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THANKS EVERYONE
FCC would like to thank you for all those who came and supported Syd in his
dream to hold the WMF World Championship belt.
Specialthanks to those who donated to the raffles and sponsored:
JBI Inc
Inniskillin
Lococo's Market
Carpaccio Restaurant for cooking the pasta
We raised $1000 dollars between food and raffles great job guys!
Fighting like a family but organized like a team FCC TAKING OVER!
Here is a link to where Syd is training in Thailand www.kaewsamritgym.comAlso I posted the fight poster for Syd up and coming fight!!
Class Times
Fundraising Dinner Next Thursday Feb 25
Sunday, 14 March 2010 16:15
“Send Syd to Thailand”
We are having a fundraising dinner next thursday to help raise money to send Syd to Thailand
to train for a month. While Syd is in Thailand he will have an opportunity to fight for the World
Muay Thai Championship!
And when he gets back he will be having his first of six fights in Atlantic City with Strikebox
Fight Promotions!
So here's the deal
$10 All you can eat pasta dinner, alcoholic drinks will be available.
We will have raffles,50-50, prizes and watch some highlight tapes
the new FCC Muay Thai Shirt will be available to purchase!
This is a must attend and support Syd
Location at FCC, 6pm to whenever
Niagara Knockouts - Tickets on Sale NOW
Friday, 17 July 2009 03:37
Scott Reid- Silver at the Am Cans
Monday, 22 June 2009 20:40
Scott Reid got second at the Am Can's held at Canisius College, Buffalo New York May 23 2009
This is one of the biggest Judo competitions around and everyone at FCC is very proud. Good work buddy.
Congratulations Syd Barnier on the Win
Monday, 22 June 2009 20:25
Congratulations Syd Barnier
Rami Ibrahim vs. Syd Barnier in Main Event
June 12 at Friday Night Fights Muay Thai Card in New York
Syd Barnier wins by Decision!
Student Photos - Saturday May 23!
Wednesday, 06 May 2009 23:03
Student Photos - Saturday May 23!
Half-price for FCC students!$65 $30 flat rate (including tax)
All Fight Club Canada students are invited to have their photo taken before or after regular classes on May 23.
No obligation photo session — Professional portraits and action shots are great for active competitors (profile, websites), and for parents of younger students! Sessions last 5 to 10 minutes and photos are displayed immediately.
Flat-Rate Package
Choose your favourite 3 poses. Full-quality digital files delivered by email. Images retouched as required and include your school's logo.
$30 per student (including GST/PST).
Receive best 3 poses by email.
Optional: photos on CD (add $5).
Payment can be made to Fight Club Canada by cash or credit card.
About the Photographer
In the past decade Alex Frakking has been the official photographer at numerous local, national, and international martial art tournaments and events. Alex has been commissioned for profile portraits of national-level competitors and instructors, and consults for national martial art organizations. He holds a black belt in karate and taekwondo, and is currently active in coaching and training.
UFC Undisputed Video Game Tournament- May 22nd
Tuesday, 28 April 2009 22:19
WIN THE NEW UFC GAME- Spots are limited- FRIDAY May 22nd
WINNER TAKES HOME A COPY OF UFC UNDISPUTED FOR THE XBOX 360
Tournament Contest Details Coming Soon!
Entry Fee is $10 and you can sign up today at the club.
7:45 pm START TIME
Weight categories are drawn random in the round robin.
Still WBC World Champion- Congratulations From FCC Carl
Froch wins in 12th round by TKO
Taylor starts extremely well, landing lots of fast hard combinations and with a world class spearing jab - whilst Froch, who's as confident as a man can, whilst fighting a world class opponent on American television.
Taylor takes the first couple of rounds, but Froch lets him know he is there. Round 3 and hard blows exchanged before Froch is turned and countered onto the ropes by Taylor which makes Froch throw some ragged shots before an overhand right crashes Froch to the canvas.
Unhurt and clear-headed he takes the 8 on Rob McCracken's count before finishing the round with more offence work.
First third of the fight concluded as expected - with Taylor in command and looking good.
Froch starts the next few rounds quicker and in my opinion they could go either way - with Froch getting tagged by flashy counters, yet pressing forward and trying a variety of different hard, thudding shots. Taylor's work seems to now be reserved for the last minute of each round.
American TV then start getting ringside journalist's scorecards (all in Taylor's favour as per the knockdown) but then Froch starts to up his offensive work even more and Taylor throws hardly any shots back for huge spells.
By this point the American tv commentators are going really overboard with 'Taylor's amazing jab' this ' Another excellent punch from Taylor' that. Where is the respect for Froch?
Second third of fight, Froch pressing the action as expected and landing - but Pro-Taylor commentating concerning Froch fans everywhere...
Going into the final rounds, Froch starts to patiently stalk Taylor, knowing that he has nothing left, he can sense it. Rob McCracken see's it otherwise, imploring Froch not to be reckless and that if he wins the next couple of rounds he will have the fight won.
Round 12 begins and Froch starts fast, landing thudding hard shots and Taylor is plodding back - then Froch catches him and forces him into the corner before knocking him down for a count.
Now the Froch faithful realise that Carl needs to finish him rather than go to the scorecards - and Carl obliges them.
Walking, hands by his side, almost casually he attacks Taylor again, picking his shots before trapping him on the ropes - one, two three big shots rain in and the ref stands close - and then Taylor starts almost turning away with his hands dropping 'no mas' style before the referee stops the fight.
As usual, a typical edge of your seat fight provided by Carl !
Fight Club Canada FRONT PAGE
Saturday, 18 April 2009 19:16
Fight Club Canada made the front page of the Saturday paper with the Carl Froch training camp taking place at the gym. This is very big news for the gym, city and paper and we thanks The Niagara Falls Review for coming out and covering the story.
Carl Froch at FCC as he prepares for his fight against
Jermaine Taylor
Froch vs Taylor To Stream To UK Fans
Froch V Taylor Super Fight Live on Pay Per View at frochvtaylor.com
British and Irish fight fans can breathe a sigh of relief with the news that Carl Froch’s World title super fight with Jermain “Bad Intentions” Taylor will be available to watch online via pay per view at frochvtaylor.com.
The “Continents Collide” clash between Britain’s only reigning World Champion and former undisputed Middleweight kingpin, Taylor takes place at the MGM Grand at Foxwoods Resort Casino in the U.S. on Saturday, April 25th with fight fans on this side of the Atlantic able to watch the broadcast live online from 2am on Sunday morning.
The pay per view costs just £9.95 (or €11.00 for Irish viewers) and will give fight fans to opportunity to see one of the most eagerly awaited World title fights of the year. Further details regarding order information will be available next week on frochvtaylor.com.
Froch says he’s thrilled that his fans won’t miss out on any of the action on what promises to be the biggest night of his career. “I’m delighted that my fans in the U.K and Ireland are going to get the opportunity to see my beating Taylor in style,” said Froch. “He says he’s going to teach me how to lose but I have a few lessons of my own in mind for him. It’s a huge fight for me and a chance to prove beyond doubt that I’m the best super middleweight on the planet.”
Iroquois MMA Championship Results!
Saturday, 11 April 2009 21:02
FCC and Gracie Barra Niagara would like to congratulate Chad leeson on his first MMA fight. Chad fought a very tough opponent from the IFL and Pan-AM games BJJ gold medalist Jimmy Jarquin. The fight went all 3 rounds with the decision going to Jarquin. Chad was amazing in this fight, with a briliant 1..2..punch combo knocking down Jarquin. This was great opportunity and experience for Chad and we look forward to watching his MMA career flurish!
MMA EXPO 3 / Salvosa BJJ tournament!
Saturday, 11 April 2009 20:57
MMA EXPO 3
Salvosa BJJ Tournament
Results!
This past weekend Gracie Barra Niagara and FCC travelled to Toronto to compete at MMA Expo 3/Salvosa BJJ Tournament.
Our Boys fought hard and with lots of class. Here are the official results:
Easily the best Welterweight Muay Thai Fighter in Canada, Syd is a fighter born with killer instinct and extreme knock out power. He has proven his striking is world class over and over by knocking out the best Muay Thai has to offer at 145lbs. In 2006, he won his first title belt and has since won national titles, a silver medal at the World Muay Thai Federation's world championships, and has beaten tough competition in the WMC thaiboxing circuit in Thailand. He is now fighting for the premiere Canadian MMA promotion TKO and in Phoenix Fight Promotions. (bio from 519 fight factory)
Championships
CAMTAO Junior Welter Weight champion
CAMTAO Welter Weight Champion
WMF World Champion
FCC would like to thank 519 Fight Factory along with MAS thai boxing club for all their support
BJJ Worlds!
Saturday, 11 April 2009 20:45
Gracie Barra and FCC travel to Cali for world BJJ
tourny!
2008-06-30- Gracie Barra Niagara and FCC left today to go and compete at the biggest Bjj tournament.
The tournament will take place on June 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th in California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, California.
Good luck to Vince Mattei, Chad Leeson and Tim Patterson
TKO 34!
Saturday, 11 April 2009 20:44
FCC would like to wish Syd Barnier and Devin Henry good luck at their fight this weekend in Montreal.
Smash'em Boys!
AM-CAN International Judo Challenge
Saturday, 11 April 2009 20:38
2008-06-30
This past weekend FCC's Judo Club travelled to Amherst, New York, USA to compete in the AM-CAN International Judo Challenge.
Results:
Carlos Grisales - 2nd place
Scott Reid - 2nd place
Tyler Rose - 2nd Place
New Automatic Monthly Withdrawal
Saturday, 11 April 2009 20:35
2008-06-30
New Automatic Monthly Withdrawal
Tired of forgeting monthly dues?
Is Management chasing you down for money?
FCC is now offering automatic monthly withdrawals
ask Matt or Mike for details
THE RETURN! Boxing show
Saturday, 11 April 2009 20:33
2008-06-27
Ray McGibbon Gloves Tournament
Saturday, 11 April 2009 20:30
Boxers slug it out for gold; Hughes wins weight class at Ray McGibbon Gloves
Posted By Standard Staff
FCC is mentiond as the NIagara Fight Club
Liam Hughes of the St. Catharines Amateur Boxing Club stopped Lucas Caride of the Motor City Boxing Club to win the gold medal at the Ray McGibbon Gloves in St. Catharines in the 41-kilogram Cadet B open final.
Ryan Baulk of St. Catharines lost 14-10 to Bigtyme's Steve Rolls in the 75-kilogram senior open final. Rolls had defeated the reigning Canadian champion earlier this year.
Tommy Johnston of St. Catharines stopped Motor City's Nathan Schoolcroft in his 81-kilogram senior novice quarter-final before getting stopped on points by Kingston's Juan Aguliar in the semifinals.
Aguliar stopped Taylor Cote of the Niagara Falls' Niagara Fight Club in the final and was named the event's top boxer.
Earlier, Cote stopped the Boxing Factory's Kelly Malanuk in the first round of their semifinal match.
Austin Humphries of the St. Catharines Club lost his 41-kilogram Cadet A semifinal to Dallas Hasselden of Durham.
Dylan Simon of the Napper's Boxing Club in Welland won the 81-kilogram junior final when opponent Garrett Szpniewski of Uptown retired in the first round. Simon stopped Belleville's Dave Rorabeck in the second round of their semifinal bout.
The Niagara Fight Club's Brad Arbic defeated Lambton's Khalid Aboshawish 32-26 on points in the 75-kilogram senior novice final.
Dylan Mask of Napper's stopped Chris Minicucci of the Niagara Fight Club in the third round of their 75-kilogram junior final match.
Napper's' Cathy Edgecombe was stopped in the third round of her 70-kilogram senior women's final by Kingston's Cynthia White. Edgecombe advanced to the final with a 25-20 win on points over Lara Thacker of Newsgirls.
The next event for the St. Catharines Amateur Boxing Club is a pair of shows April 25 and April 27 featuring boxers from New Brunswick. The April 25 card will be held at the Optimist Club in St. Catharines at 7 p.m. and the April 27 event will be at the Belvedere Club in Thorold at 2 p.m.
RESULTS! 2008 Ascension BJJ Open
Saturday, 11 April 2009 20:29
Gracie Barra Niagara
Brings Home
Gold!
Feb. 9 Gracie Barra Niagara and FCC travelled to Toronto to take part the first of four tournaments known as the Ontario Grappling Grand Prix.
Gracie Barra Niagara medalists
Brandon May 139lbs GI, Gold Medal
Steve Vets 155lbs NO GI, Gold Medal
Matt Skinner 225lbs GI, Bronze medal
World Champion!
Saturday, 11 April 2009 20:28
Syd Barnier World Champ!
Sunday March 30th 2008, at Winona Vines Estates Syd Barnier won a world title championship defeating Catalin Slave. The fight went 5 grueling rounds with lots of action. With a minute to go both fighters fell out of the ring and Syd fractured his arm. Despite this injury like a true warrior Syd finished the match.
Congrats to 519 Fight Factory and Syd Barnier
Ray McGibbons Gloves Tournament
Saturday, 11 April 2009 20:25
Ray McGibbons Gloves Tournament!
FCC will be entering in its first boxing tournament April 5th. Our Boxing Club had to change its name to Niagara Fight Club due to a name confliction with another club.
We will be sending Brad Arabic, Taylor Cote (Omar/Larry) and Chris Minicucci to represent Niagara Fight Club
Tournament Details
Date :
April 04, 2008 to April 06, 2008
Host :
St. Catharines Boxing Club
Location :
St. Catharines
Accommodations :
Days Inn 89 Meadowvale St. (Lake St. & QEW) St. Catharines 905-934-5400 Room Rate $89.00
Venue :
The Optimist Club 8 Napier St St. Catharines ON
Weigh-Ins :
Fri 2-4pm Sat/Sun 8-9am
Medicals :
At the Weigh Ins
Draw :
Wednesday April 2, 2008 at 12 noon.
Category & Class :
Male: Cadet A Novice Cadet B Novice Cadet C Novice Junior Novice Senior Novice and Open
Female: Cadet A Novice Cadet B Novice Cadet C Novice Junior Novice Senior Novice and Open
The 3rd annual ASCENSION JIU-JITSU OPEN tournament on Saturday, February 9th (Juniors & Adults) and Sunday, February 10th (Children & Youth), 2008.
The event will be held at Pope John Paul II Catholic High School (685 Military Trail) in Scarborough, Ontario. We held our two previous events (2006/2007) at this location and have been proud to deliver a unique vibe that differentiates our competition from the other great events in the GTA. You can expect to hear music in the background, hot food in the cafeteria and a sincere effort to instill and maintain a high standard of safety and sportsmanship at each and every ASCENSION JIU-JITSU event.
Ascension is keen on promoting the sport of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu to our younger generation-- our competitiors aged 7 to 15 years. In order to provide the children & youth competitiors with the time and attention their growing numbers deserve, we will be running their divisions separately on Sunday, February 10th. This move will also allow to ensure a prompt start time for our adult divisions on Saturday, February 9th.
MATSIDE WEIGH-INS for the Junior & Adult Divisions (Saturday). After registering at the front desk, all Junior & Adult competitors wil receive a FIGHTER REGISTRATION CARD that they will present to officials when their division is called. The divisions will commence following the weigh-in on the MATS.
Our endeavour is to promote the sport of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu; as such, all competitors that choose to compete in the Gi Divisions will find the following belt levels that correspond to years of experience:
WHITE BELT / under 1.5 years experience
BLUE BELT / 1.5 years experience to 3 years experience
PURPLE-BROWN-BLACK BELT / over 3 years experience
These experience levels are guidelines for practitioners that do not hold a formal rank in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. We will be using the same criteria for years of experience in the No-Gi Divisions.
We will be adding a specific page to provide details on rules for the competition; however, please do not hesitate to contact us if we can help with any questions regarding the event.
To all the Members... I want to say a big thanks for making Marcio feel welcome.. He was very happy for the expereince of comming to NiaGARA AND TEACHING US HIS STYLE OF JIUJITSU.. He gave us many compliments on our quality and also for being like a family.. He couldn't stop complimenting to me about the school for its teamwork and skill level... So again on behalf of myself and the rest of the instructors I would like to say thank you for your support........
Thank You
Vince.
-------------------------------------------------------- Marcio Feitosa put on an excellent seminar.. He shared many techinques with us today and delivered them with lots of energy and enthusiasm.. He showed us different aspects of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu with self-defense, gi and no-gi training but also included the history and philosophy of Gracie Barra and the respect for our founders and teachers, stemming from Grand Master Carlos Gracie..
We must also give thanks to Vince, Chad and the other senior belts for their leadership and the hard work to make this training happen..
This seminar has helped Gracie Barra Niagara, FCC and its members to improve and progress..
I would like to thank everyone who attended as well. Marcio said to me we have a good group of students. I think everyone had a good time and hopefully learned something new, I know I did. It was an honour to have him here and to train with him. Thank you all for attending and thank you Marcio for an awesome Jiu Jitsu experience.
Chad
JOSLINS 2007 RESULTS
Saturday, 11 April 2009 20:13
Joslins Canadian Open 2007
Special thanks to the instructors at Gracie Barra Niagara, all members and FCC... this all happens because of us. Organized like a team, fighting like a family
Final Results
Gold- 3
Silver- 2
Bronze-1
Standings
Kids Division
Connor Haday - 1st place Tate - 1st place Eric Ruskoff - 3rd place
Adult Divison
Jameel Khan - 1st place Paul Lavery - 2nd place Ryan Fleming - 2nd place
Talk about representing....The guys who fought did an amazing job and represented Gracie Barra Niagara with respect, sportsmanship, and brilliant technique. For Dan, Vince, Chad and myself, we are all very proud of the guys who competed today. There is nothing more rewarding than seeing you guys listen and execute on techniques that we have studied in class. GREAT JOB!!!! -Frank
FCC in Business
Saturday, 11 April 2009 19:59
FCC Grand Opening Coverage
Oct/20/2007
The grand opening of Fight Club Canada was a great turn-out. The merger of The Fitness Centre with Fight Cub Canada at 4300 Drummond road is official.
It was an exciting day with special guest Mark Hominick signing autographs, raffles, demos and much more. Everyone that came out had a blast. This marks the beginning of the FCC family and now we begin to mold tomorrow’s next top fighters and athletes. Much thanks to everyone that came out and showed their support
Gracie Barra Niagara Brings home medals!
Saturday, 11 April 2009 19:52
2007-10-02
Gracie Barra Niagara Brings home Medals!
This past weekend GBN travelled to the annual Bravado Tournement held in Toronto.
Everyone fought hard and many compliments where made on the clubs technique and ability!
Highlights
Gold Medal - Ryan Fleming
Silver - Sam Yos
Silver - Josh Sacco
Steve's amazing 26 second tap out arm bar from guard on his opponent.
