African Championship – Last Fighter Standing
- 9 years ago
Last Fighter Standing – African Championship Tournament announced
Here Comes the Boom – New world sport offers $1 million in prize money
Leading up to the 2016 World Championship Tournament that will put nation against nation and award the winners in both the male and female categories respectfully, equal share in a $1 million purse, the organisers have announced the launch of another qualifying tournament today: The Last Fighter Standing (LFS) African Championship. National champions of each of the competing African countries will fight until one man and one woman is crowned the African continent’s “Last Fighter Standing” Champion.
Designed to suit all fighting styles, LFS has intentionally been intended for maximum participator, spectator and viewer value. The rules are balanced, keeping the fights raw and adrenaline-packed. There are many unique selling points for this tournament. Besides the all-new hexagon-shape ring, there are also rules that make this sport a new global phenomenon in the fighting arena.
Fighters have a limit of 20 seconds on the ground. There are two minutes per round and three rounds per fight. This ensures more energetic fights and encourages fighters to bring their all to the table. Only a foot sweep, a hip throw or a knock down is allowed. Fighters will need to use more skills to take down their opponent. They will also need to show extra wit to finish their opponent with limited time allowed. More spectacular KO's and ground finishes are anticipated with LFS.
Adding to the attraction and competitiveness of the continental championship is the propensity for national champions to include a touch of cultural martial arts – a variation on the Senegalese Laamb, for example, or Dambe, a boxing sport common among West African tribes. These “secret” weapons and a fighter’s agility, stamina and fitness will separate the boys from the men and the girls from the women.
In addition to introducing unique flair to the fights by encouraging the use of localised standing fighting disciplines, LFS is helping to preserve ancient techniques at risk of disappearing.
Another hallmark of LFS is that male and female competitors have equal opportunities with the same prize money, recognising the efforts required from both genders to train, participate and succeed under the same set of rules.
“LFS has been five years in the making. We have examined the existing tournaments, spoken to fighters from all disciplines, promoters and broadcasters and we are now confident that we have created the next evolution in global all-style fighting tournaments and explosive entertainment,” commented LFS creator and co-founder Hanshi Craig Mayman, himself a veteran of all-style battleground.
“We are now calling on African fighting promoters to get in on the action and join their European, Asian and Americas counterparts in leading the next wave of world fighting standards. With many generations of African men and women making Global history as leaders in many sporting activities and setting international standards on many sport fields, Last Fighter Standing African Championship is yet another way African Nations can establish what country has the best and the toughest fighters, while simultaneously showing African superiority on the Global fighting arena yet again.”
LFS was created by Hanshi Craig Mayman who is a 9th Dan martial artist with over 44 years of martial arts experience. Coming from a time when there were no weight divisions and limited rules, his vision is to create the greatest fighting tournament the world has ever seen, and a platform where fighters from all fighting disciplines have equal opportunities to compete against each other. There are new rules that focus on the strength and ability of the contenders guaranteeing to make the sport, faster and highly engaging with rapt audience attention.
A series of LFS tournaments that include: The Tri-Nations, the Four Nations Championship, the USA Championship the Legends of the Arena (over 50s) Championship, will complement the European Tournament and Asia-Oceania, where all roads lead to the World Championship and a $1,000,000.00 (One Million USD) in prize money, with $500,000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand USD) in the men’s division and $500,000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand USD) in the women's division , allocated towards fighters’ purses in the Last Fighter Standing World Championships!
For more information, or to book a fight, go to www.lastfighterstanding.com or email info@lastfighterstanding.com
“Let the countdown begin!”
Here Comes the Boom – New world sport offers $1 million in prize money
Leading up to the 2016 World Championship Tournament that will put nation against nation and award the winners in both the male and female categories respectfully, equal share in a $1 million purse, the organisers have announced the launch of another qualifying tournament today: The Last Fighter Standing (LFS) African Championship. National champions of each of the competing African countries will fight until one man and one woman is crowned the African continent’s “Last Fighter Standing” Champion.
Designed to suit all fighting styles, LFS has intentionally been intended for maximum participator, spectator and viewer value. The rules are balanced, keeping the fights raw and adrenaline-packed. There are many unique selling points for this tournament. Besides the all-new hexagon-shape ring, there are also rules that make this sport a new global phenomenon in the fighting arena.
Fighters have a limit of 20 seconds on the ground. There are two minutes per round and three rounds per fight. This ensures more energetic fights and encourages fighters to bring their all to the table. Only a foot sweep, a hip throw or a knock down is allowed. Fighters will need to use more skills to take down their opponent. They will also need to show extra wit to finish their opponent with limited time allowed. More spectacular KO's and ground finishes are anticipated with LFS.
Adding to the attraction and competitiveness of the continental championship is the propensity for national champions to include a touch of cultural martial arts – a variation on the Senegalese Laamb, for example, or Dambe, a boxing sport common among West African tribes. These “secret” weapons and a fighter’s agility, stamina and fitness will separate the boys from the men and the girls from the women.
In addition to introducing unique flair to the fights by encouraging the use of localised standing fighting disciplines, LFS is helping to preserve ancient techniques at risk of disappearing.
Another hallmark of LFS is that male and female competitors have equal opportunities with the same prize money, recognising the efforts required from both genders to train, participate and succeed under the same set of rules.
“LFS has been five years in the making. We have examined the existing tournaments, spoken to fighters from all disciplines, promoters and broadcasters and we are now confident that we have created the next evolution in global all-style fighting tournaments and explosive entertainment,” commented LFS creator and co-founder Hanshi Craig Mayman, himself a veteran of all-style battleground.
“We are now calling on African fighting promoters to get in on the action and join their European, Asian and Americas counterparts in leading the next wave of world fighting standards. With many generations of African men and women making Global history as leaders in many sporting activities and setting international standards on many sport fields, Last Fighter Standing African Championship is yet another way African Nations can establish what country has the best and the toughest fighters, while simultaneously showing African superiority on the Global fighting arena yet again.”
LFS was created by Hanshi Craig Mayman who is a 9th Dan martial artist with over 44 years of martial arts experience. Coming from a time when there were no weight divisions and limited rules, his vision is to create the greatest fighting tournament the world has ever seen, and a platform where fighters from all fighting disciplines have equal opportunities to compete against each other. There are new rules that focus on the strength and ability of the contenders guaranteeing to make the sport, faster and highly engaging with rapt audience attention.
A series of LFS tournaments that include: The Tri-Nations, the Four Nations Championship, the USA Championship the Legends of the Arena (over 50s) Championship, will complement the European Tournament and Asia-Oceania, where all roads lead to the World Championship and a $1,000,000.00 (One Million USD) in prize money, with $500,000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand USD) in the men’s division and $500,000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand USD) in the women's division , allocated towards fighters’ purses in the Last Fighter Standing World Championships!
For more information, or to book a fight, go to www.lastfighterstanding.com or email info@lastfighterstanding.com
“Let the countdown begin!”