Master Noel Mercieca and Isaac Chetcuti, founders of Gladiators Promotions, kept their word and succeeded in offering a breath taking event with Gladiators Night 3 earlier this month.

They thrilled the spectators with the 2012 National Kickboxing championship and to spice it all up they ended the night with two world title matches.

Apart from the two main matches the event had five supporting matches and 10 for the national titles. Thirty kickboxers from seven different Maltese clubs competed to win their respective category.

In total Master Noel Mercieca, founder of the Ying Yang club, had 12 athletes that took part in the event. In the end the club took home nine matches, two of which were world titles.

The Ying Yang athletes that won their respective category were: Rachelle Cutajar, Darien Doneo, Joseph Dimech, Andre ‘JAPAN’ Spiteri, Shaun Ellul, Lucienne Russo and Brandon Spiteri. The other members that took part in the event were: Farren Borg, Ivan Frendo, Isaac Chetcuti, James Flores and Glenn Aquilina.

The last two matches saw two Ying Yang athletes, who were even representing Malta, competing with two foreign athletes for the World Kickboxing Network (WKN) World Amateur title belts.

Ruth Tanti competed with Ewa Bos from Poland in a 4x2 match for the featherweight category. They used Kickboxing rules and full body protection.

Ruben “the Wolf” Azzopardi competed with Jacopo Stefani from Italy in a 5x2 match for the Super middleweight category. This was the only match in which K1 rules were used and the athletes did not use leg protection. Both Tanti and Azzopardi won the match and the title belt.

Talks are already on the way for the next event organised by Gladiators Promotions. For more information one may go to www.yingyangkickboxing.com or contact Master Noel Mercieca on 79208283 or [email protected].