WEDNESDAY 20TH NOVEMBER 2019
Watch
a little highlight reel from Weston-Super-Mare last weekend where
Remy Mann, Ryan McQueen, Lucy Kings-Wheatley and Ra'ees Kiani all
picked up wins on the Tuff House gym
show.
Well
done to all of our fighters on some great
performances.
TUESDAY 19TH NOVEMBER 2019
In what already looks like a fantastic card of Kickboxing action at
the 2nd City Suite in Birmingham on Sunday 8th December we are
pleased to announce that there will be more USKA interest on the
undercard showcasing some of the USKA Fight Factory's finest young
talent.
Shakeel 'Showtime' Hussain will make his Full Contact debut over 3
x 2 minute rounds against the very talented Samuel Bevan from the
excellent TKA Kickboxing gym in Tamworth.
Samuel has just returned from the WKU
World Championships in Austria with an incredible 4 Gold
medals and Shakeel has recently returned from the ICO World
Championships in Scotland with 5 Gold medals making this a
mouthwatering clash of multi World Champions in a fight for the
fans that can not fail to impress with given the standard and
quality of the two protagonists.
Ra'ees 'Cool And Calm' Kiani rematches the teak tough Andrew
Perkins from the Western Dragons gym in Swansea, Wales in a Full
Contact Contest over 3 x 2 Minute Rounds.
Ra'ees caused somewhat of an upset on last weekend in
Weston-Super-Mare dropping Andrew for a count in the second round
on-route to a points decision in a ding dong fight that seen both
fighters have their moments.
Andrew finished the fight very strong indeed and will want to
continue where he left of in this rematch eager for revenge.
Lucy 'Lazer Legs' Kings-Wheatley is also involved in a rematch with
Multiple World Champion Victoria 'Tigger' Perkins again from the
renowned Western Dragons gym in Swansea, Wales in a Full Contact
contest over 3 x 2 minute rounds.
Lucy pulled off the impossible in Weston-Super-Mare last weekend in
only her second Full Contact fight winning a very close Majority
Points Decision over Victoria in another excellent crowd pleasing
bout.
Qasim 'The Dream' Beg Vs Dylan 'The Natural' Cheema
Two reigning and defending Professional World Champions will collide to Unify the ICO and WRSA World Super Lightweight Titles over 12 x 2 minute rounds in a clash that has got everybody talking and everybody divided in opinion on who will come out victorious in a winner takes all fight for pride and glory.
Dylan the young hungry WRSA Champion Vs Qasim the experienced
battle hardened unbeaten ICO Champion.
If that wasn't enough outside of USKA we have...
Ryan Davies Vs Dan Morgan for the Professional WRSA British Title
over 7 x 2 Minute Rounds
Donovan Wint Vs Reuben Williams for the Amateur Midland Title over 5 x 2 Minute Rounds
Jack 'Bruiser' Dilloway for the Cadet WRSA World Title over 5 x 2
Minute Rounds
Plus a stacked undercard featuring Faye Blount, Dave Hill, Brad
Finn, Romaine Porter, Luke Porter, Dylan Matthews and
More.
Remaining few tickets are available from the USKA Fight Factory gym but be very quick to avoid disappointment because they are going like hot cakes...
£25 theatre style seated (Kids tickets up to 13 years £20)
SUNDAY 17TH NOVEMBER 2019
From
the Fantastic Four last night in Weston-Super-Mare to the Fantastic
Five Nation Five today at the Lordswood Tri-Series ICO 5 Nations
Championships at the North Solihull Sports Centre in
Birmingham.
Five
USKA Fight Factory fighters including Kaifah Imran, Ehsaan Mahmood,
Myesha Imran, Aamina Sarfraz and Shakeel Hussain took to the ring
today alongside their coaches Neil Kelly, Sean Quinn and Qasim Beg
to contest ICO 5 Nation Titles at the final Lordswood Tri-Series
event of the year.
The
small contingent performed excellently throughout the day
collecting 5 Gold medals and 1 Bronze medal which coincidentally
was in a category that we also picked up Gold in by another
USKA competitor.
Well done to the team on yet another strong
showing!
SATURDAY 16TH NOVEMBER 2019
It was four out of four for Team USKA tonight at the WCA Sanctioned
Tuff House Gym show in Weston-Super-Mare when our fantastic four
fighters Remy Mann, Ryan McQueen, Lucy Kings-Wheatley and Ra'ees
Kiani climbed through the ropes and put on an excellent display of
kickboxing.
First up Remy turned in a Master Class against his opponent Jack
State in a Low Kick contest earning himself a Unanimous Points
Decision.
SATURDAY 9TH NOVEMBER 2019
Four USKA Fighters travel to Weston-Super-Mare next Saturday (16th
November) for some last minute fights to help out a show that has
been plagued with pull outs.
Remy
Mann fights Jack State in a Junior low kick contest, Ryan McQueen
fights Freddie Fudjie in a Junior Kickboxing Contest, Lucy
Kings-Wheatley fights World Champion Victoria Perkins in a 3 round
Full Contact Contest and Ra'ees Kiani fights Andrew Perkins in a 3
round Ful Contact Contest.
On
paper some really tough fights for Team USKA especially given that
they are taking these fights on such short notice but as always
they definitely won't be going to make up numbers and will be
looking for the wins.
If
anyone would like to make the trip to Weston-Super-Mare to support
our Fantastic Four tickets are on sale priced at just
£15.00.
SUNDAY 3RD NOVEMBER 2019
It was a busy day for USKA today at the Combat Sports Centre's BLCC event at the Tudor Grange Leisure Centre in Solihull.
SUNDAY 3RD NOVEMBER 2019
On
30th October 2019 Birmingham's Unity FM aired an interview
featuring USKA Fight Factory's Qasim 'The Dream' Beg and his
lifelong coach Neil Kelly.
The
interview conducted by presenter Nasser Mockbill was based around
the theme of Raising a peaceful and wise generation through Martial
Arts and the Sport of Kickboxing.
Qasim
and Neil talked about their journey together so far and also their
plans for the future around the Sport that has had such a huge
impact on both of their lives.
Outside
of the Sport Neil as a Muslim revert talked about his journey to
Islam and the impact it has had on his life and his
gym.
FRIDAY 1ST NOVEMBER 2019
WHEN CHAMPIONS COLLIDE
QASIM 'THE DREAM' BEG VS DYLAN 'THE NATURAL' CHEEMA
So
the Superfight is set!
On Sunday 8th December at the 2nd City Suite in Birmingham
two reigning and defending World Champions will colide to Unify the
ICO and WRSA World Super Lightweight Titles.
Tickets are available from the USKA Fight Factory gym at the following prices...
Gold : £500 ringside tables of 10 includes waitress service & hot Indian buffet on each table
Silver : £300 tables of 10 or can be sold separately at £30 (Kids tickets up to 13 years £20)
Bronze : £25 theatre style seated (Kids tickets up to 13 years £20)
SATURDAY 26TH OCTOBER 2019
26 USKA Ninjas flew through their grading examinations today at the USKA Fight Factory performing excellently in front of their family and friends.
FRIDAY 25TH OCTOBER 2019
We are lucky to have another all time great of Martial Arts visit
us on Saturday 30th November to deliver a Seminar that is not to be
missed. As a multiple World Champion and Co-founder of the World
famous Paragon Kickboxing gym in London Stuart Lawson returns to
the USKA Fight Factory almost 10 years to the day of his last
Seminar making this truly the Return of The Jedi! Get in touch to
book your space on this World Class seminar with this bonafide Hall
of Fame Kickboxer and legend of UK Martial Arts.
1pm - 3.30pm ~ Seminar
3.30 - 4.00pm ~ Autograph and Photo Oportunity
We have limted spaces on this
course.
Reserve your space now at the USKA Fight Factory priced at only £25.00 per person.
MONDAY 22ND OCTOBER 2019
We are all wrapped up and home safely following the closing gala
evening on Sunday evening at the ICO World Championships 2019 in
Scotland.
An
amazing event with a great standard of competing, organisation and
officiating from ICO Team Scotland.
The
team of 15 USKA fighters did not disappoint finishing the
tournament with a spectacular 63 medals including 42 Golds, 14
Silvers (7 of which were USKA Vs USKA finals) and 7 Bronze
medals.
5 of
our fighters finished in the top 10 competitors of the
tournament and once again we closed as top contingent team
within ICO Team England.
Myself Sean and Qas are exceptionally proud of the team and what
they have achieved over the tournament and are thrilled that all
their hard work over the last 6 months paid off bringing home such
fantastic results.
Thank you to everyone who played a part in their success and a big
Congratulations to our team on an amazing
achievement.
WEDNESDAY 16TH OCTOBER 2019
Tomorrow 15 fighters and three coaches from the
USKA Fight Factory gym will travel to Scotland to compete in the
2019 ICO World Championships.
The team have endured a gruelling six month
training camp 5 to 6 days a week to prepare themselves for the
Championships and to equip them to be able to contend with some of
the best fighters from around the
World.
All that is left to do now is for them to have
the belief in themselves to be able to go and do what we all know
they are capable of.
We won't wish them good luck because luck is for the unprepared and
that does not apply to team USKA.
Pictured below is our 2019 World Championship team
Back Row... Hammaad Shand,
Rohan Kumar, Myesha Imran, Aamina Sarfraz, Ryan Mcqueen, Shakeel
Hussain.
Middle Row... (Coach)
Sean Quinn, Khuzaimah Douglas, Faith Velland, Qasim Hasan, (Coach)
Qasim Beg, (Coach) Neil Kelly.
Front Row... Charlie
Stokes, Ehsaan Mahmood, Kaifah Imran, Abdullah Riaz, Nikita
Raubiska, Remy Mann.
SATURDAY 12TH OCTOBER 2019
It
was 3 wins out of 3 for team USKA tonight at the Strictly
Business Boxing XVIII card at the Edgbaston Stadium in
Birmingham.
Disappointingly all
three fighters had to face replacement opponents following a series
of unfortunate events that left their original opponents unable to
compete.
Shakeel
'Showtime' Hussain contested the BLCC -55kg English Title against
Solihull Combat Sports Centre's Jake Thermaine winning by Unanimous
points decision.
Ehsaan
'The Head Hunter' Mahmood contested the AFSO -30kg British Title
against Dundee Kickboxing's Derren 'Dynamite' Currie winning by
Unanimous points decision.
Qasim
'The Dream' Beg continued his 1st Round Knockout run stopping his
opponent Martin Hammond early after three
knockdowns.
As a
fighter all you can do is beat the fighter in front of you and our
three fighters did that comfortably enough but it is
disappointing that they did not get the tests that they were
looking for.
On behalf of all three fighters we would like to thank the Strictly Business Boxing promoters and the TMA Fight Series for the opportunity to compete on the card and to wholeheartedly thank all the supporters that came to cheer our guys on.
SUNDAY 29TH SEPTEMBER 2019
The TMA Fight Series England Vs The Rest of the World fight card at the Premiere Suite in Cannock on Saturday 14th September did not disappoint the fight fans with main event of the evening seeing USKA's Former ICO World Champion Qasim 'The Dream' Beg attempt to win back to ICO Super Lightweight title he never lost in the ring against French European Champion Jonathan Maine. Qasim was coming off a 1st round knockout win in July following a four year absence from the sport and had trained exceptionally hard looking forward to getting some rounds in against the Frenchman Maine who came with a really good reputation. After a minute of feeling each other out in the first round Qas sunk a right body hook in that seen his opponent wince. Seeing the effect it had Qasim faked the same punch again but this time took it to the head and it was lights out for Maine 1 minute and 18 seconds into the very first round for a second time in a row. Now a two times World Champion Qasim intends to build on this and Unify the division to cement his legacy in the sport. He will be fighting in Birmingham on 12th October in a non title contest with his eyes set on adding another World title to his collection early December to cap off a successful comeback year. We would like to thank Gavin Burrows at TMA for affording Qasim the opportunity to do his thing on his shows and to all the fans that came to support Qasim. and Lucy. All the action is captured here by FightNightLive-TV with commentary from the one and only Malcolm Martin.
On the undercard USKA
Kickboxing's Lucy Kings-Wheatley made her Gala Full Contact debut
against France's K-1 European Champion Emilie Tomas.
The experienced Tomas brought with her an 18 fight record which
made Lucy a considerable underdog on paper but the USKA starlet
performed well to win every round on all three judges score cards
to pick up a Unanimous points decision win. The action again is all
caught here by FightNightLive-TV with commentary from Malcolm
Martin.
SUNDAY 22ND SEPTEMBER 2019
A
full team of 23 USKA Fight Factory fighters competed yesterday at
the Warriors Fight Club BLCC event at the Meadway Sports and Social
club in Kitts Green in Birmingham.
The
team headed by coached Neil Kelly and Sean Quinn consisted of Hawwa
Sarfraz, Dawid Gizewski, Zain Amer, Julia Glowacz, Maryam Sarfraz,
Kaifah Imran, Nikita Raubiska, Ehsaan Mahmood, Eesa Hassanjee,
Ibrahim Iqbal, Charlie Stokes, Remy Mann, Aamina Sarfraz, Myesha
Imran, Rohan Kumar, Ryan McQueen, Shakeel Hussain, Jad Joma, Sami
Kelly, Qasim Hassan, Ra'ees Kiani, Mustapha Khan, Faith
Velland.
After
some great performances in 25 individual bout we only dropped one
decision in a closely fought contest showing lots of skill and will
throughout the day.
Well
done to everyone on their efforts as we look forward to the next
BLCC event on Sunday 3rd November at the Combat Sports Centre in
Solihull, West Midlands.
WEDNESDAY 18TH SEPTEMBER 2019
USKA
Fight Factory played host to one of Martial Arts all time greats
this evening when the G.O.A.T. Raymond 'The Real Deal' Daniels
conducted an awesome 3 hour seminar to a packed room full of star
struck attendees.
Raymond
teaching his unique spin on combat sports was engaging and funny
from start to finish whilst covering kickboxing fundamentals in a
way that only he could drawing from the experience from all of the
different fighting styles he has competed in nearly 35 years in
Martial Arts.
Breaking
down the reasoning behind every move Raymond's instruction was
second to none and everyone in attendance will have taken something
from the session that will help them develop as fighters in the
future if they practice and try to develop what they have
learned.
Following
the session the G.O.A.T. conducted an informative question and
answer session followed by a photograph opportunity and autograph
signings.
A big
thank you to Raymond for taking the time to visit USKA and share
his knowledge with us. We will definitely be having him back again
when he tours the UK in 2020.
SUNDAY 15TH SEPTEMBER 2019
13 of
our Female members took a step closer to Black Belt today at the
USKA Fight Factory after passing their grading on our USKA Female
Division Grading Examination.
The
Grades in contention ranged from Red Belt (1st Belt) to Purple Belt
(6th Grade) and in total including the warm up Grading Preparation
class the highest grades were on the mat for a total of 5 hours
really testing themselves not just technically but physically over
the course of the day.
Congratulations
to all our successful candidates and a special well done to our A
star grader Amera Ali on her 95 / A- Red Belt
Pass.
Our
full list of successful results are as
follows...
Safa
Amir --- Red Belt
SATURDAY 14TH SEPTEMBER 2019
The TMA Fight Series England Vs The Rest of the World fight card at the Premiere Suite in Cannock on Saturday night did not disappoint the fight fans in attendance with 8 really good fights of contact sports.
FRIDAY 13TH SEPTEMBER 2019
Both USKA Fighters easily made weight today at Metro Inn Hotel at
the Weigh in for the England V The Rest Of The World Event that
will take place at the Premiere Suite in Cannock tomorrow
evening.
Lucy Kings-Wheatley who is making her Gala debut came in at 61.5kg
against the very highly rated French European K-1 Champion Emeline
Thomas.
This is a big ask for Lucy against her more experienced opponent
but she and her USKA coaches are confident they can use Lucy's
silky skills to pull off the upset and claim the
win.
Our World Title contender Qasim 'The Dream' Beg scaled in at 62.2kg
against his French opponent and current European Champion Jonathan
Maine for the main event fight of the evening which on paper looks
like a brilliant match up.
Both fighters are happy, relaxed and refuelled and are looking
forward to putting on a great show for everyone tomorrow
night.
We have our last few tickets available from the USKA Fight Factory gym tomorrow morning priced at £30.00.
The Premier Suite, Danilo Road, Cannock, WS11 1BJ.
Doors open 5pm, First fight 6pm
TUESDAY 10TH SEPTEMBER 2019
NEW VENUE FOR QASIM 'THE DREAM' ICO WORLD TITLE FIGHT
SATURDAY 7TH SEPTEMBER 2019
The latest General Grading at the USKA Fight Factory on Saturday
7th September seen 36 successful grading candidates take and pass
their next coloured belts over a 5 hour Examination in front of
USKA Chief Instructor Neil Kelly and club instructor Qasim
Beg.
Anyone who has ever taken part in an USKA grading will appreciate
just how hard they are with everyone truly earning their belts in
an age where they are more increasingly handed out from a business
perspective rather than the high set standard of the old school
Martial Arts of yesteryear.
At USKA we maintain high old school values meaning sometimes
candidates come up short and have to go back to the drawing board
to make corrections and improve for next time out which
unfortunately was the case on this Grading. This is not the end of
the world but more of a wake up call that in the long run will
improve the student as a Martial Artist.
Well done to all our successful Graders but in particular our star
graders in Musa Rafiq (Red Belt A / Pass), Hashim Mohammed (White
Belt A / Pass), Ryan McQueen (Yellow Belt / A- Pass) and Rico Mann
(Blue Belt / A- Pass).
Also special mentions to Mohammed Ibrahim Khan, Sumayya Griffith
and Khuzaimah Douglas who all passed their Junior Brown Belt Grade
which was the highest belts contested on the
day.
A full list of results are as follows...
HUMAYAH IQBAL --- RED BELT
SATURDAY 31ST AUGUST 2019
A
great turn out of over 50 fighters showed up today at the USKA
Fight Factory to take part in our 100 rounds of sparring
fundraising event to raise money to help send 15 USKA Fighters to
the ICO World Championships in Scotland in
October.
The
participants took part in two minute rounds of Sparring with a one
minute rest across disciplines including Body Shot Boxing,
Freestyle Boxing, Kickboxing, Low Kick and K-1 pledging to do a set
amount of rounds with some toughing it out and doing the full
Hardcore 100.
The
Sparathon took a mega 5 hours to complete which in itself is a
great feat of stamina, staying power and determination and everyone
was respectful and controlled throughout making it a very enjoyable
day.
Well
done to everybody that took part and thank you to everyone who made
a donation.
If
anyone would still like to donate a help our team with their
funding please follow the link below to our Gofundme page,Many
thanks in advance for whatever you can spare for this great
cause.
DONATE
HERE!
THURSDAY 29TH AUGUST 2019
At
the end of July 2019 a team of 14 USKA Fight Factory fighters
travelled to Barnsely England to compete at the 2nd Annual WKO
World Kickboxing Championships.
Following
two days of competition the team walked away with an outstanding 58
Medals including 34 Golds, 19 Silvers and 5 Bronze medals as
well as being awarded the number one club at the event based on
accumulated points from results.
Our
young fighter Ehsaan Mahmood was awarded Top Male Competitor of the
competition based on his results and we also had 3 more of our
fighters placed in the top ten overall competitors at the
Championships..
Here
are our fighters in action with some of the highlights across a
number of the different disciplines that they competed
in.
Abdullah
Riaz - 00:20
SATURDAY 24TH AUGUST 2019
The
latest USKA Ninjas Grading Examination at the USKA Fight Factory
saw 23 new belts handed out to some of the youngest members of the
gym.
The
grading took place on Saturday 24th August under the watchful eye
of USKA Ninja Instructors Neil Kelly, Sean Quinn and Qasim Beg with
a number of helpers consisting of intermediate and advanced grades
from our technical classes.
The
90 minute Grading consisted of an Exercise Circuit, Kickboxing
Padwork, Basic Shadow Boxing Line Work and a gruelling Relay
Circuit really putting the grading candidates through their paces
making sure they earn their grade in front of their family and
friends for that little added
pressure.
All
our Ninjas passed with flying colours and were awarded their new
coloured belts and certificates as an acknowledgement of their
efforts.
Well
done to all our successful graders.
A
full list of Grading Results are as
follows...
ANNIYAH
IQBAL - USKA NINJAS RED BELT
SUNDAY 18TH AUGUST 2019
A smaller than usual USKA Fight Team due to the
holiday period were in action today at the Burton Kickboxing
Academy's latest BLCC Ring Continuous Kickboxing event in
Burton-On-Trent.
11 fighters including Julia Glowacz, Abdullah
Riaz, Zain Amer, Nikita Raubiska, Charlie Stokes, Rohan Kumar,
Hammaad Shand, Ryan McQueen, Qasim Hassan, Khuzaimah Douglas and
Qasim Beg took to the ring in 14 contests and conceded only 1 close
defeat throughout the course of the
day.
Coaches Neil Kelly and Sean Quinn were very
happy indeed on their fighters performances with lots to go back to
the gym with to improve on for next time out which is what it is
all about.
The next BLCC event will be held at the Meadway
Sports and Social club in Birmingham on Sunday 22nd September where
we expect a bigger team back in action and hopefully more of the
same in regard to results.
Well done team on another successful day of
competition.
SUNDAY 12TH AUGUST 2019
USKA Fight Factory would like to wish all it's members and friends Eid Mubarak.
May blessings be with you and your family's today and always.
All classes remain on as normal for anyone who wishes to train.
