Albuquerque's own Victoria "La Reyna de Guerra" Cisneros (6-13-2) will be stepping into the ring to face DJ Morrison (3-14-0) of Billings, Montana, at Chavez Crespin Promotions Presents: Saturday Night Fights at the Kiva on October 27, at the Kiva Auditorium in Albuquerque. Throughout her fight history, Cisneros has faced 12 champions or ex-champions, and only two of her losses have come by TKO.Born and raised in Albuquerque's South Valley, she grew up in the San Jose area, her father from Mexico, and her mother from Socorro. While in high school, at Albuquerque High, she participated in Army JROTC, where she was part of armed and unarmed drill teams and color guard, a...

Jerome "Synjrome" Martinez (11-8-1 of Jackson-Winkeljohn MMA), will be representing New Mexico at "MMA Fight Brigade: Colorado vs New Mexico", this Friday, August 24, 2012 at the State Fair Events Center in Pueblo, CO. He will be facing Ramico "The General" Blackmon (7-1 out of Colorado Fight Factory) as the main event. Martinez truly represents New Mexico, as he was born, raised, and still lives in Albuquerque; he attended Del Norte High School and Freedom High School, where he played football and baseball. After graduation in 2000, he joined the United States Army, serving his country for several years as an Infantryman until 2009, as a guardsman and a reserv...

FITNHB's newest and youngest professional cagefighter, Ray Borg, will be making his professional debut at King of the Cage: Ignite, which takes place this Saturday, August 11, 2012, at Buffalo Thunder Resort Casino, just north of Santa Fe, NM. Borg will be facing Gene Perez (3-2 of Perez Fighting Systems, and 1-0 as a professional boxer); all of Perez's wins have come by KO/TKO, both losses by submission. Originally from Tucson, AZ, Borg moved to Tucumcari as a teenager, where he got his first taste of MMA when he began training at Cullum Ground Fighting. He trained there throughout high school, learning everything he could from the Cullum brothers, training every day, five days...

Josh "Pitbull" Torres, one of New Mexico's rising boxing stars, will be the main event on Friday, July 27, at Warehouse Rumble 2: Friday Night Fights at YDI Wool Warehouse; he will be taking on Joe Gomez (18-6-1). Although this will be the most experienced fighter Torres has faced so far, he is unfazed: "It motivates me, makes me want to put myself to the test. I'm excited, always want to test myself, I have for my whole career." Torres (7-2-1, of Albuquerque, NM, Team Tapia) is an Albuquerque native, South Valley born and bred, who began his boxing career at 14-years old, beginning with classmate and friend Vincent "Lil Man" Mirabal and his father Richard.

Slade Ring (Mean1 MMA) and Jacob "The California Kid" Hawks (Rosales) will be the main event for the IKF New Mexico Kickboxing Championship, which takes place Saturday, July 14, first fight at 8pm, at Rosales Dojo, 3457 Highway 47 in Los Lunas, New Mexico, as the co-main event for the AKBA Title. Originally from Anchorage, AK (a proud Yupik and Athabaskan), Ring moved to Albuquerque with his father and older brother, Falon, when he was just three years old. Currently an honor student at Nex+Gen Academy (a project-based magnet high school), he completed his freshman year with straight A's. He began his study of martial arts about five years ago, when he and his brother enroll...