Event Reports
06/10/09 - UK: UFC vet Egan defeated at Strike & Submit 12
Oct 4th 2009
Lancastrian Suite, Gateshead
Local hero defeats former UFC fighter
In the preliminary fight of the night, local North East fighter Rob Mills took on Irish fighter, Tom Egan, a young athlete who tasted the limelight, when he took on John Hathaway at UFC 93 in Dublin. Egan, hoping to build up some wins that would hopefully get him back into the UFC, failed as he ran in to the older Mills, who although faced a young up and coming UFC veteran, seemed ridiculously comfortable as the fight got underway. Mills, who often comes out strong looking for the early finish, dabbled in a variety of kicks and proceeded to find his range before Egan scooped him up for an awesome take down. It was here though, Egan found himself trapped in a tight guillotine, Mills cranked the intensity up to the max and got the victory via tap out. A great win for Mills, a long road for Egan.
In the main event, Wolfslair fighter Curt Warburton faced SBG team member Tommy Maguire. Warburton, is a relatively quiet man of UK MMA, but a fighter who has great potential and seems to improve every with every bout. Warburton displayed some great endurance as the fight mainly consisted of Maguire taking a barrage of his ground and pound. Maguire proved some brave resilience but never did enough to get in the mix, and found himself having to deal with a bloody face early on in the fight. In the final round, Maguire did show some decent stand up and seemed to land a few shots, but it was never going to be enough so long in to the fight. Warburton had done enough and took home a deserved victory.
A special mention goes to a young up and comer, who you may have seen profiled in our 'One to watch' section. NX Gen VT fighter Alex Enlund showed great maturity by dominating tough Irish man Kevin Carney with a text book performance. Enlund took his opponent down with ease to then land some precision punches and elbows before taking his opponents back for the RNC in 2mins 36 of the first round.
MAIN CARD
Strike & Submit European Lightweight Title
Curt Warburton Vs Tommy Maguire (Warburton via points decision)
Rob Mills Vs Tom Egan (Mills, Rnd 1 via guillotine choke, Rnd 1)
Andrew Punshon Vs Danny Giblin (No contest, Giblin unable to continue from knee to the groin received in Rnd 1)
Grant Hocking Vs Markus Grosse (Gross via GnP, Rnd 1)
Phil De Fries Vs Jamie Sheldon (De Fries via RNC, Rnd 1)
Alex Enlund Vs Kevin Carney (Enlund via RNC, Rnd 1)
Dale Percival Vs Robert Devane (Devane via Guillotine choke, Rnd 1)
Ian Stewart Vs James Parker (Parker via RNC, Rnd 1)
Sean Colfer Vs Phil Flynn (Flynn via GnP, Rnd 2)
Chris Garry Vs Roy Allison Jnr (Garry via RNC, Rnd 1)
Dean Brailey Vs Stephen Fenwick (Brailey via Armbar, Rnd 1)
The next Strike & Submit is scheduled for Feb 28th 2010.
An amateur Strike & Submit Contenders show is scheduled for Nov 29th 2009.
Report by Russell Wadham.
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