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Fighter Focus: FIT NHB's Nikki Lowe Prepares to Face Wilena Jim at KOTC Wrangler
The sport of mixed martial arts has been widely acknowledged as the fastest growing sport in the world; and women in the sport are growing in number and talent. New Mexico is full of female fighters who have already made their mark in combat sports; such as Arlene Sanchez-Vaughn, Julie Kedzie, Angela Chavez, Michelle Waterson, Jodie Esquibel, Holly Holm, Monica Lovato, Brenda Gonzales, Nohime Dennisson, Heather Clark, and many more. It's because of these women, and many others, that organizations like Strikeforce now headline female bouts, and more and more women are getting into the sport. One such woman is Nikki Lowe; single mother of two, corrections officer at Metropolitan Detenti...Add Comment -
New Mexico MMA FIghter Guy Youell Makes Boxing Debut on Holly Holm-Anne Sophie Mathis Card
Guy Youell, out of Team 4Corners in Farmington, NM, will be making his professional debut against Albuquerque's Jose Luis "Guero" Sanchez, out of Sanchez Brothers, who is also making his professional debut, on Fresquez Productions' "The Reckoning", on Friday, June 15, 2012, at Route 66 Casino Hotel Albuquerque, NM. The main event for the promotion features Holly "The Preacher's Daughter" Holm facing Anne Sophie Mathis, the one who delivered her most recent loss, in a 10-round rematch for the IBA Welterweight and WBAN Titles. There will be two other professional boxing debuts on the card, Victor Silva (Socorro, NM) and Gene Perez (Belen, NM). Ori... -
Oscar De La Hoya Discusses "Four Warned" Card and Golden Boy Promotions Future
Former 10-time world champion Oscar De La Hoya joins US Combat Sports reporter Jorge Hernández to discuss Golden Boy Promotion's upcoming "Four Warned" event featuring a main event between Antonio Tarver vs. Lateef Kayode tonight at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California. The card will feature present legends Antonio Tarver and Winky Wright. It will also feature young up and coming fighters who are sure to be household names soon, WBA Super Welterweight champion Austin "No Doubt" Trout and Peter "Kid Chocolate" Quillin. De La Hoya also discussed his excitement over the the rest of the year for Golden Boy Promotions with cards featuring the return of ... -
Mean 1 MMA's Martin Manrique Battles Gabriel Lopez for Aragon Fight Promotions Amateur Lightweight Crown
Martin Manrique, the new Assistant Manager and Strength Conditioning Instructor at Mean1 Rio Rancho, will be facing Las Cruces fighter, Gabriel Lopez (Monsivaiz), for the Aragon Fight Promotions Amateur lightweight title on Saturday, June 2, 2012, in Carlsbad, NM. The card will feature two professional fights - Mark Martinez vs. Josh Lanier, and Oscar Granado vs. Tyrone Wright – as well as 13 amateur bouts, including Manrique-Aguirre and the other amateur title fight for the night, Scott Nyrkkamen vs. Jorrell Sparenburg for the bantamweight AFP title. Manrique is a New Mexico implant, having moved here in 2000, when his father, a Doctor of Oriental Medicine, open his practice in Alamogord... -
Austin Trout Ready for Delvin Rodriguez on Tarver/Lateef Undercard
On June 2nd at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California, WBA “Regular” Super Welterweight champion Austin “No Doubt” Trout (24-0, 14 KOs) of Las Cruces, New Mexico will be facing Connecticut’s Delvin Rodriguez (25-5-3, 14KOs). Both fighters rank number eight and nine on boxrec.com’s 154lb rankings. -
Strikeforce's Vallie-Flagg Ready to Face Cavalcante
Strikeforce fighter, Isaac Vallie-Flagg (12-3-1 of Jackson-Winkeljohn MMA) will be fighting as a lightweight for the first time in Strikeforce against Gesias “JZ” Cavalcante (16-4-1, Imperial Athletics) at the Strikeforce “World Grand Prix” on Saturday, May 19, on Showtime. Vallie-Flagg made his Strikeforce debut as a last minute replacement against Brian Melancon in the welterweight class last June. Winning that fight by way of split decision has in turn earned him a 4-fight contract with Strikeforce. -
USCS Behind The Scenes: Jackson's Assistant Striking Coach Brandon Gibson
You've seen his face in photos and videos next to the biggest stars in the UFC, Strikeforce and Bellator, holding mitts or coaching from the corner. His name is Brandon Gibson, and he is the assistant striking coach at Jackson-Winkeljohn MMA. A native New Mexican, with NM roots on both sides of his family, he grew up in the Southeast Albuquerque. Gibson was always interested in martial arts, even as a child, practicing on things and people. Seeing that he needed an outlet for his excess energy, his parents signed him up at Ed Erler's Martial Arts Karate when he was six-years-old. Since that time, there has not been any period of time longer than one month, in which he has not tr... -
Mean1 MMA Welcomes Manny Rocha to the Team
Manny Rocha is the newest member of the Mean1 MMA Fitness Family, and he sat down with US Combat Sports to give us the opportunity to get to know this fighter / boxer / coach. Originally from San Jose, CA, Rocha grew up with soccer as his only sport, attending James Lick High School. He started working in the construction business before he even turned 16-years old, in order to help out his family. It was around that time that he enrolled at Extreme Martial Arts in Santa Clara, for two reasons: he loved martial arts, and he wanted to do something to get into shape, weighing in at 287-pounds. -
Hector "The Hurricane" Munoz Fully Prepared for Solo Boxeo in the Bosque
Hector "The Hurricane" Munoz, former WBC USNBC champion, steps into the ring at Golden Boy/Golden Girl Promotions' Gold Rush: Solo Boxeo in the Bosque, set to take place this Saturday, April 28, 2012, at Santa Ana Star Casino, in Bernalillo, NM where he will be facing Louisiana's John "Renegade" Revish (10-5-2) as the co-main event. Munoz (19-7-1) is an Albuquerque native, from the South Valley, who graduated from high school. Like so many others, Munoz was involved in his share of fights in school, but after high school, he joined Henry Anaya's gym. Less than a month later, he had his first amateur fight, "I was out of shape, but I just liked to thro... -
Monica Lovato Fights for Inaugural King of the Cage Female 125-Pound Title
Monica Lovato (5-2) hopes to bring home yet another King of the Cage belt to FIT NHB, when she fights for the inaugural KOTC 125-pound belt at KOTC: Nightmare, which takes place on Saturday, May 12, 2012, at Buffalo Thunder Resort Casino, just north of Santa Fe, NM. Lovato is a finisher, not only in MMA, with 3 of her 5 wins by KO/TKO (2 in the first round) and the other 2 by submission, but also as a boxer: her record 12-1 at 115-lbs, with 4 of those wins by KO, 3 in the first round. US Combat Sports sat down with Lovato after a quick training session at FIT NHB, to talk about her upcoming fight and get to know this cross-trained fighter.
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