King of the Cage - Badlands Fight Card

KOTC Isleta Casino 12 fight, Fight Card -

1. Aaron Cantell vs TBA

2. Lorenzo Coca vs Josh Silva

3. Angelo Sanchez vs Mike Alirez

4. Issac Vallie Flagg vs Brad Nordquist

5. Reggie Mitchell vs Brandon Hunt

6. Quinn Mulhern vs Jeremy Ferguson

7. Gerald Sedillo vs Mike Clark

8. Doug Smith vs Lance Friedenstein

9. Dickie Chavez vs Mano Otero

10.Thrichia Poovey vs Krystal Macatol (Female MMA Match)

11.Donald Sanchez vs Titus Holmes (Semi-Main Event)

12.Tait Fletcher vs Chad Herrick (Main Event)

Ayana Vasquez headed to Womens Gloden Gloves

Las Cruces, NM amateur fighter Ayana Vasquez will head to Fort Lauderdale, Fla., next week for the Women's Golden Gloves. Vasquesz is considered one of the top female fighters in New Mexico and in the region.

ESPY AWARDS - CAST YOUR VOTE FOR NM PRO BOXER HOLLY HOLM

Albuquerque's Holly Holm has been nominated for 'Best Fighter' for this year's ESPY awards. To cast your vote for Holm, click here. You'll have to register with ESPN.com

NM Boxer Trout to fight on ESPN2 this Wednesday

Undefeated Boxer Austin Trout (14-0, 11 KOs) of Las Cruces NM, will return to the ring this Wednesday on ESPN2. Fighting a ten-round co-main, Trout will take on Byron Tyson (9-0-2, 4 KOs), of Los Angeles Calif. The bout will air on "Wednesday Night Fights" from Houston TX.

Pre- KOTC Party in Albuquerque on July 10th

King of the Cage rolls into Albuquerque area for this weekends cage fights at Isleta Casino. Things will kick off with a Pre-KOTC party downtown at Sauce and Raw. Come out and meet KOTC fighters and ring girls at this event! Optional door cover will be donated to the New Mexico Children's Cancer Fund.

Garcia headed back to NM to train with his Greg Jackson Teammates...

Leonard Garcia, confirmed he will return to Greg Jackson’s camp here in NM on July 18th, the "bad boy" said he hopes to get back in the cage at the WEC September 10th show. Garcia was cleared of federal charges recently in his hometown of Lubbock TX.

Sanchez VS. Alves a go for Oct. 19th!

Damon Martin - MMAWeekly.com

While the welterweight division looks towards a championship match in August between current titleholder Georges St. Pierre and Jon Fitch, the weight class will continue to build towards a new top contender as MMAWeekly.com has learned that American Top Team knockout artist Thiago “Pitbull” Alves is slated to return on Oct. 19 to face former “Ultimate Fighter” winner Diego Sanchez.The bout was confirmed to MMAWeekly.com by sources close to the fight. There is currently a verbal agreement with actual bout agreements for the contest expected to be signed in the next few days. Showing a true dedication to making his way to the top of the welterweight division, Alves has never been shy about facing top competition in the division. Most recently, he finished former Ultimate Fighting Championship welterweight kingpin Matt Hughes by TKO in the second round of their main event match-up in England at UFC 85. Before that fight, Alves became the first fighter ever to knockout Karo Parisyan, thus solidifying himself as one of the most dangerous fighters at 170 pounds. Now Alves will have a chance to cement his placement in the division even more as he takes on the always-dangerous Diego Sanchez in the co-main event of UFC 89 in England, sharing the spotlight with a middleweight bout pitting Michael Bisping against Chris Leben.Sanchez started his career with an unblemished record and looked to be making his way towards an eventual title shot before suffering the first loss of his career against longtime rival Josh Koshcheck in April 2007.Following a lackluster performance in that fight, Sanchez went to battle with Koscheck’s teammate and current No. 1 contender, Jon Fitch. Despite a strong performance, Sanchez dropped his second fight in row losing a close split decision to Fitch at UFC 76.Since that time, Sanchez has returned to form, stopping David Bielkheden at UFC 82 and then putting on a stand-up clinic against Luigi Fioravanti at The Ultimate Fighter 7 Finale in June. The match-up between Alves and Sanchez should produce fireworks as both fighters possess an amazing well rounded style, while maintaining an always intense pace.

Jackson trained fighter John Dodson back in action!

Greg Jackson trained fighter John Dodson will be fighting in California on August 8th . The Show is called the Gumball 3000. The fights are associated with American Shooto. I personally expect to see John in one of the big promotions here in the US or in Japan really soon. So keep a eye out for him! Good luck John...

Bike and Brawl set for August...

Bike and Brawl Cage Fights look to be returning to the Downs in Albuquerque NM August 23rd. The event will be headlined by Albuquerque Kickboxing Academy trained fighter Mikey Lovato. Lovato is 4-0 inside the cage. He is considered by many as being one of the best Wrestlers to come out of New Mexico.

Cowboy to return to the cage in September...

NM trained fighter Donald "COWBOY" Cerrone will be back in action on the September WEC fight card. I have heard Razor Rob wants a piece of the Cowboy, if this is the match up they are making for September it has fireworks written all over it! ! ! Donald should earn himself a title shot with a win, he is perfect in the WEC cage. More info will come as it becomes available.