Kokoro MMA Dublin - 1st Annual Combat Challenge
This weekend was, without a doubt, the highlight of the Kokoro calender. I didn’t think it would be possible to top the pride I felt in our little club following the performance of the team at the Chaos Fighting Championship. I was wrong!
This weekend we had our first 1st Annual Kokoro Combat Challenge. 16 participants, each one a member of Kokoro, came together for a tough day of competition. It’s great to see that we’ve now reached the point where we can host a 16 man tournament in-house! I was blown away by performances on the day and everyone gave their all.
We structured the day based on weight and participants got two matches of 5 minutes each. We evaluated the performance of each competitor based on;
- Effective Grappling
- Effective Striking
- Effective Clinchwork
- Effort to Finish
and bonus points for;
- Style
- Spirit
The photos speak for themselves! Full contact to the body with strikes and kicks, full contact to the head (kicks only) plus grappling. Everyone gave everything they had. The experienced put on virtual MMA master classes on how it should be done and those with lessor experience showed just how far you can get with good old fashioned heart, mind and spirit!
Particular congratulations on the following awards (from left-to-right);
Jonny Origan - 10th Kyu - All Round Fighting & Kyokushin Promotion
Stephen Mulligan - “The Wrestle Maniac” - Best Grappling Performance
Leo Burdock - “The Lord of War” - Best All Round Performance
Johnny Bowden - “The Thunder Striker” - Best Striking Performance
Colin Campbell - 10th Kyu - All Round Fighting & Kyokushin Promotion
Full Photo Show: (Coming Soon!)
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Throughly enjoyed the whole day, great stuff shane. Leo dont beat me up for saying this but, you were easy on the eye!!!… was a pleasure watching you show your skills! As for Johnny B i think you should give up the GAA cause you are made for this! Oh yeah “the man of steel” Cathal a word of advice to everyone in the club dont punch in the abs cause you will break your hand! Osu!
Thanks again Shane!
Oh and junior I hope that your hand heals man, downer if ever there was man
Ha! Good man Junior. Thanks a million Shane it was a great day followed by a great night. thanks for all the effort.
Thanks a million shane for organising the day. Really enjoyed it.
Want to thank the lads i fought too, really grateful to the both of you.
Cant tell you how proud i was to fight let alone win an award, cheers everyone for making it a great day.
Couldnt make the night out though, after the fights and a crappy crappy day in work i hadnt the energy to pick my nose. But ill see you all in training this week.
thanks shane was a great day for everyone pitty i couldnt make the night out.
love the pick of me gettin kicked in the head
Congratulations to all on the awards and promotions.
OSU!