Results and Recap: Total Carnage; Nathan Corbett goes the distance with Stephane Susperregui

Total Carnage took place in Australia today, in the night’s main event Nathan Corbett defended his WKN world title against Stephane Susperregui of France. Corbett is known for finishing his opponents, 42 of his 53 professional wins have come via (T)KO. Susperregui, however, proved to be tougher than most thought and he took the man known as “Carnage” the distance. Despite his efforts, Susperregui came up short as Corbett won the bout via decision.

In the night’s co-main event Frank Giorgi returned to action after having lost to Buakaw in the Thai Fight tournament finals this past December. Giorgi won a WKN world title by defeating Sweeden’s Tobias Alexandersson by decision.

Another fight of interest on the card was Kym Johnson, who was looking to bounce back after a loss to Mostafa Abdollahi at Knees of Fury 36 this past February. Johnson defeated Brett Witton to get back on the winning track.

Fight Blog - Mostafa Abdollahi vs. Kym Johnson

by Mostafa Abdollahi

I was lucky to receive an invitation to participate in the Knees of Fury show in Adelaide on the 25th of Feb 2012. How I came to be on the fight card is a long story; with JWP sustaining an injury, Ky Hollenbeck withdrawing etc, I eventually received a call 3 weeks before the show from the promoter asking me to fight Kym Johnson. This was fine for me as I was still in shape from my last fight with Berneung Top King in Phuket. I had not sustained any injuries from that fight so I was ready to fight again on the 25th. In preparation for the fight, I watched some of Kym’s fights online with my trainer so we could formulate a strategy for the fight.

The weigh-in was the day before, I made 72.3kg pretty easily. Then I had a good rest, and plenty of food! The next day, I had a chat with my cornerman and great friend Jason Lapin from Jabout in Sydney; he gave me some additional advice for my fight and we made a game plan together. I was feeling super confident, I knew that Kym liked to be busy, move around a lot, not too much clinching, so I had a solid strategy to counteract this.

Ky Hollenbeck not fighting Kym Johnson at Knees of Fury 36

Ky Hollenbeck was scheduled to face Kym Johnson on February 25th at Knees of Fury 36 in Australia, but has pulled out of the fight. The reason for Hollenbeck pulling out is currently unknown. Hollenbeck was originally scheduled to fight Muay Thai legend John Wayne Parr, but Parr was forced to pull out of the fight due to a broken finger that would take a few months to heal.

Young Australian standout Kym Johnson was brought in to replace Parr, but with Hollenbeck now out of the fight it is unclear if a replacement will be found or if Johnson will be scratched from the fight card. Hollenbeck would have been fighting for the first time in 2012 and the first time since losing his first professional bout to Nieky Holzken back in November as part of the Muaythai Premier League.

Injury forces John Wayne Parr out of fight with Ky Hollenbeck at Knees of Fury 36, replaced by Kym Johnson

Muay Thai legend John Wayne Parr has been forced to withdraw from his Knees of Fury 36 bout against Ky Hollenbeck. Parr broke his index finger all the way through and can not punch for a time frame of four to five months because of the location of the break.

Replacing Parr against Hollenbeck will be a Kym Johnson of Rikers Gym. Johnson is a WMC Jr. Middleweight Champion, he recently defeated William Sriyapai via (T)KO at Knees of Fury 34. Hollenbeck will be looking to rebound from the first pro loss of his career to Nieky Holzken this past November under the Muaythai Premier League banner. Despite the loss of a big name like Parr, the bout shove prove to be an exciting affair between to young talents in Hollenbeck and Johnson.

Knees of Fury 34 results: Team Australia sweeps Team America

Knees of Fury 34 took place in Australia on September 16th in what was dubbed as Team KOF Australia vs. Team America MMA. The Muay Thai show featured two notable American Muay Thai fighters in WBC Muay Thai Super Heavyweight International Champion Steven "Panda" Banks and William "The Bull" Sriyapai. The third fighter rounding out "Team America" was Jon Owens who mainly fights MMA. Team Australia featured Paul Slowinski, Kym Johnson and Myles Simpson, all three proved to be too much for "Team America" as each stopped their American opponent before the final bell.

Slowinski and Banks punished each other for three rounds before a body shot ended Banks night. The loss is the first of Banks Muay Thai career, he had won his first thirteen fights. Sriyapai was stopped in the fourth round by Johnson after the referee had seen enough and stepped in to keep him from taking any more punishment. Owens was a victim of Simpson's leg kicks as the damage mounted up and eventually he could not continue.