On Feb. 11, JR Briones will enter the cage as the co-main event to his teammate James Baber of Waukesha MMA. Briones (5-2) will take on foe Jordan Seufzer (3-2) who fights out of Juneau, Wisconsin on Team Buck, for the Wisconsin Fighting Championships heavyweight title. Briones brings his kickboxing background into the rematch with Seufzer on Saturday night. JR works with Carroll’s wrestling team to improve his ground game as Coach Ben Tome’s team drills him relentlessly. He mentions how his wrestling game has been a focus of improvement and continues to compliment his Jiu Jitsu. “This time I plan on finishing him,” remarked Briones about his upcoming fight with wrestler Seufzer and his co...

In less than a week James “Lil Iceman” Barber will face Erik Flannigan for the Wisconsin Fighting Championship lightweight title. And according to Barber’s Waukesha MMA coach Reese Shaner, hard work could be the deciding factor when the two meet in Milwaukee on February 11. Barber is a native of Illinois and was a three-sport high school athlete before attending Carroll University where he participated on the football and baseball team. The amateur fighter began training mixed martial arts roughly three years ago, but injuries during college sports forced him to take time off. After healing, Barber returned to the cage earning the Sheboygan Showdown title over Billy Paape in January.

Sitting alongside his teammates listening to music through his headphones en route down Interstate 43, amateur mixed martial artist Miguel Luis took time to talk to US Combat Sports about his in-season wrestling and MMA career that will be underway again in the near future. The Illinois native attends Lakeland College located in Sheboygan, Wisconsin and is in his final semester of college wrestling eligibility. Luis is the returning Northern Athletics Conference Champion with eyes focused on goals of “becoming a national champion”. The Muskies’ conference champion has been participating in the sport since his freshman year in high school.

Familiar opponents square off tomorrow night in Green Bay when Gerald Meerschaert and Whisper Goodman rematch upon Combat USA’s kickboxing event. Goodman, a 30-fight veteran out of Unified Martial Arts, needed only 88-seconds to defeat Meerschaert last April en route to capturing Wisconsin’s 185-pound crown within Combat USA. Listen to Goodman as he tells aspiring MMA announcer Mike Radich why he will best Meerschaert again, his most recent win in Bellator over Jonas Billstein, and heading out to California to train with Sam Alvey and much more.

What a wild ride it has been for Sam Alvey over the past six months. From two polarizing split decisions within Bellator to the destruction of Mexico’s undefeated prospect Salvador Augusto Montano, the Wisconsin brawler returns to his roots at Madtown Throwdown to meet fellow veteran Eddie Larrea. Originally scheduled to square off against Tim Soto, Alvey (16-3) will now meet the experienced Larrea (14-16) at Madtown Throwdown “The Return” on Saturday night in Madison. Alvey recently told US Combat Sports that he was pleased to see Larrea substituted for Soto. “I was happy about the change in opponent,” said Alvey. “The records are a little more similar and it’s a little bit bigger fight n...