Team Smith/null went to Christiansburg this past weekend about a (5) hour drive into the mountains and came home a BIG Winner!!! Perry Gibson had his first Kickboxing show and really did it up nice with a new ring and nice venue.  Our Team showed their hard training paid off quickly by posting TWO wins in the first two fights of the event.  The hard training showed this time around where as in S.C. about (6) months ago it did not.  Josh Kessler kicked off the day with an impressive win to advance him into the finals which were held later Saturday night.  Jacob Underdown was the second fight and he won his match showing off his aggressive forward offence and taking the Championship Belt.  The first Belt of the Venue went to Jacob and he deserved it after having fought top fighters in his first and second fi ghts last year.  He was all smiles and we are sure he has stapled his name on the Team with this win.  The second belt went to Jessica Goldyn when nobody showed up(all of them scared to fight her) she had to fight a boy her weight and age in her fight and stopped the boy 30 seconds of the first round with the boy going to his knees crying. The third Belt went to Shalynn Atkins who also had nobody show up and we begged somebody to get in the ring to fight her and only one of our own who came to watch was up to the task.  Josh Virgili stepped into the ring to give her a couple of rounds to showcase her talents. Reid Kessler was our next Belt Winner with his nonstop offensive pressure put on another kid and backed the kid up steadily until it was a unanimous decision after three rounds for Reid Kessler winning Team Smith's 4th belt in a Nighttime fight.  Our 5th belt went to A.J.Atkins another one of our fighters that nobody showed up to fight, so he was a Walkover Champion.  In another high intensity fight on the Nighttime show was Josh Kessler in his 2nd fight of the day.  After showcasing what he has potential of doing to a fighter in his first fight.  Josh in his second had his nerves working against him due to the lights and crowd of the nighttime show.  He lost in the final to a good fighter with a Majority decision going the other way. Jake Virgili went toe to toe with a current Champion and came out with another majority decision against him in a daytime fight.  Kent Vensland our only adult fighter lost to the eventual Champion with 2 hard blows to Kent's head.  All of our Team did well and both Mr. Jim and myself said that the hard training paid off.  One of the Top Teams in th e Country was there, Team Finn out of Kentucky, came up to Mr. Jim and said we have a Great Team. Nationally, Team Smith is one of the Top Teams in the Country due to our Team aspect.  We train as a Team and we compete as a Team and our results reflect what our Team does to prepare for these events.  We cannot rest long, this weekend in Ohio Team Smith goes again against the Top Teams in the Country, wish us well.  Results from this past weekend below:

(8) Fighters

(5) Champions
(1) Runner-Up Champion
(2) 3rd Place

1.) Reid Kessler - Champion (1 Sanctioned Fight)
2.) Jacob Underdown - Champion ( 1 Sanctioned Fight)
3.) Jessica Goldyn - Champion ( 1 exhibition Fight)
4.) Shalynn Atkins - Champion ( 1 Exhibition Fight)
5.) A.J. Atkins - Champion ( Walkover )
6.) Josh Kessler - Runner-Up Champion ( 2 Sanctioned Fights )
7.) Jake Virgili - 3rd Place ( 1 Sanctioned Fight )
8.) Kent Vensland - 3rd Place ( 1 Sanctioned Fight)