Darren Smith Wins
2/21/2010

OC Kickboxing & Mixed Martial Arts fighter Darren Smith of Anaheim, CA defeated Victor Miranda at the Gladiator Challenge Vision Quest Pro Am MMA event via a unanimous decsion.

It was an exciting night Sunday as Darren Smith entered the cage. From the outset it was obvious that Darren was the bigger and stronger of the two. After a lot of cage pressure and ground and pound, Smith was able to secure the rear mount as he pounded Miranda in round one.

This scenario played out again in round two and three as Smith took Miranda down from every position, pounded him on the ground and attempted submissions via rear choke. Cecil Peoples, the referee, almost stopped the contest a few times but Victor Miranda held on and toughed it out.

OC Kickboxing & MMA fighter and instructor, Travis Thompson of Santa Ana, submitted his opponent, Mike Mendez 31 seconds into the second round in his pro MMA debut at The Warrior’s Cage 6 in Porterville, CA.

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Round 1 was a battle with a lot of strikes landed by both fighters. Mendez took down Thompson who almost caught Mendez with a triangle choke from the guard but Mendez escaped.

In Round 2, Thompson came out with a vengeance landing several knee strikes and finally caught Mendez with a standing front choke. Kudos to Travis.

Come and train with Travis in one of his group Mixed Martial Arts classes or in a private lesson !

OC Kickboxing & Mixed Martial Arts instructor Mario Navarro of Huntington Beach, CA submitted his opponent 40 seconds into the first round of the Main Event at Conquest in the Cage 5 in Montebello, CA on Friday, Nov. 20 2009.

Right out of the gates, Mario threw a Jab-Cross-Right Head Kick combination, catching his opponent with the kick. After getting kicked, his opponent immediately shot and took Mario down. Mario pulled guard and tried for an omoplata submission but the guy escaped and threw a barrage of punches from the top. Mario tried for a triangle with a leg underhook which prevented the guy from slamming him, but the opponent put his other arm in to defend the triangle. Mario switched to an arm bar on that arm forcing the guy to tap at about 40 seconds into the first round!

Come check out OC Kickboxing & MMA to train in one of Mario’s Kickboxing or Jiu Jitsu classes!