4 man amateur MMA tournament in Thailand - The Finale

This tournament was held at the Tiger Muay Thai training facility. Every "Full Moon" the camp promotes an amateur night of "smoker fights". These fight cards combine Boxing, Muay Thai, and MMA fights. July 19th 2008 BBQ Beatdown fights featured a 4 man under 85 kilo MMA tournament.

Fighters wore shin pads and 8oz "shooto style" gloves. No knees to the head when the opponent is standing or on the ground. Knees are permitted only to the body from the standing position. No upkicks, or down kicks from both combatants when a fighter is on his back. And no leg submissions. This tournament featured 2 rounds of 3 minute duration.

The first round featured Mike Hutchison from Canada vs. fellow Canadian Jason Saggo. The other bracket featured Andreas Hesselback of Sweden vs.an American KOTC PPV veteran.

Fighters in this Video

Having both won their previous matches Jason Saggo and Andreas Hesselback advance to the Finals. Jason is an accomplished BJJ Blue Belt having won two Gold Medals at the2008 Pan Asian Grappling games held in the Philippines. He is well cross trained sporting a pro 2-0 record in Muay Thai. Andreas Hesselback is a Silver medalist at the Southeast Asian Grappling games and is 2-1 in pro MMA.

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[hiheythere6]

Great fight

[iApna]

Awesome fight!!

[timstramadal]

@SoSyNiKaL yea man being on bottom is both exhausting and puts u in danger of strikes. i think the bottom guy should be allowed to kick even if the guy on top is on his knees

[237870]

wow i love this fight it's amazing

[237870]

@rickames damn dude this fight was the shit dude lol i loved it

[rickames]

One of the best mma fights i've seen in a long time.

[Nookiee89]

this is NOT amature not even close.. this is pure PRO

[SoSyNiKaL]

no upkicks from the ground position? I think this tournament favours muay thai just a little bit lol...

[catatal01]

veryyyyyyyyyyyyyy veryyy god =D

[newyorkfightnights]

What a cool vid!! Keep it up. The sportsmanship was excellent!! Great job 

[scottm2929]

better than i expected. these guys can fight

[lmandozal]

Wow, andreas won hands down. landed more punches in first and most of 2nd or w.e and to some douche who said almost landed submissions? last time i checked almost only counts in horseshoes n handgrenades u fuck. and who ever runs that guys needs real judges not a fucjing crowd that can favor a garbage p.o.s .....ty