Sport fight 12 --- John "Illegalhunter" Mcilroy

Post date: 14-Nov-2010 22:59:27

Well Sport fight 12 was in Lannark last night (13/11/2010) .This is one of the longest running shows in Scotland .A showcase for the Dinky Ninja Fight Team(DNFT). And Promoters Gaz Christy, James Doolan, John Nicolson putting together a 13 fight card of Semi Pro MMA, Pro MMA and a couple of K1 rules fights .

As seems to be the way of things these days, there was a 4 man tournament on the card, this time it was the turn of the Bantam weights to provide the action.

1^st was the 1^st semi-final of the of Bantams Brian Hyslop ( DNFT ) Vs. Marc Cosgrove

Hyslop who has a background in Amateur boxing over powered Cosgrove , sending him crashing to the cage floor 5 times in the 1^st round . To his credit Cosgrove managed to survive the onslaught of the 1^st round, taking the fight to the last bell and to the judges cards . Hyslop takes the fight on all 3 cards

2^nd semi-final in the Bantams Tournament was Darren Gilchrist Vs. James McAlister

In the opening exchange both fighters threw multiple flurries of punches, but most of the 1^st round was spent on the ground . Gilchrist spent most of the round on top in McAlisters guard. 2^nd round was short with McAlister securing victory with a Guillotine.

McAlister continues on to the final to meet Hyslop.

Next up was Andrew Dobbie (DNFT) Vs Craig Devine

1^st round Dobbie secures the takedown very quickly , passing Devine’s guard with ease. It’s not long before Dobbie mounts and completes his debut win in MMA with a slick mounted triangle, he locked it in and secured the finish by rolling to his back .

Next up Steven McCreadie (DNFT) Vs Darren Till

Most of this fight is a stand up battle , Till who has Thai boxing background landed a few low kicks and works his stand up well. McCreadie opens up a cut on Till face late in the 1^st round . McCreadie take till down and spends most of the 2^nd round on top in the mounted position but never really has a chance for the sub . 3^rd round is a stand up battle both fighters put on a great show for the fans . Till takes the fight on the cards of all 3 judges .

Continuing with the semi pro fights Alex Davidson put on a very dominant performance in all 3 rounds against Ahsan Gillani to take the fight on all 3 judges’ cards

Alan Johnston showed great composure when dominating the fight against William Laver to his victory on points .

Next up on a great card were to K1 rules fight Stuart Johnston Vs TJ Little, this was a great stand up battle which had the whole venue on their feet by the end .Johnston secured the victory .

Ryan Gavin wins by TKO over Kieran Laidlaw in the 2^nd round of the 2^nd of the K1 rules fights.

Now we move on to the Pro debut of Martin Delany , Delany who won the Strike & Submit Semi Pro title with his last fighting appearance. His opponent was Mark Young , who fought on the last SFC, WW 4 MAN tournament losing in the final to Stevie Ray .

Delany the local man had sold plenty of tickets and had huge local support . In the opening exchange Delaney gets tagged by Young . Delaney immediately grabs a single leg & finishes the take down . A slick transition to Young’s back and the RNC finishes the fight very quickly . Delaney has his debut Pro MMA win keeping his unblemished record .

Next up making his Pro debut was Darren Grey , his opponent for this fight was Neil Mcguigan . McGuigian whos last fight was a good win against Robert Whitford at the last Oran Moor show . Grey who has a perfect semi pro record looked very sharp in the opening exchanges . The fight is over before it gets started as Grey secures a vicious guillotine choke 1.15 sec into the 1^st round . Grey looks to have a bright future in Pro MMA and here is hoping he will be a very busy fighter in 2011.

The final of the Bantam tournament was up next , this looked like the classic striker vs the grappler fight .Hyslop had the best of the 1^st round , with McAlister taking the 2^nd . This set the 3 rd as the decider, McAlister secured a take down and in the scramble secures a front head lock position, McAlister then gator rolls to secure the win by Anaconda choke .Both fighters certainly put on a show and the current crop of Bantam weights are looking good for moving up to the Pro ranks .

Finally the fight of the night was Rich McLearty Vs Graham Armstrong .

Armstrong gets the best of the of the fight which is mostly fought on the ground . It’s a back and forth affair with a couple of reversals from top to bottom . Into the 3^rd round the fight goes to the ground once more with Armstrong securing the victory with a RNC .

So Sportfight 12 comes and goes , the 1^st one of the shows to be in a cage .Over 400 spectators seen some great action, the DNFT had a good night with a few wins for the home team . No doubt we will be back for the 13^th instalment of this fight show in the spring 2011.

John "Illegalhunter" Mcilroy