Mark Hominick expected to headline TKO 35
August 7, 2008
TKO Championship Fighting will be presenting TKO 35 live at the Bell Centre on Friday, October 3, 2008. As of now the card is currently rumored to be featuring three title bouts including champions Hatsu Hioki, Adrian Wooley, and Jesse Bongfeldt. Also expected to appear on the card are UFC veteran Mark “The Machine” Hominick, Steve Bosse, and Jeff Harrison. Ultime...
Read More...Combat in the Cage returns to Delaware on Saturday, July 12
July 11, 2008
First, let me apologize for the lack of posts by me. I’ve had to do a lot of work recently that is responsible for paying my bills. Some of the things I’ve been working on are two articles for FIGHT! magazine as well as two features for CBSSports.com (a breakdown of the current UFC light heavyweight landscape this week and a profile on Wilson Reis...
Read More...Local MMA gone wild
May 23, 2008
Last Saturday I ventured to Newark, Delaware to watch Combat in the Cage’s “12th Strike” Pro/Am MMA event. One of the most anticipated matches of the night was a title fight between Jesus Martinez from the Fight Factory and Charlie Joseph out of Renzo Gracie’s Jiu-Jitsu Academy. I’m not exactly sure why, but there was already a lot...
Read More...Results from Combat in the Cage’s 12th Strike
May 19, 2008
Here are the official results from Combat in the Cage’s 12 Strike event that took place at the Newark Boys & Girls club in Newark, Delaware this past Saturday. All bouts were WKA sanctioned. Bout 1/Bantamweight (135 lbs.): Joe Finneran (Team Loch Haven) submitted William McKenna (Team Hammer) at 2:00 of round 1 Bout 2/Welterweight (170 lbs.): Sam...
Read More...Combat in the Cage’s 12th Strike tomorrow in Delaware
May 16, 2008
Tomorrow should be an interesting day, as I be be taking in a combat sports double-header. Have no fear, as I will be submitting timer-released content to the site before I leave the site. I’ll be headed down to Delaware in the afternoon to check out Combat Zone Wrestling’s annual “Tournament of Death” and will then venture up to Newark...
Read More...Results from Combat in the Cage’s “11th Strike”
April 15, 2008
Since I’m from Philadelphia, I spend a lot of time on 5 Oz. covering MMA in the New Jersey, Philadelphia, and Delaware area. And as such, we have a strong concentration of readers from the tri-State area. That being the case, I wanted to post results from this Saturday’s WKA-sanctioned Combat in the Cage card that I attended in Newark Delaware. It...
Read More...Combat in the Cage Returning to Delaware
April 6, 2008
What: Combat in the Cage’s “11th Strike.” When: Next Saturday, April 12 @ 8:00 p.m. ET Where: WKA-sanctioned amateur MMA and Muay Thai at the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Newark, Delaware. Address is 109 Glascow Drive, Newark, DE 19702. There are a lot of fights scheduled and I’m looking forward to seeing the Martinez brothers,...
Read More...Results from Combat in the Cage “Seventh Strike” show on Dec. 15 in Newark, Delaware
December 16, 2007
Newark, Delaware - Ed Hsu’s Combat in the Cage returned to the Boys & Girls Club in Newark, Delaware with a 13-bout amateur card on Saturday night. While attendance figures are not available, the show was packed and the boisterous crowd was enthusiastic for all the fights. In attendance were several pro fighters including Eddie Alvarez, James “Binky”...
Read More...(Video) Meet Wilson Reis
October 10, 2007
Matt Cava and I went up to Trenton, NJ this past Saturday to check out Combat in the Cage. As I’ve said before, there are a lot of fighters who compete for Ed Hsu’s Combat in the Cage/Extreme Challenge Northeast that you’ll be seeing on the big shows in the not too distant future. One of those fighters I have no doubt that you’ll be seeing...
Read More...Combat in the Cage results for Oct. 6 in Trenton, NJ
October 7, 2007
Here are the quick results for tonight’s Combat in the Cage show in Trenton, NJ at the Sovereign Bank Arena: 1. Tinh Tupy won a unanimous decision over Rick Desper in a bantamweight match 2. Baba Shigeyashu won a split decision over Anthony Montaro in a lightweight bout 3. Mike Shenk looked very impressive in submitting Steve McCabe with a rear naked choke...
Read More...Extreme Challenge 81 news and notes
July 29, 2007
Here are the quick results from Extreme Challenge 81 at the Richard J. Codey Arena in West Orange, NJ. Notes at the bottom… Wilson Reis made his pro MMA debut and defeated Baba Shigamashu via unanimous decision in a 145 lbs. bout. Lester Caslow recorded a TKO victory at 3:36 of round two over Mike Murray in a match contested at 150 lbs. Charlie Brenneman...
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