Happy 200th birthday, Charles Dickens!

England is being blighted by Dickensian levels of illiteracy despite billions of pounds spent on state education, the Government admitted today. The Schools Minister said there were "still shadows of Charles Dickens's world in our own". Known for his colourful characters with evocative names, the real aim of Charles Dickens…

Happy 200th birthday, Charles Dickens!

Charles Dickens was born 200 years ago today in the town of Portsmouth, England. According to Claire Tomalin's 2011 biography "Charles Dickens: A Life," his childhood home was happy and comfortable, but his father tended to live beyond his means, Certainly, these Hard Times (heh) have a certain Dickensian ring…

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Nasik, India’s Tigers Gym dominates 2008 Asian MMA Championships

Posted 18 May 2008 in Desi Fighter,India,MMA in India,Tigers Gym

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Nasik, India – The fighters from Tiger’s Gym in Nasik scored impressive the wins at the 2nd Asian Open amateur mma championships, held at Balkawde indoor stadium on May 16. The event was attended hoards of MMA enthusiasts and martial arts fighters from all over the country, including West Bengal , Tamil Nadu , Karnataka and Kerala. The 1st Asian Open amateur MMA championships was successfully held last year at Fravashi International Academy , Gangapur Nasik. The All India Combat Sports Federation[AICSF] and the All India Kickboxing Council [AIKC] both have headquarters in Nasik and jointly host national and international MMA events in India.

International and National fighters arrived in Nasik road on the 14th of May and the official weigh-ins and rules meetings
were held at the tigers gym office nasik road on the 15th which was presided by the organizing committee led by
Jitu Jain [AICSF event co-ordinator] and Shyam Godse [AIKC gen secretary].Vice President of the AICSF, Lorelei Isaac, welcomed the fighters and team managers at the official rules meeting. AICSF safety and medical team led by chief of med dept  Dr S Rajasab of West Bengal expained the importance of safety to the fighters attending the event.

Advocate Gorakhnath Balkawde and MMA pioneer Daniel Isaac led the fighters at the opening ceremony as the 200 plus fighters sang the National Anthem. The amateur MMA championships were held on the 15th & 16th May from 11am-6m during which aspiring amateur MMA fighters competed and gave their best to prove that they are the best amateur MMA fighters in India. Aslam Nabilal Nadaf of the Sangli Muay Thai gym defeated Ghumare Moreshwar of Bulls gym Nasik in a hard fought technical bout to win 54-57kg category. Andrew Canday of Bulls Gym Nasik defeated Suresh Yadav of the Howrah Top Team , Andrew finished the fight in 45 seconds of the opening bell by submitting
Yadav via rear naked choke. Swapnil Barve of Tigers Gym lost to Devendra Surendra Gharwadve of Busawal boxers in the finals of the K1 kickboxing event.

On the 17th of May “Clash of the Champions – Fight Night” was held featuring some of the top professional MMA fighters from India.
This event is usually held following every Asian Open MMA event to give inspiration to up and coming amateur fighters since the fight card of this event always features top MMA stars who represent India on the Asian world MMA stage.

Bhupesh Kamble [Tigers gym] defeated B Umashankar [Chennai Muay Thai] by first round KO in the heavyweight K1 rules bout.
Abhijeet Petkar[Tigers gym] defeated Javed Zamir Mulla [Sangli Muay Thai Gym] in an exciting 3 round heavyweight fight.
Sandeep Tayade [Tigers Gym] defeated champion fighter of the Sangli Muay Thai gym Parkash Shreepati Awale in a closely fought 3 round battle and “Superkick” Shafiq-ur-rehman [Tigers gym] defeated challenger Ajay Ghodajkar [Sangli Muay Thai] by submitting him with an armbar within 30 seconds of the first round. Ajay Ghodajkar is the 2007-2008 WAKO Pro[India] 65 kgs champion and was sent as a special rep fighter of WAKO Pro [India] to challenge the COTC champion Shafiq.

The Tigers gym team of both amateur and pro fighters was coached by Indian MMA star Alan “The Bull” Fenandes.

Opening ceremony

Bhupesh Kamble wins K1 rules heavyweight category

Action from – Sandeep Tayade vs Suresh Yadav

action from Javed Mulla vs Ratul Mukherjee

Moreshwar vs Aslam Nadaf

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