It is a busy week of fights for New Mexico and tonight is another night full of action featuring our local, hard-working athletes. Rocktagon 30 will take place in El Paso, Texas tonight and will be the third event in as many nights to feature some of New Mexico’s MMA talents. On Wednesday night, […]
On January 31st, the very successful Texas MMA promotion Legacy Fighting Championships will return to the Arena Theater in Houston, Texas for their Legacy FC 30 event. The card is full of talent as it typically is and features Olympic wrestler Henry Cejudo fighting in his sixth professional bout where he will fight fellow unbeaten […]
On January 17th, New Mexico MMA will get its first taste of competition as two locals will make the short trip over to El Paso, Texas to fight on the Rocktagon 30 event inside the Buchannan Event Center. The event will be one of the first in 2014 (if not the first) to host the area’s local […]
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 […]
King Of The Cage Starts Their 2014 With A Fight Card In The Heart Of Albuquerque The first King of the Cage event in New Mexico for 2014 should have been named “Debut” as the theme atop the fight card is that several of the area’s most talented amateurs will make the jump to the […]
The newest award to the end of the year awards from Southwest Fight News is dedicated to the new era of MMA and the youth movement that seems to be taking over the landscape of combat sports all around the world. New Mexico boasts so much talent within the confines of mixed martial arts and […]
Amber Brown Shocks Kikuyo Ishikawa at Pancrase 250 You have to travel nearly 6,000 miles from New Mexico to see the venue where our 2013 Upset of the Year took place. The event was Pancrase 250 where Albuquerque’s Amber Brown (3-1) of FIT NHB, would defeat the #6 world ranked atomweight in the world Kikuyo Ishikawa (9-4) at Differ Ariake […]
A few weeks ago, SWFight started a feature called “New Mexico MMA Throwback Facts” and was geared towards having fun exploring some often unknown facts from around the state’s combat scene so fight fans can enjoy. While it is well-known that the New Mexico fight scene is one of very rich culture, one facet of the culture […]
It was one of the busiest weekends in recent memory for the Southwest’s combat community as there was so much going on all-around the world. Boxing and MMA, regional shows and the UFC; New Mexico especially had so much going on that we as a staff couldn’t touch on everything going on despite our best […]
The King of the Cage promotion has its normal destinations amongst their nationwide pathway throughout the year. In addition to the promotion making stops in New Mexico, one of those stops is in Towaoc, Colorado at the Ute Mountain Casino & Resort. This Saturday’s event will feature fighters from Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Hawaii and […]