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In the video below, you can see a one hour training session compressed into less than 5 minutes. In this compilation you see some of the younger fighters as they participate in adult striking class. This will give the interested viewer a good glimpse into what goes on during Muay Thai class at Reaction MMA in Lexington, KY. Come join the fun and take your fight game to the next level.
Undefeated Tyler “Little Tarzan” Voth (2-0 pro, 7-0 amateur) out of Reaction MMA in Lexington, KY, will fight his 3rd pro MMA fight on May 18th against Joe Pegg (1-0 pro, 5-3 amateur) at Reality Cage Combat presents: WV vs The World at the Charleston Civic Center located in Charlestown, West Virginia. Tyler consistently delivers exciting fights finishing all opponents so far in the first round and all via submissions. He is a very well rounded fighter who can win striking or grappling. All of the fighters and friends at Reaction MMA will be anxious to see another great fight from Tyler come May 18th as he continues to bring the violence in the bantamweight division.
You can see Tyler’s most recent fight where he finished his opponent via RNC at the Spartan Fighting 13 Site
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 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.
Reaction MMA Pro Fighter Tyler Voth
In case you didn’t catch Reaction MMA Pro Fighter Tyler Voth’s fight Saturday night, or maybe you just want to watch it again, check out the site posted by Spartan Fighting Championship. Tylers fight starts at about 56:00 and you can move the thumb at the bottom of the player to move the video forward if you don’t have time to watch all the fights. Tyler’s fight lasted less than two minutes.
A huge thank you to Spartan Fighting Championships for making this video available!
For those of you who like to test your striking, you should consider making plans now for this July in Des Moines IA for the Muay Thai Classic 2012. During July 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th, 2012 at the Holiday Inn Airport Convention Center there will be hundreds of serious, bad ass AMATEUR strikers gathering for one of the largest striking events in the US. As of today, they already have 258 strikers registered. You can see what divisions those number break down into on the Thai Boxing Association-Sanctioning Authority Website. What I like the most about these events is the kids striking and they have kids Novice (0-3 fights) down to the 6 y/o division. On the Thai Boxing Association-Sanctioning Authority site you can see all the details about what fighters are in what divisions. Perhaps what will be most interesting to some of you is the impressive belts that this event awards to winners. Whether you are a spectator or a competitor, this is sure to be both and educational and entertaining event. And if you cannot be there in person, you can catch all the action streaming live over the internet. There are some urgent details regarding this event at http://www.icontact-archive.com/qK00MtAktleT8549bNYXfgzb8jCb43pK?w=2
Timmy Cothran of Reaction MMA went 3 good rounds in his first kickboxing match this weekend at the 2012 Arnolds Sports Festival Kickboxing Event in Columbus, OH. This was in the Teen, under 155 lbs international rules, leg kicks allowed division. It should also be mentioned that Timmy took this fight on 20 minutes notice as he was attending as a spectator with intention to only compete in grappling. Hats off to Timmy for taking the challenge and competing!
On Saturday, March 3rd at the 2012 Arnold’s Sports Festival in Columbus, OH, Max competed in kickboxing, winning a gold medal. The video from this 3 round fight can be found below thanks to Wolfie. This was international rules with leg kicks allowed. 8 kicks were required each round or the judges would take a penalty point. Congratulations to Max for an excellent effort and on a unanimous decision win. In this fight, Max is 9 and weighed in at 69 ready pounds.
On Saturday, March 3rd at the 2012 Arnold’s Sports Festival in Columbus, OH, Rocky competed in both gi jiujitsu and in kickboxing, winning a gold medal in both. In his kickboxing match, he was paired in an exhibition against a slightly older and slightly larger opponent from an MMA team in Detroit. The video from this 3 round fight can be found below thanks to Rocky’s brother Wolfie. This was international rules with leg kicks allowed. 8 kicks were required each round or the judges would take a penalty point. Congratulations to Rocky for an excellent effort and on a unanimous decision win. In this fight, Rocky is 12 and weighed in at 79 ready pounds. His opponent was 13 and weighed in at a very fit 82 pounds.
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