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Congratulations to MMA Institute fighters, Stephen Govan, Terrell Hobbs, Bryan Lashomb, and Josh Matheney for their impressive performances at Combat Extremo on June 18, 2010. Click here to see pictures of the fights.
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On April 16, 2010, Professional MMA Institute fighter Jessie Riggleman fought in Ring of Combat at the Tropicana in Atlantic City, NJ. The opponent, Tuan Pham, of Philadelphia’s Fight Firm, was a last minute replacement, but extremely tough, nonetheless. The first round began with a couple of nice exchanges with Jessie landing several clean punches to set up a takedown, leaving Jessie in his opponent’s half guard. Tuan reversed the position when Jessie attempted a guillotine choke. Jessie tried to use the cage to get back to his feet, but Tuan prevented him from doing so. Eventually, Jessie created a scramble; however, Tuan managed to take his back. Jessie was able to shake him off and escape out of the back door and ended up in side control, with Jessie on top. Tuan attempted an armbar and created enough space to reverse the position ending the round on top and immobilized Jessie as he kept him pressed against the cage. In Round 2, Jessie opened with punches which set up a successful double leg takedown off of the cage, leaving him in his opponent’s half guard. Again, Tuan caused a scramble, got back to his feet and took Jessie down. Jessie gave up his back, which allowed Tuan to begin working for a rear naked choke. Jessie defended the choke attempt and got back to his feet. Tuan tried to keep the position, but Jessie landed a powerful back elbow which caused Tuan to momentarily lose his balance. In the scramble that ensued, Jessie secured a ten finger guillotine choke to secure a victory by Technical Submission against a very worthy opponent, improving his overall pro record to 9-0.
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US Grappling- Submission Only Tournament, March 6th, 2010 Congratulations to those who competed in the submission-only tournament! All MMA Institute competitors took the silver medal for their divisions: Katie Cowan Gabriel Panti Joe Brendal Tom Piccininni Special congratulations to Tom Piccininni for competing for the first time as a purple belt!
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| | MMA for Charity was created in the wake of last month’s disaster in Haiti. Mixed Martial Artists from around the country have volunteered to help raise money and awareness in an effort to contribute to the relief of the shattered country. The chaos brought on by the 7.0 magnitude earthquake has complicated things for the children of Haiti immensely, making it difficult to tell who is alone and who is simply trying to locate loved ones. MMA for Charity will be raising funds for Hope for Haiti Children’s Center. Several top fighters have agreed to take part in a 2 day seminar in Richmond, VA and will be auctioning off merchandise with 100% of the proceeds going to the center. |
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The MMA Institute’s reputation in Virginia, as well as the United States is more than spoken for by the fight team’s stall worth combined record of 215-87. MMA Institute fighters Josh Matheny (4-3) and Kenny Gaudreau (5-4) were recently tasked with showing the rest of the world the kind of talent MMA Institute produces. On Febuary 28th, Matheny and Gaudreau competed in the Dominican Republic at Combat Extremo 9. Both men represented MMAI well, by displaying the skill, discipline, and sportsmanship that the MMA Institute teaches . . .
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