Promotion – Victory Combat Sports. Rules – Full Unified Rules of MMA !!! Status – Amateur MMA Competition. Sanctioned by Organization Approved by NY Statute – Yes. Sanctioning Body – WKA. Results – http://www.themmajournalist.com/2014/04/victory-combat-sports-scores-another.html Ali Zebian def. Carlos Monteiro via TKO (Punches) in R2 Adam Pakiela def. Ethan Gomes via Unanimous Decision John Pina def. […]
Promotion – New York Fight Exchange. Rules – No Elbows or Knees to the Head. Otherwise Unified Rules. 3-Minute Rounds. Status – Amateur MMA Competition. Sanctioned by Organization Approved by NY Statute – Yes. Sanctioning Body – WKA. Results – Jim Genia’s Blog: http://mmajournalist.blogspot.com/ Date of Show – October 4, 2013. Location of Show – […]
Promotion – Aggressive Combat Sports Rules – No strikes to the head on the ground. No knees to the face. No elbows. Shinpads required. No twisting leg submissions. 3-Minute Rounds. Status – Amateur MMA Competition. Sanctioned by Organization Approved by NY Statute – No. Sanctioning Body – USMTA (not approved by NY statute). Location of […]
A loyal crowd of MMA faithfuls gathered in front of Governor Andrew Cuomo’s NYC Office at 633 Third Avenue to rally for the legalization of professional mixed martial arts in New York. As one of the last holdouts, New York is currently preventing valuable sports revenue from boosting its economic goals. This backwards bureaucratic policy […]
Unsanctioned MMA fights in a cage in downtown Manhattan were the focal point of a book launch event this past Saturday hosted by authors Jim Genia (Raw Combat) and Matthew Polly (Tapped Out). It nearly came to blows in the ring as Genia and Polly faced off, each clutching copies of their book in a […]
The Coalition to Legalize Mixed Martial Arts in New York organized by MMA instructor Stephen Koepfer held its first public rally in lower Manhattan across the street from New York City’s city hall. The rally popped off on On February 8th, 2011 as a crowd of MMA loyalists gathered in front of Sheldon Silver’s district […]
New York City, the future home of MMA, was host to a media screening of a hip MMA documentary directed by Kahleem Poole-Tehada and produced by Stephen Koepfer. “New York Mixed Martial Arts” explains the history of New York MMA and gives you a glimpse into the MMA minds of fighters, polititions, journalists, and insiders […]