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Reaction MMA Pro Matt Metts in XFC18 June 22nd

Reaction MMA Jiu-Jitsu Matt Metts, Pro Fighter

Today, the XFC posted the fight card and tickets went on sale for the June 22nd event in Nahsville, TN at the Nashville Municipal Auditorium. The fight between Matt Metts and Scott Holtzman will be at 155 lbs. and the fight will be televised LIVE on HDNET. If you cannot attend in person, please set your DVR for HDNET on June 22nd. This is an important next step in Matt’s career and we want to give him as much support as possible. It really does help to have people cheering for you in the crowd, especially when you are fighting and opponent from the local area. A group of us will caravan down to the event so coordinate with Mr Steel if you want to join the caravan.

Reaction MMA Pro Matt Metts Fights in XFC 18 June 22nd

Reaction MMA Jiu-Jitsu Matt Metts, Pro Fighter

The Matthew Wellington Group announced earlier today that Reaction MMA Pro Fighter Matt Metts (1-0 Pro, 7-0 Amateur) has reached an agreement to face Scott Holtzman (1-0) at XFC 18 in Nashville Tennessee on June 22nd. Holtzman won his professional debut against a fellow MWG client in Brandon Demastes at XFC 16 and is considered a top prospect in the lightweight division. Metts won his professional debut against Jason Keen last fall. This fight is set to air live on HDNet. Read the full release from MWG below.

MWG client Matt Metts (1-0 professional, 7-0 amateur) will face his biggest test to date on June 22 in a nationally televised bout against fellow lightweight prospect Scott Holtzman at Xtreme Fighting Championship 18.

Metts and Holtzman will square off on the feature portion of the card broadcast on HDNet. Needless to say, Metts — who trains at Reaction MMA in Lexington, Ky., under Jorge Gurgel BJJ brown belt Rob Nickerson — is excited for the chance to fight in front of a national audience for a top regional promotion.

“It seems like it will be fun,” Metts said. “It has been a goal of mine to fight on television since I started in the sport, and to get to this point is great. The best way to describe how I feel would be excited.”

Like Metts, Holtzman (1-0 professional, 5-0 amateur) is coming off of a successful professional debut after defeating Brandon Demastes at XFC 16. Holtzman earned a spot in the XFC by winning an amateur tournament and the promotion recently signed him to a five-fight deal following the Demastes win.

Mark Morris Wins Debut Fight via Arm-Bar!

On Feb 4th, at Hardrock43 in Shepardsville, KY, Reaction MMA Amatuer fighter Mark Morris won his debut MMA fight via arm-bar in the first round. In the videos below  you can see the effectiveness of marks striking, and then his submission game finishes the fight. The first video is from a fan’s perspective and the second is the cage camera.  Mark trains extremely hard and was more than prepared for a successful debut. Congratulations Mark from all of your team members and fans. We can’t wait to see what you do next.

Fan Perspective

Cage Cam Perspective

The 2012 version of the 6th annual Tri-State Grappling Championships was yesterday.

The Reaction MMA Grappling Team showed up in force and every one enjoyed some solid competition and had lots of fun. Coda was the only stand-out, getting double gold with wins in Gi and Nogi. Congratulations to Mathew, Trent, and Brandon on getting medals in their very first tournament. Wolf didn’t compete as there wasn’t anyone in his weight-class. This picture is just the kids but several adults and teens competed as well. This was the first tournament for 4 of our adults and they all did exceptionally well.  Each person returned to training on Monday with a list of techniques to focus on in the coming weeks.