WFL Unfinished Business Results: Mohammed Khamal wins, 3 tournament champions crowned

WFL Unfinished Business took place this past weekend and it featured three tournaments in one night as well as main event bout between Mohammed Khamal and Chahid Oulad El Hadj.

In the main event Khamal scored first round stoppage of El Hadj. The knockout came in the second round and marks another impressive win for Khamal since his return from retirement a little over a year ago.

In the night's 95kg tournament Luis Tavares and Lorenzo Javier Jorge advance to the finals. Tavares walked away the tournament winner after the bout went an extra round and he was awarded the decision.

Cedric Manhoef and Massaro Glunder ended up in the finals of the 70kg tournament and it was Manhoef who took home the tournament victory. Manhoef defeated Glunder by decision in the tournament final.

In the women's 60kg tournament, Ilona Wijmans defeated Orinta van der Zee to take home the tournament win.

In other action Bogdan Stoica suffered a loss to Ibrahim El Bouni after injuring his knee in the first round. The knee injury is expected to keep him out of action for about six weeks.

Photos Courtesy of Ben Pontier Photography.

Results:

Mohammed Khamal def. Chahid Oulad El Hadj via KO in Rd. 2

Ibrahim El Bouni def. Bogdan Stoica via (T)KO (Injury) in Rd. 2

Sem Braan def. Errol Koning via Decision 

Tom Duivenvoorde def. Dennis Ipema via Decision

Santino Verbeek def. Justin Dap via Decision

Ertugrul Bayrak def. Reda Zaidi via Decision

90kg Tournament Semi-Finals:

Luis Tavares def. Fred Sikking via Decision

Lorenzo Javier Jorge def. Redouan Cairo via Decision

90kg Tournament Final:

Luis Tavares def. Lorenzo Javier Jorge via Extra Round Decision

70kg Tournament Semi-Finals:

Cedric Manhoef def. Edson Fortes via Decision

Massaro Glunder def. William Diender via Decision

70kg Tournament Final:

Cedric Manhoef def. Massaro Glunder via Decision

Women's 60kg Tournament Semi-Finals:

Ilona Wijmans def. Salaysa van den Bos via Decision

Orinta van der Zee def. Sarah Debaieb via Decision

Women's 60kg Tournament Final:

Ilona Wijmans def. Sarah Debaieb via Decision

WFL: Unfinished Business set for October 18 in The Netherlands

The World Fight League (WFL) has scheduled their second event "Unfinished Business"  for October 18th in The Netherlands. The event will feature some four man tournaments as well as super fights.

Sahak Parparyan is currently scheduled to fight Ibrahim El Bouni. Parparyan is on a bit of a slide as of late. After having won nine fights in a row from mid 2011 to late 2012, he has gone 2-5-1 in his last eight bouts. A win for Parparyan is needed here so he can start to get back to fighter many thought could make a serious run in the cruiser weight division.

Also in action will be Mohammed Khamal as he takes on Chahid Oulad. Khamal was one of the Kickboxing and Muay Thai's brightest young talents before stepping away from fighting at the age of 22 in 2012 after a win over Saiyok. He returned to action two years later in a fight against Sittichai Sitsongpeenong. He lost a decision in his return bout and has since fought only one defeating Kongfah Sitmonchai by decision. 

Fight Card:

Sahak Parparyan vs. Ibrahim El Bouni

Mohammed Khamal vs. Chahid Oulad El Hadj

William Diender vs. Kevin Hessling

95 kg Tournament Competitors

Fred Sikking

Redouan Cairo

Michael Duut

Loren Javier Jorge

70 kg Tournament Comptetitors

Edson Fortes

Cedric Mahoef

Mohammed el Messaoudi

Tayfun Ozcan

Women's 61 kg Tournament Competitors

Ilona Wijmans

Orinta van der Zee

Salysa van den Bos

Sarah Debaieb

Fight of the Week: Mike Zambidis vs. Chahid Oulad El Hadj

Mike Zambidis and Chahid Oulad El Hadj met in the opening round of the K-1 World MAX 2010 Final 16 in what went down as one of the best fights in K-1 history. From the stare down before the fight to the very end this one was exciting. Zambidis and El Hadj beat each other up for three rounds, which eventually led them to an extra round. Zambidis was declared the winner and he advanced to the K-1 quarterfinals.

Fight fans that have not seen this fight need to do so immediately. It doesn’t matter if you combat sport of choice is MMA, Muay Thai, Kickboxing, Boxing or whatever , Mike Zambidis and Chahid Oulad El Hadj is simply one of the best fights ever. 

Results and Recap: Rumble of the Kings 2011

Rumble of the Kings 2011 took place in Stockholm, Sweden on November 26th. The main event of the evening was the much anticipated bout between Artur Kyshenko and Yodsanklai Fairtex. Kyshenko was the larger fighter of the two, but as always Yodsanklai was game. Kyshenko used his boxing in the opening round to keep Yodsanklai at bay. Kyshenko later connected with some solid left hooks that clearly hurt the Yodsanklai, however, despite being on wobbly legs he was able to not only stay on his feet from the punches, but survive the barrage that followed by Kyshenko.

The second round saw Yodsanklai come back strong as he and Kyshenko exchanged kicks and punches in a back and forth fight. In the third and final round it was clear Yodsanklai was fatigued, Kyshenko started to pull away as the round wore on. Eventually Yodsanklai let his hands down and was simply looking to land a one shot KO that never came. Kyshenko continued to work through the round and in the end took home a unanimous decision victory.

Yodsanklai vs. Kyshenko and Askerov vs. Hadj to take place at Rumble of the Kings in Sweden on November 26th

Yodsanklai Fairtex will be back in action when he fights Artur Kyshenko at Rumble of the Kings on November 26th in Sweden. The event will feature K-1/Muay Thai fights as well as MMA. Yodsanklai and Kyshenko will fight under modified rules with clinch allowed, but no elbows.

Chahid Oulad el Hadj and Dzhabar Askerov are also expected to fight on the event. Askerov recently pulled out of the Fight Code tournament because the contract he had signed for this bout prevented him from competing in the tournament.

There will also be a full rules Muay Thai tournament, the "Nordic" 4-man one night tournament will feature fights between Pasi Luukhanen vs. Sanny Dahlbeck and Rassan Muhareb vs. Martin Akhtar. The winners of the bouts will meet later that night to try and claim the tournament crown.