Team Jorge Gurgel is looking for five amateurs to train with their pro team. These five amateurs will be members of the team and will receive free training for six months. According to a release, the spots “will go to individuals who are the most dedicated, hardest working and the most coachable athletes we can [...]

FLORENCE, KY – Indiana lightweight Brandon Bolt (2-3) snatched victory from the jaws of defeat when he came back to beat Matthew Egner (1-2) via unanimous decision on Saturday, October 20, at Turf Wars 9. Bolt used his solid wrestling to control Egner in the first round of the fight. However, Egner came out strong [...]

Next month’s “Big Guns 11″ card just keeps getting better. An amateur featherweight title bout has been added to the lineup, and it features a champion vs. champion scenario, as RFO bantamweight champion Aaron Neighbors (7-3) will step up to 145 pounds to challenge featherweight champion Josh Longood (4-0) for his title. Neighbors won the [...]

There has been another shakeup to the NAAFS semifinals and this weekend’s “Caged Vengeance 12″ card, as Jeremiah Yeager (6-2) has pulled out of his featherweight semifinal bout against Wes Hanson (7-0). No opponent will be sought for Hanson due to the late drop out, and he won’t be fighting this weekend. Hanson reported the [...]

An injury has forced a shakeup in the NAAFS welterweight semifinals. The 170-pound division was slated to be sorted out at “Caged Vengeance 12″ on October 20 in Streetsboro, but semifinalist Josh Krizan (5-1) suffered an injury and had to pull out of his scheduled bout against Emmanuel Kangah (3-1) at the event. Kangah will [...]

Augusta Tindall (2-1) thought his chance at gold was gone when SpartanFC lightweight champion J.P. Felty (3-4) missed weight heading into their Spartan 15 headliner, but that was actually not the case, as he claimed a second round TKO in the bout. After the event, Felty was stripped of the title for missing weight, and [...]

The full lineup for next month’s “NAAFS: Caged Vengeance 12″ is set, including six professional bouts and the 2012 NAAFS amateur semifinals. In the headliner, former NAAFS welterweight champion Nick Duell (9-3) will be in action against Illinios product Jay Buck (14-11). Duell has lost two of his last three, but he still remains one [...]

Scott Sheeley’s IT Fight Series returned to Lima, Ohio over the weekend, and eight bouts were part of the amateur event. Half of the bouts were finished without the need of judges, including Caleb Fickert’s (3-2) victory via armbar over Alex Stanfield (1-3). It was the second win of the month for Fickert, who submitted [...]

The lineup is set for next month’s debut edition of the Northwest version of Coalition of Combat, as UFC veteran Mike Patt’s former Ohio Xtreme Fighting is now known by the new name. In the event’s headliner, veteran amateur Max Scoby (10-2) is set to take on an opponent to be named for either the [...]

The NAAFS returned to Akron over the weekend, as “Combat Challenge 22″ featured a lineup of pro and amateur bouts from the Chapparell’s Community Center. In the main event, heavyweight Adam Milstead (2-1) picked up his second straight win, as he handed Indiana native DeAndre Billingsley (0-1) a loss in his professional debut. Milstead, who [...]

RFO held its most recent event, “Mansfield Mayhem 13,” over the weekend in Mansfield, Ohio, and eight amateur bouts were part of the festivities. In the headliner, welterweight John Gunther (5-1) bounced back from his first loss, as he earned a 170-pound title shot with a third round TKO stoppage victory over the previously unbeaten [...]