Today a press conference was held to announce an exciting new partnership between the Jackson's MMA Series and EXPO New Mexico.

According to Jackson's GM Ricky Kottenstette the move will further improved the visibility of the promotion and the sport within Albuquerque.

"Bringing the series to the heart of Albuquerque will benefit the city while affording more fans the opportunity to see first rate MMA," Kottenstette told the media in attendance.

While the world's most premier athletes are testing their abilities in London at the most prestigious sporting event known to man, the Olympics, U.S. Army Soldiers are also preparing to do battle at Fort Hood, Texas.

The 2012 Army Combatives Championship ends today, July 28 after beginning earlier this week. The four-day event kicked off July 25 with weigh-ins. On Thursday competitors squared off in the preliminary rounds and those who succeeded moved onto the semi-finals yesterday.

At 4 p.m. today, the final rounds will be held at Abrams Physical Fitness Center. The tournament will begin with third place fights in each weight class, followed by championship fights. Going into the final rounds the current standings are as follows:

Fight Party, one of the south's longest running and most prestigious MMA promotions, will be the first sanctioned professional mixed martial arts fight to take place in Montgomery, Alabama when it invades the Convention Center on Saturday.

Packed with five professional bouts, two advanced contests, and three amateur fights Fight Party is to be headlined by three-time Ultimate Fighting Championship veteran Rodney "Shonuff" Wallace against Aaron "Tex" Johnson in the 185-pound division.

The night's main event, which will put the organization's middleweight title up for grabs, is surrounded by rumors that a possible UFC contract is also on the line for the winner of Wallace vs. Johnson.

Wrestling is a sport unlike most as a series of transitions are required to defeat an opponent. In all sports a key to winning is in transition, but none more than wrestling.

The third sanctioned sport by the NCAA, behind track and field, wrestling is a battle between two hungry athletes where rest is for the weary and will cost a wrestler a victory.

A series of moves is important to success, which comes from a wealth of knowledge, practice, hard work, and excellent coaching. One of the biggest faults of high school wrestlers is being unsure how to perform a skill correctly at a certain point.

Corey Hill, scheduled to participate in the XFC 19: Charlotte Showdown main event on August 3, received a call last night from XFC President John Prisco that his opponent Jason South has dropped from the fight for personal reasons.

Prisco extended the invitation to replace South with 14-5-1 Mike Bronzoulis, to which Hill quickly agreed saying "Let's do this!" The change, announced publicly today via XFC staff, comes just a few short weeks before the promotion ventures into Charlotte, North Carolina for the first time.

Bronzoulis is a Strikeforce and Legacy FC veteran with 20 professional fights that include 14 victories. He has earned a reputation for his fan friendly style of fighting which boils down to constant forward movement combined with precision power striking.

This year’s Southwest Combat Sports Expo is approaching fast, July 28^th at the Santa Ana Star Center in Rio Rancho New Mexico. 2012’s version features Southwest Grapplefest VII double elimination Gi and NoGi Submission Grappling Tournament.

Folks are still talking about last year’s event as the opening Dragon dance and Capoeira demonstration were hits. Expo ’12s flagship event is a Crossfit Throwdown followed by Muay Thai, Strongman, MMA, and Kettlebell demos all starting at noon.

In wrestling throws are considered a highly popular attraction to the sport. In Freestyle wrestling, a wrestler that is capable of bringing an opponent off the mat and controls him so that his feet go directly above his head is awarded 5 points.

A belly-to-belly suplex is a highly effective throw that also translate well into mixed martial arts. It is a five point move in freestyle wrestling and sets up effective ground game in MMA after impressing the fans.

To begin the belly-to-belly suplex, start from an over under hook position. Once in an over under position, an opponent will try to move their hips away. To avoid them getting their hips too far away the offensive wrestler will want dip his shoulder getting lower than them in order to lock hands together to bring his foe in closer.

LONGMONT, Colorado - In his first contest since the passing of his trainer Johnny Tapia, Josh "Pitbull" Torres (7-1-1) will be facing Raul "El Chino" Carrillo (9-1), in Carrillo's hometown of Longmont, Colorado.

Originally from Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico, Carrillo is coming off of the first loss of his career to veteran Robert Frankel and is seeking a statement win.

"I need this victory to bounce back and to be considered a prospect," said Carrillo in Spanish. "Josh looks very fresh. I'm anxious for (the fight)."

The "Regular" WBA Super Welterweight Champion, Austin "No Doubt" Trout, disclosed in an exclusive interview with USCS Reporter Jorge Hernandez that IBF Light Middleweight Champion Cornelius "K-9" Bundrage, will more than likely be the next 154-pounder to face Golden Boy Promotions', WBC Light Middleweight Champion, Saul "Canelo" Alvarez.

With the upset of Victor Ortiz by Josesito Lopez this past Saturday night, Alvarez was left without an opponent for the September 15th Showtime Boxing date.Tvhere were serious talks between his Trout's and Alvarez' management, to schedule a fight for the highly competitive Mexican Independence Day weekend.

However, Trout was notified by his team late last night that Golden Boy would go with winner of this weekend's Bundrage-Corey Spinks IBF championship fight, taking placing in Indio, California live on Showtime.

How many times have you watched a sporting event and wanted to physically choke a judging official for blowing a call? Manny Pacquiao versus Timothy Bradley, anyone?

But there is hope as a new form of technology has been developed that could potentially sideline judges in the near future, ultimately helping to fix one of the sport's most nagging flaws.

PunchForce is designed and calibrated to measure both speed and force of a boxer's punches. Information from this recording is then transmitted instantaneously to the television viewer.