Category: MMA

MMA Fighters from Chatham-Kent

Chatham-Kent MMA Profile: Steve Eldridge

Chatham-Kent MMA Profile: Steve Eldridge

Ian Kennedy- October 25, 2011

Chatham-Kent mixed martial artist Steve Eldridge may only be a few years into his MMA training in the gym, but he has been mentally preparing ... Read More

Chatham-Kent MMA Profile: Tyler Kirk

Chatham-Kent MMA Profile: Tyler Kirk

Dwight Wakabayashi- October 21, 2011

Chatham mixed martial artist Tyler Kirk is focussed on fighting for his passion and future in life, and he looks to go about it with ... Read More

Redemption MMA: Fusing Tradition, Respect, and Real Skill Training

Redemption MMA: Fusing Tradition, Respect, and Real Skill Training

Dwight Wakabayashi- October 3, 2011

Redemption MMA Owner and Head Trainer Chris Kimmerly has been training mixed martial arts skills for 28-years and has decided that now is the time ... Read More

Jesse Gross on Global Warriors Card, Honouring Shawn Tompkins

Jesse Gross on Global Warriors Card, Honouring Shawn Tompkins

Dwight Wakabayashi- September 28, 2011

Mixed martial arts promotion Global Warriors Fighting Championships are extremely proud to announce today that they will be presenting their second Ontario MMA event, Halloween Havoc ... Read More

Chatham-Kent MMA Profile: Justin Steele

Chatham-Kent MMA Profile: Justin Steele

Dwight Wakabayashi- September 25, 2011

Editors Note: See Justin Steele's ICAD fights by from mid-September and read results by clicking here. Armstrong Submissions / Gracie Barra Chatham fighter Justin Steele ... Read More

Chatham-Kent Success at ICAD Jiu-Jitsu Competition

Chatham-Kent Success at ICAD Jiu-Jitsu Competition

Dwight Wakabayashi- September 20, 2011

Armstrong Submissions / Gracie Barra Chatham played host to approximately fifteen jiu-jitsu fighters from throughout Ontario at its Richmond Street facility this past Sunday. The ... Read More

Photo Gallery: Gracie Barra Chatham ICAD Grappling Competition

Ian Kennedy- September 18, 2011

Gracie Barra Chatham and Armstrong Submission hosted an ICAD grappling competition with several local fighters competing. The local field included Justin Steele, Matt Todd, Steve ... Read More

Armstrong Submission and Gracie Barra Teaching Life Lessons and Sport to All

Armstrong Submission and Gracie Barra Teaching Life Lessons and Sport to All

Dwight Wakabayashi- September 13, 2011

Armstrong Submissions / Gracie Barra Chatham owner Thomas Armstrong is the kind of guy you want to learn from. His background and lineage in jiu-jitsu ... Read More

Justin Steele Snatches Incredible Victory at Bravado BJJ Open

Justin Steele Snatches Incredible Victory at Bravado BJJ Open

Dwight Wakabayashi- September 11, 2011

Armstrong Submissions / Gracie Barra Chatham fighter Justin Steele continued his impressive Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu development with an incredible last second victory in the finals of ... Read More

Shawn Tompkins Death Deeply Impacts Chatham-Kent MMA Community

Shawn Tompkins Death Deeply Impacts Chatham-Kent MMA Community

Ian Kennedy- August 26, 2011

When Shawn Tompkins passed away August 14 from a heart attack in his sleep, it sent a ripple of shock through the MMA community, including ... Read More

Redemption Fighters Eldridge, Kirk Show True Heart and Skill

Redemption Fighters Eldridge, Kirk Show True Heart and Skill

Dwight Wakabayashi- August 22, 2011

Team Redemption MMA was back in action this past weekend in Melvindale, Michigan and showed what true fighter heart is all about. Redemption veteran Tyler ... Read More

Athletes Aren't Invincible

Athletes Aren't Invincible

Ian Kennedy- August 17, 2011

As a child, staring through the glass of an arena, or the cage at a fight, most kids believe the hulking men before them are ... Read More

MMA News: Tompkins Passes Away, Upcoming Fights for Redemption and Gracie Barra

MMA News: Tompkins Passes Away, Upcoming Fights for Redemption and Gracie Barra

Dwight Wakabayashi- August 15, 2011

Canadian MMA trainer and pioneer Shawn Tomkins Passes Away at Age 37 The mixed martial arts world is shocked and saddened today as the news ... Read More

Wallaceburg Fighter Jesse Gross Suffers aTough Loss in His Bellator Debut

Wallaceburg Fighter Jesse Gross Suffers aTough Loss in His Bellator Debut

Dwight Wakabayashi- July 24, 2011

Jesse Gross - Photo from Facebook Wallaceburg’s own Jesse Gross got a rough time and a jiu-jitsu education in his Bellator 47 preliminary bout against ... Read More