Neil SWAILES vs Eugene HYNSON for NZ title
best of luck Neil, is it his MMA debut? What weight?
I may fly over to watch you fight any info appreciated.
Cheers
Justin
Will be a great fight and it will certainly be the two best fighters in the country at that weight.
Eugene won the ADCC trials two years ago, he lost to Jamie Ballard this year in Melbourne in the finals. He has fought MMA before he fought on shooto 2001 where he lost to Makoto Ishikawa by armbar.
need a corner man....;)
good luck mate!!!
Hey Rich, haha mate, I have a couple tricks from my last cornerman that I may try and use!!
Eugene has fought MMA in NZ, won a Shooto comp in Aus and was flown to Japan with Rodney ELLIS(I think) where he had the loss to Ishikawa. Eug has held National titles here in Kickboxing, has a solid wrestling background and I believe he is a purple belt under Gracie Barra. He has also competed several times at ADCC trials in Aus.
The weight is set at 70kgs, fight is on Rex Redden's Cage show in Wellington July 13th
"Eugene has fought MMA in NZ, won a Shooto comp in Aus and was flown to Japan with Rodney ELLIS(I think) where he had the loss to Ishikawa. Eug has held National titles here in Kickboxing, has a solid wrestling background and I believe he is a purple belt under Gracie Barra. He has also competed several times at ADCC trials in Aus."
The poor lad sounds grossly outmatched V you. Go get him tiger!
Justin
All the best Neil. Good to see someone step up and fight you in your own division. Kick some ass mate.
Eugene beat me last year in a close Pancraption match so this should be a good fight.
The rest of the card is shaping up to be good too and is really pushing the level of MMA in NZ to new levels.
I will post the rest of the card and try and get some pics of the new "Throwdown" cage to put on here.
will be good
there were plenty of people who thought that pancraption match should have gone the other way. I've been waiting for a rematch under full MMA rules since - looking forward to it.
would have to agree with Tassled one, The Pankration fight should have been over when Neil had Eugene in a rear naked choke and the ref stopped it, fight should never have been restarted. bullshit was what it was called
looking to compete in July. Any room on the card. would be at 83 kg, coming from Perth.
Any chance????
Brian Ebersole brian@frankshamrock.com
Didn't Te Paa TKO him with leg kicks a couple of years back?
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Dont think so, though I could be mistaken. I only think they have fought once, many years ago in sport jiu jitsu. Cant remember who won though