Open Mat / Joint Training Session
On Sunday 6th July we are having a grappling open mat at the High Street gym (LE1 5YP) from 12 to 4pm. It's a chance for fellow grapplers from the midlands to get together, share techniques, spar with new people, socialise etc. It's a no-pressure atmosphere and those attending are welcome to do as much, or as little, as they want.
Clubs attending are by invite only but anyone who has trained at Leicester Shootfighters is welcome to come along.
For more information email Nathan Leverton at totalgrappling@hotmail.com
- 16th June 2008
Cage Warriors: Enter the Rough House 7
Date: 12th July 2008
Venue: Harvey Hadden Sports Centre, Nottingham NG8 4PB
CW returns to Notts with an amazing fight card, check out the latest line up here.
Andre Winner will being fighting former Cage Warriors and Cage Rage champion (and top five European ranked) fighter Abdul Mohammed.
"Judo" Jimmy is up against experienced BJJ black belt Fabricio Nascimento. To read a full preview of this bout go here.
- 16th June 2008
Summer Submission Slam
Our friends over at Burton MMA (aka Grindhouse) are running their first grappling competition, Summer Submission Slam, on August 17th at the Medowside Leisure Center in Burton-upon-Trent.
They'll be down at the open mat next month to plug the event but if you want further info you can contact Pep on 07761866024 or badguypep@yahoo.co.uk
- 16th June 2008
3 Golds, 2 Silvers, 1 Bronze at UMA
Leicester
Shootfighters took three golds at the weekend's U.M.A. 2008 Groundfighting Championships. Congratulations to Ben Scohtthoefer on winning the -70kg division in dominating fashion, Andre Winner for taking 1st at -75kg and Jim Wallhead for his gold at -85kg. Ranjeet Baria and Dave Ives took silvers in finals made up of LS students! Paul Gannon took bronze at -65kg and all the other fighters who entered did us proud (Pritesh, Paul, Lewis, Chris, Luke, Liam, Andy and Ollie).
Congrats also to our friend Andy Durkan from Bushido who took Silver in the -90kg and Griff from SBGi who took Gold at -65kg
Highlight on YouTube
Ben's 5 Second Armbar
Ranjeet Baria Match
- 19th May 2008
Dan Wins for 2nd Time in 2 Weeks & Signs UFC Contract!
On May 3rd Dan Hardy defeated Daniel Weichel by TKO in the 2nd round at Ultimate Force in Doncaster (and gets a four fight UFC contract handed to him in the cage afterwards!)
Dan on UFC Website
Warrior Promotions UFC Announcement
- 19th May 2008
Big Wins and a Controversial Loss at Cage Warriors
Cage
Warriors: Enter the Rough House 6
April 19th, 2008
Nottingham, UK
Dan Hardy defeated UFC veteran Chad Reiner by TKO due to strikes in round 3 and Jim Wallhead defeated Tom Haddock by tap out due to strikes in the 2nd round. Unfortunately Andre Winner lost a narrow majority decision to Bendy Casimir in a very close fight.
Sherdog report
Fighters Only report
MMA Weekly report
- 29th April 2008
Iwan
Wins 2 Golds
Leicester
Shootfighter's Iwan Baxter took two 1st places (+99kg
and Absolute divisions) at the VT JiuJitsu No-Gi Grappling
Tournament on Saturday 5th April, winning all his fights
by submission. Congratulations from all at the gym.
- 6th April 2008
Jimmy
in Fighters Only
The
May 2008 edition of Fighters
Only has an interview with Jimmy on page 38, check
it out!
- 6th April 2008
Florida
Commission Stop Fights!
The
Florida State Boxing Commission cut short Cage Warriors
USA's first event on March 29th before Andre and Dan
had a chance to fight. Jim lost a close decision to
Charles Blanchard of ATT in what became the last fight
of the night. Clips from that fight appear on HDNet's
TV show Inside MMA episode 214.
- 6th April 2008
Andre
and Jimmy to Fight in Florida
The
lads are flying out to Florida to compete on Cage Warriors'
first US show this month. Leicester Shootfighters head
coach Nathan Leverton will also be out there to do the
corner.
Event:
CW USA Battle Royale
Date: March 29th, 2008
Location: Florida, USA
Andre
Winner vs Kevin Roddy
Jim Wallhead vs Charles Blanchard
Dan Hardy vs Chad Reiner
For
more information check out the event's website:
http://www.cagewarriorsusa.com
- 13th March 2008
Andre
vs Casimir
Only
3 weeks after fighting in the US, Andre will take on
top ten ranked European fighter Bendy Casimir in Nottingham.
Event:
CW Enter the Rough House 6
Date: April 19th, 2008
Location: Harvey Hadden Sports Centre, Nottingham,
UK
- 13th March 2008
BJJ
Belts
Over
the last few months several Leicester Shootfighters
students have gotten graded in Brazilian Jiu jitsu by
BJJ black belt Karl Tanswell of SBGi. These grades include:
Nathan
Leverton - Purple belt
Paul Barton - Blue belt
Iwan Baxter - Blue belt
Ranjeet Baria - Blue Belt
- 13th March 2008
Hardy
& Wallhead Win At CageWarriors
Cage
Warriors: Enter the Rough House 5
December 8th, 2007
Nottingham, UK
Jim
Wallhead defeats Paul Jenkins by unanimous decision
under K-1 rules and Dan Hardy defeats Manu Garcia by
tap out due to strikes in the first round.
Sherdog
report
MMA
Weekly report
- 14th Dcember 2007
Dan
Disqualified in Japan!
G.C.M
Cage Force 5
December 1st, 2007
Japan
Dan
Hardy was disqualified from his bout in Japan against
Yoshiyuki Yoshida for an accidental low blow landed
in the second round. The win was awarded to Yoshida
but this unusual decision is currently being appealed
as it should rightly be judged a no contest.
Sherdog
report
- 3rd Dcember 2007
Andre
Defends FX3 World Title
FX3
Fight Night 6
November 24th, 2007
Reading, UK
Andre
Winner defeated Mario Stapel by unanimous decision at
FX3 Fight Night 6 and retains his world lightweight
title.
Sherdog
report: Winner
Once Again.
MMA
Weekly report.
- 3rd Dcember 2007
Xmas
& New Year Holidays
Leicester
Shootfighters open classes will be closed from Monday
December 17th to Sunday 13th January (limited private
tuition and fighter training will continue during this
period however).
First
class of 2008 will be Monday 14th January.
- 3rd Dcember 2007
Jim
& Dre Domintant Once Again at Cage Warriors
Cage
Warriors: Enter the Rough House 4
October 14th, 2007
Nottingham, UK
Jim
Wallhead defeated UFC veteran Steven Lynch by choke
in 1min 30secs of 1st round in a totally dominant performance.
Andre Winner beat previously undefeated AJ Wenn by unanimous
decision in an awesome fight in which he landed a massive
array of strikes including jumping knees, a superman
punch, foot stomps and some vicious elbows.
Sherdog
report: Wallhead
Wipes Out Lynch
- 15th October 2007
Dan vs Monma Online
You can now see Dan Hardy's defeat of Hidetaka Monma online. The fight was at GCM Cage Force 4 in Japan. Here's the full fight on DailyMotion.
Also check out this kickass highlight reel of Dan on YouTube.
- 15th October 2007
Leicester Shoot Clean Up At Grappling Championships
The Leics Shoot team had a great day at the U.M.A. British Open Submission Grappling Championships held in Burton on October 7th. We came away with a haul 3 golds, a couple of silvers and a couple of bronzes.
Congrats to all the lads but special props to: Pritesh who took the -65kg silver, loosing a close final by decision in his first comp. Dave Ives for walking the -85kg division which had 16 guys in it! Ranj, Lewis and Courtney for clearing out all the -75kg competition in the first two rounds so having to fight amongst themselves for the top 3 spots lol. And Iwan for looking scary good in the +95kg, winning gold and tapping his opponents very quickly.
Some fights have turned up on YouTube:
Lewis James
Ranjeet Baria
Pritesh Chauhan
- 14th October 2007
Rosi
Sexton Grappling & MMA Seminar
Date:
Sunday 30th September
Location: 84 High Street, Leicester
Time: 12pm to 4pm
Price: £15
It's
with great pleasure that I can announce we will be hosting
a seminar at the High Street gym next month with Dr.
Rosi Sexton, Europe's most accomplished female Mixed
Martial Arts competitor. Her credentials include a Brazilian
Jiu Jitsu Purple Belt, a Tae Kwon Do Black Belt, a Cage
Warriors Championship belt and an impressive 7-1 Mixed
Martial Arts record.
For
more information on Rosi check out this article
in The Guardian.
Limited
spaces available
- 22nd August 2007
Jim
& Dre Win at Cage Warriors
Cage
Warriors: Enter the Rough House 3
July 21st, 2007
Nottingham, UK
Jim
Wallhead def Soli Klicthko, side choke in round 1.
Andre Winner def Daniel Thomas, unanimous decision.
- 6th August 2007
Andre
Brings Home Title
On
July 7th Andre Winner defeated Aiden Marron by unanimous
decision to claim the FX3 World Lightweight Title.
Pics
from the fight on CageWarriors forum.
Congrats
from all at the gym.
- 13th July 2007
Summer
Break
No
classes for 2 weeks from next week (starting July 2nd).
Training
starts back Monday July 16th.
- 18th June 2007
Congrats
to Jimmy
Jim
Wallhead successfully defended his welterweight title
at House of Pain 9 in Swansea on June 3rd, beating Jordan
James by side choke in the 1st round. Another great
win for "Judo Jim"!
- 13th June 2007
Upcoming
Fights
June
3rd - Jim Wallhead vs Jordan James
House of Pain 9 (Swansea)
June
17th - Aaron Brown vs Chris Gary
AMMA (Birmingham)
July
7th - Andre Winner vs Ian Butlin
FX3 Fight Night 5 (Reading)
July
21st - Jim Wallhead and Andre Winner v
TBA
Cage Warriors (Nottingham)
- 30th May 2007
Recent
Fights
Dan
Hardy def Daizo Ishigein by unanimous decision at the
Cage Force Welterweight Tournament in Japan. He'll be
back out there to fight in the semi-finals in September
against Hidetaka Monma.
Nick
Ozipczak tapped out Chris Roper by RNC in under 2mins
at Fightzone in Newcastle on May 18th.
Congrats
to both guys from all at the gym for these for these
excellent performances.
- 30th May 2007
**
New Timetable Starts Monday 30th April 2007 **
Starting
May 2007 the gym timetable will be changing. Two classes
each night, Monday to Thursday.
Monday/Tuesday/Thursday
= Grappling
Wednesday = Mixed Martial Arts
6:30pm-7:30pm
Fundamentals Class (all levels welcome)
7:30-8:30pm Intermediate-Advanced Training
Full
details
- 12th April 2007
March/April
Class Schedual
Monday’s
MMA Fundamentals
5th
& 12th March – Kicks
19th & 26th March – Striking
2nd & 9th April – Striking
16th & 23rd April – Ground & Pound
Tuesday’s
Grappling Fundamentals
6th
& 13th March – Competition Techniques &
Tactics
20th & 27th March – Underhooks & Harness
3rd & 10th April – Pin Transitions
17th & 24th April – Hip Movement
Wednesday’s
MMA Training
7th
& 14th March – Circuit + Pads + Sparring
21st & 28th March – Circuit + Pads + Sparring
4th & 11th April – Circuit + Pads + Sparring
18th & 25th April – Circuit + Pads + Sparring
Thursday’s
Grappling Training
18th
& 15th March – Sparring + Drills + Competition
Tactics
22nd & 29th March – Sparring + Drills + Chokes
5th & 12th April – Sparring + Drills + Armbars
19th & 26th April – Sparring + Drills + Sweeps
-
14th March 2007
Leicester
Shootfighters Submission Grappling Competition
Date:
Sunday 25th March, 2007
Time:
11:00am registration, weigh in & rules meeting.
12 noon fights start.
Location:
Paul Gannon's Karate Academy, 84 High Street, Leicester
LE1 5YP
Weights:
-70kg, -80kg, -90kg, +90kg, Open Weight
Price:
FREE [competitors must have trained at Leicester Shootfighters]
Spectators
welcome.
- 7th March 2007
YouTube
Clip
There's
a rough highlight clip up on YouTube of Courtney in
the club competitions from 2006. Check
it out here.
- 7th March 2007
CW:
Enter the Rough House 2
Cage
Warriors' "Enter the Rough House" event
returns to Nottingham on Saturday 28th April at the
Harvey Hadden Centre. Andre and Jimmy from Leicester
are both on the card, as are Dan Hardy and other guys
from Notts. The last event had a brilliant atmosphere
and great fights, I'm sure this will be a great show.
- 7th March 2007
Urban
Gorillaz Midlands Open No Gi Tournament
This
is a big grappling event being held in Birmingham on
Sunday 15th April. Some of the lads will be fighting
and it should be a good show to watch as well. Full
details here.
- 7th March 2007
Congrats
to "Loughborough Fight Firm"
Lewis
and the other Loughborough lads had a good showing at
the first Combat Sports Open Trials of 2007, all the
fights went the distance so were an automatic draw except
for Lewis's first bout which he won by submission.
- 20th February 2007
**
1st Club Competition of 2007 **
The
first club grappling competition of 2007 is penciled
in for Sunday 25th March. As before, it'll be held at
the gym on High Street with weigh ins at 11am and fights
starting at noon.
- 20th February 2007
Fights
on YouTube
If
you haven't already seen them, there's some fights of
guys from the gym floating about on YouTube, check 'em
out:
Andre
Winner vs Paul Cooper
Jim
Wallhead vs Henning Svendsen
Jim
Wallhead vs Xander Nel
Myles
Ewen vs Dan Corbley
- 20th February 2007
2007
Class Schedual
Monday’s
MMA Fundamentals
8th
& 15th January - Pad Work
22nd & 29th January - Boxing
5th & 12th February - Closing the Distance
19th & 26th February - Clinch
Tuesday’s
Grappling Fundamentals
9th
& 16th January - Back Mount
23rd & 30th January - Side Control (bottom)
6th & 13th February - Mount (bottom)
20th & 27th February - Guard Passing
Wednesday’s
MMA Training
10th
January - Circuit + Sparring + Stand Up
17th January - Circuit + Sparring + Closing the Distance
24th January - Circuit + Sparring + Clinch
31st January - Circuit + Sparring + Takedown Defence
Thursday’s
Grappling Training
11th
January - Sparring + Armbars
18th January - Sparring + Single Leg Takedown
25th January - Sparring + Far Guard
1st February - Sparring + Guard Passing
-
8th January 2006
Leicester
Shootfighter of the Year 2006...
It
was a close call this time around, a lot of guys from
the gym have had a good year. Myles Ewen did well, winning
two club competitions, taking 2nd place at an amateur
MMA tournament with an exciting bout and putting on
a good performance at the SNGC grappling competition.
Also at SNGC, Iwan Baxter tapped all his opponents on
the way to a close points loss in the final; his jump
in skill level along with his physical attributes has
made him a serious force on the mat. Several other students
have made notable progress in their game, Lewis James
in particular springs to mind. However, it came down
to a final call between Andre Winner and Courtney Rawle.
Dre has had a storming year in the cage, building up
an undefeated record against tough competition, showcasing
formidable new grappling skills to compliment his sharp
striking. But, Courtney has a full time job and a family
yet with limited training has taken his game to a level
where he's won two club competitions (both times defeating
Dre in the process) including the end of year Openweight
Grand Prix. It was a tough decision but these great
performances, plus being a great guy it's a pleasure
to have part of the team, mean this year's 2006 Leicester
Shootfighter of the Year is Courtney Rawle. Congratulations
bro.
- 7th January 2006
Leicester
Shootfighters 2006 Open Weight Grand Prix
21
fighters competed in the end of year tournament held
at the gym on Sunday 17th December 2006. With over three
quarters of the students weighing in for the same category
(-80kg) we decided to change the format to a straight
knockout openweight tournament. After 20 exciting bouts
the final four ranked as follows:
1st
Courtney Rawle
2nd Andre Winner
3rd Lewis James
4th Luke Spencer
- 7th January 2006
Xmas
& New Year Holidays
We'll
be taking 3 weeks off for the holiday period, which
should give y'all time to recover from the club comp,
party hard and then ease your way back in to training.
LAST
SESSION OF 2006: Thursday 14th December 2006
FIRST
SESSION OF 2007: Monday 8th January 2007
- 22nd November 2006
Andre
Goes To 6-0
Dre
continues to be the most active guy at the gym. At Cage
Rage Contenders 3 in London he defeated Sami Berik in
a tough fight by TKO from standing strikes in the 3rd
round. That's his fourth pro mma win in five months
and takes his record to six wins and no losses. Congrats
from all at the gym.
- 22nd November 2006
Fundamentals
Class Schedule
Monday
MMA Fundamentals
13th
& 20th November: Putting it together
27th November & 4th December: Putting it together
11th December: MMA Q&A / Workshop
Tuesday:
Grappling Fundamentals
14th
& 21st November: Bottom Position Review
28th November & 4th December: Top Position Review
12th December: Submission Q&A
- 22nd November 2006
MMA
Tournament Success
We
took a couple of lads to the tournament in Birmingham
on October 7th. Myles won his first fight by TKO in
20secs and second fight by armbar in about a minute
but lost a close decision after a 10min final to take
2nd place in the lightweights. Lewis won one match by
guillotine choke but lost another on decision after
overtime to take 3rd in his division. Both guys fought
really well and had entertaining fights, well done.
- 23rd October 2006
Fundamentals
Class Schedule
Monday’s
MMA Fundamentals
2nd
& 9th October: Kicking
16th & 23rd October: Striking
30th October & 6th November: Ground & Pound
Tuesday’s
Grappling Fundamentals
2nd
& 10th October: Guard Passing
17th & 24th October: Open Guard (bottom)
31st October & 7th November: Butterfly Guard
- 28th September 2006
3rd
Club Competition Results
-70kg
1.
Nathan Leverton
2. Myles Ewen
3. Alex Smith
4. Luke Spencer
-80kg
1.
Courtney Rawle
2. Andre Winner
3. Paul Barton
4. Lewis James
-90kg
1.
Dave George
2. James Hastings
3. Dave B
4. Matt Whetton
- 28th September 2006
Last
Minute Fight for Andre
Dre
took another MMA fight earlier this month, on 48 hours
notice, for Cage Warriors: Showdown against Paul Cooper
. He dominated the grappling and submitted his opponent
in the 2nd round by triangle choke.
- 28th September 2006
Congrats
to Iwan Baxter
Iwan
took 2nd place in the heavyweight division at the recent
Supreme
National Grappling Championships, winning four bouts
by submission before loosing a close final on points.
A very impressive performance.
- 28th September 2006
2
Wins in 2 Months for Andre
Dre
did the business again at Cage Rage Contenders 2 on
Sunday August 20th, stopping Jeff Lawson in round 2
with strikes on the ground closing his eye. Great to
see him back in the cage doing what he does best after
so long out. Congrats from all the guys at the gym.
Photos online from Cage Rage Contenders 2 here.
His
next test is defend his -80kg title at the club grappling
comp!
- 27th August 2006
Fundamentals
Classes
as
promised here is the schedule for subjects to be covered
on the fundamentals classes for the next few weeks...
Monday’s
MMA Fundamentals
7th
& 14th August: Crazy Monkey
21st & 28th August: Closing Distance
4th & 11th September: Clinch
18th & 25th September: Boxing
Tuesday’s
Grappling Fundamentals
8th
& 15th August: Side Control
22nd & 29th August: Mount
5th & 12th September: Turtle
19th & 26th September: Closed Guard (top)
The
Wednesday (MMA) and Thursday (Grappling) sessions will
stay as they are. The training sessions have an open
mat atmosphere so students can train anything they wish
to work on but also feature organised sparring, drilling,
conditioning, advanced technique instruction and individual
coaching.
- 7th August 2006
Changes
at Leicester Shootfighters
Over
the next few weeks we'll be making some changes at the
gym. This will include better organisation for the fundamentals
classes (Mon & Tue) to make them more accessible
to beginners and more productive for the development
of experienced students.
-
Fundamentals classes will work from a curriculum that
will be available to all club members.
-
Subjects to be covered on fundamentals classes will
be announced in advance.
-
Techniques on fundamentals classes will run for two
weeks before moving on.
-
Regular club competitions to be held at the gym
- 26th July 2006
Congrats
to Andre
Dre
stopped his opponent, who was changed the day before,
in 2mins of the first round by tapout due due to strikes
at FX3 in Bracknell on Saturday (July 15th). Congratulations
from all at the gym.
- 17th July 2006
Jimmy
Off To Japan!
Huge
congratulations to Jim Wallhead from everyone at the
gym on his tournament win in Holland at the 2H2H show.
This win gets him a fight in Japan at DEEP, a feeder
show for PRIDE FC!!!!!
- 19th June 2006
2nd
Club Competition Results
Our
2nd No-Gi Submission Wrestling Competition held on June
4th was a great success with 20 students competing in
30 bouts.
|
-70kg
1.
Myles Ewen
2. Paul Gannon
3. Luke Spencer
4. Alex Smith |
-
80kg
1.
Andre Winner
2. Amrit Suman
3. Courtney Rawle
Paul
Barton
Sam Smitten-Downes
David Gajdasik
Daniel Wysocki |
|
1.
Jim Wallhead
2. James Hastings
3. Peppe Iannucci
4. Michael Whittaker
5. Tony Lee
6. Paul Sarson |
1.
Iwan Baxter
2. Matt Whetton
3. James Coope |
- 19th June 2006
1st
Club Competition Results
Leicester
Shootfighters Submission Wrestling Competition - Sunday
March 26th, 2006.
|
-
70kg
1.
Myles Ewen
2. Paul Gannon
3. Ross Dunning |
-
80kg
1.
Amrit Suman
2. Luke Spencer
3. Sam Smitten-Downes |
|
-
90kg
1.
Michael Whittaker
2. Matt Whetton
3. Peppe Iannucci |
+90kg
1.
Iwan Baxter
2. Tomas Danielius
3. James Cooper |
|
Open
Weight
1.
Iwan Baxter
2. Myles Ewen
3. Paul Gannon / Ross Dunning |
|
- 3rd May 2006
Leicester
Shootfighter of the Year 2005...
A
lot students deserve credit for things you've done at
the club this year but this year I think it's a clear
win for the guy who sums up the best of what our club
represents. He has trained hard, constantly striving
to develop and expand his game. Has made big gains and
proved himself dominant in competition yet doesn't take
advantage in training and is helpful to those he works
with. Most of all he is a nice guy and a pleasure to
coach.
This
years winner is: James Frost
A
very cool trophy awaits him at the gym.
- 16th December 2005
December
10th Submission League
We
took another team to the Submission League in Birmingham
this past weekend. Well done to all those who fought
and thank you to the lads who came to show their support.
Some mixed results but impressive performances by our
lads and great day out!
James
Frost once again won the -99kg with a great performance
(and should of got fastest sub of the day award for
his sweet guillotine). Dave Ives got screwed by an organisational
mix up so got 2nd at -77kg. Andre Winner won both his
fights and looked sharp but didn't carry on due to the
same mix up. Sam and Courtney both won fights at -77kg
as well. Paul Gannon got 3rd in the -66kg, winning three
fights with nice subs, and Myles got 4th. Alex showed
balls of steel stepping in to the heavyweights with
only a few weeks of training. - 16th December 2005
Congrats
to Judo Jim
Jim
Wallhead defeated Paul Jenkins on December 3rd in Cardiff
to take the House of Pain Welterweight MMA title. Well
done mate, from all at LS. - 16th December 2005
2
Golds, 1 Silver, 3 Bronze
Our
team of 8 fighters picked up 6 medals at the Submission
League in Birmingham on October 2nd. Nathan Leverton
and James Frost won the lightweight and light-heavyweight
divisions. James Hasting came 2nd at middleweight. Paul
Barton won his welterweight bracket and came 3rd overall
losing on points in overtime to the winners. Iwan Baxter
placed 3rd in the heavyweights and Myles Ewen took 3rd
at lightweight. Ben and Wayne also won fights in the
welterweight divsion. - 4th October 2005
