Fianna at Next Generation's big opening

Dave Jones recently ran a series of workshops with non other than Chris Brennan. At which some of Dave Jones' senior guys were graded to blue. Everyone at Fianna wishes them a big congratulations and good luck to Next Generation Ireland.

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Ring of Truth news!!!

The Ring of Truth 3 DVD is available in Mullen's Martial Arts shop and from Straight Blast Gym. It is receiving rave reviews! It features Fianna's Owen Drummond and Pearse Stokes. To be fair the whole DVD is out of this world! Buy it now.

Owen Drummond had yet another explosive fight to open the bouts at Ring of Truth 3 - "Old Skool". From Wreslting 101

"The first fight was contested at 66kg (145.8 lbs) and Anthony Costello and Owen Drummond came out to the ring eager to please. Costello was representing SBG Northside and Drummond was fighting out of SBG Harold's Cross.

If you think two affiliated camps were showing any love in this fight, you couldn't be more wrong. Costello was swinging for the fences right off the bat with extreme prejudice and landed some solid leaping hooks to the head of his opponent. Drummond tried to change the tempo early on however with good legs kicks set up by his counter punches. Costello wasn't interested and boxed his way into the clinch. After landing few strikes here, he backed out once again and unleashed the fury on Drummond knocking him down with a hard right hand.

Costello rushed to the mat and took Drummond's back, but Drummond recovered well however and managed to avoid the rear naked choke. Drummond went on to scramble to his knees and then took Costello down. Costello countered with a Guillotine choke, but the bell rang before Costello could work the choke. In the second round, Costello was looking to resume an attack, but Drummond tumbled him to the mat with a sweet takedown. On the ground, Drummond managed to take Costello's back, but Costello managed to spin out and land on top in Drummond's guard.

Drummond immediately reversed his opponent and began pummelling Costello with punches to the body. The strikes worked beautifully to distract Costello and Drummond took his back and soon had Costello tapping from a rear naked choke . A great come back by Drummond in an entertaining battle put on by both competitors. "

The Star covered Ring of Truth 1.

While the journalist at the event thought the event went very well, the editorial process changed things somewhat. None the less, bad news is good news. Fianna's own, Owen Drummond fighting for SBG Fianna got his mug in the paper. Top right.

The Older News is HERE!!!! just click

Pearse Stokes returned from a long absence from MMA competition, nearly 2 years! to take on Mickey Young, the current Irish Champion and ranked 7th on the UK circuit. From Wreslting 101

"The next fight moved down in weight to 65.8kg (144.7 lbs), which was the first Semi-Pro fight on the card. The only rule changes from the previous fights were that headshots were allowed on the ground and the rounds were five minutes long. PFS fighter Micky Young battled it out with SBG Harold's Cross fighter Pearse Stokes. Both fighters reserved the first minute or so as a circling game feeling each other out. Young got things started landing a leg kick, but he only grazed Stokes, who countered with a right straight.

Stokes was moving around appearing extremely composed. He quickly changed the tempo by enforcing a clinch on Young allowing him to land a series of knees to the legs followed by a takedown. Instead of following Young to the mat, Stokes stayed on his feet and landed some heavy leg kicks on his downed opponent. After a slight break in the action, the referee stood Young up and the stand up exchange resumed.

Young came out swinging wild, but Stokes covered up well and landed some leg kicks in retaliation. Young fought back with his own leg kicks and some good punches to the head. Stokes briefly interrupted the attack by clinching, and after some inactivity in close quarters, the referee separated the fighters. Young then landed some good punches, which were short lived, as Stokes clinched once again just before the bell signalled the end of the round.

In the second round, Young scored a couple of leg kicks at range, but Stokes countered with a good jab to get back into the clinch. It was Young, who scored the takedown though and he quickly took the back of Stokes. Stokes tried to scramble back up, but Young scored another takedown. Stokes didn't stay on his back long and managed to scramble to his feet finally. Stokes then clinched with Young again, but Young escaped his grip with a good one-two boxing combination. Stokes decided to throw his hands after his lack of success in the clinch and landed two nice consecutive right crosses. The combination left Stokes over exerted and allowed Young to secure a single leg takedown, but Young was unable to impose himself, as forcefully on the ground. Stokes scrambled back to the feet again and instantly scored a nice double leg takedown. Stokes landed inside a Guillotine choke attempt from Young, but Stokes escaped and landed hard punches to the body.

After another break in the action, the referee stood both men up, but from then on Stokes became the unmatched aggressor. He landed several punches to his opponent's head and scored another sweet double leg. Stokes stood back up and landed more heavy leg kicks on Young, but to mix it up he dived back in on Young, which allowed the PFS fighter to attempt an Omoplata shoulder lock, but Stokes avoided the submission and landed good head shots on Young at the end of the fight. After the bell, it was a hard fight to call either way, but I was edging with Stokes based on more effective aggression inflicted throughout the fight. The judges ruled in favour of Young however, by a razor sharp close split decision that resulted in a mixed reaction from the crowd. "

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