Saturday March 6th saw the 4th installment of Olympian Mixed Martial Arts Championships in Liverpool, an event which is fast establishing itself as one of the premiere MMA promotions in the UK with top quality cards and an electric atmosphere.

Local favourite Paul “Sassangle” Sass went 10-0-0 and retained the lightweight belt with a quick submission win over Jason Young. Wanting nothing of the standup, Sass went for the takedown from the off and once it hit the mat it was only a matter of time before the Kaobon fighter found the fight ending finish. A disappointed Young had to tap out to a tight heel hook. After this victory surely the local lad must now take the next step up in competition and fight some European names to take his career to the next level.

In the other big fight of the night and a replacement to the promised main event of Paul Cahoon vs Alex Makhonin, Wanye Murrie took the welterweight title in a tough decision against the tough veteran Pete Irving. Both proved to be well-rounded and the former thaiboxing champion Murrie looked to be in a position to finish with a couple of tight looking submissions but Irving was able to tough it out. For his part Irving was scoring big takedowns but was unable to gain any significant positional dominance and after the final bell the judges were all in agreement that it would be Murries hand that was raised at the end.

Full results:

Louis Jenkins bt Mali Richardson TKO (Knees) rd1 0:51 *semi-pro*
Pietro Menga bt Brent Crawley Decision (Unanimous) rd2 5:00 *semi-pro*
Richie Downes bt Paul Ramsdale TKO (Punches) rd1 0:56
Michael Reid bt Neil Dutson Decision (Unanimous) rd3 5:00
Mike Wilkinson bt Neil Spring Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) rd1 3:42
Danny Sweeney bt Nij Wright Submission (Armbar) rd1 1:15
James Manning bt Jason Muldoon Submission (North-South Choke) rd1 1:45
Ronan McKay bt James Gladden Submission (Armbar) rd2 0:36
Chris Fishgold bt Neil McGuigan Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) rd1 3:33
Jay McGuinness bt Declan Williams Submission (Armbar) rd1 4:42
Wayne Murrie bt Peter Irving Decision (Unanimous) rd3 5:00
Paul Sass bt Jason Young Submission (Heel Hook) rd1 2:01

An excellent write up of the event is available on the fighters magazine site

OMMAC’s Chris Zorba has announced the fight card for OMMAC 2 and following on from the excellent launch event it does not disappoint. Heading up is one of the fights that UK MMA fans have been chomping the bit to see in Rob Sinclair vs Paul Sass. One not to miss!

MAIN EVENT BRITISH LIGHTWEIGHT TITLE

Rob Sinclair (champ) v Paul Sass

70kg Ash Smith v Ashleigh Grimshaw
70kg Mark Glover v Chris Stringer
70kg Arron Wilkinson v Ali Mclean
70kg Mick Bowman v Afnaan Saeed
70kg Richie Downes v Colm Gillane
66kg Neil Fraser v Dave Hill
84kg Carl Noon v Chris Fields
77kg Lee Chadwick v Cathal Pendred
73kg Danny Withington v Mike Feeley
77kg Mark Scanlon v tba
hw Mike Solomons v Ashley Pollard
84kg Tony Moran v tba

Semi Pro

Hw Dan Abbott v Scott Mitchell
60kg Pietro Menga v tba
66kg Greg Severs v tba
73kg Uche Ihiekwe v tba

For more infomation and tickets visit the OMMAC site