Stories with the tag "Arizona"

WEC welterweight champion Carlos Condit has joined the growing collection of wrestling stand-outs and MMA fighters at Arizona Combat Sports.

From drinking urine to creating a special Wasabi sauce, former Arizona State college football player Kyle Kingsbury has garnered a lot of attention during the current season of The Ultimate Fighter.

It's possible that you might not yet know the name Aaron Simpson.

Former UFC heavyweight champion Ricco Rodriguez and UFC veteran Drew Fickett will both compete at Rage in the Cage's RITC 117 event, a special 10-year anniversary show for the Arizona-based competition.

Tempe, Az. – When asked where the elite combatants originate from in today’s world of mixed martial arts, fighters and fans alike generally cast their eyes towards the Southwest, and the state of New Mexico home of Greg Jackson’s famous mixed martial arts gym.

HDNet's featured fight this week involves The Ultimate Fighter 8 finalist C.B. Dollaway (7-1) taking on jiu jitsu fighter Hans Marrero (11-6). Dollaway, a former wrestler at Arizona State University, trains out of Arizona Combat Sports with such notable fighters as TUF 8 teammate Matt Riddle as well as WEC lightweight champion Jamie Varner.

Thomas Gerbasi, UFC - As a former All-American wrestler for Arizona State and the owner of a 6-0 pro mixed martial arts record, all eyes were on CB Dollaway as he began his stint on The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rampage vs Team Forrest earlier this year, and when he began walking through opponents on the show, the glare of expectations got even more intense.

A rash of donations sent to Arizona State University after the school announced the termination of its wrestling team has saved the storied program.

Well, that was short lived. According to MMA Weekly, Arizona State University, a recent hotbed for college wrestlers turned mixed martial artists, has reinstated its wrestling program: It didn’t take long for wrestling supporters to act.

Earlier this week, the Arizona State University athletic department announced the discontinuation of three varsity sports, including the university's famed wrestling program.

Sad news from MMA Weekly regarding one of the best PAC-10 wrestling programs in the country which has recently produced a number of up and coming prospects in the world of mixed martial arts, including TUF 7 contestant C.B.

Recently, the world of mixed martial arts learned that state regulation will be coming to Arizona, which could allows major MMA organizations to target Phoenix, Tucson and other potentially lucrative markets.

Major MMA events could he headed to Phoenix, Tucson and other Arizona cities.