This Saturday, May 18, “Rising Son MMA” one of Wisconsin’s premier gyms for mixed martial arts, grappling, and Taekwondo will be hosting it’s second annual “Submission Grappling” tournament. Last time around they were able to fill most of the brackets with serious competition while keeping it balanced and fair for all competitors.

Beat the Streets Rumble on the Rails stops at Grand Central Terminal in New York City Wednesday, May 15, 2013. Iran and Russia traveled across seas to compete with the United States freestyle wrestling team at the Vanderbilt Hall in Grand Central Terminal. The competition will be held adjacent to the annual Beat the Streets Awards Gala, following wrestling at the Bryant Park Grill. Obe Blanc earned the honors of being invited to wrestle at the event for the United States.

Saturday night, May 11, at the historic Eagles Club Grand Ballroom in Milwaukee, North American Fighting Championships presented Knockout Kings Road to Glory featured an 8-man lightweight Muay Thai tournament. The undercard began at 4 p.m. featuring 17 amateur bouts. The main card started at 7:30 p.m. with a reserved match in case any fighter cannot continue due to injury. Main card consisted of 13 bouts.

NAFC Knockout Kings Muay Thai and Kickboxing, Road To Glory at the Eagles Club Grand Ballroom in Milwaukee, Waukesha-MMA had a successful evening this past Saturday, May 11, in front of a large Milwaukee crowd. Head trainer and owner, Reese “Old Man” Shaner’s students went 4-1 on the day. The successful night Waukesha-MMA had continues to show the positive culture Shaner has built at the gym.

Menominee, WI- King of the Cage “Certified,” will be taking place this Saturday, April 20, at the Menominee Casino Resort. This fight card is a high anticipated card. 135-pounders Eugene Crisler will headline with Matt Brown. The co-main event will include Gerald Meerschaert taking on Jay Ellis.

Match maker Mike Camp is quoted saying “Best ammy card I have built for King of the Cage yet.” Camp is excited to see the young rising amateurs battle it out as eight of the fighters have undefeated records. Five of the amateur fighters will have their debut fight. All of the fighters are exciting warriors and have been putting their time in at the gym preparing for their test come Saturday night.

Lac Du Flambeau- King of the Cage at the Lake of the Torches Casino delivered action packed mixed martial arts once again Saturday night. The card had eleven bouts, all with exciting finishes. The fans proved their enjoyment by the loud sold out cheers during each fight. Jay Buck of Gilbert Grappling and Cully “The Mason” Butterfield headlined the main event. The co-main event was between R.T. Hicks and Isaiah Pitts at 185.

At the North American Fighting Championship “BattleGround,” the co-main event was between featherweights, “Captain” Morgan Sickinger and Jose Pacheco. This fight was action packed for the full three rounds and lasted the entire fifteen minutes. The non-stop contest included kicks, strikes, takedowns, reversals, and submission attempts throughout the war between the 145-pounders, March 29 at Potawatomi Bingo Casino.

Saturday April 13, 2013, in Lac Du Flambeau, WI, King of the Cage returns to the Lake of the Torches Casino for “Lights Out”. The nine exciting amateur fights will be followed by four thrilling professional bouts. This crowd pleasing lineup has the potential to be the best fight card of the year in Wisconsin.

The main event of the evening will be at middleweight between Jay Buck and Cully Butterfield. Buck is a 35-year-old pro who has 27 professional bouts of experience. The five-foot-nine inch fighter has 14 wins and 12 losses through his career, plus a no contest. The Gilbert Grappling fighter hails from Illinois and prefers to submit majority of his opponents, having six victories by submission.

On April 13, 2013, the Lake of the Torches Casino will be hosting King of the Cage mixed martial arts promotion. King of the Cage “Lights Out” will display nine amateur bouts of the fight card which will take place before the four professional fights listed on the card. The Lake of the Torches Casino draws a crowd across the Midwest as everyone anticipates a night full of exciting match-ups.

Frank Schuman, 19, hailing from Lac Du Flambeau, will get to display his skills in front of the home town audience. King of the Cage has Schuman battling with Chad Roge in a welterweight match-up. The bout will be the final amateur match of the evening before the professional bouts start.

The North American Fighting Championships main event featured Sergio Pettis of Roufusport-Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Josh Robsinson of EVA/TGA/MIS-Toledo, Ohio. Last time Robinson came to Wisconsin, he defeated Pettis’ team mate Dustin Ortiz. The two fighters went the full three rounds battling an action packed fifteen minutes.

In the first round Pettis came out dancing around the cage as he picked Robinson apart. His nasty kicks landed on various locations of the body of his opponent. In addition to the lumberjack kicks that chopped his foe down, he placed accurate strikes to the dome of Robinson. The lethal combinations forced Robinson to attempt takedowns. They were squashed quickly with ease by the Ultimate Fighting Championship hopeful.