Results and Recap: Friday Night Fights Muay Thai "2012 8-man Tournament"

Friday Night Fights Muay Thai was back at the Ball Street Ballroom in New York, NY this past Friday. The night was set to feature the annual eight man tournament and a main event fight between Mohammed Lemjerdine and Tony Manoharan.

In the main event Lemjerdine out pointed Manoharan to a five round unanimous decision win. Lemjerdine pushed the pace forcing Manoharan against the ropes, although Manoharan had no problem delivering shots of his own while being backed up. In the end though, Lemjerdine’s hands were in rhythm the entire night as he took home the victory. He pushes his pro record to 4-1 with the win.

The eight man tournament featured fighters from all over North America, but when it was all said and done it was Joe Cox of St. Louis, MO who stood as the winner.

In the opening round of the fights which was chosen with a random draw at the start of the event Cox defeated Cody Moberly by (T)KO, Benson Virtucio defeated Anton Potocki by decision, Daniel McDonald defeated Josh Wyles by (T)KO and Eric Luna defeated Geoffrey Then by decision.

In the semi-finals Cox defeated McDonald by (T)KO and Virtucio defeated Luna by decision to set up the finals. It was a back and fourth fight and you could tell both fighters really wanted the win. Virtucio worked well in the clinch, while Cox was able to connect with punches and kicks outside the clinch. The first round seemed to go to Virtucio because of his work in the clinch, but in the second and third rounds Cox was able to avoid the clinch and connect with hard shots. In the end the judges saw the fight by unanimous decision for Cox with 29-28 scores.

Results:

Pro Fight
Mohammed Lemjerdine def. Tony Manoharan via Unanimous Decision

8-man Tournament Finals

Joe Cox def. Benson Virtucio via Unanimous Decision

8-man Tournament Semi-finals

Joe Cox def. Daniel McDonald via (T)KO in Rd. 2

Benson Virtucio def. Eric Luna via Split Decision

8-man Tournament Opening Round

Joe Cox def. Cody Moberly via (T)KO in Rd. 2

Benson Virtucio def. Anton Potocki via Unanimous Decision

Daniel McDonald def. Josh Wyles via (T)KO in Rd. 2

Eric Luna def. Geoffrey Then via Unanimous Decision

Under Card Fights
Phabion Wilson def. Ryan Price via (T)KO in Rd. 3
Jafar Toshev def. Giuseppe Lacolla via (T)KO in Rd. 3
Mike Koufalis def. John Gibson via Unanimous Decision
Naomi Sangkavasi def. Watt Sriboonruang via Unanimous Decision