The Level Up Fight Team Strikes Again
This weekend The Level Up Fight Team was back at it again. The Team made its first trip to fight in New Jersey. The show was Warriors Cup which is one of the best Muay Thai shows on the East Coast. The Cup is WBC sanctioned making it one of the important events to fight on in the US. The card would feature two National WBC Title Fights as well as two amatuer title fights. Level Up was originally slated to have Jared Tipton and Patrick Rivera both fighting on the card. Unfortunately we were informed the week of the fight that Jareds opponent was unable to compete.
Patrick would be facing a tough opponent Joe Bastone of Impact Martial Arts. Joe has a winning record of 5-1 with a couple knockout finishes. We knew our game plan needed to be sound and executed properly. Patrick is a very strategic and smart fighter. To win the fight he used all the weapons available to him. Mixing his boxing, leg kicks and some strong clinch work Rivera was awarded a Unanimous Decision. After the result was announced to two fighters hugged in a show of mutual respect for one another. Seeing this type of sportsmanship is always a great thing.
- Your Winner
We were very honored to be a part of this amazing card. Chris Tran of Warriors Cup is one of the most gracious Promoters we have worked with. We felt at home the entire time, and plan to compete on every upcoming Warriors Cup there is. The event was recorded by Go Fight Live and can be ordered at GFL.tv. If you missed the action, or would just like to see it again head over now and enjoy the show.
We would like to thank our Sponsors for all the support. Urban Ninja, and Ink Generation for our apparell. We would also like to thank everyone that helped us prepare for this fight, Brian Crenshaw and the Combat Sports Center Fight Team, Henry Smith and his Towson Thai Boxing Team, and our good friend Matt Van Valkenburgh of Annapolis Muay Thai for all your help!!
Special Thanks to Dan Eric for the amazing photos!!
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Attacking The Rear Leg From A Southpaw Stance
In this video we review how to attack your opponents rear leg, and its effectiveness. The rear leg doesn’t see the day to day punishment your lead leg does. So for many fighters it’s not as well conditioned. This is a great way to end a fight quickly if you know how to attack it properly. We have a Low Kick system that we teach in our Muay Thai and Kickboxing Classes here in Bowie Maryland thats designed to damage opponents quickly. Understanding when and why to do certain things makes a huge difference. Anyone can learn to throw a kick. When, why, and where is the difference between a good fighter and a great one. Understanding how to fight a Southpaw, or as a Southpaw is another factor. The beauty of a Southpaw vs Orthodox fighter is there are set parameters based off how you square up. Understanding these parameters can simplify your strategy to win.
Thepnimit Sitmonchai aka Mr Knock aka Jun is well known for his finishing abilities, as you can see in this video. He is one of the best Southpaw fighters in the World. Our Head Coach Jason Farrell was fortunate to train with Thepnimit for a few weeks in Thailand and get a better understanding of his devastating style. Jun makes his Lion Fight Debut August 1st 2014 at the Foxwoods Resort in CT. For more info on learning REAL MUAY THAI IN MARYLAND contact us at any of the options below.
Call us at : 240.206.8505
Email us at : levelupboxing@gmail.com
Visit our website at https://www.levelupgym.com
Or just stop by and see the facility in person
4891 Telsa Dr. Suite G
Bowie MD, 20715
Level Up Fights For America
Three of our fighters from Level Up have been selected to compete at the WKA World Championship Tournament in Tuscany Italy. Patrick Rivera, Luther Smith, and Jared Tipton will be looking to bring three World Titles back to Maryland. Coach Jason Farrell will also be traveling with them to Coach for Team USA. This is an amazing opportunity for Level Up. We are fortunate to have Ink Generation sponsor us in effort to help make this trip possible. All the proceeds from the sales of this shirt goes directly to getting the guys to Italy.

Our Fighters & Eze Of Ink Generation

We Have Youth Large & Medium Available
As you can imagine sending 4 people to Italy is not cheap! With your support, and the support of our sponsors we can get these guys there! The shirts are $20 and can be ordered at the Urban Ninja Shop online, or you can pick them up at Level Up in Bowie Maryland.
Our deepest gratitude to Eze Cembalo of Ink Generation for his more than generous donation to Level Up. Ink Generation is the best Screen Printing Shop in Maryland and can print short and large runs of T shirts. Their customer service is the best we have ever experienced. Eze’s attention to detail and commitment to quality makes him stand out among other printers. He has been a pleasure to work with over the last year and in that time has become a true friend to Level Up.
For Screen Printing Contact Ink Generation
By Phone – 443.254.8655
By Email – eze@inkgeneration.com
Visit Their Site – Inkgeneration.com
Help Send Level Up Fighters To The WKA World Championship Tournament
October 28, 2014 to November 2, 2014, Level Up will be sending 3 fighters and Coach Jason to Italy to represent North America in the 2014 Unified World Championships. This tournament draws fighters from all over the world and will be part of the final leg of Luther, Jared, and Pat’s amateur career. All three will become professional fighters next year. Having the title of World Champion as they enter the pro arena of competition gives them a boost as far as what promotions book them, as well as what sponsors are willing to pay them which is huge as they begin this journey.
- Patrick Rivera
- Luther Smith
- Jared Tipton
Level Up has hit some amazing strides in less than a year of operation. We are legitimately one of the top striking gyms on the East Coast. Level Up has built a social media presence that is currently one of the most well received gyms in North America. The traffic to our Facebook page is enormous, which puts us in a unique position to increase our sponsors social medial return by promoting your business to our followers. In addition to social media marketing, Jason is a professional graphic designer, an experienced photographer and videographer with editing skills. In return to your sponsorship, Jason can shoot and edit video, photograph, design logos or graphics for your business, design and print t-shirts. In addition, our fighters will wear your logos on fight shorts and t-shirts to expose your product or services to others.
Here is an example of some of Jason’s Video Work. This is a testimonial he filmed of one of his students who trained at the Gym Jason Formerly worked for.
Take a look at the enormous amount of traffic we get to our Facebook page!!
- Reached Over 15,000 People
- Reached Over 30,000 People
Here is an example of one of our T shirts with some of our Sponsors on the back
- Pro Boxer Tony Jeter Design
- Autsim Awareness T
- Team USA, Luther Smith & Dusty Harrison Designs
- Urban Ninja Maryland Flag Rash Guard
- Glory Fight Francois Ambang T Design
Here is the breakdown of our sponsor packages:
Platinum Package – $5000
-Two videos. You can choose what type you would prefer. I will send you samples of some of the videos I have created. Ideally, we would shoot a video with our fighters at your place of business. This video would be produced as a commercial to promote your company. In addition, I would produce a 30-60 second video Highlight Commercial style video that you’ll be able to post on your website, Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, and any other social media. We will also share these videos from all our personal social media accounts as well drive high traffic to your business website.
-Logo Placement on our walk out shirts for the rest of 2014. Your logo will become a staple on our team t-shirts. Since we fight constantly (at least 1-2X per month), your company logo will be seen often and we would always thank you before and after each fight for your generous support. Fighters from Level Up and myself wearing your logo will share photos to your social media and websites.
-We will help promote any events you have coming up. In social media, the more of those links that pop up, the more traffic they get. We can help increase your interaction with more people to bring you a higher volume of customers.
-You will always get 2 shirts of any fight team design that we come up with. These shirts are limited edition and always sell out. As mentioned earlier, these shirts will have your logo on them.
-We will back link your website to our website which is mutually beneficial for us both. This increases both of our rankings in Google search engines.
-If you have a Google Plus page we will Plus 1 your posts which will increase your ranking in Google search engines (If you don’t have one, they are easy to set up yourself or we can help).
The Value of this package exceeds the cost. I have shot the types of video we have planned to do for you for $3000 alone. For the 30-60 second Clips, I usually charge $1200. You will see that our Logo package alone is $1000 to be on the walk out shirts. Add on top of that what it would cost to hire someone to do the social media blast that we will provide, you could be looking at anywhere from $500 per month up $3000.
Gold Package – $2500
– One 1 minute Highlight Video Clip for your business. You will receive all the benefits from the first package in the way of video sharing on our end. The video will highlight the best things about your business, in a short attention catching fashion that is sure to drive people to you.
– Logo placement on 2 of our walkout shirts for upcoming events.
– You will be thanked for your support on our website, and all of Level Up’s Social Media platforms as well as individually by each fighter before and after fights that your logo appears on our shirts.
– You will receive two of the walkout shirts to keep, both times your logo appears on them.
Silver Package – $1000
– Logo placement on 2 of our walkout shirts for upcoming events.
– You will be thanked for your support on our website, and all of Level Up’s Social Media platforms as well as individually by each fighter before and after fights that your logo appears on our shirts.
-You will receive two of the walkout shirts to keep, both times your logo appears on them.
Bronze Package – $500
– Logo placement on 1 of our walkout shirts for an upcoming event.
– You will be thanked for your support on our website, and all of Level Up’s Social Media platforms as well as individually by each fighter before and after that fight, that your logo appears on our shirts.
-You will receive two of the walkout shirts to keep, for the fight your logo appears on.
If you are intrested or have questions about these packages please contact
Jason Farrell
levelupboxing@gmail.com
443.370.1529
Level Up Sparring Event
This Saturday May 31st at 3pm we will be holding or second Sparring Event here at the gym. The idea behind these sparring sessions is to help students that are planning to compete get out of their comfort zone a little and get a taste of what competition will be like. There will be no winner announced. Again this is soley for experience. Part of making this experience special is getting a chance to spar in front of friends and family. So please feel free to invite them! They will be your biggest supporters through out your career, show them what all those hours at the gym have done for you.
We will weigh all particpants at 12pm. Just to make sure everyones weight is close for match up purposes. Sparring will begin at 3pm, so everyone has plenty of time to eat and warm up. We will let each group go for 3 rounds, each round will be 2 minutes in a controlled environment to ensure safety.
We will be accepting $10 donations from guests. This money will go towards getting 3 of our fighters to Italy in October for the WKA World Championship Tournament.
Also you’ll get a chance to meet two special visitors at the weigh ins. Glory World Series Welterweight Fighter Francois Ambang, and Pro Kickboxer Brandon Mickens who faces Rami Ibrahim at Combat at the Capitale next month!!
Thanks for your support!
Coach Jason
1st Muay Thai Fighter From Maryland Wins At Lion Fight
This past Friday May 23rd, Level Up took another huge step.
Patrick Rivera, would become the first fighter from Maryland to fight in the biggest Muay Thai promotion in the world. Lion Fight has run all their shows until now in Las Vegas. There was whispers that they planned to run a show on the East Coast, the excitement was in the air. This show has quickly become the equivalent of the UFC to MMA fans. So far Lion Fight Promotions has run incredible shows starring the American Pioneers of the sport, as well as big name fighters from all over the World. This event would take place at the Foxwoods Casino in Connecticut. The card would feature some of Lion Fight and Muay Thai’s brightest Stars, including Jason Andrada, Cosmo Alexander, Tiffany Van Soest, and Kevin Ross. The East Coast has a thriving Muay Thai scene, between New York, New Jersey, Philadelphia, and Virginia, you can find some high level fighting. Having Lion Fight come to the East Coast proved to be a monumental step in not only the state of the sport here on the East Coast but also for the sport in general.
The instant we heard that the show was definitely coming to the East Coast Coach Jason contacted Lion Fight. After a few emails, we were in. We drew a tough opponent from New York named Pawel Zawistowski. Pawel was listed as 13-2 with 8 Knockouts. Pat has only 6 Muay Thai and Kickboxing fights. With a record of 4-2. The last fight Pat had was at WKA nationals and was a controversial Decision loss. Coach Jason believes that Patrick is one of the future stars of Combat Sports and wanted him to get right back in the ring. When this opportunity presented itself, it was a no brainer. We had some bumps a long the road in training camp. Patrick injured his knee, and a few days later caught the flu which had him in bed and out of training all together for 5 days. We knew these variables would add extra pressure, but didn’t want to miss out on being a part of this historic event. We also had 40 people committed to coming up to support, so we couldn’t let them down.
On fight day we would report to the dressing room area at 5pm. The dressing rooms, were literally dressing rooms for performers. The room we were in was pretty small. At first it was just us and another Amatuer fighter from the undercard. By 6:30pm, the room would fill up with Lucy Payne and her Coach, Chris Mauceri and his Corner men, and Mark Holst and his team. We did our best to warm up in the space we had. Before we knew it, the time had come to make our way upstairs. This would be the biggest venue Patrick has fought on to date. He made the adjustment to the crowd and the lights quickly after we were able to find where our team was located in the stands.
Once the fight began Pat would work through his punching systems, landing big shots in combination. Mixing in the the kicks to put an exclamation on his work. We knew that Pawel likes to stalk, so we used footwork to find angles after Patricks combinations to keep Pawel from being able to get set for returns. Toward the end of the first round Pat caught a lead leg kick from Zawistowski and swept him off his support foot. Round two was more of the same. Pat landing big punches, as well as some well placed low kicks to both legs. Closing in on the end of the second round Pat was also able to land a clean head kick. Seeing that we were up two rounds, the call was to play it safe in the third. Pawel has knocked out 8 people, and is known for being aggressive. So Patrick used his footwork and movement to stay busy without getting drawn into a last round slugfest. We would give the third round to Pawel based on his activity level. Two rounds to one secures us the fight. Two judges saw it that way, one did not. Patrick Rivera would be awarded a split decision victory.
We can’t thank Lion Fight Promotions enough for the opportunity to be on this historic event. This was a huge step for our gym. We have been open less than a year, in that time we have accomplished a lot, this being one of our highest achievements. We are thankful to Work Shop and Pawel for giving us a tough fight. We’d also like to thank everyone that came to support Pat in this adventure. Also to INK Generation for printing our shirts, which as always were a big hit. We’d also like to thank Steve Bauzen for catching each moment with these incredible photos
Up Next we have Patrick and Jared making their A Class rules Muay Thai debut at Warriors Cup in New Jersey June 14th!!