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Houston MMA In Focus – Garcia Promotions’ Cage Combat 14 Preview

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HUMBLE, TX, May 15, 2013 – Garcia Promotions is back this Friday night with Cage Combat 14 happening at the Humble Civic Center in Northeast Houston. At the time of this writing, the show should feature fifteen amateur fights in total with two championship fights in the middleweight and featherweight divisions highlighting the evening. At [...]

Kru Pong and Toon: A Traditional Thai Experience in Houston, Texas – Part 1 of 2

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By Felix Rodriguez and Mike Calimbas, TXMMA Staff   HOUSTON, TX, May 8, 2013 – In search of an authentic Thai experience we (Mike and Felix) recently visited the famed gym and restaurant of Kru Pong (Thussayu Phumswarng) and his wife Toon on the southwest side of Houston, TX and got exactly what we expected. [...]

Cage Combat 14 Interview – Champion Trevin Giles predicting a knockout finish over Christian Sutton on May 17th

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HOUSTON, TX, May 7, 2013 – Garcia Promotions returns with their next event on May 17th with Cage Combat 14 happening at the Humble Civic Center. The event will feature a title defense by the organization’s middleweight champion, 20 year old Trevin “The Problem” Giles out of Elite MMA. The undefeated (4-0) champion won the [...]

Legacy FC 21 Fight Card Released – Huerta vs. Hobar and Bush vs. Crowe title bouts highlight Houston MMA Lineup

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HOUSTON, TX, April 18, 2013 – Promoter Mick Maynard and crew recently released the initial fight card for the Legacy Fighting Championship 21 event scheduled for Houston’s Arena Theater on July 19th. At the top of the card, recent Legacy FC 19 winner Matt Hobar (7-1) out of Dallas, TX takes on Houston’s “Chosen One” [...]

Legacy Amateur Series 11 Results – Kolton Englund and Adrian Yanez win Legacy Amateur titles

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HOUSTON, TX, April 7, 2013 – It was quite the eventful night at Legacy Amateur Series 11 this past Saturday night at the Houston Arena Theatre with the show featuring several newsworthy performances and other tidbits worthy of note. For one, the organization marked a landmark moment as far as attendance goes for their amateur [...]

Legacy Amateur Series 11 Preview, Predictions, and Prospects to Watch Out for this Saturday in Houston

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HOUSTON, TX, April 4, 2013 – Mick Maynard’s Legacy Amateur Series 11 is fast-approaching with the Houston MMA amateur card set to take place this Saturday night at the Houston Arena Theater. The show is set to feature an interesting title fight up top with Kolton Englund of Silverback Fight Club and Rilion Gracie Academy [...]

LAS 11 – Metro Fight Club’s Luis Lara relaxed and confident ahead of lightweight title fight versus Kolton Englund

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HOUSTON, TX, April 4, 2013 – “Honestly, it’s like a scene from an action movie. Everything slows down and you can barely hear the crowd. It’s an intense moment.” That’s how Metro Fight Club’s Luis Lara describes the scene as it plays out to him internally every time he steps into the cage. It’s a [...]

SCC 3 “Good Friday Showdown” Results and Recap – Eric Lunsford captures Heavyweight Title over The Nightmare

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GALVESTON, TX, March 31, 2013 – It was a Good Friday indeed down by the beach in Galveston, TX this past Friday night as the Superior Combative Championships crew successfully put on another successful event. SCC 3 “Good Friday Showdown” sold out the Galveston Island Convention Center for the show which featured a heavyweight title [...]

Event Preview – Superior Combative Championships returns to Galveston with Heavyweight Main Event this Friday

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GALVESTON, TX, March 18, 2013 – The Galveston MMA community is abuzz once again as this coming weekend boasts a schedule chock full of Mixed Martial Arts action for fight fans living in and around the island with an event happening both Friday and Saturday night. As for TXMMA, we’ll be on hand at Superior [...]

Cage Combat 13 Results – Aaron Reeves earns 170 lbs. title; Ralph Garcia’s win sets up rematch with Kolton Englund

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HOUSTON, TX, March 25, 2013 – Garcia Promotions held their 13th amateur event this past Saturday at the Humble Civic Center in North Houston. Like all the rest of Eric Garcia and Jace Pitre’s events, Cage Combat 13 delivered an exciting night of fights for fans with only three out twelve bouts reaching the judges’ [...]

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