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Legacy FC 30 Quick Results And Post Fight Analysis: Rough Night For Jackson’s MMA, Holm Gets Late Finish & Lots Of Post-Fight Storylines

Another memorable night of fighting is in the books and the Legacy FC promotion’s debut venture into the state of New Mexico has concluded. As the dust settles there will be significant storylines that will emerge and it is likely that a lot of the local MMA landscape will have long-term ramifications stemming directly from […]

Mikey and Lenny Lovato
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Legacy FC 30: Reasons Why Fight Fans Should Be Excited For The April 4th Event (Part Three)

When the Legacy FC promotion rolls into town and joins forces with Fresquez Productions to host a monumental event inside the Route 66 Casino on Friday night, the storylines will be Holly Holm heavy with an emphasis on the Flyweight tile between two of the states premier local fighters. The Legacy FC 30 fight card […]

Aaron Perls
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Southwest Fight News Monthly Awards For February 2014

Month two of 2014 is in the books and chalk up another buzz-worthy month of combat sports action. From nationally televised boxing action to some local MMA, the combat schedule for February may have been less busy then January but still carried plenty of weight regardless. Following up on the success of January’s Monthly Award […]

Kevin Croom
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Kevin Croom In Action Tonight, Poised To Push Winning Streak To Nine

It has been nearly three-months since Kevin Croom last fought and that will be the longest lay-off for the Albuquerque trained fighter since his monumental rise up the ranks following an eight fight win streak. 2013’s “Fighter of the Year” for SWFight returns to action tonight at Titan FC looking for his ninth consecutive victory. […]

Steve Garcia
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Monday Morning Re-cap For January 15th – 18th

It was a very busy weekend for New Mexico combat sports and interestingly enough, none of the action from this past weekend was within state lines. With the high volume of mixed martial artists residing in the many New Mexico gyms, it isn’t rare to have several fighters from several gyms fighting in the same […]

Triple A MMA Caged Hostility
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Triple-A-MMA “Caged Hostility” Results And Thoughts On The Thursday Night Event In Texas

Orthrus Promotions took their “Triple-A-MMA” promotion to the Lonestar State of Texas to put on their fourth mixed martial arts show. The promotion hosted an event in Iowa last year to compliment the two events held in Albuquerque, New Mexico. While the card is filled with Texas talent, scattered in the undercard are several New […]

New Mexico MMA For 2014
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Five Possible “Superfights” We’d Like To See In 2014

With a new year comes new opportunities. After an exciting 2013 for local MMA fans, we can now start gazing towards a new year of potentially even more excitement. With the emergence of Bellator MMA in New Mexico to compliment the local promotions who have already made their mark in the area, fans should be […]

Kevin Croom
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2013 Southwest Fight News: MMA Fighter Of The Year

Kevin Croom Rolls Out A Memorable Year And Captures Fighter Of The Year Honors The record of 8-0 sounds typically like a fighter who has had a few really solid years competing in MMA action. Traditionally, a fighter will fight between once to four times a year and that is being generous considering injuries and […]

Kevin Croom bantamweight
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Monday Morning Recap: Borg Wins A Title, Croom Continues His Win Streak And Gray Impresses Again

  Fight fans know that New Mexico is a very busy area for mixed martial arts. While the state may not be hosting an event every weekend, fighters from the area are constantly competing all around the world and this weekend was not an exception. In fact, two very high-profile New Mexico trained athletes returned […]

Steve Garcia
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The Next Day Perspective: Bellator 105

Bellator MMA has concluded its third event in New Mexico for 2013 and it was an up and down evening of knockouts, submissions and decisions. It has been the case for the three events to have some solid action and very notable discussion points when all the bouts have finished and the dust has cleared. […]