{"id":185112,"date":"2018-08-21T14:30:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-21T12:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/185112\/local-mma-club-shines-at-championships\/"},"modified":"2018-08-21T15:09:26","modified_gmt":"2018-08-21T13:09:26","slug":"local-mma-club-shines-at-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/sports-news\/2018\/08\/21\/local-mma-club-shines-at-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"Local MMA club shines at championships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Gauteng Fighting Championships was held at the Alberton Wrestling Club on Saturday, and Elsburg-based Thunder MMA was represented by several young members.<\/p>\n<p>Chris le Roux, Tylor Louw, Clint Louw, Aby Brooks and Dominic van der Kloff, William Brooks, Kiara Willemse, Miane van Wyk and Jordin Coxen all trained hard for the event and were ready to make their mark.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<h4>ALSO READ:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/179391\/thunder-mma-shine-at-local-tournament\/\" target=\"_blank\">Thunder MMA shine at local tournament<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>William, Tylor, Clint and Chris all won their matches, to the delight of head coach Pietie Coxen and assistant coach Erick van Rooien.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_185114\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-185114\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-185114\" src=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2018\/08\/33GCNSPORTTHUNL_54388-520x390.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/08\/33GCNSPORTTHUNL_54388-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/08\/33GCNSPORTTHUNL_54388-270x203.jpg 270w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/08\/33GCNSPORTTHUNL_54388-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/08\/33GCNSPORTTHUNL_54388.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-185114\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thunder MMA fighters William Brooks and Kiara Willemse who recently competed in the Gauteng Fighting Championships, in Alberton, show off their first and second place certificates.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWell done to all our fighters,\u201d said Coxen.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe are blessed to be able to call you members of Thunder MMA.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>ALSO READ:<a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/177773\/hard-work-and-determination-pay-off-for-coxen\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0Thunder, lightning and a knock-out<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>The members will now get straight back into training for their next event.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-185158\" src=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2018\/08\/IMG-20180819-WA0007-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/08\/IMG-20180819-WA0007-520x400.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2018\/08\/IMG-20180819-WA0007-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For more information on Thunder MMA call the club on 061 154 0315 or visit their Facebook page <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/coxen.thundermma\">www.facebook.com\/coxen.thundermma<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Hav<\/strong><strong>e a story?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Contact the newsroom by emailing: Melissa Hart (Editor)<span 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