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The Nederlands Jongleer Festival 2015 Fight Night took place last Saturday, and it was the biggest tournament of the year so far, worth 750 points. 26 jugglers entered the qualifications and 16 made it to the knockout rounds.

Check out this video of all the action from the R16, R8, semi-final and third place matches, featuring Jochen Pfeiffer, Luke Burrage, Tony Pezzo, Wes Peden, Eóin Allan, and all the other top 12 seeded players:

And this video of the final match:

This result lifts Luke Burrage back to second in the FNC rankings, swapping places with Iver Tronstad, NJF 2014’s winner who couldn’t return to defend his points this year. Eóin Allan rises up the rankings to fourth, his highest ever position. Simon À Campo, the only Dutch player to be seeded in the top eight, returns to the top ten.

Thanks to Maarten for hosting, Ieuan for refereeing, and everyone else who helped make the tournament happen. See all the results and details on the NJF 2015 page on FightNightCombat.com

Jon Peat and Josh Turner made it to the final of the Cumbria Juggling Convention 2015 Fight Night on Saturday.

Let’s set the scene: Jon has yet to win a Fight Night, despite playing and losing in four final matches, including at the BJC this year. Josh has never made it to an FNC final, but feels good about his chances as he beat Jon at Chocfest in January.

Now watch the video to find out how it all ends:

The winner earned himself 125 rankings points and the loser 75 for the second place finish. Josh earned enough points to climb five places to 22nd in the current rankings, while Jon remains at sixth place overall and third in the 2015 rankings race.

See all the scores and other information at the Cumbria 2015 here: fightnightcombat.com/tournament-Cumbria-2015.html Thanks to Ieuan Evans for organizing the Fight Night and for the video footage.

Twenty players entered qualification at the Brianza 2015 Fight Night, a 500 level event this year, and eight made it through to the knockout tournament: two Germans, two Brits, two Belgians, one Greek and one Italian. The top four seeds were Jochen Pfeiffer, Luke Burrage, Ian Deady and Jochen Hänsel.

Check out the highlights video above for the full story of the Fight Night.

Find all the results and details at the Brianza 2015 page: fightnightcombat.com/tournament-Brianza-2015.html

Congratulations to Leo Platz for winning the Aachen 2015 Fight Night at the Configuvention Circus Convention on Saturday. He went undefeated in qualification and then beat Jakob Ganser, Leo Ostenrath and Stephan Cipra to take first place overall.

Leo earned himself 125 rankings points for his win (due to only eight players taking part in total, the tournament was reduced from a 250 level event), and this lifts him to 32 in the current rankings and 16 in the 2015 race. Stephan Cipra earned 75 points for his second place finish. Jan Poolen took third place and Leo Ostenrath fourth.

See the Aachen 2015 page at fightnightcombat.com for all the results and details.

Thanks to Leo Ostenrath for organizing the tournament, and also all the players who took part.