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.

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!

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.

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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 !

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!