STAR Kickboxing Club’s James ‘The Entertainer’ Gridley is celebrating after becoming the ISKA British K1 champion in Hamilton, Scotland.

The Gravesend fighter was taking on Walsall’s Marc Tomlinson and succeeded in knocking his opponent down and through the ropes with his first punch.

The contest developed into a very tough battle for both fighters before Gridley dropped Tomlinson in the fifth round with a devastating spinning heel kick.

Tomlinson held on for the closing seconds of the round but the result was a unanimous decision for Gridley.

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