Dan Wins UFC Debut
Congrats to Dan on winning his UFC debut against the very tough Akihiro Gono. Great result and a well deserved win. Thanks to everyone at Leicester Shootfighters who helped with the fight prep: Jimmy and Andre, Ollie Richardson, Paul Barton, Lewis James etc.
UFC website article & post fight video.
Sherdog article & photos.
MMAweekly article, photos & post fight video.
- 20th October 2008
New Club Fees
New class prices for Leicester Shootfighters as of October 2008
One Class = £5
- One x one hour class.
One Month (Basic) = £25
- Two x one hour classes per week.
- Equals only £3.12 per class!
- Recommended for beginners or those training one day a week.
One Month (Premium) = £45
- Unlimited classes.
- Equals only £11.25 for 8 classes per week! £1.40 a class!!!!
- Recommended for intermediate to advanced students.
Notes: "Month" starts from the week payment is made and runs for 4 consecutive weeks.
- 6th October 2008
Jim Wins in 80 Seconds at M-1!!!
Jimmy KO'd BJJ black belt Igor Araújo in 80 seconds at M-1 Challenge in Nottingham. A great performance that is sure to get the major international promotions knocking at his door.
- 6th October 2008
Jim's Pre Fight Interview + Article
Audio interview at weigh in by HurtBusiness.com
Nottingham Evening Post
- 27th September 2008
Upcoming Fights: UFC, M-1, EliteXC
September 27th - Jim Wallhead vs. Igor Araújo.at M-1 Fight Night (Nottingham)
October 4th - Paul Daley vs Jake Shields at EliteXC.
October 18th - Dan Hardy vs Akihiro Gono at UFC 89 (Birmingham).
November 1st - Andre Winner vs. Joakim Engberg on K-1 show (Sweden).
- 27th September 2008
Jimmy Has Fight of the Night at Cage Warriors
Cage Warriors: Enter the Rough House 7
July 12th 2008
Harvey Hadden Sports Centre, Nottingham
Jim Wallhead defeated BJJ black belt Fabricio Nascimento in a fantastic fight at the weekend, stopping the takedowns and using his superior boxing to get a unanimous decision. Andre got a majority draw against former Cage Warriors and Cage Rage champion Abdul Mohammed in a technical fight where they often cancelled out each others game, a rematch is needed.
Hurt Business Report
MMA Weekly Report
MMA Weekly Photos
- 14th July 2008
Leicester Shootfighters and Leicester Tigers
Leicester Shootfighters Head coach Nathan Leverton has been over to work with the Tigers ruby team this month on introducing grappling techniques and drills in to their off season schedual and conditioning program.
Also, check out the August issue of Fighters Only for an article by Leicester Tigers conditioning coach Ollie Richardson on training Jimmy and Andre at their facility.
- 8th July 2008
Open Mat A Great Success
More than 30 grapplers and MMA fighters from around the UK came to Leicester Shootfighters for our open mat on Sunday 6th July.
It was great to catch up with some old friends as well as meet and train with new guys.
Thanks to everyone who came down for making it such a fun day.
- 8th July 2008
Summer Break 2008 - Gym Closure for Two Weeks
The gym will be closing for two weeks in July.
Last session is Thursday 10th July.
First session back is Monday 28th July,
- 18th July 2008
Open Mat / Joint Training Session
On Sunday 6th July we are having a grappling open mat at the High Street gym (LE1 5YP) from 12 to 4pm. It's a chance for fellow grapplers from the midlands to get together, share techniques, spar with new people, socialise etc. It's a no-pressure atmosphere and those attending are welcome to do as much, or as little, as they want.
Clubs attending are by invite only but anyone who has trained at Leicester Shootfighters is welcome to come along.
For more information email Nathan Leverton at totalgrappling@hotmail.com
- 16th June 2008
Cage Warriors: Enter the Rough House 7
Date: 12th July 2008
Venue: Harvey Hadden Sports Centre, Nottingham NG8 4PB
CW returns to Notts with an amazing fight card, check out the latest line up here.
Andre Winner will being fighting former Cage Warriors and Cage Rage champion (and top five European ranked) fighter Abdul Mohammed.
"Judo" Jimmy is up against experienced BJJ black belt Fabricio Nascimento. To read a full preview of this bout go here.
- 16th June 2008
Summer Submission Slam
Our friends over at Burton MMA (aka Grindhouse) are running their first grappling competition, Summer Submission Slam, on August 17th at the Medowside Leisure Center in Burton-upon-Trent.
They'll be down at the open mat next month to plug the event but if you want further info you can contact Pep on 07761866024 or badguypep@yahoo.co.uk
- 16th June 2008
3 Golds, 2 Silvers, 1 Bronze at UMA
Leicester
Shootfighters took three golds at the weekend's U.M.A. 2008 Groundfighting Championships. Congratulations to Ben Scohtthoefer on winning the -70kg division in dominating fashion, Andre Winner for taking 1st at -75kg and Jim Wallhead for his gold at -85kg. Ranjeet Baria and Dave Ives took silvers in finals made up of LS students! Paul Gannon took bronze at -65kg and all the other fighters who entered did us proud (Pritesh, Paul, Lewis, Chris, Luke, Liam, Andy and Ollie).
Congrats also to our friend Andy Durkan from Bushido who took Silver in the -90kg and Griff from SBGi who took Gold at -65kg
Highlight on YouTube
Ben's 5 Second Armbar
Ranjeet Baria Match
- 19th May 2008
Dan Wins for 2nd Time in 2 Weeks & Signs UFC Contract!
On May 3rd Dan Hardy defeated Daniel Weichel by TKO in the 2nd round at Ultimate Force in Doncaster (and gets a four fight UFC contract handed to him in the cage afterwards!)
Dan on UFC Website
Warrior Promotions UFC Announcement
- 19th May 2008
Big Wins and a Controversial Loss at Cage Warriors
Cage
Warriors: Enter the Rough House 6
April 19th, 2008
Nottingham, UK
Dan Hardy defeated UFC veteran Chad Reiner by TKO due to strikes in round 3 and Jim Wallhead defeated Tom Haddock by tap out due to strikes in the 2nd round. Unfortunately Andre Winner lost a narrow majority decision to Bendy Casimir in a very close fight.
Sherdog report
Fighters Only report
MMA Weekly report
- 29th April 2008
Iwan
Wins 2 Golds
Leicester
Shootfighter's Iwan Baxter took two 1st places (+99kg
and Absolute divisions) at the VT JiuJitsu No-Gi Grappling
Tournament on Saturday 5th April, winning all his fights
by submission. Congratulations from all at the gym.
- 6th April 2008
Jimmy
in Fighters Only
The
May 2008 edition of Fighters
Only has an interview with Jimmy on page 38, check
it out!
- 6th April 2008
Florida
Commission Stop Fights!
The
Florida State Boxing Commission cut short Cage Warriors
USA's first event on March 29th before Andre and Dan
had a chance to fight. Jim lost a close decision to
Charles Blanchard of ATT in what became the last fight
of the night. Clips from that fight appear on HDNet's
TV show Inside MMA episode 214.
- 6th April 2008
Andre
and Jimmy to Fight in Florida
The
lads are flying out to Florida to compete on Cage Warriors'
first US show this month. Leicester Shootfighters head
coach Nathan Leverton will also be out there to do the
corner.
Event:
CW USA Battle Royale
Date: March 29th, 2008
Location: Florida, USA
Andre
Winner vs Kevin Roddy
Jim Wallhead vs Charles Blanchard
Dan Hardy vs Chad Reiner
For
more information check out the event's website:
http://www.cagewarriorsusa.com
- 13th March 2008
Andre
vs Casimir
Only
3 weeks after fighting in the US, Andre will take on
top ten ranked European fighter Bendy Casimir in Nottingham.
Event:
CW Enter the Rough House 6
Date: April 19th, 2008
Location: Harvey Hadden Sports Centre, Nottingham,
UK
- 13th March 2008
BJJ
Belts
Over
the last few months several Leicester Shootfighters
students have gotten graded in Brazilian Jiu jitsu by
BJJ black belt Karl Tanswell of SBGi. These grades include:
Nathan
Leverton - Purple belt
Paul Barton - Blue belt
Iwan Baxter - Blue belt
Ranjeet Baria - Blue Belt
- 13th March 2008
Hardy
& Wallhead Win At CageWarriors
Cage
Warriors: Enter the Rough House 5
December 8th, 2007
Nottingham, UK
Jim
Wallhead defeats Paul Jenkins by unanimous decision
under K-1 rules and Dan Hardy defeats Manu Garcia by
tap out due to strikes in the first round.
Sherdog
report
MMA
Weekly report
- 14th Dcember 2007
Dan
Disqualified in Japan!
G.C.M
Cage Force 5
December 1st, 2007
Japan
Dan
Hardy was disqualified from his bout in Japan against
Yoshiyuki Yoshida for an accidental low blow landed
in the second round. The win was awarded to Yoshida
but this unusual decision is currently being appealed
as it should rightly be judged a no contest.
Sherdog
report
- 3rd Dcember 2007
Andre
Defends FX3 World Title
FX3
Fight Night 6
November 24th, 2007
Reading, UK
Andre
Winner defeated Mario Stapel by unanimous decision at
FX3 Fight Night 6 and retains his world lightweight
title.
Sherdog
report: Winner
Once Again.
MMA
Weekly report.
- 3rd Dcember 2007
Xmas
& New Year Holidays
Leicester
Shootfighters open classes will be closed from Monday
December 17th to Sunday 13th January (limited private
tuition and fighter training will continue during this
period however).
First
class of 2008 will be Monday 14th January.
- 3rd Dcember 2007
Jim
& Dre Domintant Once Again at Cage Warriors
Cage
Warriors: Enter the Rough House 4
October 14th, 2007
Nottingham, UK
Jim
Wallhead defeated UFC veteran Steven Lynch by choke
in 1min 30secs of 1st round in a totally dominant performance.
Andre Winner beat previously undefeated AJ Wenn by unanimous
decision in an awesome fight in which he landed a massive
array of strikes including jumping knees, a superman
punch, foot stomps and some vicious elbows.
Sherdog
report: Wallhead
Wipes Out Lynch
- 15th October 2007
Dan vs Monma Online
You can now see Dan Hardy's defeat of Hidetaka Monma online. The fight was at GCM Cage Force 4 in Japan. Here's the full fight on DailyMotion.
Also check out this kickass highlight reel of Dan on YouTube.
- 15th October 2007
Leicester Shoot Clean Up At Grappling Championships
The Leics Shoot team had a great day at the U.M.A. British Open Submission Grappling Championships held in Burton on October 7th. We came away with a haul 3 golds, a couple of silvers and a couple of bronzes.
Congrats to all the lads but special props to: Pritesh who took the -65kg silver, loosing a close final by decision in his first comp. Dave Ives for walking the -85kg division which had 16 guys in it! Ranj, Lewis and Courtney for clearing out all the -75kg competition in the first two rounds so having to fight amongst themselves for the top 3 spots lol. And Iwan for looking scary good in the +95kg, winning gold and tapping his opponents very quickly.
Some fights have turned up on YouTube:
Lewis James
Ranjeet Baria
Pritesh Chauhan
- 14th October 2007
Rosi
Sexton Grappling & MMA Seminar
Date:
Sunday 30th September
Location: 84 High Street, Leicester
Time: 12pm to 4pm
Price: £15
It's
with great pleasure that I can announce we will be hosting
a seminar at the High Street gym next month with Dr.
Rosi Sexton, Europe's most accomplished female Mixed
Martial Arts competitor. Her credentials include a Brazilian
Jiu Jitsu Purple Belt, a Tae Kwon Do Black Belt, a Cage
Warriors Championship belt and an impressive 7-1 Mixed
Martial Arts record.
For
more information on Rosi check out this article
in The Guardian.
Limited
spaces available
- 22nd August 2007
Jim
& Dre Win at Cage Warriors
Cage
Warriors: Enter the Rough House 3
July 21st, 2007
Nottingham, UK
Jim
Wallhead def Soli Klicthko, side choke in round 1.
Andre Winner def Daniel Thomas, unanimous decision.
- 6th August 2007
Andre
Brings Home Title
On
July 7th Andre Winner defeated Aiden Marron by unanimous
decision to claim the FX3 World Lightweight Title.
Pics
from the fight on CageWarriors forum.
Congrats
from all at the gym.
- 13th July 2007
Summer
Break
No
classes for 2 weeks from next week (starting July 2nd).
Training
starts back Monday July 16th.
- 18th June 2007
Congrats
to Jimmy
Jim
Wallhead successfully defended his welterweight title
at House of Pain 9 in Swansea on June 3rd, beating Jordan
James by side choke in the 1st round. Another great
win for "Judo Jim"!
- 13th June 2007
Upcoming
Fights
June
3rd - Jim Wallhead vs Jordan James
House of Pain 9 (Swansea)
June
17th - Aaron Brown vs Chris Gary
AMMA (Birmingham)
July
7th - Andre Winner vs Ian Butlin
FX3 Fight Night 5 (Reading)
July
21st - Jim Wallhead and Andre Winner v
TBA
Cage Warriors (Nottingham)
- 30th May 2007
Recent
Fights
Dan
Hardy def Daizo Ishigein by unanimous decision at the
Cage Force Welterweight Tournament in Japan. He'll be
back out there to fight in the semi-finals in September
against Hidetaka Monma.
Nick
Ozipczak tapped out Chris Roper by RNC in under 2mins
at Fightzone in Newcastle on May 18th.
Congrats
to both guys from all at the gym for these for these
excellent performances.
- 30th May 2007
**
New Timetable Starts Monday 30th April 2007 **
Starting
May 2007 the gym timetable will be changing. Two classes
each night, Monday to Thursday.
Monday/Tuesday/Thursday
= Grappling
Wednesday = Mixed Martial Arts
6:30pm-7:30pm
Fundamentals Class (all levels welcome)
7:30-8:30pm Intermediate-Advanced Training
Full
details
- 12th April 2007
March/April
Class Schedual
Monday’s
MMA Fundamentals
5th
& 12th March – Kicks
19th & 26th March – Striking
2nd & 9th April – Striking
16th & 23rd April – Ground & Pound
Tuesday’s
Grappling Fundamentals
6th
& 13th March – Competition Techniques &
Tactics
20th & 27th March – Underhooks & Harness
3rd & 10th April – Pin Transitions
17th & 24th April – Hip Movement
Wednesday’s
MMA Training
7th
& 14th March – Circuit + Pads + Sparring
21st & 28th March – Circuit + Pads + Sparring
4th & 11th April – Circuit + Pads + Sparring
18th & 25th April – Circuit + Pads + Sparring
Thursday’s
Grappling Training
18th
& 15th March – Sparring + Drills + Competition
Tactics
22nd & 29th March – Sparring + Drills + Chokes
5th & 12th April – Sparring + Drills + Armbars
19th & 26th April – Sparring + Drills + Sweeps
-
14th March 2007
Leicester
Shootfighters Submission Grappling Competition
Date:
Sunday 25th March, 2007
Time:
11:00am registration, weigh in & rules meeting.
12 noon fights start.
Location:
Paul Gannon's Karate Academy, 84 High Street, Leicester
LE1 5YP
Weights:
-70kg, -80kg, -90kg, +90kg, Open Weight
Price:
FREE [competitors must have trained at Leicester Shootfighters]
Spectators
welcome.
- 7th March 2007
YouTube
Clip
There's
a rough highlight clip up on YouTube of Courtney in
the club competitions from 2006. Check
it out here.
- 7th March 2007
CW:
Enter the Rough House 2
Cage
Warriors' "Enter the Rough House" event
returns to Nottingham on Saturday 28th April at the
Harvey Hadden Centre. Andre and Jimmy from Leicester
are both on the card, as are Dan Hardy and other guys
from Notts. The last event had a brilliant atmosphere
and great fights, I'm sure this will be a great show.
- 7th March 2007
Urban
Gorillaz Midlands Open No Gi Tournament
This
is a big grappling event being held in Birmingham on
Sunday 15th April. Some of the lads will be fighting
and it should be a good show to watch as well. Full
details here.
- 7th March 2007
Congrats
to "Loughborough Fight Firm"
Lewis
and the other Loughborough lads had a good showing at
the first Combat Sports Open Trials of 2007, all the
fights went the distance so were an automatic draw except
for Lewis's first bout which he won by submission.
- 20th February 2007
**
1st Club Competition of 2007 **
The
first club grappling competition of 2007 is penciled
in for Sunday 25th March. As before, it'll be held at
the gym on High Street with weigh ins at 11am and fights
starting at noon.
- 20th February 2007
Fights
on YouTube
If
you haven't already seen them, there's some fights of
guys from the gym floating about on YouTube, check 'em
out:
Andre
Winner vs Paul Cooper
Jim
Wallhead vs Henning Svendsen
Jim
Wallhead vs Xander Nel
Myles
Ewen vs Dan Corbley
- 20th February 2007
2007
Class Schedual
Monday’s
MMA Fundamentals
8th
& 15th January - Pad Work
22nd & 29th January - Boxing
5th & 12th February - Closing the Distance
19th & 26th February - Clinch
Tuesday’s
Grappling Fundamentals
9th
& 16th January - Back Mount
23rd & 30th January - Side Control (bottom)
6th & 13th February - Mount (bottom)
20th & 27th February - Guard Passing
Wednesday’s
MMA Training
10th
January - Circuit + Sparring + Stand Up
17th January - Circuit + Sparring + Closing the Distance
24th January - Circuit + Sparring + Clinch
31st January - Circuit + Sparring + Takedown Defence
Thursday’s
Grappling Training
11th
January - Sparring + Armbars
18th January - Sparring + Single Leg Takedown
25th January - Sparring + Far Guard
1st February - Sparring + Guard Passing
-
8th January 2007
Leicester
Shootfighter of the Year 2006...
It
was a close call this time around, a lot of guys from
the gym have had a good year. Myles Ewen did well, winning
two club competitions, taking 2nd place at an amateur
MMA tournament with an exciting bout and putting on
a good performance at the SNGC grappling competition.
Also at SNGC, Iwan Baxter tapped all his opponents on
the way to a close points loss in the final; his jump
in skill level along with his physical attributes has
made him a serious force on the mat. Several other students
have made notable progress in their game, Lewis James
in particular springs to mind. However, it came down
to a final call between Andre Winner and Courtney Rawle.
Dre has had a storming year in the cage, building up
an undefeated record against tough competition, showcasing
formidable new grappling skills to compliment his sharp
striking. But, Courtney has a full time job and a family
yet with limited training has taken his game to a level
where he's won two club competitions (both times defeating
Dre in the process) including the end of year Openweight
Grand Prix. It was a tough decision but these great
performances, plus being a great guy it's a pleasure
to have part of the team, mean this year's 2006 Leicester
Shootfighter of the Year is Courtney Rawle. Congratulations
bro.
- 7th January 2007
Leicester
Shootfighters 2006 Open Weight Grand Prix
21
fighters competed in the end of year tournament held
at the gym on Sunday 17th December 2006. With over three
quarters of the students weighing in for the same category
(-80kg) we decided to change the format to a straight
knockout openweight tournament. After 20 exciting bouts
the final four ranked as follows:
1st
Courtney Rawle
2nd Andre Winner
3rd Lewis James
4th Luke Spencer
- 7th January 2007
