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Garon Wilkinson

The president of the Sanshou organization Wilkinson comes into this event with some serious 'hard as nails' pedigree.

He lived in Japan for several years and has studied multiple martial arts, among them full contact bare knuckle fighting.

He's also studies Northern Shaolin Kung Fu and has represented Bermuda and Japan at various martial arts.

He's got around five Sanshou fights under his belt and picked up medals at the Arnold Classic (a martial arts exhibition named after muscleman Arnold Schwarznegger) and at the PanAm games.

He works at Ace.

Reuben Bean

Co-founder, along with Wilkinson, of the sport in Bermuda. Bean, who works at Colonial Insurance, is also one of the island's foremost martial arts competitors.

He has represented Bermuda and Canada at various martial arts and is proficient in Shotokon karate, Wing Chun Kung Fu, Yang style Tai Chi and now Sanshou.

He was also successful at the Arnold Classic and finished fourth in one of the most competitive divisions at the PanAm games.

Jermal Woolridge

As a bouncer at Splash and Flannagan's Woolridge is known to anyone who has been out on a weekend as someone you don't mess with.

And he'll be hoping to take those credentials into the ring on Saturday night. He has a background in Tae Kwon Do.

Nathan Dill

A civil servant with the Bermuda government, Nathan Dill is one of several members of the island team who are relatively new to the sport.

He had his first outing at the PanAm games in Toronto, where he made an impressive start to his Sanshou career but was ultimately beaten.

Fight fans also saw a brief glimpse of what he could do at a two-minute exhibition at the Police boxing night. He is also trainied in Capoeira, the Brazilian discipline which fuses martial art and dance.

Sentwali Woolridge

Woolridge came to the sport from the JuJitsu discipline and has also done conventional kickboxing training with Skipper Ingham. He's been training with the Sanshou organization for a couple of months and this will be his first ever bout. Also a civil servant Woolridge has a history in martial arts and Bean believes he will take to the new discipline.

Otero Smith

Smith made his debut at the PanAm games and did well to come out uninjured against a very tough opponent, said Bean.

Another Capoeira practitioner, Smith started training in Sanshou at the Olympic recruitment day held by Bean and Wilkinson to launch the sport in Bermuda. This will be the Belco worker's second bout.

Khalid Pitcher

This is the first bout for Bank of Bermuda worker Pitcher, who has only been training in Sanshou for two months. Pitcher has a history in Muay Thai - a form of kickboxing that originated in Thailand.

He's been training with Skipper Ingham, Troy Darrell and Forty Rego to improve his in-fighting (close contact) skills which are utilized more often in this discipline.

Leroy Maxwell

Firefighter Maxwell debuted in a two-minute exhibition at the Police event and has been training hard for his first official fight.

He has trained in Shotokon Karate and Capoeira, but has been working intently on making the switch to full contact martial arts.

Dane Robinson

The Triangle Diving instructor is a complete newcomer to the Sanshou Association and it is still uncertain whether he will fight on Saturday night.

He has a long history in kickboxing in Thailand and it is hoped he can be included on the card if the relevant paperwork is completed on time.

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