Jamie McCaugherty | Akuma Fighting Championship | Energized Show · Ireland news

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New Era MMA's Jamie McCaugherty joins us after his Title win at AKUMA! #MMA #IRISHMMA #AKUMA #JAMIEMCCAUGHERTY

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Post-fight Energized Show interview with Jamie McCaugherty immediately after a quick Akuma Fighting Championship win in Cork, where he stood with two belts and Energized glasses. He says he finished in 33 seconds, is now 5-0 as an amateur with repeated first-round finishes, and has more amateur title fights booked that he cannot yet announce. His plan after those defenses is to fight in Thailand, stay there from January through the summer, return home twice, and then turn professional. He describes Akuma as a step up from earlier shows such as Clan Wars, praises the production, and says a neck injury suffered about three weeks earlier in Thailand—when he was dumped on his neck by a Thai training partner—left him unable to train properly, so he wanted a fast finish but still wished he could have shown more of his game. McCaugherty explains that he trains at New Era MMA and also travels to Team Torres and Thailand to work with the best, while still loving his smaller home gym. He thanks his New Era coach and team, declines to list every sponsor, and says he will celebrate with his first pint in a long time.

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I am here with a Victorious Jamie mcaker Jamie 33 seconds was all the talk to get the job done H to the field standing here with two belts round those shoulders absolutely unbelievable bro top of the world and you were long waiting a pair of the enero glasses and there you have them how good do they look oh ask sh bro wipe out it goes well with the haircut it goes well with the haircut look you're fast making name for yourself as one of the best fighters in the country you're now five know you're getting finish after finish a lot in the first round as well where do you see your career going in the amateur ranks now hopefully here have another few title fights lined up which I can't actually say about but once I pick them up going to go to Thailand and fight in Thailand and then stay in Thailand I think from Summer from January till the summer and come back twice the fan to B hit the pro a slap money Lo lovely like you're such a big character and you're such a great person to have on the shows what was it like to fight on a big show like Kuma unreal unbelievable I've been fighting on clown wars and stuff before but this one was was Unreal as well cracker production the fell runs it St he's Legend so unbelievable he really really is he really really is um obviously you got the job done really really fast do you ever feel like sometimes when you get done so fast you didn't get a chance to F show the full arsenal are you just happy to get it done a little bit but at the same time uh I'm happy tonight I picked up an injury there three weeks ago or so uh got dumped on my neck in Thailand by some dagani I assume I can't remember where he was from but I assume it was from there and I haven't been able to train right for about three weeks so I was hoping to come in get a quick finish but at the same time I want to show everyone what the crack is so yeah yeah Jamie makaki is definitely a name to remember obviously Jamie you know you training in New Era you've done a good bit of training over in Thailand you you know you say you you know you'll go up to F you'll go to Team Tores you know what makes you so motivated to go to all these different gyms to get all these different looks I want to train with everyone I want to train with the best I want to be the best so that's what I need to do I feel like I need to be training with the best people my gym is a small gym and I love my gym and all that there and there's loads of Fighters coming through but I need to be where I need to be I feel I need to train where I need to train to get where I want to be simple as that absolutely is there anyone uh sponsors or family or friends or teammates who you you like to give a shout out to too many sponsors to be honest I'll probably forget one so I'll not I'll not try because I give them ones and post any but my coach start home and the rest of my team and yeah coach on team from New York absolutely Jamie um what a brilliant noise for you probably one of the best best of your young amateure career um what are you gonna do to celebrate this big win I'm gonna go have a paint for the first time in a long time my friend a big fat PT maybe maybe more than one a super PT chny Depp style we love it but guys H thanks million for everyone tuning in h Kuma Fighting Championship has been unbelievable night so far we've been energized Jamie's now energized and as always we'll be right back stay energized