Up next was Kian Pham who showed a lot of maturity in his fight to convincingly beat his opponent. Striking and landing some good blows from his feet while his opponent was on his back forced his opponent to desperately shoot at Kian’s legs where he latched onto a tight arm in guillotine choke from half guard which forced his opponent to tap.

Last up for the team was Josh Payne who started off slow but came home very strong in the latter half of the first round dropping his opponent with a big straight right punch down the middle. Josh got on top of his opponent to continue with some ground and pound, however his opponent was literally saved by the bell. Josh unfortunately received an elbow above his eye which cut him and affected his vision. The doctor had a look at his eye during the round break and for safety reasons called the fight off which was very unfortunate as Josh’s opponent looked very tired and was going to be in a bit of trouble come second round.

A tough and valiant effort by all the boys on the night. It’s always challenging to step up for a fight so the boys did everyone proud regardless of the results.

• Kian ‘Karnage’ Pham vs. Mike Lim (u57kg)
• Josh ‘Major’ Payne vs. Michael Morcombe (u70kg)
• Mo Kandeel vs. Regan Wilson (u77kg)
• Adam Sarkis vs. Jamie Rae (u84kg)

All the boys have been training hard and looking to bring home a win for themselves and everyone at the gym. Good luck to them all!

The other boys have also prepared and trained hard as the Lion’s Den does. They all have to remember that there isn’t a gym out there that trains harder than us and they’ve been pushed as hard as they can go, so they will all be ready to fight come Friday. A good supporting crew will be going up to support the boys too. Good luck everyone!!

Steven Semrany was supposed to have a fight, but his opponent for some strange and unknown reason pulled out just before having to go out and fight. Steven was very disappointed having trained and prepared hard for this fight, but his opponent’s actions might say something about Steven: that he’s one dude to be feared. Till next time Steve.

Luke with his armbar finish which really expresses the definition of “hyper-extension”.

Adam with some ground and pound before finishing the fight.

And the team after the fights.

Astein winning this match with a nice armbar finish.

Dave taking control with his wrestling.

Chris Patterson started his MMA career with a win showing some great striking skills. Chris displayed a series of punches, kicks and knees, as well as an huge elbow which sent his opponent to the mat where Chris was able to continue with strikes till the ref stopped the fight. Chris via TKO in the first round.

Charlie Sukkar continued his winning ways with an armbar submission. After some clinch work and a takedown from his opponent, Charlie ended up on his back, but never panicked and was able to display some good jiu jitsu and get  an armbar off his back. His opponent tried to slam his way out of it, but all that did was accelerate the inevitable. Charlie vis armbar in the first round.

Alex “Bolo” Le came up against a seasoned striker and the fight was a war for three rounds. Plenty of strikes, from punches, kicks and knees. Bolo got a few takedowns as well which would have favoured him on the scorecards. Unfortunately the decision didn’t go his way, however his fight was easily the Fight of the Night.

Last up was Josh “Major” Payne against a seasoned striker in Jason Harris. This was anticipated to be a standup war, however Harris realised that Josh would have his way with him on his feet, and managed to get Josh on his back via a takedown. His opponent was able to start some ground and pound which were hitting their marks, however Josh stayed cool and was able to secure a triangle choke. Harris tried to slam his way out of it and Josh was able to start attacking the arm as well eventually forcing Harris to submit. Josh wins via armbar in the first round.