It's been a frigid start to winter but Minnesotans both locally and on the road have been torching the competition in MMA action. Sean "Lucky" Strube moved to 4-0 on December 7th with a win in Missouri. Dan "The Hitman" Moret scored a second round knockout in November 29th's main event in Abu Dhabi. UFC's Tony Martin...
Former MN State Super Lightweight champion Rondale Hubbert (13-11-1, 8 KO's) lost a hard fight six round unanimous decision to Mathew Gonzalez (10-0, 6 KO's) at Terminal 5 in New York last night. The show was promoted by DiBella Entertainment and streamed live on UFC Fight Pass. It wasn't an easy fight for either fighter and...
UPDATE: The fight is on for Jan 25th. Read comments below details.
Featherweight Giezwa Hobbs (now 6-0) had just finished four rounds of boxing with Kendric Latchman of Kansas on November 3rd in Maplewood, MN. It was a hard fought and competitive fight against Latchman (1-10), who's opponents have a combined record...
Cruiserweights Phil "The Drill" Williams (16-9-3, 14 KO's) and "The Haitian Temptation" Al Sands (20-4-1, 18 KO's) will battle again on Friday, January 17th, 2020 at the Grand Casino in Hinckley, MN. Both men signed fight contracts earlier tonight finalizing the 8 round main event rematch.
Phil Williams talking about facing Al...
Driller Fights promotes it's inaugural MMA event at Jackpot Junction Casino in Morton, MN this Friday, November 15th. Mecca XV is set to feature three perfectly matched professional bouts and seven amateur fights featuring Midwest prospects on the undercard. Minnesota Fight News had the chance to catch up with the six combatants competing in the three professional bouts heading...
Minnesota's top amateur lightweights are set to throwdown on March 7th, 2020 when Driller Promotions 155 pound champion Noah Landrus (8-0) and challenger Davi Young (5-0) collide. The main event at A-Town Throwdown XVI leads MMA's return to the Holiday Inn Conference Center in Austin, MN.
"I could not be more excited for this match up" said Jeremy Bjornberg of...
Fulton and Fuji Mats proudly present 2019 Fulton Brewjitsu this Saturday night. One part super-fights and one part seminar, Fulton Brewjitsu is bringing together top BJJ athletes from across the world to Minneapolis for one special day of instruction, community, and entertainment. Oh, and of course, beer. 30 Super-fights following IBJJF rules are scheduled with each match set for...
"Golden" Caleb Truax (30-4-2, 19 KO's) has announced that December 14, 2019 marks his boxing return. Truax has gotten down to business with strength and conditioning work and sparring in preparation for fight night which takes place at the Myth Live in Maplewood, MN. After recent injuries limited his action over the past year, Truax believes the hard luck...
Phil "The Drill" Williams kept his Minnesota State Cruiserweight title after 8 rounds over Mengistu Zarzar on Saturday night in Maplewood, MN. The rematch this time around was much more entertaining than the first time they met 3 years ago. Williams scored a first round knockdown and used his jab throughout the fight to set up some hard right...
All hell broke loose at last night's weigh-in's for "Uncivil War", the rematch between Phil "The Drill"
Williams and Mengistu "The Dynamic Warrior" Zarzar. The tension could be felt in the air at Williams' North Side Boxing Gym which was the official weigh-in site. Williams paced back and forth and hinted to Zarzar that they might end up letting the...
