DUEL FIGHT SPORTS
INTERNATIONAL COMBAT SPORTS EVENTS
Events - Licensing - Insurance - Sanctioning
NEWS & EVENTS
SUPER-HEAVYWEIGHT TOURNAMENT WILL THRILL & OFFER OPPORTUNITY
2015 Will see the first Duel 4-Man Tournament, and it promises to give the winner a massive boost to their fight careers. Duel 4 comes in under the Duel: Kumite class, and has struck a deal with the newly created, mega-cash, UK-promotion Superfight Series Championship, the brand behind the £20k tournament series. Duel Fight Sports is the regional qualification event for the Super-heavyweight division meaning that the winner of the Duel: Kumite event, will not only take away the cash prize, but also get to fight in London later in the year for 'double' the amount. This in turn, will then be repeated up until the amount hits a staggering £20,000 - the biggest cash prize in UK pro kickboxing.
Duel Light-heavyweight number 1, Mick Terrill, has already qualified for the -90kg SFS division, and will be taking on the best domestic talent with the winner walking away with £10,000.
Appointment
Exciting new partnerships develop with the appointment of Manuel Salavessa da Costa as the new European Co-ordinator. Manuel, who currently manages a host of top professional fighters and regularly provides services to some of the biggest Kickboxing promotions, will be developing the Duel brand initially in his home territory of Portugal, then branching out further, starting with Spain, Holland, and Russia.
Regulatory news
CORDEIRO BACK WITH A BANG!
FLYWEIGHT sensation, Fred 'The Joker' Cordeiro, once again made an impression when he flew in from Lisbon, Portugal, to take on the upcoming Northumbrian, Connor Long, on DUEL 4, Saturday, March 21st.
The event was a defence of Cordeiro's DUEL Superfight title belt - the top honour within the DUEL Fight Sports promotion - having won the title on the previous DUEL event by stopping favourite Andy Hughes, from Manchester, with a spinning kick, and followed by a flying knee.
The bout opened up with a little feeling out process and some tidy exchanges by both fighters. Connor Long trying to take the fight to his shorter Portuguese opponent by using nice high kicks. Cordeiro choosing to counter quickly with very fast hands and kicks aimed to the body, however, not many getting through. It was a fairly close first round with the Champion weighing up the local challenger.
Second round begins with Long coming out looking to ascert himself throwing good kick and punch combinations. Cordeiro stands his ground and counters with small, fast punch combinations. Both fighters looking for the opening then suddenly a big right hand from Corfeiro to Long's chin and he is sent to the canvas. Referee Billy Saul immediately waves it off, and Cordeiro wins by 2nd Rd. KO, to retain his DUEL crown.
DUEL BOXING LEAGUE LAUNCHED - PRO?
After careful consideration, DUEL Fight Sports has launched a unique boxing division that will see fighters cross-over from their current style, to regular western boxing.
The first event of it's kind will be on the Never Back Down promotion, May 24th, and will see a number of hot prospects challenge for rankings positions within DUEL.
DUEL Fight Sports has a policy of sanctioning events through reputable organisations. In 2014, Duel has employed ISKA, EFK, and the WKL to provide regulatory services to events. Moving forward, as the company branches out further into championship Kickboxing, Boxing and Mixed Martial Arts, the decision has been taken to work closely with the newly formed English Boxing Council, a recognised licensing & regulatory body for Boxing, Kickboxing, Muay Thai and MMA sports. As the organisation develops, the relationship between Duel and EBC will grow, and regular officiating teams will be present for all Duel sanctioned events.
More information will be published as it comes in.
Fisher wins by spin kick
In what could be seen as one of the shocks of the evening, Sunderland MMA fighter, Andrew Fisher, secured a great win over current Duel Middleweight champion Brian Jack Taylor, in a non-title bout over 3x3's.
After a brief exchange of low kicks, Fisher was always on the front foot shifting striking from head to low, then low to high, and then ended the fight in the first round with a spectacular spinning back kick, breaking Taylor's rib in the process.
Official result: KO, body kick, 1:38 of Rd.1.
Late stand-in Rush dominates in two
With the unfortunate loss of headline fighter, and Duel heavyweight champion, Jon 'The One' Mills, a last minute hurry around to find a replacement fighter was sought. Up stepped former MMA fighter, the big-hitting Ian Rush to face challenger Athos Konstandi of Cyprus.
Konstandi, coming off a very close points loss in a veterans World kickboxing title bout, came out looking to impose himself with heavy punches and low kicks. However, Rush, who doesn't know how to go backwards, held his ground, absorbing all that Konstandi threw, them quickly established himself as a threat. Landing some solid punches to Konstandi and dropping him twice in the first, it was one-way traffic. Road 2 opened up the same wasy as the first round ended. Rush landing some solid head shots and dropped Konstandi again forcing the corner team to thrown in the towel at 0:48 sec of Rd.2.
The vistory now sees Ian Rush as the Duel Interim Heavyweight K-1 champion in the absence of Jon Mills. Once Mills returns the two fighters will meet up to declare the Duel Heavyweight Champion proper.
Terrill takes WKL World Title
Portuguese excites fans and takes crown
Duel 3 was held on November 8th and seen the crowning of another two K-1 style champions, this time in the from of a Heavyweight Interim title, and International Super Fight title.
The latter saw Portuguese rising star, Fred 'The Joker' Cordeiro, fly in to take on British No.2 Andy Hughes of Spartan Whitworth.
After a very brief feeling out period with both fighters throwing low kicks, Cordeiro stepped up the pace and landed a lightening spinning kick that connected heal-to-jaw that dropped Hughes for an 8-count. Almost immediately, Coredeiro seen tha gap and landed a precision jumping knee to the head that dropped Hughes instantly. The ref waved it off at 1:54 of Rd.1, and Cordeiro was crowned Duel Super Fight Champion.
From the moment the fight started Terrill was on the front foot and put on what can only be described as a striking clinic as he attacked all body parts. After dropping Romanowski twice in quick succession he went in for the kill and a heavy knee followed by a flush headkick dropped Romanowski yet again and he took home a KO win and was crowned the new WKL Light-Heavyweight World Title.
Duel Fight Sports 2 was a great event and sets the promotion for their next event at the NE6 Suite on 8th November when they co-promote a night of K1 and MMA action with Budo FC.
For more on Duel Fight Sports be sure to check out The Fight Lounge for all the latest news as it happens.
By Nathan Court
​"wE'RE NOT GLOBAL, BUT WE ARE INTERNATIONAL"
JUNE 11, 2014
DUEL 3 and the return of Jon 'The-1'
NEWCASTLE, November 8th, sees the return of Duel Heavyweight K-1 champion Jon 'The-1' Mills, as he marks his returns to fight arena in the first defence of his title against former challenger Athos Konstandi.
The two last fought in 2012 whereby Mills took a unanimous decision, however, since then Konstandi has gained a lot more experience and will by the time of the fight, have challenged for a World kickboxing title.
The Mills vs Konstandi fight is the headline bout of the K-1 segment of Duel 3 - Duel vs Budo - the unique co-promotions between two fight brands that will unite K-1 and MMA under the one roof.
Duel 3 - Duel vs Budo - will be an action-packed combat event you won't want to miss.
There's not many promotion in the UK that can claim to be truly international, but that is exactly what Duel Fight Sports is claiming.​
As part of an aggressive expansion plan that is based around the development of UK fighters, in particular, those of the North Eas of England, Duel has went to the extraordinary length of franchising out the brand to a number of promoters around the World. First international promoter was highly influential Central American kickboxing supremo, Oscar Fischer. the head of Mexican-based World Kickboxing Council, a global body with over 20,000 members. Mr Fischer has already held two Duel Fight Sports events in his home town of Mexico City and is in the process of building the Duel brand across the whole of Central America. "Duel K-1 is unique, it is a private promotional brand that has vision and an open-mind to collaboration. I intend to work closely with the Duel development team and build upon our partnerships, states Oscar.
UNIQUE K-1/MMA PARTNERSHIP
COMES TO FRUITION
AUGUST 5, 2014
Fight brands Duel Fight Sports and Budo Fighting Championship have teamed up to form a unique partnership that will see both brands co-promote an exclusive K-1 & MMA event. In a unique move, owners David Weild of Duel, and Budo's Chris Clarke have agreed to the deal which will see the first event - Budo vs Duel - be held in Newcastle's fastest growing fight venue the NE6 Suite, on Nov 8th, and promises to bring in exciting names from around the UK to compete in both amateur & professional MMA and K-1.
For more information contact David Weild or Chris Clarke via facebook.
DUEL 2 PRESENTS:
TERRILL
VS
ROMANOWSKI
World Class Kickboxing on Tyneside!
AUGUST 24TH 2014
Team Ghana awaiting challenges
​DUEL PLANS MULTI-STYLE TOURNAMENTS BID
JULY 27, 2014
An agreement between England's Duel Fight Sports, and Romania's European Kombat League, has been made that will see four promotional groups working together for the betterment of Kickboxing and Muay Thai throughout out their territories. European Kombat League will host four qualifying events in four countries and will hopefully culminate in an East meets West Europe finale; England, Romania, Italy and Serbia, each of which will see a four-man tournament take place in K-1, Muay Thai, and professional Boxing. Duel Fight Sports, based in Tyneside, England, has won the licence to promote the British qualifiers, which will take place in October and December 2014.
If you would like to be part of the four-man events, please get in touch today. We are looking for;
* Females of 51kg Max., Muay Thai style
* Males of 72kg Max., K- style
The finals will be held in either England for K-1, or Romania for Muay Thai.
Movie star approves super fight
Martial arts movie star and honorary president of the World Kickboxing League, Don 'The Dragon' Wilson, has given his approval for the first-ever WKL World K-1 title to be held in the UK, and hopefully be the first in a series of sanctioned titles in England. The title was officially requested in writing by promoter David Weild of promotions company Duel Fight Sports, and was granted following a WKL Board meeting on 22nd July. "I'm delighted to make this ground-breaking contest happen, it hows that the North East of England is fast-becoming a hot-bed of fight talent". David Weild first came to mainstream promotion when he organised the World title kickboxing contest between Co. Durham's Jamie Bates, and Malta's Marlon Hunt. "Since the Bates-Hunt fight, we've taken on the brand of 'Duel' and we aim to make it a market-leader in professional UK K-1. Having the support of an organisation such as the WKL shows that we are being recognised internationally, which is great".
Duel 2 will be held on August 24th at Newcastle's NE6 Suite.
New additions to Duel 2 promises to be one of the most exciting pro cards to be held in the region.
HEADLINE BOUT
Mick Terrill vs Chris Romanowski
Jim Bob Lowther vs Roma Da Silva
Ash Griffiths vs Brian Jack Taylor
Wayne Lewis vs Tom Brazell
Christian Jopling vs Robbie Brown
Paul Garner vs Mick Kerr
The card will also feature top pro's; Juan Cervantes, Myk Estlick, Jordan Williams, James Cannon, and Duncan Mclean.
Never has a professional card been so strong in the north east of England.
​DUEL HEADLINE DUO CLAIM VICTORIES IN ROMANIA.
JUNE 6, 2014
UK Fighters Jamie Bates and Mick Terrill both secured excellent victories in their debuts on the Romania super-promotion SuperKombat. Both fighters, who we are proud to say are also contracted to Duel Fight Sports as headline fighters, took convincing wins against hometown favourites. The night was stolen by Annfield Plain's Jamie Bates, who beaten two strong opponents - Flavious Boicuc and Miljan Vidovic - to take the SuperKombat 4-man tournament winner's spot. Mick Terrill, of North Shields, Tyneside, marked his debut with a dominant points win over Danut Hurduc in a crowd-pleasing performance which was also fight of the night.
Well done to both fighters, and we look forward to seeing both return on both SK and Duel fight cards.
You can see Mick Terrill take on the hard-hitting Chris Romanowski, holder of the lesser-known WIMAAO European pro-am kickboxing title, on the Duel 2 headline bout, Newcastle, August 24th.
​SPORTS BRANDS JOIN THE DUEL SPONSORSHIP TEAM
JULY 3rd, 2014
New supplemts supremo APN and quality pro glove manufacturer, Cusley Portugal, have become the latest event sponsors for Duel Fight Sports. "I'm extremely happy to have secured this deal with two fantastic brands. I believe that all three of our brands are at exactly the same stage as each other" says David Weild, Duel owner, "We're young, ambitious companies that is attracting the biggest names in each of our sports. It's the perfect partnership".
visit:
Don Wilson, Hon. President of Miami's
World Kickboxing League
'Combat Contenders'
The launch of Duel 'Combat Contenders' will see a very unique take on combat events being held under the Duel Fight Sports banner. Working with a number of gyms and promoters, Combat Contenders aims to allow amateur class fighters to display their skills in front of a live audience on a professionally ran show that is also non-profit. In-fact, all profits from the Combat Contenders events will be plaoughed straight back into the gyms that the fighters train out of. "It's a way of giving back to those that support us. Not only will ticket prices by a lot lower than fans currently pay, but whatever profit is made is given straight back to the clubs as sponsorship. We hope this formula catches on and we hope that it goes to prove that Duel is not in it to make money, we're in it for the love of the sport" says Duel founder David Weild.
​K-1 & MUAY THAI 4-NATIONS TOURNAMENTS TO KICK OFF.
JUNE 19, 2014
Duel Fight Sports have been awarded the rights to host an exclusive series of 4-man tournaments in England. The tournaments will be based around the 63.5kg division for Muay Thai, and the 70kg division for K-1.
Grand-Prix
​The tournaments to be held in England will be the official elimination event for the Grand Prix finals to be held in Romania for Muay Thai, and England for K-1. Countries taking part include; England, Italy, Serbia and Romania, in an exciting East vs West European event.
​GHANA PROVES TO BE A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH.
JULY 12, 2023
Duel Ghana promoter Lawrence Nmai held a fantastic event in the Accra Sports Stadium, Ghana, recently, with a staggering three 4-man tournaments taking place, as well as a host of international super fights
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The highlight of Duel Ghana was the final of the 85kg division where Stephen Abbey took the unanimous decisions over both opponents to lift the Duel Ghana 4-man title.
NEW MEDIA PARTNER
Combat Sports Live TV have been appointed as the new filming partner for Duel Fight Sports UK.
With 6 years experience and many shows recorded, CSL will provide filming & commentary of HD broadcast quality.
Catch Duel 2 on Sunday, August 24th, from 2pm.
OFFICIAL UK REPRESENTATIVE OF WKL - IKA - IBS SANCTIONING BODIES
As part of the growth strategy, Duel has been hard at work building a true global network and has been appointed as the Official Representatives of three US organisations; Miami based World Kickboxing League, Las Vegas based International Kickboxing Association, and Independent Boxing Syndicate, Columbus, Georgia.
Professional fighters in K-1, Muay Thai and Boxing will all have legitimate, recognised titles to challenge for.
