A weekend of refereeing!

Rounded off an action packed, adventure filled 2010, by way of reffing a brace of grappling comps at the weekend; Saturday saw me at the UMA's final end of year grapplefest, no gi style and as always, was very impressed by the standard of the competitors, who improve year after year. Congrats to Ste Littler from Ng Gar Tien Combat Base who bagged a silver medal and to Warringtom MMA warriors Phil Manyon and Steve Withnell who walked off with bronze medals.
Props to Graham Batin and Keith Dooley from http://www.empirefightshop.com/ for sponsoring the event.



Fight of the day on my mat was between Bebbington BJJ and RGA Bucks, an action packed fight that saw the RGA Bucks way up on points, dominating the fight, who found himself tapping out with one second on the clock! That's BJJ guys!!

Bebbington BJJ took the team trophy and will be returning next year to defend their silverware and let's hope Leicester SHoot return next year and make a challenge for the cup and bragging rights.

After the UMA event, I travelled down to Hereford and stayed overnight at Dave Coles's, in readiment for the Hereford Open V, which was a white belt only event; there was a healthy number of juniors competing and super talented they are, all fighting their hearts out.



Had a great day on the mats refereeing some great matches, these guys really gave it 100% and fought hard throughout the day; Greg 'Creely' Creel's brother made an impressive show of himself , winning his division and special mention goes to SBG South West duo of Gareth Millar and Paul Johnson, who travelled up from Plymouth and competed at the UMA event, with Gareth taking gold and Paul the bronze, before heading to Hereford and walking away with silver medals apiece. Now that's dedication!


And so an action packed 2010 comes to an end; with 2011 already bursting at the seams with gi and no gi comps, it looks like another busy year for the Fighting Photographer, both as a referee and a competitor!