Professor Gurgel always puts tremendous energy into his seminars. If you take your ground game seriously, and you are anywhere near Michigan, do yourself a favor and reserve your space on the matt while it is still available.
We are in Kentucky, but some of us are seriously considering making the drive.
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.
Tyler Voth def Jason Carrier via Submission (rear-naked choke) 00:23 into Round 1
On Saturday, Feb 11th, at Spartan Fighting Championship 12, in Morehead, KY, we watched Tyler Voth of Reaction MMA make his Pro MMA Debut. Tyler’s first Pro MMA fight might just go down as one of the most action packed 23 seconds in MMA history. Tyler’s opponent, Cody Osborne, obviously had a game plan to apply immediate and intense striking pressure on Tyler, perhaps expecting him to crumble. Tyler answered with counter strikes which knocked Cody to the canvas. Tyler then quickly took Cody’s back and cinched in a Rear Naked Choke. The choke was tight and Cody Osborne quickly tapped. Congratulations Tyler on an impressive start to your Pro MMA career. We did not yet get good video footage of this fight, but it was captured at http://www.gfl.tv/fighter/Tyler_Voth/9372 which should have the fight archived.
Mark Morris Wins Debut Fight at Hardrock MMA 43 Via Arm-Bar
Congratulations to Mark on winning his debut fight via Arm-bar (Juji Gatame). As you can see in the video, he begins the fight with effective striking which eventually causes his opponent to drop to the canvas. He then finished the fight on the ground. Mark is going to be a scary opponent as he is getting better every day. There are two videos below. The first video is from a fan’s perspective. The second video is the cage cameras.
Congratulations to John on winning his debut MMA fight! Your jiu-jitsu and striking are just getting better all the time. Keep up the hard work! There are two videos below. The first was shot by a fan’s perspective. The second is the video from the cage cameraman.
Reaction MMA Pro Fighter Matt Metts on Bluegrass LIVE
Matt Metts, Reaction MMA pro fighter and all around good guy, for a caveman, will be on the radio tomorrow, Feb 2nd. Please tune in to 106.1 to hear Bluegrass MMA Live at 6:00PM EST. The broadcast is from Pasquales in the Morehead area, so see it live if you can. If you can’t make the broadcast live, you can always find the podcast at Bluegrass MMA. Matt typically has something thought provoking to contribute to the discussion of MMA and various fighters and game plans. If you haven’t seen Matt Metts in the ring yet, you should catch his next fight as he continues his unbeaten career.
Join Team Reaction MMA at NAGA Atlanta on Feb 11th
Team Reaction MMA will have some jiu-jitsu fighters down in Atlanta, GA on Feb 11th for NAGA Atlanta. This will be the team’s first NAGA event of 2012 and the first chance to put some points on the board. With so many of our MMA fighters competing in MMA events this month, it will be a smaller crew in Atlanta. This event should pull competitors from all over the South East and will give everyone a chance to test against the best. Competition is the best way to validate your skills and the tightness of your jiu-jitsu.
Pre-Registration is still open at
As all NAGA events are, this event is RANKED, which means that results and points are recorded at Nationally RANKED.
Please Support Reaction MMA Fighters in Hardrock MMA 43
Team Reaction MMA will have fighters in Hardrock MMA 43 Pro/Am on Saturday February 4th at Paroquet Springs Conference Centre- 395 Paroquet Springs Conference Centre, Shepherdsville, KY 40165 – Doors open at 6pm Fights start at 7:30pm. There will be 4 fighters representing Reaction MMA. The venue in Shepardsville, KY is very clean and nicely laid out so that there isn’t a bad seat in the house. Buy your tickets early as this venue is very popular and tends to sell out, especially with so many Louisville fighters on the card. This event is especially important as two of our fighters, John Lakes and Mark Morris will be making their fighting debut. Training has been intense for the 8 weeks leading up to this event and we’re all looking forward to seeing the fruits of their labor manifest itself as victory. Come out and support these young fighters if you can. Reaction MMA Supporters typically try to all sit together when possible, so look for any friendly faces you may know at the venue. Also, when you get to the line, look forward into the line and join the Reaction fans who are probably already towards the front of the line.
JackPodgorski(Reaction MMA)(5-2) vs Ron Sanders(Victory MMA)(2-0) 145
Rob Covington(Reaction MMA)(2-1) vs Dusty Stengel(Baddog MMA)(2-2) 155
Mark Morris(Reaction MMA)(0-0) vs Wes Compton(Columbia MMA)(1-1) 135
John Lakes(Reaction MMA)(0-0) vs William Myers(Baddog MMA)(2-6) 170
For anyone new or experienced in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.
