It was the evening of November 10th, 2017 inside the Blackbear Casino in Carlton, Minnesota more than 1,300 miles away from Albuquerque, New Mexico. FIT NHB’s Jayme Hinshaw was about to compete for the promotion’s Atomweight Title against Melissa Karagianis in the main event. There was no way for Hinshaw to know that the night’s […]
SWFight.com’s listing of the Greatest New Mexico Boxers and MMA Fighters of All Time, rankings #25-21 include boxers Maldonado Jr., Large, MMA’s Villaseñor, Jardine, Page The Marquess of Queensberry Rules, the code of the generally accepted rules in the sport of boxing were published in 1867, 45 years before New Mexico was granted statehood in […]
SWFight.com set to unveil its list of the Top 25 greatest boxers and mixed martial artists in New Mexico combat sports history We have exciting news fight fans! Southwest Fight News had been looking for a fun project that the fight community will enjoy reading and discussing and we believe we have found one that New Mexico fight […]
FIT NHB’s Nicco Montano captured the Inaugural 125-pound Flyweight UFC Championship after winning “The Ultimate Fighter” and starting the year relatively unknown to the combat sports world. Though a list of fighters could have won this award this year, I don’t think there is a better story than that of Nicco Montano (5-2) and her rise […]
FIT NHB’s Nicco Montano (3-2) was a “dark horse” so-to-speak when it was announced she would compete on the current season of “The Ultimate Fighter”. As most fight fans are aware, TUF is a reality television show put on by the UFC that locks up a dozen or more fighters inside a house in Las Vegas for several weeks […]
We only have a few days remaining in the work week, which to all of us fight fans can only mean one thing – inching closer to Saturday’s UFC 215 pay-per-view. While most UFC events are must-see for most fans, this weekend’s main event has an iconic and extremely special place in the hearts of […]
Last week, Wednesday, August 30th, the newest season of The Ultimate Fighter premiered on Fox Sports 1. The season features a new weight class to the UFC, the women’s 125-pound Flyweight division and will crown the winner of the show the Inaugural UFC Champion. Sixteen women were brought in to live in Las Vegas, Nevada […]
The landscape of mixed martial arts was vastly different in 2011. Jackson’s MMA Series hosted their sixth show and featured headliner Joey Villasenor. Evolution Combat Sports had just put on three shows that year, namely ECSC 2 that featured Angelica Chavez and Joby Sanchez. King of the Cage had established itself as a premier stomping […]
SWFight is rolling out our first edition of a “Fighter of the Month” feature that will publish the first week of the month and will highlight a local athlete who had an exceptional prior month. In today’s edition, we will feature an athlete who had an outstanding month of August and will serve as our inaugural […]
Albuquerque Rivals Nick Urso and Jordan Espinosa Make Weight for tomorrow’s Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series Bout A year and a half old beef will finally be settled tomorrow night as Albuquerque flyweights Nick Urso and Jordan Espinosa face each other on Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series, live on UFC Fight Pass. The […]