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Combat Sports Report for Jan. 18 - TKD Nationals Results

Collin Van Ooyen / January 18, 2013 - 11:52am

Canadian National Taekwondo Championships Results

The Canadian national taekwondo team began to take shape as the national championships wrapped up earlier this week.  There were few surprises during the week-long competition with household names like Yvette Yong, Marc-Andre Bergeron and Francois Coulombe-Fortier all taking gold in their respective weight classes. Champions in each division will be slotted in to represent Canada at international tournaments. Here’s a look at the full senior black belt results:

Women’s

Finweight

1. Yvette YONG
2. Katherine YEE
3. Sydney O'SHAUGHNESSY

Flyweight

1. Melanie PHAN
2. Camille DALLAIRE-LEBLANC
3. Sibyl TAN

Featherweight

1. Ruxandra RODGERS
2. Audree GIGUERE
3. Sabina MOPSIK

Bantamweight

1. Cecilia LEE
2. Charlotte BROWN
3. Tumai BAPTISTE

Lightweight

1. Ashley KRAAYEVELD
2. Katy-Sue HAYNE
3. Ashley PETTA

Welterweight

1. Melissa PAGNOTTA
2. Nathalie ILIESCO
3. Monika LEONARD

Middleweight

1. Jasmine VOKEY
2. Alison WOOKEY
3. Jessica JANSEN

Heavyweight

1. Rachelle CARUSO
2. Rebecca GARAND
3. Suzanne SAGBO

Men’s

Finweight

1. Miggy DIAZ
2. Tyler MUSCAT
3. Nicholas CHOW

Flyweight

1. Vincent FOSTER
2. Riley ARNOLD
3. Kenny LY-QUANG

Bantamweight

1. Seddik MEGRAOUI
2. Samuel COUTU
3. Raphael GIGUERE

Featherweight

1. Jean-François LABERGE
2. Alexander HYLTON
3. Andrew LEITOLD

Lightweight

1. Maxime POTVIN
2. Christopher ILIESCO
3. Matthew STEWART

Welterweight

1. Olivier APRIL-LALONDE
2. Eloi PARADIS-DESCHENES
3. Nicolas BERTRAND

Middleweight

1. Marc-André BERGERON
2. Andrew CUNNANE
3. Davorin KAJTEZ

Heavyweight

1. Francois COULOMBE-FORTIER
2. Stefan BOZALO
3. Matt ROSS

Vieira Wins Copa Podio GP

The 2013 Copa Podio wrapped up earlier this week and Rodolfo Vieira, ranked No. 1 in the world, took home the big prize in dominant fashion. Vieira outscored his opposition 28-1 on the day and didn’t concede a single point until the championship round, where he battled world No. 4 Leo Nogueira to a 3-1 victory. Vieira also had a pair of finishes along the war, choking out 26^th-ranked Alexandro Ceconi in the opening round and armbarring Alex Souza in the semi-finals. Also on the event was a thrilling superfight between Leandro Lo and Felipe Preguica, where Lo was able to pull out the win with only 10 seconds remaining.

Superkombat Seeking Regional Partners Globally

European kickboxing promotion Superkombat has announced plans for global expansion in 2013, as they aim to land partnership deals between regional promotions. The basis of the potential partnerships is to acquire and share regional talent between promotions to help add name value for all sides involved. This comes on the heels of the news that Superkombat had inked partnerships with both K-1 Global and the World Association of Kickboxing Organizations, which began with Superkombat’s final GP event of 2012, which was co-billed with K-1. The former global superpower in the sport, K-1 has also officially been dropped from Spike TV, leaving the company seeking a lifeline in the battle to remain relevant in a kickboxing landscape now dominated by GLORY. This type of partnership strategy was utilized by K-1 when they originally built themselves into the premier promotion in the sport during the height of their popularity.

USA Wrestling Las Vegas Open Dates Set

April 18-20 are the dates that have been officially been set for the 2013 Las Vegas/Asics Senior Open, which serves as the US National Championships for competitors in Olympic wrestling categories (men’s /women’s freestyle and men’s Greco-Roman). Since the first Las Vegas Open back in 1986, the event has grown into one of the premier American wrestling showcases of the year, as USA Wrestling also holds four other major events over a week of competition: the Asics Junior Nationals, the Veterans Nationals, and the U.S. Grappling World Team Trials.  Also on the docket that week will be the Western Junior Regionals, one of the most competitive high school competitions in the nation, unique to this year however is that a women’s division will be included in the Western Regionals for the first time ever.

Upcoming Events

January 19-20 - Karate - Karate 1 Premier League - Paris, France

January 24-25 – BJJ – IBJJF European Open Championship – Lisbon, Portugal

January 25-28 – Sambo – World Cup Stage – Uralsk, Kazakhstan

January 26-27 - Grappling - NAGA New England Grappling Championship - West Warwick, RI, USA

February 1 – FIAS International Tournament – Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

February 2-3 - Judo - Women's World Cup, Continental Open - Sofia, Bulgaria

February 2-3 - Judo - Men's World Cup, Continental Open - Tbilisi, Georgia

February 8-10 - Karate - EKF Junior & Cadet Championships & -21 Cup  - Konya, Turkey

February 9-10 - Judo - Paris Grand Slam - Paris, France

February 10-12 – Sambo – World Cup Stage – Minsk, Belarus

February 13 – Grappling – ADCC Irish Open Championship – Maynooth, Ireland

February 16-17 - Judo - Women's World Cup, Continental Open - Oberwart, Austria

February 16-17 - Judo - Men's World Cup, Continental Open - Budapest, Hungary

February 16-17 – BJJ – IBJJF Houston International Open – Houston, TX, USA

February 20-24 - Taekwondo - 5th Alexandria International Open - Alexandria, Egypt

February 23 – Grappling – ADCC Slovakia Open/Team Competition – Bratislava, Slovakia

February 23-24 - Judo - Dusseldorf Grand Prix - Dusseldorf, Germany

February 24^th – BJJ – IBJJF San Francisco International Open – San Francisco, CA, USA