Tony Martin (13-4 MMA, 5-4 UFC) defeated Keita Nakamura (33-9-2 MMA, 3-3 UFC) last night at UFC Fight Night 128, taking all three rounds in a welterweight match up. The fight took place at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey and was streamed live on UFC Fight Pass. Martin looked strong in his move up to 170...
"Minnesota Ice" Joey Abell (34-10, 9 KO's) stood toe to toe with world class Tomasz Adamek (53-5, 31 KO's) before being stopped in round 7 moments ago in Poland. Abell and Adamek exchanged bombs throughout the heavyweight bout. Adamek's body attack was key and he dropped Abell three times in all. The final knockdown was setup by a body...
Another successful tournament is in the books for the Minnesota Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation. Over 500 grapplers competed today at the Irondale Highschool in New Brighton, MN. Divisions ranged from 4-year-old white belts to adult black belts in both gi and no-gi competition. Cash prizes were awarded for black, brown, and purple belt open divisions. GF Team’s Dante Leon and...
For Immediate Release: On Saturday, June 2nd, Mixed Martial Arts returns to the Northern Lights Casino in Walker, MN with North Star Combat’s debut event at the venue. The event, NSC: Night Of Champions will see three new champions crowned, and will feature the Midwest’s top contenders, and prospects.
The current line up of championship bouts includes Legacy vet, and...
Knockout artist Joey "Minnesota Ice" Abell (34-9, 32 KO's) will bring his dynamite left hand to Poland to test iron-jawed veteran Tomasz Adamek (52-5,30 KO) this Saturday night in Czestochowa, Poland. The fight will be streamed live all over the world via ipla.tv. Abell traveled to Poland last year and knocked out prospect Krysztof Zimnoch. Now, the Polish boxing...
REPORT BY JESSE KELLEY/PHOTOS BY RICH PETERSON, 13TWENTYTHREE PHOTOGRAPHY: Jamal "Shango" James (23-1, 10 KO's) of Minneapolis, MN won a ten round majority decision in last Friday nights main event over Abel Ramos (18-3-2, 13 KO's) of Phoenix, Arizona. From a "Prince" like ring walk to his hard-fought battle in the ring, the 29-year-old boxers star power shined under...
Minnesotan's John Castaneda and Brandon Girtz both made weight last night and will headline major televised fight cards tonight.
John “Sexi Mexi” Castaneda (16-3) of Minneapolis, MN fights in the main event of“Combate Estrellas I” at the Shrine in Los Angeles, California. Castaneda will now be facing Jose "Pochito" Alday after his original opponent Marc Gomes was not medically cleared to...
Jamal James 146.4 vs. Abel Ramos 145.2
Edner Cherry 133.6 vs. Dennis Galarza 133
VeShawn Owens 151 vs. Sebatian Fundora 153.2
Austin Dulay 130.4 vs. Chris Colbert 130
Marlin Sims 139 vs. Carl Currie 139.6
Joey Spencer 155 vs. Ousmane Sylia 148
Celso Ramirez 147 vs. Brandon Baue 152.8
Uriel Lara 147.8 vs. Thomas Amaro 150.2
Giezwa Hobbs 127.4 vs. Ray Chacon 127.4
Haskell Rhodes 130.2 vs. Mike...
Some of Minnesota's biggest MMA stars are scheduled to fight this month with huge opportunities out of state. Lightweight Brandon Girtz, bantamweight John Castaneda, welterweight Tony Martin, lightweight Dan Moret, and Andrew Kapel are all preparing for featured bouts with top promotions. More info on each fight as well as video interviews below.
APRIL 13, 2018, JOHN CASTANEDA VS. MARC...
The eyes of the boxing world will be on downtown Minneapolis this Friday, April 13, when welterweight contender and Minneapolis native Jamal “Shango” James headlines a nationally televised event at the Minneapolis Armory.
On March 30th, James joined the rest of the local fighters that will be in action to announce the show at The Armory. A second press conference...
