This week Josh Lanier of Cage Academy North Carolina has a little fun with The Technique of the Week on US Combat Sports. Grab some odor eaters and enjoy as Lanier demonstrates a variation of a crucifix he calls The Stinky Leg with assistance from Nick Hawks.

On Friday night at Cohen Stadium in El Paso, Texas, in his second defense of the WBA Super Welterweight title Austin Trout (24-0, 14KOs) had the performance of a lifetime by putting a pounding for six rounds on Australian Frank LoPorto (14-5-2, 7KOs). Early on LoPorto was the aggressor forcing Trout to become a brawler. Trout demonstrated excellent poise by responding to LoPorto’s advances with technical skill, even dropping the Aussie with a straight right hand in the first round. “I had a plan, I executed. He even made me switch up the plan. I went from boxing to aggressive”, said Trout.

Cody East, heavyweight cage fighter with an amateur record of 4-0, makes his professional debut at Shark Fights 21 tonight in Lubbock, Texas. East had an impressive start as a varsity wrestler throughout high school and was state champion twice in his junior and senior years. He competed at 185-pounds his junior year, but moved up to heavyweight his senior year to make room for his little brother Tyler “The Beast” East to compete at the lower weight class. Tyler, a professional cage fighter, holds a 10-3 record and trains at Jackson’s MMA. At a local wrestling tournament in 2007, East was asked by Lenny Lovato (Lovato Total Fitness), if he was interested in cage fighting. Being an avid fan...

Friday night at Cohen Stadium in El Paso, Texas, Archie Ray Marquez (12-1, 8 KO) of Albuquerque, New Mexico, will face undefeated Uzbekistani Bahodir Mamajanov (6-0, 4 KO). The contest is part Showtime’s boxing series ShoBox: The New Generation and will take place on the unaired portion of the Austin Trout vs. Frank LoPorto WBA light middleweight championship undercard. This will be Marquez’ first fight since his lone career loss to Art Hovhannisyan (13-0-1) back in June. Marquez is looking to make a statement by not choosing an easy fight in his return.

Eric Kucevic has been a part of Albuquerque martial arts for the better part of the last 15 years. Although he was not born in New Mexico, he still considers himself a native, having moved here when he was a small child. Kucevic had no real father figure in his life, dropping out of high school in the 11th grade. He didn't participate in sports, but began working at the early age of 13, beginning with delivering papers, and he has never really been without a job since. When the rest of his class graduated, he decided to take his GED, which he passed and then decided to join the Navy. That lasted for less than a year, after which he got into the electrical trade.