By Felix Rodriguez, Staff Writer MAY 17, 2013 – Mixed Martial Arts is in its final phase of transitioning from niche sport to a fully mainstream and globally enjoyed combat sport. Zuffa has been heading the charge into this new stage, and has made some compromises to shed the label of “Human Cockfighting” and [...]
By Felix Rodriguez, Staff Writer In this edition of TXMMA’s Technique of the Week we feature famed black belt, Roberto “Cyborg” Abreu and his purple belt student Hunter Ewald. Cyborg is a black belt under Francisco Albuquerque known for his innovative tornado guard and for being a fierce competitor. At 32-years old Cyborg remains an [...]
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 [...]
The 2013 IBJJF World Jiu-Jitsu Championship is taking place very soon with action tipping off at the Walter Pyramid in California State University (Long Beach, CA) on Wednesday, May 29th until Sunday, June 2nd. The IBJJF Mundials tournament is universally recognized as the most prestigious GI tournament in the world of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. With that [...]
DALLAS, TX, May 10, 2013 – The 2013 IBJJF Dallas International Open went down at TWU’s Kitty Magee Arena in Denton last Sunday and the prevailing opinion is that the tournament was a great success topping their 2012 effort. To expound on that, IBJJF tournaments are always well-run and organized but grapplers seem to think [...]
MAY 10, 2013 – There’s been a lot going on lately in the life of 23 year old TXMMA prospect Ryan “Babyface” Benoit (6-1) and even more to come in the near future if everything goes according to plan. The McKinney North High School grad recently announced just last week that he and longtime girlfriend [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
By Felix Rodriguez, Staff Writer In this edition of our TXMMA Technique of the Week we feature Rilion Gracie Black Belt, Jackson Fortunato. Professor Fortunato has been in charge of running the Rilion Gracie Academy of Houston, when Master Rilion is away from Texas, since first opening their doors in 2011. In the short [...]
MAY 4, 2013 – Noted pro boxer Ricardo Mayorga made his mixed martial arts (MMA) debut last night in his native country of Nicaragua at the at Omega MMA: “Battle of the Americas” at the Pharaohs Casino, Managua. Despite a pre-fight scuffle with his opponent at weigh-ins caused by the 39-year-old missing the planned lightweight [...]
Plenty of Texas grapplers making the trip to compete in the 2013 IBJJF World Championship; Photo flashback from last year’s competition
TXMMA Tournament Season Recap – The 2013 IBJJF Dallas International Open
Former boxing champ Ricardo Mayorga made MMA debut last night but not before some controversy
TXMMA Tournament Season Recap – AGF’s 2013 Austin Classic
Highlighting the next two weeks in Texas BJJ events; Looking back at the 2013 IBJJF Dallas Open (Slideshow)
TXMMA Tournament Season Recap – 2013 F2W/WGC Texas State Championship
TXMMA Technique of the Week – GB’s Alexandre Santos shows how to counter the deep half guard with an Ezekiel Choke
TXMMA Technique of the Week – Ulpiano Malachias demonstrates a Sneaky Armlock from the Turtle Position
TXMMA Technique of the Week – Jorge Macaco Patino’s demonstrates a Butterfly Sweep to Calf Slicer
Legacy Fighting Championship 18 Weigh-In Photos and Video Coverage
Legacy FC 18 Pre-Fight Video Interview with Lightweight Champion Jorge “Macaco” Patino
2013 IBJJF Houston International Open Preview – What to expect on February 16th-17th
TexasFighting North Texas Fisticuffs Sherdog
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