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Balikatan “Heart of warrior” results

It has been an action packed night inside the Markina Sports complex. . Baliktan 14 was scheduled to have 20 fights in one night (however 1 foreign fighters didn’t make it) Just like previous edition, the 14 th Balikatan “Heart of warrior” was definitely worth watching! Despite the last minute changes and delay (Props to the UGB owner Fredi Munsayac for helping out during the crunch time) it has been indeed a night that combat sports enthusiast didn’t want to miss! Match No. 1 First match was a Kickboxing fight between Dick Lopez of SPARTACUS GYM, QC and Sandip Talwar of YAW-YAN BATANGAS CITY. Dick Lopez landed some solid straight punches but couldn’t capitalize the opportunity because of the nonstop movements of Sandip Talwer who loves to throw A LOT of spinning back fist. I personally asked Dick about this thoughts on the fight, he said he couldn’t set up his kicks because of Sandip movements and the tons of spinning back fist he’s been throwing all throughout the fi... ... See more

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Reppin' Spartacus MMA

I caught up with Dik Lopez of Spartacus MMA as he prepares for his upcoming fight against Sandip Talwar of Yaw-Yan Batangas City  in Baliktan 14 “Heart of a Warrior” on Jan 30 at Trevi Excutive Vilage Multi-purpose hall in Concepcion Uno, Marikina. I quickly jumped on the opportunity to ask him several questions about how he got into combats sport, his favorite striking technique, his upcoming fight and his thoughts on the next UFC fight between Pettis and Alvarez. Dick Lopez doing mitts.  How did you get into combat sports? “I started with Taekwondo back in high school then after that I started looking into other type of martial arts and that’s when I discovered Muai thai and boxing ” How long have you’ve been training? “I have been doing Muay thai and Boxing since 2010” Were you doing continues training then? “No, but I started doing continues training in 2011 and on the following year I became a coach here (Spartacus gym)” ... ... See more

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