Bergeron defended and got back to his feet. He immediately attacked Pacey with a flurry of strikes and landed a solid kick to the ribs that knocked the wind out of his opponent finishing the fight with a K.O. Many people were amazed that Bergeron was able to fight with his injury. He showed a true heart of a champion.

Promoters would like to thank all the people who helped make this event possible. A special big thank you goes out to all who were instrumental in the organizing of the fights and the event. With out their help this event would not have been possible.