Erskine submits to Fowler in BJJ re-match at Royal Canadian Legion

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Northern Combat Invitational 16 was headlined by a fight between Chris Erskine (on bottom) of Fort St. John and Dawson Creek’s Conan Fowler on September 27th (Ed Hitchins, Energeticcity.ca)

FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. — Local Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) promotion Northern Combat Invitational (NCI) held its 16th event, with 10 fights on offer for onlookers.

The card featured fighters from Chetwynd, Dawson Creek, Fort Nelson, Fort St. John and Grande Prairie and took place at the Royal Canadian Legion on Saturday, September 27th.

The main event featured a re-match between combatants Chris ‘Sandman’ Erskine of Fort St. John and Dawson Creek’s Conan ‘Farmbarian’ Fowler, which saw Fowler emerge victorious via kimura (shoulder lock).

NCI promoter Clint Parker said his last card of 2025 “couldn’t have gone any better.”

“It was really good,” said Parker. “I didn’t think it would end via submission. It was a big win in a fight between two older guys.

“It was a wonderful night. Everything was great, I am really happy.”

As is the case with all of Parker’s events, awards were handed out for fight, submission and performance of the night.

Promoter Clint Parker (far left, in blue) said his final NCI card “couldn’t have gone any better.” (Ed Hitchins, Energeticcity.ca)

Fight of the night honours went to the tilt between Fort St. John’s Daymin ‘Dooms’ Osha and Cole ‘Train’ Stendar which ended with an inverted triangle victory of Osha.

Stendar, who trains at Chetwynd’s White Knuckle boxing academy has been training for around six months, and said the experience at NCI was “a great experience.”

“This is my second-ever competition,” said Stendar. “I have never been hit by an inverted triangle before. It was cool, it was neat, it was new.

“It was a good match. 100 per cent credit to Daymin on winning that.”

The co-main event saw a crossroads match between Stendar’s coach, ‘Iron’ Ollie Studer and Fort St. John’s Chuck ‘Foot Prowler’ Fowler.

In a tightly-contested matchup, it was the younger Studer who submitted Fowler – not related to the main event combatant Conan – by triangle choke.

Studer’s performance gave him submission of the night honours, saying the triangle chance was “right there.”

“I kind of knew I was gonna get a triangle,” said Studer. “I have been drilling it over and over again the whole entire camp. I threw his arm bar off. [The triangle] was perfectly angled.”

Performance of the night went to Vladislav Ryzhenkov, who beat Conrad Krzysztan of Grande Prairie by arm bar.

For more details on NCI, visit the Northern Combat Club’s Facebook page.