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 is very historical. Women’s MMA ...

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 efforts. In our second wind ...

We should all know by now that New Mexico is a centralized focal point for combat sports world-wide but this weekend may in fact send local combat sports supporters into a frenzy. From World Title Boxing fights to top women MMA prospect and from up-and-comer headed to veteran of WMMA competing for the UFC; this weekend has just about as ...

It is a topic that has plenty of debate behind it; is the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) ever going to make its way to New Mexico? Often considered the MMA “Mecca”, Albuquerque has been long awaiting the opportunity to host the sports biggest and best promotion for some time and the 14-thousand plus seats of The Pit have longed to ...

Now eight months into the year, we have not had one of the states most popular promotions hosting a MMA event. The Jackson’s MMA Series is considered to be one of the “heavyweight” promotions popular in New Mexico and its absence from the 2013 has been felt by fight fans throughout the state. All that is about to change tonight as the ...

  With the August 10th, Jackson’s MMA Series XI event rapidly approaching, SWFight.com has come up with a new way to showcase some of the more interesting aspects of the event’s storied history. While we have already named one of the Jackson’s Series first ten events as one of the best six New Mexico MMA events and listed the “Ten ...

The news coming out of the weekend was focused around the UFC On FOX 8 event held in Seattle, Washington and for Albuquerque trained fighters, the night didn’t go as planned. Also in action this weekend, FIT NHB’s Amber Brown competed in Japan and more than a handful of southern New Mexico and El Paso fighters competed for the Rocktagon ...

At a recent media workout women’s mixed martial arts fighter Julie Kedzie joined us to discuss her promotional debut with the UFC and being a well respected representative of WMMA. This Saturday at UFC ox on 8 in Seattle, Washington, Kedzie faces Germaine De Randamie both women’s first fight with the largest mixed martial arts organization in the world. The Julie ...

If you are a fan of mixed martial arts or combat sports in general and you appreciate the deeper aspects of MMA, then “The Proving Grounds” documentary is very simply a “must-watch”. The documentary details in-depth the Jackson-Winklejohn MMA coaches and fighters as well as the inner-workings of the world famous martial arts gym. The documentary styled film was directed ...

This past Wednesday, Jackson/Winkeljohn MMA played host to an open workout featuring four female fighters all with respective bouts in the month of July with national mixed martial arts promotions. This weekend two of the gyms fighters, Norma Center (2-0) and Emily Peters Kagan (2-1) will kick things off for their gym in respective bouts at Invicta FC 6. The ...