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Saturday night amateur fights a mixed success! The saturday night fights, April 27, at the Crown Plaza Hotel in Addison, Texas were a mixed success. From a fighter’s perspective, the fights were a combination of good ideas and mediocre execution. (… Click on Read More for the full article) Saturday night amateur fights a mixed [...]

This past Saturday the following guys were promoted to Blue Belt by William Vandry. The new Machado blue belts are : Mike Jones, Ricky Johnson, Mark Lindquist, Martin Kinkade, Bryan Evans, Josh Hill, Mark Vela and Craig Burt Way to go and keep up the hard work. Vandry Brazilian Jiu-jitsu is an authorized Machado Jiu-jitsu [...]
From Carlos Machado: “I am extremely proud to announce the names of my first Texas Black Belts in Machado Jiu-Jitsu! The names of the students who will become Machado Black Belts are as follows: Klay Pittman, Tim Burrill, Travis Lutter, and William Vandry! At 1:00pm on June 1st, 2002 at the 2002 Texas BJJ Championships [...]

This is the full press release from Josh Hedges at Zuffa.ÿ Zuffa has teamed up with the company that created Survivor, to develop a reality MMA show to be pitched to media moguls very, very soon.ÿ Read More for the full press release… Contact:ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ ÿJack Taylor, 702-221-4790; or, 702-349-0176, Ultimate Fighting Championship ÿRachel Barney, 818 [...]
Just a tidbit – While watching a Muay Thai demonstration at a Thai cultural festival last Sunday, we ran into Houston’s most renowned Muay Thai Kru, Kru Pong.ÿ Long known to the scene in Houston but not very high profile,ÿ Pong has quietly made a name for himself over the years, and of note also [...]
I’ve posted the rest of the USWF 20 photos, as well as the photos from the 1st Annual Austin Grappling Tournament in the galleries section.ÿ Click here.
Enclosed is a report and results from IFA 1 aka USWF 19 from Amarillo, TX. IFA Results and Report From UFighting correspondent Heath Dudley: International Fighting Alliance (Formerly USWF) Amarillo, Texas September 15, 2001 Chris Guillen vs Jeff Linsey: Guillen by unanimous decision In the first round there were a few stand up exchanges that [...]
Here are more details on the “Tita” Benaion seminar being held at Relson Gracie Austin on May 10-12. GRACIE JIU-JITSU SEMINAR! ROYLER GRACIE BLACK BELT Sidney “TiTa” Benaion ÿ COMING TO AUSTIN! Special group classes May 10th 3-hour seminars May 11th & 12th ÿWe will be covering the most current techniques of the Gracie Academies [...]

Here is part 2 of the interview that Intensity Magazine conducted with Houston’s Duane “Crutchmaster” Stevenson. http://www.intensitymagazine.com/04-16-02/duane_stevenson.html INTERVIEW WITH DUANE STEVENSONPart II INTENSITY: How do you deal with life on the road when you are competing? Duane: My wife is very supportive of me so it makes it much easier. My wife and kids don’t [...]
TXMMA: Our Mission Texas Mixed Martial Arts is meant to be a portal for the new and exciting sport of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) in the state of Texas.ÿ We would like to be the Internet home for Texas MMA fighters, trainers, promoters, and fans alike. Right now the sport of MMA in Texas is [...]
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