Guyana secured four bronze medals at the recent Pan American Mixed Martial Arts Championship which was staged in Bogota, Colombia.
The four medalists are Ijaz Cave, Christopher James, Anevia Frank and Shenese Bobb. Cave was defeated by El Salvador’s Rodrigo Calderon in the semi-finals of the middleweight division. Prior to his defeat, Cave won his first fight defeating Juan Guzman of Colombia via technical knockout.
On the other hand, Christopher James was defeated by Uruguay’s Geronimo Beron in the heavyweight division semi-final round. Also, Frank went down to Brazilian Josiane Oliveira in the semi-final section of the women’s bantamweight section whilst Bobb lost in the semi-finals of the women’s lightweight division.
