Gone too long…Jan 24 2009 WC7

Welcome back to the blog- I know MANY, MANY of you have been asking whens the next event and WHAT will be the next event?

As it stands today- Dec 9, 2008- we await the good word out of the Boxing Commission office to confirm that Jan 1 2009 Amateur MMA will be a green light.  So, just like all of you…. the suspense is killing us (or me really)

Dec 14 will be the first Amateur MMA Seminar for officials. The ISKA is working hard to build a great network of qualified folks to judge, timekeep, scorekeep and referee.  Left Hook will be in attendance learning all we can about the new rules and what judges will be looking for.

Since I, Coop, spend much of my time keeping up on who is fighting and winning belts in our lil state- I’d like to congradulate- Jerry Daniels of Elite Muay Thai for winning the Oriental Rules- ISKA Super Heavy Weight Belt this past weekend.  Joseph Denick won the Oriental Rules- ISKA Southeast Light Middle Weight Regional Title and Thomas Prisco won the O/R rules ISKA Light Cruiserweight Belt all at the Battle of Tampa Bay XI  (you can check out www.amiracademy.com to find out when the next one is).  So all my guys who are interested in getting their hands on some belts.. keep checking back to see who you might need to challenge for that opportunity!