April 25, 2010

Yoko had a good night as he walked into the cage for his first time at the Gladiator Challenge “Maximum Force” event.

It was a classic big man match up. The opponent opposite of Yoko had arms like logs and a chest that looked more like a barrel. I felt more like I was in a cinema watching an old King Kong vs Godzilla film than an MMA fight.

Within the first minute of the first round the fight went to the ground with Yoko trying to secure a triangle, after a quick scramble it ended up back on the feet with Yoko against the cage. A second later his opponent tried a head and arm throw that Hamamura quickly ducked, took his back and choked him with a standing rear naked, ending the fight.

3/7/2010

OC Kickboxing & MMA fighter and instructor Travis Thompson finished Augie Garcia by Rear Naked Choke at 1:59 in the second round at the Warriors Cage Violence event at the Eagle Mountain Casino in Porterville, CA on Sunday.

Thompson and Garcia traded a lot of shots from the standing position in the first round and never went to the ground. In round two, Thompson took down Garcia, secured the rear mount position and finished him with a rear short choke. Travis, who is now 3-0 in MMA competition, has one knockout and two submission wins.

Travis is available for private training and also teaches group MMA classes at OCKMMA.

Come and check him out!

2/21/2010

OC Kickboxing & Mixed Martial Arts fighter and MMA Instructor Travis Thompson of Costa Mesa, CA finished Dan Fair at the Gladiator Challenge Vision Quest Pro Am MMA event via Knockout after only 16 seconds of the first round.

Thompson, a Purple Belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu never got a chance to demonstrate his ground fighting skills in this Pro MMA bout at Soboba Casino.

Thompson (an orthodox fighter) scooped the right jab of Fair (a South paw) and returned a solid right hand of his own, stunning Fair. He then stepped in for another right cross sending Fair to the canvas where Thompson finished with more punches to his downed opponent’s head.

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Travis is THE MAN!

Come and try out one of his classes at OC Kickboxing and MMA in Irvine, California!