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!

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.

1/10/2010

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!

OC Kickboxing & MMA fighter Greg Parker TKO’d his opponent Rome Lopez in the first round at “Round 2 the Explosion” put on by Fight Night Entertainment at the Bellingham Sportsplex in Bellingham, WA.

Parker & Lopez first exchanged some punches then Parker landed a huge knee that rocked Lopez, dropping him to the canvas. Lopez recovered and stood up then attempted a front choke and pulled guard.

Parker passed the guard of Lopez, mounted him and proceded to rain down punches to Lopez’s face forcing referee stoppage. Congratulations Greg!

OC Kickboxing & MMA fighter Darren Smith defeated his opponent Frank Pefferman in the second round at “Round 2 the Explosion” put on by Fight Night Entertainment at the Bellingham Sportsplex in Bellingham, WA.

Smith landed several barrages of devastating punches and knees in Round 1 before being taken down by Pefferman. Smith got back up to his feet quickly and landed a lot more powerful knees and punches. Pefferman shot in for a tackle but got caught by a knee buckling Pefferman all the way to the canvas.

In Round 2 the two exchanged punches and knees with Smith getting the better of Pefferman. Pefferman clinched with Smith trying to take him down several times while Smith landed body punches and knees. In an unfortunate accident, Smith threw a knee hitting Pefferman in the groin.

Pefferman couldn’t go on, so his corner threw in the towel. The bout was later ruled a no contest because Pefferman had given up some weight to fight the bigger and stronger Smith. It’s too bad the fight had to end in this way but congratulations to both fighters for putting on a great show!