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Congratulations to our participants in the 2010 Ontario Winter Games

Paul Oddi — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:58:21 +0000

Congratulations to Carter McGhie on his performance in this weekends Ontario Winter Games. Carter McGhie lost his low-kick match to Patrick McKena on Sunday afternoon.

Unfortunately, Jimmy Wu who was also scheduled to compete at the games on Saturday had become ill on Friday evening and was not permitted to compete when he could not pass his medical because of him still being sick.

These guys put in a lot of work getting ready for the games and we again congratulate them.

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Jermaine Haughton 2010 Canadian Amateur K-1 (Thai Boxing) Champion

Paul Oddi — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:25:32 +0000

Congratulation to Jermaine Haughton the 2010 Canadian Amateur K-1 (Thai Boxing) -64kg Open Class Champion. Jermaine won the title this past Saturday at the CASK (Council of Amateur Sport Kickboxing) Nationals in Burlington. Jermaine defeated Cody Adaire of MAS Thai Boxing by decision. Cody and Jermaine had previously faced off in the Provincial Finals this past December.

Chris, Ambrose, Jermaine, and Kru Paul

We also congratulate Jermaine teammates who also competed this past weekend. Chris Da Costa, fighting 1 division heavier than he did at the Provincials, faced off against National Team teammate Paulo Dultra of Kombat Arts. It what was a very hard fight with a split decision victory to Chris’ opponent Paulo, giving Chris the silver medal in the -67 Novice Division. Our youngest competitor Arman Moshkelani who lost his Low-Kick match in the 1st round to Brandon Leaman of Wiseman’s Martial Arts of PEI with an RSC safety and took Silver in the -47 to -49 Low-Kick Division. Great work guys we are proud of you.

These fights will soon be posted on our YouTube Channels at http://www.youtube.com/pointblankma

Chris and Paulo

We look forward to seeing these athletes when they compete at our show “KNOCKOUT IN NEWMARKET” on Saturday June 26th; at the Newmarket Magana Centre. Check back for more details of that event.

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Steve Bowman 2010 Brampton Cup Champion (81kg Master Division)

Paul Oddi — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 04:07:02 +0000

Congratulations to Steve Bowman in his victory over Nigel Fox of Chris Johnson’s Fighting Aliiance in yesterday’s 81kg Masters Division Finals.

We also congratulate Rick Mayoh who competed in the 75kg Senior division loosing in the semi-finals in a 3 rounds decisions to Julien Lewis, also of Chris Johnson’s Fighting Alliance.

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Team Point Blank brings home 4 Gold medals from the Ontario Provincial Thai Boxing Championships

Paul Oddi — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 08:45:19 +0000

We Congratulate Chris Da Costa, Jermaine Haughton, Carter McGhie, and Arman Moshkelami in bringing home the Gold, and the title of 2009 Ontario Provincial Champions. this past weekend in Burlington.

Congratulations to our other competiing athlete Jerico Cabuntocan(Silver Medal – Withdrawn from Final due to injury), Brad Graham (Bronze Medal), Adam Jamieson, Travis Hooper.
In my own case I brought back a Silver medal in the 91+ division with a lose in the 1st round with a referees fight stoppage against my opponent Noel from Training Ground Muay Thai. After taking a hard knockdown in the opening seconds of the 1st round from my opponent’s strong right overhand, and trying to make a comback, but without avail and the fight was halted due to a deep cut on my nose. Despite the quick lose I will definately be returning to the ring in the coming year.

Point Blank was also the awarded ‘Best Supporting Club’ Trophy for our overwhelling support of this year’s championships with 10 registered athletes competing in 8 different divisions.

Congratulations guy and great work.

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Big Weekend for Team Point Blank

Paul Oddi — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:50:40 +0000

Competing in two separate events in two days Team Point Blank members bring home the wins. First our kids team sweep their division and win the Gold, Silver and Bronze medals at the Ontario Cup in Burlington. After having elliminated most of the other clubs in the first round it was Point Blank versus Point Blank in the quest for the gold. Anthony ‘The Toe’ Cerqua (9 years old) took the Gold Medal, defeating teammate Ethan ‘The Backpack’ Hyatt (8 years old), Silver medal, in the finals. Congratulations to Matthew ‘The Tazmanian Devil’ DeLuca (8 years old), Matthew ‘Energizer’ Kippel (8 years old), and ‘Jesse’ James Triantafylos (9 years old) who each won the bronze medals.

Congratulations to Jimmy Wu (16 years old) who made his competitive debut in the 140lbs K-1/Thai Boxing Division on Saturday night. Unfortunately, Jimmy lost the fight due to abandonment after withdrawing from his bout after receiving two knees to the cup.

On Sunday Point Blank made its first foray back into Grappling/BJJ with our first adult competitive team participating in the Joslin’s Grappling Championships. Congratulations to Brad Graham who took 4th place in the 150lbs No-Gi Beginner Men’s Division, Carter lost in the Quarter final round of the same division and also competed in the but lost in the first round of the Intermediate Division. A big congratulation to Head Coach Paul Oddi, who with the encouragement of his students, and having lost 20 lbs in the last month took 1st place in the 203lbs+ Masters (Over 30 years old) Beginner/Intermediate Class. Proving that not having a belt rank in BJJ is not a barrier or indicator of true skill.

We also congratulate Brock Sweating, Addison Murphy, and Adam Jamieson for competing in their first tournament and their performance in their respective divisions.

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Point Blank Students Represent Canada at World Championships in Austria

Paul Oddi — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:41:26 +0000

Point Blank’s Chris Da Costa, Jermaine Haughton, and Rob Boyd left Sunday evening to join the rest of Team Canada as they traveled to Villach, Austria to comepete in this year’s WAKO (World Associations of Kickboxing Organizations) World Championships this week.

Chris is competing in the 63.5kg K-1/Thai Boxing Division, Jermaine in the 60kg K-1/Thai Boxing Division, and Rob is set for the 81.6kg Continuous Sparring Division.

Competition starts today, and we wish them luck in their efforts to bring home the Gold to Canada.

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Great Performance this past weekend at ‘Shock and Awe’ in Hanover

Paul Oddi — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:49:15 +0000

Jermaine Haughton put on a great performance against Ross Mylet at last Saturday night’s ‘Shock and Awe’ event in Brockville, but lost a hard fought split decision after the third round in a low-kick fight. Despite the loss it was an all around a great performance.

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A win for Team Point Blank Boxing

Paul Oddi — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 19:54:19 +0000

Congratulations to Rick Mayoh on his victory over his opponent at this past Sunday’s Uptown Boxing show in Barrie. Rick won a unanimous decisions after the 3rd round. Congratulations Rick!

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Victory for Team Point Blank at the Tournament of Champions IV

Paul Oddi — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 20:00:26 +0000

Jermaine Haughton defeated his opponent Derreck Charbenanu in a Low Kick match at Saturday’s Tournament of Champions. Jermaine’s won a decisive victory when the referee stopped the match in the 3rd round, after he had had pounded the opponents leg, for 3 rounds straigh, with devestating cut-kicks.
Congratulations Jermaine.

Teamate Chris Da Costa’s exhibition match was cancelled when his opponent didn’t show up.

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Ohio MMA Fights (Oct. 5, 2008 – Streetsboro, Ohio)

Paul Oddi — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:04:16 +0000

Devin Andrews and Michael Stevens headed down to Streetsboro, Ohio this past Sunday to compete as Point Blank’s first MMA competitive athlete, and returned with wins over each of their opponents.

Unlike the unsanctioned/illegal MMA fights in which other clubs are participating, these events are officially sanctioned and recognized by the Ohio State Athletic Commission, and are run with the strictest of government set guidelines and safety standards.

Devin was the 5th bout of the night facing an opponent who contrary to us being told was a first time fighter had 3 previous MMA bouts. Despite being taken by surprise by an initial strike in the first round, he quickly took control of his opponent, dominated him from the top, and effectively neutralized and reversed his opponent’s attempts to submit from the bottom. After three rounds Devin was declared the winner by unanimous decision.

Mike stepped into the cage as the 10th bout of the night. He and his opponent battled it out, in the first round, as each tried to take the lead with strikes, and fought hard for control of the tie-up. By the end of the first round each opponent was near exhaustion. As the second round started Mike took control of his opponent by taking him to the ground against the cage where he took control of the fight. As his opponent tried to stand himself up Mike managed to get his opponent into a guillotine choke and pull him down to lock it into position forcing his opponent to tap out and give Mike the win.

Our friends from Kombat Arts, in Mississauga, also had three athletes on the same card and secured themselves two victories making the total count for our Canadian athletes 4 wins out of 5 matches.

The promoter of the event commented on how tough our guys were, the great show they put on, and said they hope we will come down again for their next event. Congratulations Mike and Devin. A special thanks to Athan, George and Tammy who made the trip down to Ohio with us to cheer the guys on.

Streetsboro Ohio MMA Fight Videos on YouTube

Mike Stevens Round 1 & 2.

Devin Andrews Round 1, Round 2, Round 3.

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