The event was the first MMA event inaugurated by Pacific Rim Organization Fighting in conjunction with Liquid Lifestyle Promotions, a party event promotion group. Titled "Sinful Awakening," the event was held in Taipei at the Luxy nightclub complex, which was transformed into a fight arena with state of the art sound and visual systems. According to the event promoter, Royal Chiou, the combination of taiko drumming, hip-hop dancing, neo-classic chinese rappers, and freestyle DJs at the event represented the progression of mix martial arts.

Taiwan BJJ/Muay Thai/MMA fighters rocked in the event. The Academy's grappling and MMA instructor, Jason Bukich, stepped up to fight in the main event against a judo Olympian that outweighed him by 10 kilograms.

Bukich neatly finished the fight in 55 seconds with textbook grappling techniques -- takedown, take the back, sink in the the RNC for the tapout.

The Academy's other fighter, Andrei Liu, fought a tough three-round fight against Taiwan's middle-weight San-Da champion, who has an impressive record of 88 consecutive San-Da wins and mutliple MMA wins in the last four years. Andrei had impressive takedowns and positional control against Chang which won him a split decision from the judges. It was another great night for Taiwan BJJ / Taiwan Muay Thai. So far, our fighters have not lost a MMA match in Taiwan.

Thanks goes to Gareth for the awesome fight pictures. You can see more on his Flikr page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kahnagraphy/.

Coming up on July 4, 2009, Taiwan BJJ's James Baldwin will be fighting in Ming Wu 5 in Hsinchu. Check back on our website for details of the fight!