Showdown XIII - Rising Stars

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Showdown 5/13/11

This was, literally, a marathon of Muay Thai action. With all the fighters making weight, we were looking at a card of 21 amateur bouts with one professional bout as the main event. Shock and disbelief washed over us, quickly followed by the drive to get things going — it was going to be a long night.

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Showdown - 1st Anniversary

TaKeOn Productions celebrated their first birthday this Sunday afternoon, at the 7 Train Theater in Queens this afternoon. The timing lent a strange mood to the crowd collected in the darkened club, and it took a lot to get them out of their seat and cheering, but that didn’t stop the fighters from leaving everything they had in the ring and putting on some amazing performances. The show was being billed as “The Big Payback” referring to the main event match-up between Sitan’s Rami Ibrahim and AFC/Varner’s Combat’s Lennox Chance. Chance had defeated Ibrahim in an MMA match some months ago, taking Rami to the mat and out of his main game. This would be an opportunity for Ibrahim to avenge that loss in an arena more suited to his style of fighting. But first, there were several fights that showed the true grit of the NYC Thai Boxers.

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Showdown IV

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Showdown 3

One of the things we appreciate about Take-On's Showdown series is a surprising aspect, that it's a bit of a troop to get to. The venue is located 15-min walk from the end of the 7 Train line in Flushing, Queens – meaning that if you're not from Queens and you don't have wheels, it's a mission. The experience, for us at least, is similar to training hard knowing that there's a justifiable payoff at the end. Showdown 3 delivered yet again.

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