One of the senior members of the Renegade MMA Competition Team*, Pan Yamniyom, spoke about his upcoming bout in Thai while head coach Anthony Sansonetti translated. Yamniyom speaks perfect English and if anything Sansonetti said was related to what came out of his fighter's mouth it's purely because of luck. But, the last thing anyone wants to hear before a kickboxing match is an opponent that speaks fluent Thai. *Editor's note: The following is the twelfth in a monthly article series about the Renegade MMA Competition Team. The Levittown based fight team started by selecting twenty young men with little to no martial arts experience with the goal of turning them in to comp...

Lights Out Combat came to the Fauquier County Fairgrounds this Saturday, April 23 for the promotion's third amateur card titled "Vengeance." Below are the quick results of the event: Michael Deal def. Brian Martin via submission (Triangle) John Wood def. Chris Hood via submission (Arm Bar) Rudolfo Santiago def. Justin Beckett via submission (Rear naked choke) Brandon Dunivan def. Justin Synder via submission (Arm Bar) Michael Travis def. Leonard Poe via submission (Arm bar) Pirren Carter def. Shawn Woodson via submission (Rear naked choke) Daniel Miller def. John Conard via unanimous decision Darnell Murphy def. Zach Lawrence via submission (Rear naked choke) Marco Ca...

Two title defenses are scheduled and two more vacant titles will be up for grabs as Lights Out Combat returns to Warrenton, Virginia on Saturday, April 23 for “Vengeance.” The promotion’s third amateur mixed martial arts show in Fauquier County will be held at the Fauquier Fair Grounds and will be headlined by title tilts in the flyweight, featherweight, middleweight, and heavyweight divisions. The main event will be a rematch between defending 170-pound champion Brandon Dunivan (4-3) and Eddie Green (3-1). Dunivan submitted Green in their previous bout. “Brandon got him last time, but Eddie has put down a couple of American Top Team guys since then,” Lights Out promoter Jamie Clegg said. ...

US Combat Sports is proud to announce its professional MMA rankings for the Mid-Atlantic. The top ten regional fighters in each weight class are ranked based on their overall quality as an up and coming regional prospect. All professional mixed martial artists who compete primarily in Mid-Atlantic regional promotions are eligible to be ranked. Fighters currently under contract with a national level promotion, such as the UFC, will not appear. Athletes who have competed on a national stage but have returned to the regional level for multiple fights are eligible to be ranked. Ranking criteria includes win/loss record, quality of competition, and the general attractiveness of the prospect to ...

Virginia MMA promotion Warrior Fighting Championship will crown two new champions on Saturday, April 23, as it returns to Culpeper, Virginia for the promotion’s fifth amateur mixed martial arts event, "Rumble in the Cage." The lightweight and bantamweight titles will be up for grabs as the WFC holds its second show at Germanna Community College’s Daniel Technology Center. A portion of the proceeds from each of the WFC’s previous shows has been donated to Hearts Helping Autism, and WFC owner and matchmaker Eric Zamora plans on making the promotion’s largest donation to date after Saturday’s event. "It’s a privilege to be able to put on a show and help out even more during Aut...