2nd Nogi Irish Cup Report and Results

Well done to the SBG lads. And congrats to Clive Staunton and Darragh O Conaill winning the 'Elite' level at the Nogi Irish grappling competition.

Here are their results.....

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Heavy
Vilmars Erenberg - Hussaria
Cathal Gorey – Pedro Bassa
James Egan – SBG

Middle – Master
Karem Dino - Pedro Bassa
Marcin Zaborowski - SBG

Advanced
Light
Michael Devlin – Ferocity MMA
Joey Breslin – SBG
Rudy Arthur -

Intermediate/Advanced Absolute
Charles Flemming - Next Generation
Jake Kecht - The Boxing Clinic
Joey Breslin – SBG

Elite
Middle
Darragh O’Connaill – Next Generation & SBG
Yuri Malko – Latvia
Mark Curry – Gracie Barra NI

Super Heavy
Clive Staunton – SBG Ireland
Vlad Vom - Latvia

Ground Control London - Choke In The Big Smoke

A big congrats to John Kavanagh, Head Coach extraordinaire - who took First Place in Ground Control London after a three year break from competing!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFqBil-iBg4&feature=player_embedded


"Pound for pound he is the most technical BJJ player I have ever seen, amazing game." Matt Thornton SBGi Founder

March Madness at SBG

How busy can one weekend be?

Ricco Rodriguez Seminar Sat March 5 12 -3pm

http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=10150111940163104&id=764728103&ref=notif&notif_t=like#!/event.php?eid=190889890929018



2nd NoGi Irish Cup Tournament
Shoreline Leisure, Mill Road, Greystones

Good luck Joey Breslin, Darragh O'Connaill & Ais Daly!!

http://www.bjj.ie/2011/02/01/2nd-nogi-irish-cup-5th-march/


Battle Zone II

http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=10150111940163104&id=764728103&ref=notif&notif_t=like#!/pages/Battle-ZONE-Fighting-Championships/119582478102189


Best of Luck to Artem Lobov & Stephen King of SBG this weekend :)

Cage Contender VIII - March 12, 2011

Where - National Basketball Arena, Tallaght
When - Sat March 12, 2011 - 7pm
Why - Two SBG Title Holder Fights - Cathal Pendred Welterweight Vs Liam Shannon
Chris Fields Middleweight Vs John Redmond. Also on the card from SBG - (Fight.ie Club of the Year)...."Notorious" Conor McGregor, Luke "the Killer" Corcoran, Paddy "the Hooligan" Holohan and Jonathan Dargan.


Updated Fight Card 22.02.11:


CAGE CONTENDER WELTERWEIGHT TITLE
Cathal Pendred (SBGi) vs Liam Shannon (PCCB)

MIDDLEWEIGHT
John Redmond (RFA) v John Shields (SBGi)

FEATHERWEIGHT
Benjamin "Son of Life" Davis (PBS) v Tomas Murnikas (Lucan)

LIGHTWEIGHT
Liam O Toole (Ryano) v Connor McGregor (SBGi)

WELTERWEIGHT
Michel Xavier(TTT/PYTHAGORE) v Vlad Malko (Cork City Combat Sambo)

BANTAMWEIGHT
Michael Putlak (Antrim MMA) v Richie Ivory (Next Gen Arklow)

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
IngÞór Örn Valdimarsson (Mjolnir) v Michael Kukowski (Cork City Combat Sambo)

BANTAMWEIGHT
Stevie McCombe (Ind) v Paddy Holohan (SBGi)

LIGHTWEIGHT
Owen Dempsey (Next Gen) v "The Moycullen Scumbag" John Walsh (PBS)

FEATHERWEIGHT
Ian Cleary (Primal) v Jason Pedlow (Kyoujin)

LIGHTWEIGHT
TBC v Mark Kearns (Primal)

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
Staz v Jonathan Dargan (SBGi)

LIGHTWEIGHT
Damian Krawczyk (Cork City Combat Sambo) v Alan Duffy (SBGi)

BANTAMWEIGHT
Keith Coady (SBGi) v Patrick Murphy (Cork City Combat Sambo)

LIGHTWEIGHT
Alan Cocoran (Kokoro) v Barry Connolly (Spirit MMA)

LIGHTWEIGHT
Stephen Heather (Kokoro) v Luke Cocoran (SBGi)

TEEN MATCH UP
Sean Knox (PCCB) v Oisin Coburn (Legends)

This is a night NOT to be missed!!!

Tickets now available in the gym €37.50 floor seating, €30 unreserved (cageside SOLD OUT)
******************This is going to sell out FAST.****************************

Munster Open Brazilian Jiujitsu Championships 2011

Saturday, 19 March 2011 - 10:00 CORK, Ireland

Register Here: http://www.activeglobal.com/ie/martial-arts/cork-ireland/munster-open-brazilian-jiujitsu-championships-2011

TuffNut Promotions 5: Bad Intentions

24 April · 18:30 - 22:00
Whites Hotel
Abbey Street St
Wexford, Ireland


TuffNut Promotions 5: Bad Intentions (Mixed Martial Arts/Cagefighting)

Featuring SBG warriors Brian Moore, Keith Coady, James Heelan, Kieran Cooke and Levi Keogh with more fights to be confirmed!!!!

Doors open:6:30
First Fight:7:00

Tickets
Adult:€25
Cageside:€35

Fightcard: http://fighthounds.com/mma/tuffnut-promotions-bad-intentions-fight-card/

Conquer Mental Skills Training for MMA fighters- An Introduction

26 February · 13:30 - 14:00

An introduction to Mental Skills Training/Sport Psychology with David Mullins of Conquer-mental skills training.

If you are serious about your sport and want to improve then working on your mental game could be the key. This brief group session lets you know what can be worked on and David Mullins will answer any questions you have.

This is a free event for SBG members.

"This is my sports pychologist running a mental skills work in the Gym this saturday, I can't tell everyone how much has helped me so I'd recommend everyone attend to see how it could benefit you!" - Ais Daly

"If you are interested in competing BJJ/MMA etc then dont miss this!!" - John Kavanagh