Another epic battle was between team long established team SWAT from the UK and the newly formed Team CIMAC UK, This went to five extra matched to decide the winner, with SWAT edging in a win by the very narrowest of margins, this new Team Cimac are young and have a VERY promising future ahead of them.
The Semi Final between Team Best Fighter Italy and Team SAP Europe was a clash that many people had been waiting for, however on the day team SAP pulled three straight wins against their Italian opponents to take a decisive win and for the third year in a row a place in the final. The other semi final was between the USA Allstars the current Irish Open team champions and Team NSKA, under the guidance of the renowned Daz Ellis. Again like the previous semi final it was once sided with Team Allstars USA forging ahead for a very decisive victory. So once again for the third year in a row it was team Allstars USA and Team SAP Europe. Last year it took three extra time matches to decide the eventual winning team and this year people where really excited with the rematch.
First match was Roberto Belotti from Italy against, Robbie Lavoy from Canada, Belotti is again coming back to form after a very serious injury to his ankle, on this occasion Lavoy was the winner. Second up was Nicos Memos from Greece against Jack Felton, memos stepped up two gears and beat his game US opponent by two points, brining the match back to a draw. Third Up was Robbie Mc Menamey from Ireland against, Jason Bournley Tankson, again Mc Menamey showed superior skill and stepped up and took the bout, brining the European team up one., Fourth Up was Morten Spissy against Raymond Daniels, Daniels’ made this one long distance not suiting the shorter Norwegian man, however nether fighter gained a significant advantage, but the on form Daniels took the win, brining it to a draw, so it was all equal going down to the final match. So €3,500 Euros would be decided by one two minute round, it was all down to Melissa Mayer USA and Elaine Small from Ireland. This really was an excellent and exciting fight, Mayer using her long legs and superior kicking ability against Smalls effective movement and hands, At the end of the bout it was a draw brining both teams to a tie for the third year in a row, however this year the rules had changed in the final in the event of a draw, the scores would be counted back and the team with the greater number of points would be the winners, it was so close again for Team SAP, but USA Allstars had a greater score and where therefore awarded the win, a bitter disappointment for team SAP.
Another epic battle was between team long established team SWAT from the UK and the newly formed Team CIMAC UK, This went to five extra matched to decide the winner, with SWAT edging in a win by the very narrowest of margins, this new Team Cimac are young and have a VERY promising future ahead of them.
