Bantamweight (u135lbs) Amateur MMA Owen Kew 2.4.0. (Gym 01) vs Bill Mogford 3.3.0. (Kenshiro) What do you look for in a match up? There are lots of things that make a fight work, but if the fighters skill levels are close then style is everything. That’s why Owen Kew vs...

Lightweight (u155lbs) Amateur MMA Charlie Hatton 0.1.0. (Gym01) vs Matt Rogers 0.2.0. (CSA) What can you say about Charlie Hatton other than he is a fighter’s fighter? At the last event, Charlie stepped up to take on a bigger opponent on three days’ notice after having only just recently returned...

Featherweights (u145lbs) Amateur MMASamuel Draper 1.1.0. (Analaysis) vs Connor Paterson 0.0.0. (Exile MMA)How you cope with a setback and what you do afterwards is really what a coach wants to see from a fighter. When Samuel Draper made his MMA debut at our last event he was simply edged out...

Bantamweight (u135lbs) Amateur MMA Rinchen Griffiths 0.2.0. (Revolution Martial Arts) vs Lukasz Hartuna 0.1.0. (MMMA) It’s been a difficult start to Rinchen Griffith’s MMA career so far with him picking up two losses in a row. On the face of it, you could be forgiven for thinking Rinchen may have...

Bantamweight (u135lbs) Amateur MMAJake McCormack 0.1.0. (Xion) vs Phil Higgins 0.0.0. (Genesis)At Shock N Awe 30 Jake McCormack had a thrilling encounter with Ollie Gibson in a fight of the night performance, and although he came up short on the night he showed everyone just how good he is. Next...

Lightweight (u155lbs) Amateur MMA Jack Stickler 0.0.0. (Gym 01) vs Matty Mclure 1.0.0. (Genesis) Next up we have two high-level competitors making their Shock n Awe debuts. Jack Stickler is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu blue belt (under Colin Howells) who started the transition to MMA about a year ago. Having competed...

Bantamweight (u135lbs) Amateur MMA Jacob Tribe 0.1.0. (Mad Hatters) vs Dragos Olaru 0.1.0. (Impact) When you make your MMA debut the win is so important. It’s something you have been working towards and dreaming about since accepting your fight but when Jacob Tribe made his first walk to the cage...

Middleweight (u185lbs) Amateur MMAMike Clarke 1.0.0. (Genesis) vs Cameron Hale 1.0.0. (Wassmuffin)It was a rollercoaster build-up to Cameron Hale’s MMA debut at Shock N Awe 30 when he had a pull out on fight week. Luckily we saw Gym 01’s Charlie Hatton step up on three days notice after two...

u72kg Amatuer K1 Adam Dickens 0.3.0. (NI YAI Muay Thai) vs Sam Taylor 0.0.0. (Kings Muay Thai)Don't let records fool you, it may be both fighters Shock N Awe debuts but between them they bring a wealth of experience to the cage.Adam Dickens training under Christian Di Paolo is no...

Flyweight (u125lbs) Amateur MMA Moti Takwoingi 1.0.0. (Ippon) vs Aphrodite Patsalidou 1.0.0. (Gym 01)Back in 2013, there was a fighter based in Bournemouth fighting out of Ippon gym who made their MMA debut at Shock n Awe. This young athlete cut her teeth five times in the Shock n Awe...

Flyweight (u125lbs) Amateur MMA Josh Bishop 1.0.0. (Flo Martial Arts) vs Brendan Young 2.1.0. (Fighting Tigers) The flyweight division is set to see another amateur contender emerge when Brendan Young faces Josh Bishop on March 28th. Both of these fighters have been around combat sports for a few years now...

u82kg Amateur K1Mark Todd 1.0.0. (Flo Martial Arts) vs Ben Routhorn 0.0.0. (Kings Muay Thai)Mark Todd debuted as Shock N Awe 31 after a hiatus from the gym following on from some amateur MMA bouts a few years prior.Training with Steve Hollister at Flo Martial Arts seemed to be just...

u45kg Amateur K1Emmeline Jones 0.3.0. (Gym 01) vs Shan Lin Gourlay 0.2.0. NI YAI MuaythaiEmmeline Jones is no stranger to Shock N Awe having made her debut on Contenders and eventually making her way on to the big shows.One problem with Em is her weight, walking around at well under...

Lightweight (155lbs) Pro MMAKye Stevens 1.1.0. (Gym01) vs Charlie Guest 0.0.0. (Xion)When Kye Stevens is booked to fight you know you are going to see violence from the beginning of the fight until it’s clinical ending. His live by the sword, die by the sword style has seen him fast...

Middleweight (u185lbs) Amateur MMA Olaf Kordys 0.0.0. (Nippon Jiu Jitsu) vs Tomek Gireula 0.1.0. (Analysis) There will be some serious firepower on display when middleweights Tomek Gireula and Olaf Kordys clash at Portsmouth’s historic Guildhall on March 28th. Both of these athletes are heavy hitters and are lucky to have...