Fai Falamoe
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Faii Falamoe is a New Zealand
er former amateur Commonwealth boxer
and retired one time mixed martial artist. Falamoe is a former Boxing Coach for Team Ichigeki based out of Ebisu, Tokyo
, and has helped some of the top K-1
kickboxing
fighters including Glaube Feitosa
, Aleksandr Pitchkounov
, Akebono Tarō
and his 2nd cousin Ray Sefo
.
Fai helped set up ShinKali Academy with the director Ian Floresca. Fai also participated in the 1998 Commonwealth Games
losing to eventual Gold Medalist Audley Harrison
via. lost points.
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|style="text-align: center" colspan=8|8 Wins (6 (T) KO's, 1 decisions), 4 Losses
|-
| align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #f0f0f0"|Date
| align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #f0f0f0"|Result
| align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #f0f0f0"|Opponent
| align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #f0f0f0"|Event
| align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #f0f0f0"|Method
| align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #f0f0f0"|Round
| align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #f0f0f0"|Time
|-
| 09/30/2011
| Loss
|
Lucas Browne
| Campbell Town, NSW, Australia
| KO (Right Hook)
| 5
| 2:55
|-
| 03/31/2005
| style="background: #c5d2ea"|Draw
|
Tipton Walker
| Waitakere's Trusts Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand
| Draw
| 8
| 8:00
|-
| 04/28/2001
| Loss
| Ray Austin
| Civic Center, LaPorte, Indiana, United States
| TKO (Doctor Stoppage)
| 4
| 1:38
|-
| 02/11/2001
| Loss
| Derrell Dixon
| Grand Victoria Casino, Elgin, Illinois, United States
| Decision (Unanimous)
| 6
| 6:00
|-
| 10/21/2000
| Win
| James Jones
| Silver Star Casino, Philadelphia, Mississippi, United States
| Decision
| 4
| 4:00
|-
| 10/08/2000
| Win
| Steve Daher
| Grand Victoria Casino, Elgin, Illinois, United States
| TKO (Corner Stoppage)
| 1
| 4:00
|-
| 08/20/2000
| Win
| Albert Stewart
| Casino Queen, East Saint Louis, Illinois, United States
| Decision (Majority)
| 4
| 4:00
|-
| 07/21/2000
| Loss
| Willie Chapman
| Regent Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
| Decision
| 4
| 4:00
|-
| 11/06/1999
| Win
|
Josh Fuimaono
| Downtown Convention Centre, Auckland, New Zealand
| KO (Punches)
| 1
| N/A
|-
| 09/18/1999
| Win
| Taule Mailisi
| Downtown Convention Centre, Auckland, New Zealand
| TKO (Corner Stoppage)
| 4
| 6:00
|-
| 07/03/1999
| Win
| Lightning Lupe
| Downtown Convention Centre, Auckland, New Zealand
| TKO (Doctor Stoppage)
| 1
| 6:00
|-
| 06/10/1999
| Win
| Seti Fungasoia
| ABA Stadium, Kohimarama, New Zealand
| KO (Right hook)
| 1
| 0:13
|-
| 11/18/1998
| Win
| Harold Johnson
| Civic Center, LaPorte, Indiana, United States
| KO (Punches)
| 1
| N/A
|-
|Loss
|align=center|0-1
|
Yoshihiro Nakao
| Submission (armbar)
| Hero's 3
|
|align=center|1
|align=center|2:35
|Tokyo, Japan
|
|-
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
er former amateur Commonwealth boxer
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
and retired one time mixed martial artist. Falamoe is a former Boxing Coach for Team Ichigeki based out of Ebisu, Tokyo
Ebisu, Tokyo
is a neighborhood in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. Conveniently near Roppongi and central Shibuya, Ebisu is easily accessed by the JR Yamanote and Hibiya lines via Ebisu Station...
, and has helped some of the top K-1
K-1
K-1 is a defunct world-wide kickboxing promotion based in Tokyo, Japan founded by Kazuyoshi Ishii, a formerKyokushin karate practitioner. K-1 combines stand up techniques from Muay Thai, Karate, Taekwondo, Savate, San Shou, kickboxing, western-style boxing, and other martial arts...
kickboxing
Kickboxing
Kickboxing refers to a group of martial arts and stand-up combat sports based on kicking and punching, historically developed from karate, Muay Thai and western boxing....
fighters including Glaube Feitosa
Glaube Feitosa
Glaube "Brazilian Warrior" Feitosa is a Brazilian former kickboxer and a kyokushin full contact karate practitioner who was competing in K-1. In 2005 Feitosa won K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 in Las Vegas tournament and was the K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 finalist...
, Aleksandr Pitchkounov
Aleksandr Pitchkounov
Aleksandr Pitchkounov is a former Russian super heavyweight kickboxer and kyokushin karateka competing in K-1. He was the runner up at the K-1 World GP 2007 in Hawaii and K-1 World GP 2008 in Taipei tournament.-Titles:*2008 K-1 World GP in Taipei finalist...
, Akebono Tarō
Akebono Taro
is a retired American born-Japanese sumo wrestler from Waimānalo, Hawaii. Joining the professional sport in Japan in 1988, he was trained by pioneering Hawaiian sumo wrestler Takamiyama and rose swiftly up the rankings, reaching the top division in 1990...
and his 2nd cousin Ray Sefo
Ray Sefo
"Sugar" Ray Sefo is a New Zealand kickboxer, boxer and mixed martial artist. He is five time Muay Thai World champion and eight time K-1 World Grand Prix Finals tournament participant, currently living in Las Vegas, Nevada and training with Xtreme Couture.He holds notable wins in the K-1 over...
.
Fai helped set up ShinKali Academy with the director Ian Floresca. Fai also participated in the 1998 Commonwealth Games
1998 Commonwealth Games
The 1998 XVI Commonwealth Games were held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 11 September to 21 September 1998 making it the first Asian country to act as host and the last Commonwealth Games for the 20th century. A record 70 nations supplied 3638 athletes...
losing to eventual Gold Medalist Audley Harrison
Audley Harrison
Audley Harrison is a British professional boxer from Harlesden, England who fights in the heavyweight division. At the 2000 Olympics in Sydney he became the first British fighter to win an Olympic gold medal in the superheavyweight division. He stands and usually weighs around .Harrison turned...
via. lost points.
Professional boxing record
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:85%"|-
|style="text-align: center" colspan=8|8 Wins (6 (T) KO's, 1 decisions), 4 Losses
|-
| align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #f0f0f0"|Date
| align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #f0f0f0"|Result
| align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #f0f0f0"|Opponent
| align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #f0f0f0"|Event
| align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #f0f0f0"|Method
| align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #f0f0f0"|Round
| align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #f0f0f0"|Time
|-
| 09/30/2011
| Loss
|
Lucas Browne| Campbell Town, NSW, Australia
| KO (Right Hook)
| 5
| 2:55
|-
| 03/31/2005
| style="background: #c5d2ea"|Draw
|
Tipton Walker| Waitakere's Trusts Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand
| Draw
| 8
| 8:00
|-
| 04/28/2001
| Loss
|
Ray AustinRay Austin (boxer)
Ray Austin is an American professional boxer.-Professional career:Nicknamed "The Rainman", Ray Austin is a heavyweight boxer. Austin has drawn with other notable heavyweights Lance Whitaker, Larry Donald, and Sultan Ibragimov...
| Civic Center, LaPorte, Indiana, United States
| TKO (Doctor Stoppage)
| 4
| 1:38
|-
| 02/11/2001
| Loss
|
Derrell DixonDerrell Dixon
Derrell Dixon was a US American Heavyweight boxer.-Amateur career:Dixon had an outstanding amateur career prior to turning professional. He won the National AAU Heavyweight Championship in 1993 and 1994....
| Grand Victoria Casino, Elgin, Illinois, United States
| Decision (Unanimous)
| 6
| 6:00
|-
| 10/21/2000
| Win
|
James Jones| Silver Star Casino, Philadelphia, Mississippi, United States
| Decision
| 4
| 4:00
|-
| 10/08/2000
| Win
|
Steve Daher| Grand Victoria Casino, Elgin, Illinois, United States
| TKO (Corner Stoppage)
| 1
| 4:00
|-
| 08/20/2000
| Win
|
Albert Stewart| Casino Queen, East Saint Louis, Illinois, United States
| Decision (Majority)
| 4
| 4:00
|-
| 07/21/2000
| Loss
|
Willie Chapman| Regent Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
| Decision
| 4
| 4:00
|-
| 11/06/1999
| Win
|
Josh Fuimaono| Downtown Convention Centre, Auckland, New Zealand
| KO (Punches)
| 1
| N/A
|-
| 09/18/1999
| Win
|
Taule Mailisi| Downtown Convention Centre, Auckland, New Zealand
| TKO (Corner Stoppage)
| 4
| 6:00
|-
| 07/03/1999
| Win
|
Lightning Lupe| Downtown Convention Centre, Auckland, New Zealand
| TKO (Doctor Stoppage)
| 1
| 6:00
|-
| 06/10/1999
| Win
|
Seti Fungasoia| ABA Stadium, Kohimarama, New Zealand
| KO (Right hook)
| 1
| 0:13
|-
| 11/18/1998
| Win
|
Harold Johnson| Civic Center, LaPorte, Indiana, United States
| KO (Punches)
| 1
| N/A
|-
Mixed martial arts record
|-|Loss
|align=center|0-1
|
Yoshihiro NakaoYoshihiro Nakao
Yoshihiro "Kiss" Nakao is a Japanese heavyweight mixed martial artist and former K-1 kickboxer who has defeated the likes of Don Frye, Jim York, Wesley Correira, and Edson Draggo. He is currently under contract to fight for DREAM and World Victory Road promotions...
| Submission (armbar)
| Hero's 3
|
|align=center|1
|align=center|2:35
|Tokyo, Japan
|
|-
Titles & Accomplishments
- Super Heavyweight New Zealand Boxing Champion
- 1998 Commonwealth Games Semi-Finalist
- 1997 Muhammad Ali Cup International Amateur Boxing Challenge Gold Medalist