Team Sunderland’s Waleed Alnoumas is jetting off to the European Universities Combat Championships in Zagreb this week. The 20-year-old who is currently undertaking a foundation in engineering at the University of Sunderland will be competing in the Men’s Senior Kumite -75kg category for karate. Alnoumas said: “I’m so excited […]
Sendai Kushiro Shotokan Karate is among the oldest Karate clubs in the Karate Union of Great Britain. And in its 2018 Northern Championship, young Karate masters from Sunderland, Durham and Easington, aged five to 15, came together to compete in the martial arts competition at Sunderland’s CitySpace.
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Perry ‘The Predator’ Goodwin has warned Rafael Macedo “You should of stayed at 145lb, I knock welterweights dead!” Ahead their Cage Warriors bout on April 28th. Goodwin is going into the bout after suffering a TKO defeat to Jack Grant in October last year. He feels he has used the […]
Fresh off their gold medal-winning performance in Mixed Team Kata karate at the BUCS Nationals in Sheffield, twins Ross and Brett Billingham join us to talk about their tournament. Whilst they didn’t find quite as much success individually as they did together, they put in some fantastic performances across […]
A gold medal in the Mixed Team Kata was the highlight of an exciting weekend of sport as University of Sunderland’s athletes travelled down to Sheffield to compete in BUCS Nationals. The team of Ross Billingham, Brett Billingham and Maya Burns produced an outstanding performance to take gold in the […]
Kennedy ‘Machine 2.0’ Freeman has signed a 6 fight contract with Extreme Fighting Championship (EFC). MMA prospect Freeman, who boasts an impressive 6-1 UAR record, will be turning professional for her first fight on the South African Promotion. Freeman told SportsByte how the deal came about. “I’m signed to HD […]
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Andrew Fisher admits he is not ‘too bothered’ about a Akop Stepanyan rematch, hours after Stepanyan called out Fisher for his ACB ranking. The two met back at ACB 74, with Fisher taking the win via 2nd round TKO. He took control of the fight early on, walking Stepanyan down and landing well […]
Following on from an impressive upset victory over Absolute Championship Berkut ranked contender Akop Stepanyan, we analyse the potential opponents for Sunderland’s Andrew Fisher’s next bout. Following the Wearside native’s emphatic return to ACB in Sheffield, cruising to a unanimous decision victory over former UFC athlete Nicklas Backstrom, Fisher was up against […]
Lightweight contender Ryan Scope is full of confidence going into his headline bout at BAMMA 33. Scope faces Frenchman Mickael Lebout on 15 December for the vacant Lightweight belt, in a bout many feel could be fight of the night. Scope returns to the cage after suffering his first defeat […]
