SELECTED PREVIOUS EVENTS 2004
'SPRING FEVER FURY 2' - (Medicine
Hat, Alberta, Canada) May 1st, 2004
Promoters Shane Morgan and Norbert
Urban put on a good fight event on Saturday May 1st. Very
entertaining fights!!
The Main Event was for the WKA Canadian Flyweight
Kickboxing Title between Carla Hopkins (Medicine
Hat Karate-Do) and Christina Mack (Progressive Fighting
Academy - Lethbridge). This was a rock 'em sock 'em fight. Carla moved
forward throughout the whole fight boxing. In the first round the
bout was stopped several times to clean up the blood from Carla. After
that it was a very close war with Carla winning the bout and the title
by unanimous decision. Congrat's Carla and Christina, great account
of yourself.
The semi-main event featured Kim Morris
in a WKA Canadian Kickboxing Title encounter against
Winnipeg's (Double Dragon) Al Delay. This was a good
fight but Morris was to take the encounter by wearing down Delay's
leg with low kicks. Congrats on getting the title back again Kim!
Jessica Gladstone - Medicine Hat Karate-Do
(WKA Canadian Kickboxing Champion) against Trisha Sammons
- Winnipeg - Double Dragon (WKA Canadian Muay Thai Champion) in a
battle under kickboxing (low kick) rules. This was the fight of the
night. Jessica was to win this bout with her punching skills. Trisha
was to hold her hands a little too low getting tagged a lot by punches,
but she was to successfully deliver them back as well. Trisha tried
to control the fight with her feet and score like she was fighting
a Muay Thai fight. Gladstone punched her way to the win by intercepting
with her hands and throwing fast punch combinations. Congratulations
to Jessica on the win.
The undercard of matches had the following results
(these are what I remember):
Misty Sutherland (Mike Miles Muay Thai - Calgary) took an unanimous
decision over Tanya Kendall (PIX - Edmonton) in a
kickboxing rules bout.
In the only full Muay Thai rules match Calgary's Bryan
Campbell won a split decision over Edmonton's Chris
Rolsten. Rolsten landed some excellent elbows (puffing up
Campbell's eyes) and Campbell was to beat Rolsten in the clinch with
strong knees. Exciting fight.
Danette Wilson (Double Dragon - Winnipeg)
took a win over Meghan Armstrong (Medicine Hat Karate-Do)
in a kickboxing rules bout.
Congrats to the promoters. Good show!!