TEAM Fulinkazan have made an early pitch to be named the amateur club or team of the year at the Provident Bradford Sports Awards early in 2018.

The Sunbridge Road-based outfit sent three fighters to Stoke and all of them won.

Omar Khan, on his mixed martial arts debut, finished his fight by a knockout via a body punch, while Shaq Jones – who faced a last-minute replacement opponent – kept his cool to triumph by a guillotine submission in the first round.

Tom Mullen was last up for Team Fulinkazan and started with some strong punches before winning with a darce choke submission.

Head coach Mark Spencer said: "It has been another fantastic week and there has been a massive leap in our students' progression in all our classes.

"All three guys winning in Stoke only confirms this and we have some more big fights coming up.

"I firmly believe we are the best sports team in Bradford and we are coming for those Bradford Sports Awards."