Frankie gets stopped by vicious elbow in his first muay thai fight

Frankie from San Francisco, who has been training at Legacy Gym for only a couple of weeks, had his first muay thai fight last night. Having taken the fight with 2 days notice, Frankie was matched up against a much more experienced Thai opponent but, unfortunately, got caught by a nasty elbow in the first round, which ended the fight.

Frankie left Ubon today to make his way back home, with a few stitches as a nice keepsake. Everyone at Legacy was impressed with his guts and courage and wish him the best in his future fight career.

Good luck, Frankie. Travel safe.

video of the fight

Watch Malik's promo video for ESPN's Martial Combat

Yes, it is Malik, back when he had hair and cheeks...


And here is an article on the build-up for the fight, published by the bleacher report:
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/401985-the-war-in-singapore-usa-vs-afghanistan-at-martial-combat-4

Eamon wins local muay thai fight in the third round

Last night, Eamon from Ireland fought at a local event in Amnat Charoen an won by stopping a much more experienced Thai opponent in the third round with a vicious body kick. Well done, Eamon! Click below for videos of rounds 2 and 3 of the fight.

round 2


round 3

Egon Racz confirmed to fight in next Martial Combat event in Singapore

Egon "Piranha" Racz from Legacy Gym will join Malik Arash Mawlayi on the fight card of the next Martial Combat event, scheduled to take place on 17 June 2010. Egon will fight the Philipino fighter Eduard "Landslide" Folayang, who has an MMA record of 6-1-0 and is the current welterweight champion of the URCC promotion, based in the Phillipines.

Both Egon and Malik will be flying to Singapore this week for the big event, and we will be updating the blog with links to the fight videos as soon as we get them. Good luck, Egon!

Malik Arash Mawlayi to fight for ESPN Martial Combat title in June

"Natural Born Killer" Malik Arash Mawlayi, head MMA instructor at Legacy Gym, will fight for the ESPN Martial Combat championship belt at 72kg. The fight will take place at the Resorts World Entertainment Complex, in Singapore, on 16-17 June.

Malik (pictured above) is training hard and will face off against the experienced American striker Cyrus Washington in a 5x5min round championship bout that will headline the 2 day event.

Legacy gym is already in proud possession of one of the Martial Combat championship belts, after Ole Laursen submitted the highly rated Brazilian sensation Eduardo Pachu in May 2010.

All the trainers and fighters at Legacy Gym are hoping that Malik's dedication and hard work will pay off, and wish him all the best for the big fight. Good luck, Malik!

Egon Racz and Ole Laursen return from China

Egon Racz and Ole Laursen from Legacy Gym have just returned from China, where Egon fought in an 8 men WPMA muay thai tournament. Having taken the fight on less than a week's notice, Egon won his first fight in spectacular fashion, but was defeated in the semi-finals. Links to the event and possibly videos of the fights will be added here as they become available to us.

Ole Laursen beats Pachu with RNC at Martial Combat!

Last night Ole Baguio Laursen defeated Eduardo Pachu via rear naked choke in the third round at ESPNs Martial Combat, winning the superfight belt.

Fight at the same card Nick Mellor unfortunately lost to Bhupesh Kamble in the first round.

All the fights can be found here.

Legacy fighters ready for Martial Combat

Tonight Ole Baguio Laursen and Nick Mellor will fight today at Martial Combat in Singapore. Larusen is fighting Eduardo Pachu at 73 kg and Mellor is fighting Bhupesh Kamble at 87 kg. Both fighters has made weight.

Ole Baguio Laursen

Nick Mellor

Good luck!

Malik teaches flower sweep/triangle combination

Groundskillz fightwear presents a mini instructional with Legacy Gym mma trainer and fighter Malik Arash Mawlayi where he teaches a flower sweep/triangle combination. Enjoy:

Thai trainer Kong scores elbow KO

After a few drinks thai trainer Kong accepts a no-notice muay thai fight in order to replace a no-show fighter. The spectacular result can be seen below.