His professional MMA career started back in early 2008 and with some detours in the boxing scene, Rocky “The Angry Aztec” Ramirez is 10-fights and over six years invested into the MMA game. Currently heading his own gym, Ramirez still has deep ties to the Jackson-Winkeljohn gym where has trained with world-class fighters and coaches and in doing so becoming one of New ...

Westside Power Gym’s Lindsay Jones is an imposing fighter with a physique that most women do not possess. While she indeed has the “brawn” she definitely also has the “brains” as well. She took the time to catch up with SWFight.com and let us dig into her mind to cover topics ranging from her strength training to gender roles in ...

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. While the card lacked the ...

Tonight is the night for Bellator 105 inside the Santa Ana Star Center in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. Orhtrus Promotions in conjunction with Bellator MMA is invading Rio Rancho for the third time in 2013. Amongst the notable local competitors set to compete are Adrian Cruz, Steve Garcia and Frank Baca. The main card features the Lightweight Tournament Semi-Finals which ...

Bellator 105 is set to go down later this evening and as per the status quo of the two prior events held here in New Mexico, the undercard will be loaded with local talent. The preliminary portion of Bellator MMA fight cards have become a very large stage for fighters to take the next step outside of fighting within the ...

When your back is against the wall, fighters often come out in a fight strong as ever in order to right the ship so-to-speak. With the competitive level in MMA constantly increasing it become very easy to find yourself staring at consecutive defeats on the verge of falling into a label of a sub-.500 fighter.  And while you may be much more ...

Fight Fans, we have less than a week before Bellator MMA returns for the third event of 2013 to be held inside the Santa Ana Star Center in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. For those fortunate fans who were able to make it to February and July events, they know that when the Bellator promotion hosts an event within state lines ...

As many fight fans know, Bellator 105 on October 25th will feature three fights featuring three of New Mexico’s most talented 135-pound fighters. Our state has grown accustomed to the influx of sub-155 pound fighters who often compete in the regional ranks. More often the not, local fight cards are filled with lighter weight match-ups and any fight in the ...

Saad Awad takes on Will Brooks in Rematch Earlier today a press conference was held at by local promotion Orthrus Promotions at Buca Di Beppo in Albuquerque, New Mexico to formally announce the October 26th Bellator 105 fight card to take place at the Santa Ana Star Center in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. The main event will feature a rematch ...

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 ...