Battle at the Beacon

WKA SANCTIONED MUAY THAI

July 08, 2011 at Beacon Theatre

About the Show

TaKe On Productions, New York's top full contact fight promotion has created the biggest Muay Thai kickboxing event in NYC history. The inaugural Battle at the Beacon event will be highlighted by two exciting Title Fights. Kru Phil Nurse's Muay Thai prodigy Nick Vaughan (10-1) challenges the defending North American WKA Super Middleweight amateur Champion Gaiuss Ebratt (13-1). Another amateur title bout on the card will feature New York fan favorite Jay Matias (16-4) challenging Brandon Mickens (25-7; and training partner of "The Ultimate Fighter" season 7 winner Amir Sadollah) for Mickens' WKA North American Super Lightweight belt.

The Battle at the Beacon will showcase representatives from sixteen of the top New York area gyms in addition to top fighters from around the states and abroad. The night's bouts will also feature the long awaited professional debuts of Andy Singh (a: 23-0) and Eric Ruiz (a: 9-4) in a rematch of the most epic amateur battle of 2010. Other professional bouts include: Eddie Martinez (p: 1-0-1,a: 26-4) versus Turan Hasanov (p: 3-3,a: 29-6), Sean Hinds (13-5) versus Douglas Edwards (9-5), and Omar Ahmed (p: 4-3, a: 26-2) versus the more experienced K-1 fighter Nisvet Sivac. Sivac comes from Holland from Haarlem Gym, he has twice the Pro experience as Ahmed with over 20 pro fights to his name, seven wins by Knockout. The event will also showcase the top amateur female talent in the sport, including Laurel Holloway (5-0) versus Laurie Hyacinthe (3-0), Jessica Ng (4-2) versus Ani Hilditch (3-2).

For more event information and exciting Muay Thai video content, please visit http://takeonproductions.com/