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 grounds for competition as the ...

Holly Holm wins 2015 SWFight.com’s MMA Fighter of the Year, Knockout of the Year, and Upset of the Year There can be no argument that Holly hit a Holm run in 2015. Keeping her undefeated record intact was unbelievably the least of her accolades for the calendar year as “The Preacher’s Daughter” most notably stunned the combat sport’s world with ...

“I watched the first season of the “Ultimate Fighter” when I was a kid and always thought “Why don’t they have a female division?”, because if they did I’d kill it.” – Randee Morales It wasn’t difficult to find intrigue in the story of “Shortstack” Randee Morales. The Jackson-Wink trained amateur MMA competitor may be 24-years old but she is ...

SWFight was well represented this past Saturday night at the McKernan Event Center in Albuquerque’s South Valley as we had one member of the staff working media cageside and another enjoying the festivities from the last row of the audience. First, let me start with a very strong critique of the Elite Combat Series as well as the other promotions around town. ...

This past weekend in Davenport, Iowa the highly successful all-woman MMA promotion Invicta FC held their 9th show and the second consecutive event broadcast via UFC Fight Pass. Invicta FC has been home to the best women fighters in the world since its creation and first event in mid-2012 and has been home to several of New Mexico’s most prominent fighters. ...

On Friday night the Texas-based Legacy FC promotion partnered up with Fresquez Productions for the second time to bring the Legacy brand to Albuquerque, New Mexico. The event was held at the Route 66 Casino & Hotel and was notable leading up to Friday night for being the first time Fresquez Productions would promote a show without newly signed UFC fighter, ...