Sunday 5th June 2022 saw the return of Immortal Champions at the Clapham Grand. It was supposed to be head lined by Salah Khalifa but that fight couldn’t happen because of personal issues.

We still had a few big fights on there, Daniel Sam making his return to the ring and Elia Dewu going for a title.

So it was shaping up to be an awesome evening of Muay Thai and K1 action. Unfortunately two more fights fell through and the card had 6 fights. There was a fight added, I am not sure when it was Sam McWilliams Vs Tom Kirk.

I have watched Tom Kirk on Combat Fight Series and now he is such an exciting fighter to watch so was really glad he was on.

First fight was Farzana Shaukat Vs Leigh Hart. Both are relatively young in there fight careers but that didn’t stop them from putting on a really entertaining fight to start the show.

Both pushed the pace from the get go and we got 3 rounds of high energy action. I think it’s fair to say both fighters will be proud of there performances but still take away a lot of lessons for the, to work on. With women fighters struggling to get matched, having these two talented fighters working and improving is quite exciting.

Next up was Celia Jordan from SN Combat Academy Vs Izzy Wilkins (I never caught the name of her gym, drop it in the comments if you know it) I enjoyed this one two. I visited SN Combat Academy and watched Celia train, she is a real hard worker and dedicated. I wasn’t aware she was even on the card to be honest.

She has a nice style to her, kept good range but Izzy Wilkins was a tough girl. She moved good and closed the distance and kept scoring. I think it is fair to say it was a close fight.

We then had Jude Ike Vs Ching Mac. Jude was as cool as a cucumber, was dancing in the ring just absorbing the atmosphere. Ching Mac was the exact opposite, laser focused. It was a nice clash of styles with a lot of back and forth. Both fighters were clearly talented, seeing some of the moves they pulled off was a joy to watch.

Sam McWilliams Vs Tom Kirk for me was fight of the night. I didn’t know much about Sam McWilliams before the fight and Tom Kirk as I already mentioned I saw fight at Combat Fight Series but this was one of those K1 fights that I will remember for some time.

Both just came to fight, the most amazing part of the fight was how did they get to the end. Some of the shots landed would of stopped other fighters. I am genuinely excited to see what’s next for these two.

That fight got the crowd going and took is to our penultimate fight, Hadiqa Abdul Vs Elia Dewu. We interviewed Elia before this fight and it was clear how focused she was and how much she wanted to win this fight. Hadiqa started off really good but as the fight went on Elia’s relentless style really took a toll on Hadiqa.

We’ll have the footage up as soon as the promoter sends it to us, will love to here your opinions on this fight. I think a lot more eyes are in Elia Dewu now.

This took us to the end of the show and we got the big boys as the main event. Daniel Sam making his return, facing Marian Tuma. I have never seen Daniel Sam fight live, you know he will bring the power but how fast he moved was something to see. He was on Marian Tuma right from the start and never let off. After the fight he said he would defend the title so I am excited to see who would take him on. Maybe Rhys Brudenell??

Overall it was a good show, nice mixture of fights and styles. I think having some last minute drop outs really effected the numbers. The show deserved a a bigger crowd.

Still is was a really entertaining night. We can’t wait for the footage to come through and we will post it up for you as soon as it’s available to us.