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NEWS
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|| 4th Nov07||
Leo Negao Seminars:
Brazilian Leo Negao will be conducting a once-a-month training session at Cambridge Freefight on a Saturday. For more information please ask up the club or email for more information.
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|| 8th Oct06||
MMA interclub in Birmingham:
Shaun and Colm acheived second place in the U93
and U70kg categories and Billy got 3rd in the heavy weights.
Shaun KO'ed his first opponent cold with a big right overhand.
Colm was in charge of the final fight right up to the last moment. Looked
really good in the grapple all the way through his fights.
Billy was a bit unfortunate having to fight a guy straight after Billy's
first win who had just been given a pass into the next round and so was
still quite tired. Marek did well for his first time out too but didn't
get the decisions. Check out the photos on the photos page.
Cage Rage Contenders:
Afnan is fighting Dean Bray on the next Cage Rage Contenders in November. Get your tickets now as it will be a sell out again.
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|| 22nd Aug 06||
Afnan won his fight on Cage Rage Contenders with a arm bar against his opponent Wezley Murch.
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|| 4th May 06||
After winning his last fight in Peterborough in April by TKO, Afnan Saeed has now been put forward for Cage Rage Contenders at Caesars in London on May the 28th. His opponent is Mario Zaromskis from London Shootfighters and has KO'ed his last two opponents. For Tickets please ask in class.
Shawn Gruncell from CFF won a silver medal after winning 4 of his 5 fights in the no-gi submission tournament at SENI06. His final fight was a close fight but Shawn lost a point and so lost the fight. This was his first competition and he will be competing a lot now in the future.
Intense Fighting is taking place at the Village Centre in Cherry Hinton on the 17th June. Lee Coville is going to be fighting MMA on it and again it should be a packed out show so get your tickets early.
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|| 4th January 06||
Training Times
Training is back to normal times now.
Cambridge Show
Jay has booked the Village Centre for the 28th January to host the Cambridge MMA show. Flyers and tickets are out and we have 3 fighters on it. Afnan Saeed is fighting as the main event and Tom Lohman and Shane Rea are fighting as well. Should be good.
Check the flyer:
Sports Massage
Simon is back from Thailand after completing his Thai massage course to complement his sports massage. Any fighters needing one of these should see him, as he has got the room next to where we train still.
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|| 17th December 05||
Xmas Holidays
Training will be off from Weds the 21st December to 3rd January(Starting on that Tuesday). We've had a lot of enquiries about training so please only bring beginners to the Tuesday or Thurday sessions, as these will be better for them building up the fitness and technique before moving on to the more advanced sessions.
Personal Training
Starting again in January we will be doing personal training sessions(both fitness/nutrition OR MMA instruction).So if anyone wishes to lose weight, gain muscle, get fit, improve their MMA please email for details.(A program design can also be emailed to you if you don't wish to have a actual session although obviously it is better to have one to one sessions if you don't know how to train)
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|| 04th December 05||
Cage Rage
Cage Rage was a sell out show on the 3rd December with fighters such as Vitor Belfort and Anderson Silva topping the show. This can only show that MMA is becoming mainstream with many famous faces at the events too. Check out www.cagerage.tv or www.cagewarriors.com for full results. Robbie Olivier from Tsunami gym won his fight against Chris Freeborne dominating all 3 rounds. Dana White (the UFC presidant) and the Pride promoters from Japan were all at this show.
Cambridge Show
Jay Gilby from Newmarket MMA is planning to hold another MMA event in Cambridge at the end of January. After the success of the last event held at the guildhall in Cambridge this should prove to be another exciting night. Cambridge Freefight will be putting out fighters again on the show so keep your eyes on the news page and forum for further details.
Training
Don't forget that the Wednesday and Saturday training classes are for people who have MMA experience (or Muay Thai/submission experience) as this is generally a fighters class. Tuesday and Thursday classes are a mixture of technique and fitness classes(so as a beginner you should be starting here- not to say that the pro fighters shouldn't be training here though). We have added Circuits in on a Tuesday class to make sure everyone continues to improve their fitness. Check the training times for the other days we train.
Padwork Workshops
Cambridge Freefight will from the New Year be holding different workshops so people can improve their skills in different areas. The first workshop will be covering padwork and and will consist of Thai and focus pad work for MMA. More details to be posted here shortly.
Muay Thai in Thailand
Lee Coville is fighting on the King's Birthday weekend event tonight against the Japanese champion in Thailand. Lee is fighting this opponent who is quite a bit heavier and is will be a good fight for Lee as it is going out on live TV to other European coutries.
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|| 30th May 05 ||
Afnan Saeed fought MMA on Lee Johnson's Extreme Fighting Show at the Circus Tavern on the 29th May. His opponent was a JKD/boxing instructor Owen Ogbourne from Bob Breen's academy. Both fighters looked in good shape and the fight started with quick exchanges of Thai techniques standing. It went to the ground briefly and in about 4 minutes of the first round Afnan caught Owen in a straight armbar as he tried getting out of Afnan's guard to stand up.
Alenka Hola won the European Kickboxing title in Bratslavia. Her opponent out weighed her by 3 kilos but Alenka still managed to gain a convincing points win. This fight was fought under low kick Rules.
Lee Coville is going to be fighting Cage fighting in July. More details to follow shortly.
The Submission League takes place in Birmingham on the 18th June with a few CFF fighters entering. More details to follow.
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|| 1st May 05 ||
Afnan Saeed is matched to fight MMA on Lee Johnson's Extreme Fighting Show at the Circus Tavern on the 29th May. Afnan has moved up in weight as he is going to concentrate on MMA from now on. For more tickets or information please speak to Afnan or Gez. Colm Gillane may also be fighting on this show in a Amateur MMA fight.
New tops- Please can you let us know if you want a new CFF t-shirt or hoodie. Ask at the club for more details.
Photo page has been updated.
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|| 22nd March 05 ||
On the 20th March Colm Gillane fought Thai Boxing on the WMTO show at The Tower Ballroom in Birmingham. He fought a experienced fighter from the Saint's MMA/Thai gym in Plymouth who was unbeaten in his last seven fights. Colm won just about every round on points and the judges declared Colm as the winner.
Cambridge Freefight are doing a MMA demonstration at the Singto Muay Thai Interclub in April. More details to follow shortly.
|| 28th February 05 ||
On the 27th February Colm Gillane fought Thai Boxing as the main event on a Thai and Kickboxing show in Ilkeston just outside Nottingham. Colm's opponent was from the home town and so the crowd were cheering for him. The first round started at a fast pace with Colm throwing lots of kicks and then with seconds to go in the 1st Colm put down his opponent with a knee to the body. The bell went saving his opponent. The second round started with Colm attacking with punches as well as his kicks then a front kick to the face from Colm put down his opponent again. The ref then stopped the fight as Colm's opponent couldn't continue leaving Colm as the winner after KO.
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|| 19th February 05 ||
Beginners and Technique classes in MMA are now taking place on Tuesday nights at Morley Primary School at 7pm. These classes are open to anyone above the age of 16 and the emphasis is more on learning technique rather than sparring and fitness(which occur on other days)
Anyone who wants tickets for Tom's MMA fight on the 6th March should get them ASAP from Tom. Should be a good night.
All fighters who train with CFF need to supplement their training at CFF with weight/strenth training and fitness/flexibility work. Ask instructors for more info. Weight training is very important for mma alongside a proper diet to maintain/increase lean muscle mass. This type of training will prevent injuries and will help increase power during striking and strength during wrestling. It will definitely not slow you down if done right as many people believe, It's also a good method to lose fat as more muscle means you are burning more calories.
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|| 12th January05 ||
Singto Thai Boxing Club are holding a light sparring
competition in Cambridge
on the 5th of Febuary. Click here for more details.
Alex DeSouza is hosting a seminar with Vanderlei Silva on the 26th of Febuary(Same day as Cage Rage) Tickets for the Seminar are £50 and if you buy a Cage Rage ticket too you should get a discount. They are quite expensive, but it is a seminar with one of the most famous MMA fighters around today.
On the 6th March Thai Stadium champion Anuwat is coming over for a seminar. Anyone interested should let us know straight away.
Also on the 6th March, Tony Myers, is holding a sports science seminar at Trojan MMA/Thai gym.
And again on the 6th March Tom Lohman is fighting Vale Tudo at the Circus Tavern in Kent on Lee Johnsons show.
17th April, Alenka, Colm and Spenser should all be fighting in Reading with Alenka fighting Thai rules and Spenser and Colm fighting MMA rules.
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|| 23rd December 04 ||
Training at CFF begins again on the 4th of January. Have a good xmas.
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|| 25th October 04 ||
Alenka Hola won her second Thai Boxing fight on points on the K-Star show in Birminham last night. She fought 'Bonnie' from South Africa, now training with Winston Fraser from the Sniper gym. The other girl was heavier and quite a bit taller but Alenka took the fight to her and had the higher workrate. In the final round Alenka caught Bonnie with a real hard head kick which dazed her opponent but Alenka hadn't the energy to finish her off. It was the fight of the night and all the crowd were cheering the fight on!!
Afnan Saeed is set to face Anwar on the Thai show in Leicester square at the end of November.
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|| 10th October 04 ||
Cambridge Freefight was showcased on television when two of it’s Muay Thai fighters were shown competing on the sky sports channel. Alenka Hola and Colm Gillane’s fights at the Elephant and Castle show were both shown. Alenka competed against a opponent who was at least 5 kilos heavier and performed well to start with until the weight advantage proved to be too much in the clinch. The fight(for the English title) was stopped in the 3rd giving the win to Alenka’s opponent, Bernise from Keddles Gym. Colm easily won his fight for the southern area title against his opponent also from Keddles. He dominated the fight in all areas and won every round.
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|| 5th October 04 ||
Murilo Rua will be doing a seminar at Kelsey Kerridge in Cambridge for Tsunami Gym. CFF held a seminar with him last year which proved to be a success with many people attending from all over the country. 'Ninja' has fought in the major Pride vale tudo championships in Japan and is from the famous Chute Boxe gym in Brazil. He concentrates a lot on Thai stand up techniques which are adapted for vale tudo fighting. To book up tickets or for further information please contact Cambridge Freefight.
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|| 4th October 04 ||
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|| 5th September 04 ||
Photo page has been updated with Fight video files being uploaded too.
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|| 21st August 04 ||
Colm Gillane is the new Southern Area title holder in Muay Thai for Cambridge Freefight. He easily won his fight on points against his opponent from Keddles gym. Colm weighed in lighter than usual at 67kgs but looked very strong during his fight. Colm is looking to move into mma in the near future. Alenka Hola lost her first proper Thai fight on knees. Her opponent weighed in about 3-4 kgs heavier and this weight difference proved too much in the clinch. These fights took place at the Elephant and Castle fusion centre on the 15th August and will be shown on sky sports in the near future.
All fighters who train with CFF need to supplement their training at CFF with weight/strenth training and fitness/flexibility work. Ask instructors for more info. Weight training is very important for mma alongside a proper diet to maintain/increase lean muscle mass. This type of training will prevent injuries and will help increase power during striking and strength during wrestling.
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|| 18th July 04 ||
Murilo 'Ninja' Rua is coming over to do another seminar in Cambridge on the 30th October.
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|| 28th March 04 ||
The Thai gym show was held at reading boxing club and quite a few people were there watching. The first guy up from Cambridge Free fight was Colm Gillane. His opponent weighed in heavy and so it was a 4 kg weight difference. This fight just set the rest of the show off. From round one they both went for it and at one point the ref even had trouble pulling them off each other. Colm was hurting his opponent's leg with some good low kicks. The decision went to the other guy though just cos he was taller/heavier he could pull Colms head down in the clinch. A couple more rounds and I think it may have been different as Colm was the fitter of the two as well.
Alenka Hola's opponent withdrew due to a injury
so she ended up doing a demo fight with a guy. She threw the first technique
which was a strong headkick with nearly knocked him down. He came back
and kicked a low shot foul after which the ref needed to give Alenka a
few seconds to recover. They both went for it again and the fight was
even up to the second round when the ref stopped it and called it a draw
because he said it was getting too rough!
You could even hear the guys trainer saying' Just cos she's a girl don't
take it easy!!'
Linh Nguyen fought a tall opponent from the Reading gym. Linh totally outclassed him and was even dancing in the first round! Lin was getting through with somestrong punches and kicks and was also controlling the clinch. The fight went to a easy points decision to Linh.
Quite a entertaining show really!!!with good performances from CFF.
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|| 14th March 04 ||
Spenser Lee had two fights in the KSBO competition held in Nottingham. He won his first fight by decision and lost his second fight by decision although this was due to bad judgement by the judges. Spenser was in total control of this fight and nobody knows why the decision was given to his opponent!
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|| 1st March 04 ||
Robbie Oliver stopped top Brazilain fighter Lusi Tosta in the second round of the Circus Tavern vale tudo show. The Brazilian's corner threw in the towel when he was taking too much punishment from Robbie both standing and on the ground.
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|| 14th February 04 ||
Robbie is now set to fight against Luiz Henrique Tosta from Brazil on the 29th Feb. Lee Doski is fighting Paul Daley on the same show. Please contact Robbie for tickets at training Both these fights are vale tudo rules.
There is a gym show in Reading on the 28th March. This will be Thai boxing rules and headguards and shin pads are compulsory. Andre Mcintyre is doing a demo fight on this show. They are looking for fighters espeically first timers so if you are wanting to fight let us know..
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|| 11th January 04 ||
Cambridge Freefight has a new forum set up which you can access by clicking the link at the top of the homepage. Please feel free to post any messages regarding training or anything similar.
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|| 17th January 04 ||
Robbie Oliver is flying out to Sweden today to compete in the ADCC submission wrestling tournament on Saturday. Afnan Saeed and our female fighter Alenka from Czech are going to be fighting Thai Boxing on Nigel Thompson's show in Bedford in April. More details to follow....
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|| 2nd January 04 ||
Robbie Oliver vs Marcio -Cromado- Barbosa(Brazil). Robbie is defending his UMMMAC lightweight title against Cromado from Brazil on the 29th February. Cromado beat Caol Uno by submission, lost to Rumino Sato by judges decision amongst other top fighters and has a bit of a reputation in Brazil, not that Robbie is worried! He is indeed excited by the futures prospects that this fight could offer.
Training starts again this Tuesday...
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|| 31st October 03 ||
Cambridge FreeFight hosted a seminar with Murila 'Ninja' Rua last night. The seminar was attended by fighters across the UK and everybody learn't lots of new techniques. 'Ninja' is from Brazil and has fought and won on the top Pride shows in Japan. He trains at the Chute Boxe gym with fighters such as Vanderlei Silva and Anderson Silva. We will be hosting more seminars in the coming months due to the popularity of this one.
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|| 29th June 03 ||
Afnan Saeed fought a cage kickboxing (with low kicks) fight on the Extreme Brawl show at Bracknell. Afnan fought a kickboxer named Rob O'Donnel at 69kilos. This fight was a bit unusual for Afnan as he usually fights Thai Boxing in a ring, and in this fight you weren't allowed to Knee strike or elbow. Afnan came out very strong and in the first 30secs caught Rob with a powerful head kick which knocked him down. From that moment on Rob was out on his feet and Afnan went on the attack with lots of boxing combos and after 55 secs the referee jumped in and stopped the fight as Rob couldn't defend himself.
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|| 21st June 03 ||
After three fast and furious rounds of fighting (no head punches allowed) the fight was declared a draw. Branden has proved himself at Cambridge Free Fight and will now go back to the USA to continue with his training. Good Luck Brandon and Andrea!
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|| 20th June 03 ||
Luke Edwards and Branden Ross(USA) will fight each other this Saturday before Branden leaves for the USA next week. Who will win?
Both fighters are good friends and train at Cambridge Free Fight but they need to prove who is the better fighter.
|| 15th June 03 ||
Cambridge Free Fight will be holding a seminar by a well known wrestling coach. This will cover mainly takedowns and positioning. This seminar will only be open to students of CFF. More details to follow shortly.
Afnan Saeed will fight on the 29th June at Bracknell. This will be on the Extreme Brawl event and the fight is a bit different from normal as Afnan will be fighting under Cage Kickboxing Rules. The rules allow low kicks but no knees or elbows and the fight takes place in a cage.
Mark Day will face Gaz Roriston in a vale tudo
cage fight at Wembley Conference Centre on the 13th July. This will be
the biggest Vale Tudo show to date in the UK and it will feature fighters
from Brazil, Holland and America