FightStar Championship touched down in the capital for the first time this past Saturday, hosting their eighth event to date, from the Brentford Fountain Leisure Centre in West London.
Alex “Da Kid” Lohore (10-1) impressed in the main event, submitting “Dirty” Harry Marple (3-2) with a guillotine choke in the very first round. Marple – who was returning from an 18-month hiatus – initially escaped Lohore’s attempted guillotine choke, elevating Lohore and slamming him to the mat. Lohore was able to make the necessary adjustments though and was eventually able to secure the tap from Marple.
The victory earned Lohore the FightStar Welterweight Championship and boosted his win-streak to six, with four of those coming in 2016. Marple, on the other hand, loses for the second straight time.
BAMMA announced via Twitter yesterday that following his win over Marple, Lohore had joined their welterweight ranks.
The Welterweight division just got a whole lot more interesting.. The newest member of the BAMMA Family #BAMMAWelcomes Alex ‘Da Kid’ Lohoré pic.twitter.com/BS3d2JoX95
— BAMMA (@BAMMA) 12 December 2016
In the evening’s co-headliner, Amir “The Prince” Albazi (9-0) remained perfect in his MMA career, submitting veteran Dino Gambatesa (10-10) and capturing the vacant FightStar Bantamweight Championship in the process. Albazi wasted no time, securing an early takedown and methodically passing to side control. Once in position, Albazi softened up his Welsh foe with elbows, before latching onto a kimura, causing Gambatesa to submit with 30-seconds remaining in the round.
Also on the main card, Alan Procter (0-1) found himself disqualified after landing a series of illegal knees which rendered Team Mjolnir’s Bjarki Thor Palsson (2-0) unable to continue and Jagz Singh (3-2) saw off debutant Dan Hunter (0-1) with strikes in the opening stanza.
Full results below:
Main Card (Professional)
Alex Lohore def. Harry Marple via submission (guillotine choke) in round 1– wins the FSC Welterweight Championship
Amir Albazi def. Dino Gambatesa via submission (Kimura) in round 1– wins the FSC Bantamweight Championship
Bjarki Por Palsson def. Alan Procter via disqualification (illegal knees)
Jagz Singh def. Dan Hunter via TKO (punches) in round 1
Undercard (Amateur)
Dawid Panfil def. Lukasz Marcinkowski via submission (guillotine choke) in round 2 – wins the FSC Amateur Middleweight Championship
Hardeep Rai def. Tanvir Boora via split decision – wins the FSC Amateur Lightweight Championship
Sam Patterson def. Afzal Khan via submission (guillotine choke) in round 1– for the FSC Amateur Welterweight Championship
Umberto Dias Passos def. Kingsley Crawford via unanimous decision – wins the FSC Amateur European Welterweight Championship
Jawany Scott def. Pablo Beltran via unanimous decision
Gulom Karimov def. Rajesh Kumar via unanimous decision
Felix Klinkhammer def. Jaz Singh via submission (kneebar) in round 1
John McFayden def. Marin Bernevec via submission (rear-naked choke) in round 1
Nik Bagley def. Gurd Shergil via unanimous decision
Andrew Taukshi def. Gracjan Bak via submission (D’arce choke ) in round 2
Hamza Afridi def. Garry Taylor via submission (rear-naked choke) in round 1
Farid Achikzai def. Mitchell Johnson via split decision
