Rogue Gym fighters are primed after the summer break for some intensive action, beginning with two Muay Thai seminars this weekend and a ‘smoker’ show two weeks later.
The seminars on Saturday, organised by Rogue’s Muay Thai instructor Grey Brett, are being conducted by Canadian Brett’s friend Kru Mikey Perez who is the owner of Southside Muay Thai in Toronto.
Perez has been a multiple federation featherweight world champion in recent years and recently competed for the Northern Thailand title.
Also conducting the seminars is Poo Choi Bruce Ong who won a world lightweight title last year and is a former training partner of Brett. The advanced session is in the morning and the open/all levels session in the afternoon. Tickets are $25.
Brett said: “We are hosting the event to share traditional Muay Thai with the community and help to prepare our Rogue Gym fighters for the smoker two weeks later.
“We have had an excellent response from our current members and hope to be able to reach out to the people on Island who have not yet heard of us or may not know the quality of our programmes.”
The smoker is on 29 September at the Rogue Gym on West Bay Road, beside Treasure Island, when fighters will be matched in an afternoon session. The first smoker in February was an incredible success. Chris Dinan is the promoter.
Smokers are informal gym shows for fighters to have bouts in front of a small crowd to gauge their progress and keep them motivated. It breaks up the monotony of just constantly training. Each fighter is having their first Muay Thai match. Some have some grappling experience while others have some boxing experience.
The smoker will include Muay Thai, boxing and grappling matches. Food and beverages are included in the $25 ticket price, sponsored by XQ’s and CayBrew.
Brett added: “Rogue Gym is growing and we do expect that this event will build on the tremendous success our first event had. The community response thus far has been great.
“Everyone in our gym is really looking forward to the seminars and what they will learn as well as seeing members of the gym they train with weekly competing in the smoker.
“There is a real feeling of excitement with the members right now. We had a long, tough sparring session on Saturday and we have really kicked up our training into high gear.
“We want to make sure Rogue’s fighters are well prepared for the smoker leaving no question that the gym produces the best talent on the Island. Having Kru Mikey Perez and Bruce Ong flying down this weekend is really special and our members realise what a great opportunity this is for them.
“We would like to thank our sponsors for both events, Rogue Gym, FitLine Mobile Sports, Sunshine Suites, Sunshine Grill, CayBrew, XQ’s, Cayman Fight Factory, AAP plumbing electrical and air conditioning and AAP Solar The Treasure Island Swim School, Relevant Holdings Ltd and Everything Under The Sun Gardening and Landscaping.”
So far the matches are Juneau Barnett against Alex Daigle at 175 pounds, Kenny Dryburgh and Darwin Lanza at 145, Luigi Ordonez and Jeff Jackson open weight, Dave O’Driscoll versus Bobby Daigle at 160, Andrew Ford facing Troy O’Neil at 190 plus Garry Tierny and Ryan Charles at 145 in an exhibition match. There will also be some grappling matches.
For tickets and more information, contact [email protected] or phone 916-2271.
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