An exciting battle of top Midwest prospects is set for this Friday, March 2nd, 2018 at LFA 34 - "Watley vs. Jenkins". In a featured bout, 22-year-old lightweight prospect Bobby Lee (7-1) of Saint Cloud, MN meets 36-year-old Iron Works Training Center owner Nick Ammerman (4-0) of Wisconsin. This is a fantastic match-up between two dominant wrestlers that love...
MMA RESULTS: Maplewood, Minnesota's Blake Bilder (1-0) won his pro debut on Saturday night in Ontario, California. Bilder defeated California's Matthew Gomez (0-2) by reverse triangle in the opening round. After defended a guillotine attempt, Bilder slammed Gomez to the canvas and locked in the fight-ending submission.
Muay Thai Results: The Academy's Tommy Matlon (1-0) won his Muay Thai pro...
Blake Bilder of Maplewood, MN will make his MMA pro debut tomorrow night with King of the Cage in Ontario, California. Bilder's original opponent Sergio Perez dropped out a few days ago so he will be moving up in weight to face California's Matt Gomez. The Minnesotan recently moved to Southern California where he trains with Team Oyama and...
Minnesota Muay Thai News: TBA Class A 215 pound amateur champion Tommy Matlon (17-3) returns to action tonight (Thursday morning US Central) in Thailand. The Minnesotan is scheduled to face Aiza Bar of France in a 93 KG bout. Matlon has been training in Thailand where he is sharpening his skills with Academy teammate Thomas Jenkins. In his last...
Minnesota Muay Thai results: Thomas Jenkins (3-1) of Bloomington, MN defeated Petchdam Tor.Pran by third round TKO in Pattaya, Thailand last Saturday. Jenkins dominated most of the fight in the clinch and battered Tor.Pran with elbows. The end came when Jenkins put Tor.Pran off balance with an elbow and landed a vicious knee to the swollen head of his...
Minnesota MMA News: 29-year-old Bryan Mortensen (Pro, 1-0) of Mankato, MN and Anthony Yost (Pro,
1-2) of Albert Lea, MN each have fights tonight at the Blaisdell Arena in Honolulu, Hawaii. Destiny MMA will be promoting the show.
Mortensen was originally set to face former Destiny MMA amateur champion Makana Fronda (1-1) but Fronda dropped out two weeks ago. Mortensen will...
Minnesota Muay Thai News: Thomas Jenkins of The Academy has traveled overseas and is set to fight tomorrow night (Saturday) in Pattaya, Thailand. The Muay Thai show featuring Jenkins begins at 6:20 AM local time (7:20 PM in Thailand) and will be streamed live on MAX Muay Thai Facebook page here.
Jenkins is a former college football player turned powerhouse...
Minnesota MMA Results: No Mercy VII in Mahnomen, MN last Saturday night proved how entertaining a well matched card can be no matter how long each fight ends up lasting. The fighters showed up to bang and the result was a night filled with brutal knockouts and lighting submissions. Deejay St. Joel and veteran ring announcer Greg Lowe kept...
Minnesota Boxing News: Pro boxing is set to return on March 9th, 2018 to the Grand Casino in Hinckley, MN. The main attraction features undefeated Ramiro Hernandez (10-0, 8 KO's) of Cleveland, Ohio in a rematch bout against Nate Rubin (5-1) of Thief River Falls, MN. The two super featherweights had an entertaining match last year in Hinckley with...
UPDATE: Javontae Starks (13-2-1, 7 KOs) and Cesar Soriano (28-36-3, 17 KOs) fought to a six-round majority draw last Saturday night in Kansas. As far as entertainment goes, Starks and Soriano banged and traded throughout the fight. FightNews.com reporter Bill Green stated that Starks was the more skilled fighter but was pulled into a brawl. Two judges scored the...
