Muay Thai / K-1

In the run up to Saturday night’s event a very small minority of people, who were both uninformed and somewhat disillusioned by their own agendas, made every effort in their power to cancel Cage Kings Dublin 2. However it is testament to the promoters and staff of the event...

Cage Kings Dublin 2 – Full Results 15 – 77 kg – Mark Casserly (Champion M.A.) vs Issam Reghi (Nasser K France) – TKO Round 2 – Caged Muay Thai 14 – 57kg – James E O’Connell (Courage) vs Karl Hodgers (Louth Thai) – KO Round 1 – Caged...

Cage Legacy 2 took place on Friday March 24th, in the TLT Drogheda. Main Card: Arann Maguire (BJJ Cork) defeats Hughie Orourke (Team Ryano) via TKO in Round 1 – 2:59 – Catchweight 140lbs – Watch Bout Dillon Manning (Muskerry) defeats Cormac Copeland (Fight Academy) via TKO in Round...

Cage Legacy Kickboxing 2  ‘The Night of Champions’ Barbican Theatre – Drogheda – June 17th 2017 Main Card Chris Meaney (Newry Muay Thai) defeats Damien Darker (Elite) via Split Decision – Pro Light-Heavyweight – 81.4kg Niall Tucker (Coleman Combat) defeats David Ola (Compound/Ryano) via Majority Decision – AM Light...

Last October Eimear Codd made history by appearing in the first ever female fight on Cage Kings with just three days’ notice. On 26th March she sets foot in the cage again to face Ula Mydlowska in a 59 kg C Class pro Muay Thai bout at Cage Kings...

Cailim O’Callaghan (8 Limbs Cork) vs Dean Murphy (Samson Cork) – AM A Class – Thai Rules – 5 x 1.5min Unforgiven Fight Night Dec 3rd 2016...

After three rounds of combat against Liam Burden at Thai Wars last Saturday, victorious Casey Walsh remained as spirited as ever in his dressing room. His ring walk had been energetic with the smiling Dubliner playing up to the partisan crowd. “That’s what I wanna get into, the show...

Before interviewing Casey Walsh ahead of his clash with Liam Burden at Thai Warriors this weekend, I researched my upcoming subject in accordance with conventional journalism practice.   Minutes later a YouTube page was stumbled upon. I learned that the “fighter” I had planned to interview was also a...

Chris Meaney (Newry Muay Thai) fights Brian Houston (Mayhem Martial Arts) for the new Mayhem Promotions 84kg belt at ‘ITS SHOWTIME 3’ on the 5th March at the White Horse Hotel, Derry. An experienced K1, Muay Thai and MMA fighter with a current record of 6-3, Chris presents a...

Christian Yurdinov (309 Phuang Malai) vs Liam Hearne (Waterford MT) – 72.5kg AM Thai Rules – 3 x 2min Unforgiven Fight Night Dec 3rd 2016...

The Takeover 6 was by far the biggest show to date for promoter Cian Cowley. A large crowd turned up and they were treated to a super night of Muay Thai action. The show began as a way for Cian to get all his fighters at Warriors match-ups but...

Often the main event doesn’t live up to the title. But on Saturday night at The Takeover 8 in Sandyford, Cian Hogan produced a spectacular first round stoppage over Kyle Jaswel in a thrilling headliner. Chants of ‘Ciano’ erupted from Hogan’s supporters as he made his ring walk and...