CLUB NEWS

08 JUNE 2008. CAGE KOMBAT 7

We have tickets on sale for Cage Kombat 7, which will take place on 08 June 2008! Please ask at the gym or email to: albadornadair@googlemail.com

22 DECEMBER 2007. IAN FREEMAN SEMINAR

Ian is 6 times UFC veteran, 2 times British Cage Rage champion (a title he currently holds). CFC British Champion, Pancrase Super Bout Champion, Hook N Shoot Super Heavyweight Champion & FNC 2 x World Champion. Ian will also be the coach for a British team in the IFL (International Fight League) starting his season in 2008.

Click here for Ian's UFC profile

8 DECEMBER 2007. FIGHTZONE 3

Four of our guys are fighting at the show. We are looking for supporters to accompany the team!

2 DECEMBER 2007. GLASGOW

Two of our guys are fighting at the show. The current Card:

Pro MMA 70kg
Graham Turner (DNFT) v. Jannis Arvanitidis (Team Duncan/Holland)

Pro MMA 73kg
John Quinn (DNFT) v TBA

B-Class Pro MMA 65.8kg
John Cullen (DNFT) v Darren McAuley (UFR Fight Team)

Semi-Pro MMA 77kg
Rich McLarty (DNFT) v Kevin Campbell (Team Viking)

Semi-Pro MMA 84kg
Scott Ward (DNFT) v Ian McMillian (Wishaw MMA)

Semi-Pro MMA 70kg
Danny Gray (DNFT) v Tobias Rietveld (Team Duncan)

Semi-Pro MMA 70kg
Michael Wiseman (Josh Gavin) v Steven Clark

Semi-Pro MMA 84kg
Gerad Williamson (Kokoro Fight Club) v Kane Soulsby (Alba Dornadair)

Semi-Pro MMA 93kg+
John Yardley (Kokoro Fight Club) v Rob Davidson (Team Viking)

Semi-Pro MMA 77kg
Steve Adam (Josh Gavin) v Dino Parente (Alba Dornadair)

Amateur MMA 65.5kg
Colin Smyth (Griphouse) v Liam Murray (Wishaw MMA)

Amateur MMA 95kg
Greame d**es (Kokoro Fight Club) v Marcim Makourat (Wishaw MMA)

Amateur MMA 65.5kg
Scott McGowan (Griphouse) v Nathan Thomson (Team Viking)

Amateur MMA 75kg
Patrick Sweeney (DNFT) v Alex Rhind (Wishaw MMA)

Kickboxing 54kg
John Shaw (DNFT) v Shane Douglas (GSR)

31 AUGUST 2007. FIGHTZONE 2.

The club had a brilliant performance at Jarrow (~Newcastle). 8 club fighters were on the card, and we've picked 5 wins. Those winners are (in order of appearance):

• Marat Bekmetov
• Neil Rae
• Michael Anderson
• Liam Holborn
• James Mair (British title winner)

Some photos taken from the event are [here]

A special 'thank you' to all our supporters and club members who believed in the team, took time and expense to travel to Jarrow to support them.

18 MAY 2007

James Mair wins his first PRO fight.

"WHEN civil servant James Mair comes into work at the Scottish Executive with a thick lip, his colleagues don't bat an eyelid.

Even if he had two black eyes and a broken nose, no-one would need to ask what he had been doing the night before.

For they know he has been preparing for his first professional appearance in "a fight club", battling in a no-holds-barred contest in a cage. ... " Edinburgh Evening News <FULL ARTICLE>

Also, see articles in Daily Record, Daily Express.

01 MARCH 2007.

Beginners Submission wrestling class, Tuesday 6:00pm till 7:00pmn

Cage Kombat 4 show will take place June 3rd at Dalkeith Miners Club.

Cage Kombat 3 DVDs are on sale, priced at £10-00, email to "albadornadair@googlemail.com" for more details

01 DECEMBER 2006.

James Mair fought an impressive 2 round stand up battle with Chris Scott from Sunderland MMA forum. The fight went to the ground once, for a very brief time, with Scott attempting a guillotine and an arm bar. James escaped both attempts and the fighters stood back up. The two fighters exchanged blows which resulted in James catching Scott with a left hook in Round 1 and a deep cut under Chris Scott's right eye opened up.

The second round started and again the two fighters exchanged blows. Punches and leg kicks were thrown and there were times where the two fighters were grappling in the corner, both looking for openings. Chris Scott tried relentlessly to take James down but James managed to stay on his feet. A flurry of punches from Scott came later in the round, most of them defended well by James however some coming from under James's guard, resulting in some swelling around the face.

The fight came to an end at the final bell and the judges favoured Chris Scott by decision

11 NOVEMBER 2006.

Club student JAMES MAIR is fighting for the british total combat light heavyweight belt on saturday the 11th of november down in tyne and wear, anyone wanting to come down and support James is asked to contact me...

We recently had a collection in aid of cancer research and raised ?50 and id like to take this opportunity to thank all of the ALBA DORNADAIR students for their kind donations towards this very worthy cause...

CAGE KOMBAT 3 ANNOUNCED.

Our next CAGE KOMBAT event will take place on SUNDAY the 11TH of FEB 07 at DALKEITH MINERS CLUB...

Roberto Atalla Seminar 06/08/2006

3-time World Champion, Brazilian Jiujutsu black belt Roberto Atalla came to the club to conduct a no gi seminar for us.

6th August 2005 - Meadowbank MMA Fight Night

On Saturday 6th August 7pm @ Meadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh. Battlegroup International and Alba Dornadair MMA Club are Co - Promoting Edinburgh’s first Vale Tudo / Freeboxing event.

The main fight of the night will be a European Welterweight title fight featuring Glasgow's Paul Mcveigh against top Holland fighter Agusta frota.

There will also be 2 Scottish title fights. Firstly, Club Instructor Willie Scott, will be fighting for the Scottish Cruiserweight Title and club student Jason Simpson will be challenging for the Scottish Middleweight Title.

Alba Dornadair MMA Club also has 4 other students on the card being Jason Mccutcheon, Mark Laird, Jamie Duffy and Darren Gunnel.

Please come along and support this event. In doing so, you are also supporting the club.

Ticket prices are as follows:

• Ringside £25
• Tiered seating £20
• Standard seats £15
• Juniors £10

Call Willie Scott on 07940 215 080 for more information.

27 February 2005. Dave Turton seminar
12:00 - 15:00.

30 January 2005. Vadim Kolganov seminar.

We announce a 3 hour seminar with the former Moscow sambo champion and master of sport, Vadim Kolganov. The seminar will be focused mainly on take downs and leg locks. The seminar will start at 2pm. We would recommend a seminar with Vadim to any one how wants to improve their leg lock game.

5 Dec 2004. Octagon is coming

Coming soon to the gym will be Scotland's first cage, although very basic it will do the job its intended for.

Willie Scott had his second Vale Tudo (mixed martial arts) fight.

Club instructor Willie Scott had his second Vale-Tudo mixed martial arts fight on Saturday 27th November at the Cleland Miners Club, Glasgow. Willie's opponent was tough Royal Marine, Dean Robertson.
Dean came out and throw a left-right combination which Willie clocked from, Willie moved in and took Dean to the ground, from which Dean sunk in the triangle choke, Willie proceeded to punch and knee and palm striker to Deans head and body, but Dean managed to get the choke on tight from which Willie had to tap out.
Although beaten Willie feels that he fought well and is desperate to get back into the ring on February 5th at Maryhill Community Centre, Glasgow.

Woman's kick boxing

New woman's kick boxing classes on Monday. Come along and learn to defend yourself as well as get fit. Check the newly updated timetable for class times.

Willie Scott had his first Vale Tudo (mixed martial arts) fight

Club instructor, Willie Scott had his first Vale Tudo (mixed martial arts) fight on Saturday 3rd April in Maryhill, Glasgow. His opponent was the experienced John Jamieson from Glasgow who was competing in his sixth contest.

From the opening bell John caught Willie with a textbook turning kick to the head. This opened an inch long cut under his right eye. Willie then went in to close John down; they ended up on the canvas with John in side control. Willie managed to power his way on top of John but was unable to prevent John putting on the guillotine choke from which Willie tapped out.

Although beaten, Willie remains positive about his chance of winning future fights later this year.

Dave Turton Seminar 16/11/03

The Self Defense Federation (SDF) head and founder, Master Dave Turton 8th Dan, came to the club to conduct a seminar that left us all wanting Dave to visit more often.

With myself having trained with Dave on several occasions previously, I knew exactly what we were going to get; nothing but excellent workable street reality techniques, simple to apply, yet very, very effective.

Dave proceeded to show techniques from his Goshinkwai combat system, street grappling and Lancashire catch wrestling (being on the receiving end of some of the techniques I can vouch for the extreme pain that they cause!!).

As Dave is one of the foremost and probably most knowledgeable martial artist in Europe, regarding self-protection. He has a unique way of describing each technique, its adaptability and application. This ability coupled with Dave's streetwise opinions leads to information being shared that is very rarely covered on seminars.

All in all, this was an excellent seminar that was greatly appreciated by everyone. We will be hosting Dave again in February 2004 watch this page for more information.

It was particularly good to see people like Alan Beckett (Dunbar Self Defense), Sandy Geddess (pro Vale Tudo fighter) and others with a varied background in martial arts, from Krav Maga to Brazilian Jiujutsu, Boxing to Muay Thai, coming along to train with Master Dave Turton.

Roberto Atalla Seminar 5/11/03

3-time World Champion, Brazilian Jiujutsu black belt Roberto Atalla came to the club to conduct a no gi seminar for us.

One of my students (Mark Wilson) and I had taken private lessons from Roberto previously. We knew that his laid-back manner and exceptional technique would enhance anybody's ground game; this would be especially valuable to my students who are relatively new to this type of martial arts training.

Roberto focused on techniques that we would be able to use when fighting from our backs with an opponent in our guard. He demonstrated numerous turnovers, which resulted in us been able, too submit our opponent with armbars, legbars or chokes.

The great techniques shown left everyone with plenty to work on, after another very well received seminar. We will be hosting Roberto again in the New Year. Watch this page for more info on dates.