What’s up,
Hope you all are enjoying the recent break in the weather. This last week I have been training hard twice a day every day and cross my fingers, I’ve kept injury free. First and foremost I want to thank all the guys at Des Moines MMA for their help getting ready for this fight. [...]

We at MCC have been doing a lot of new updates on the MCC website, and we just today have put in a new RSS feed. If you’d like instant news as it breaks, please subscribe to the feed, which is located on the right side of the MCC website.
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Main Event
Jake “Dirty Bird” Brown vs. TJ “The Spider” O’Brien

Jake Brown
Strengths:  Knock out power in both hands, good wrestler, endurance
Keys to Victory:  Jake Brown will have to close the distance to land big punches on his feet.  If he takes the fight to the ground, he will need to immediately move to half guard or [...]

Four Brothers, Two Fights, One Night
By Randy Thomas
Josh Henry and Chad Vandermark have been making names for themselves in MCC by putting on exciting fights, submitting and knocking their opponents unconscious. At MCC 24: “Reloaded” their younger brothers make their MCC debuts along side the elder siblings.

Getting to Know Joe Morris
By Randy Thomas
Like many mixed martial artists that we come across, Morris got his start later in the game.  As the 30 year old explain, “I grew up wrestling, but I always wanted to box as a kid.  Unfortunately, my parents didn’t want me to.  They didn’t want me to have [...]

MCC and CONCEDE/IowaMixedMartialArts.com Team Up for 2010
Midwest Cage Championship, the Midwest’s premier mixed martial arts show has joined forces with one of the sports most popular MMA social networking web sites to kick off the new year at MCC 24 “Reloaded”. Concede features state specific forums such as IowaMixedMartial.com as well as popular features like [...]

Mutapcic vs. Branson Voted 2009 Fight of the Year
 
The MCC fans have spoken in a two day voting poll that netted hundreds of votes, and when the dust settled, MCC Middleweight Champion, Elvis “The King” Mutapcic and Andy “Danger Zone” Branson received the unanimous decision for the best bout of the year.
 

Military Man Turned Mixed Martial Artist; Perkins is Ready to Drop Bombs on the Competition
By Randy Thomas
 
For those who know Patrick Perkins, he’s a nice guy; a caring friend with a good sense of humor who loves to talk about fighting and seldom is without his video camera.  For those who have to stand across [...]

“The Biggest Midwest Showdown Since Mickle vs. Stephens”
Several years ago, before they became two of the most popular fighters in the Midwest, Jeremy “Lil Heathen” Stephens and Chris “Mad Dog” Mickle put on one of the most epic four round battles in MMA history.  It ultimately ended when Stephens put Mickle to sleep with a [...]

Better Late Than Never
By Randy Thomas
 
As his 30th birthday approached, Mike Miller’s wife asked him if he’s had any regrets in life.  It did not take long for him to come up with an answer.  He simply replied, “I’ve always loved mixed martial arts.  I really wanted to give it a shot.”  Although she cringed [...]

Hey yall,
I’m sorry to be the one to inform all of you but I unfortunately may not be able to participate in the fight on January 16th.  It seems that at some point I have become incredibly lost and have somehow ended up in the North Pole.  I’m not exactly sure how it has happened [...]

 
Two Fighters, Several Fights- One War
By Randy Thomas
 
With an almost unheard of 61 fights stretched between these two warriors resume’s, Josh “The Hitman” Rabedeaux and Rick “The Lawman” Tasler are both ready to put on a show and go to war for the fans on January 16.  Think about that.  That’s 61 long, intense training [...]

Searching for Greatness, Paul Bird is Ready for War
By Randy Thomas
When you talk about someone who’s been there, done that, one fighter comes to mind- Paul “The Gingabread Man” Bird.  A native of Australia, who has began his career in boxing, traveled overseas to kick box, competed on a season of The Ultimate Fighter reality [...]