The Challenger Muay Thai is a new reality television series that strives to bring the best sportingaction to it viewers andgive them aglimspeinto the Muay Thai life style. Like its predecessors The Contender and The Ultimate Fighter, the show features 16 of the best Muay Thai fighters on the planet all competing in a series of elimination events to find out who the best is. And with a title belt and $100,000 on the line, the competition is sure to be intense and one to remember. Amongst this group ofcompetitors is Michael Chase Corley of Spring, Texas. With a combined Muay Thai amateur and pro record of 27-6-2, Corley is no stranger to facing challenges in his career and this tournament is...

Mixed martial arts came to UNM’s Pit for the very first time, this Saturday, August 13, 2011, drawing thousands of New Mexico MMA fans for a night of thrilling matchups, featuring former UFC fighters Houston Alexander, Razak Al-Hassan, and Jens Pulver, WEC veteran Ox Wheeler, and two fighters from the show “The Ultimate Fighter” - Junie Browning and Jamie Yager. The main event showcased former UFC fighters Houston Alexander (13-6-0 of Grudge MMA) against Razak Al-Hassan (11-4-0 of Roufusport), in a light heavyweight faceoff. Al-Hassan, at 29, is 10 years younger than Alexander, with a three inch height advantage, but that didn’t bother Alexander, a hardened veteran with over 10 years of exp...

For MMA Fight Pit's Torry Crooks and Nick Montoya it's go big or go home. Jumping headfirst into the pay-per-view business with their inaugural "Genesis" card, the duo and matchmaker Tommy Truex have put together an impressive stable of fighters set to compete on Saturday night in New Mexico. And while time will only tell whether the promotion flourishes or flounders, UFC veterans Houston Alexander and Razak Al-Hassan will forever go down as the organization's original headlining fighters.

Yesterday Austin, Texas hosted the 2011 State Freestyle SAMBO Championships. Freestyle SAMBO is a rules set within the Russian sport designed to provide a competition equally palatable to multiple grappling disciplines. The 2011 Championship represented the greatest state-level success in the short history of the Freestyle rules set, attracting a record number of competitors from nine area teams. It also marked the christening of the no-kurtka division, which sheds the traditional uniform in the same manner as the more common no-gi grappling. Austin has recently become a hub for the Freestyle rules set. Late last year, the city played host to the National Freestyle Tournament, which was pr...

One of the nation’s top female grapplers, Kelly Faszholz, will make her professional mixed martial arts debut on September 10at 24/7 Entertainment’s Return of the Warrior. The highly touted prospect’s road from the mat to the cage has not been easy, but her persistence has paid off as she looks to make a splash in her MMA coming out party against fellow Jiu Jitsu standout Rena Pena.