Guest post by: Ronnie “The Warfrog” Britt
Brammer vs Mickle. Another big fight in the MCC looms close and I look forward to it like many of you do of course, but I also have some trepidation.  You see, the fighters involved are two friends of mine and this fight means a great deal to both [...]

On Saturday, September 5, Midwest Cage Championship returns to Veterans Memorial Auditorium as Nutrishop presents: MCC 22 “Reality Check”.  With thirteen exciting fights on the card, the Midwest’s top promotion looks to once again, impress the fans and deliver fights the way only MCC can.   “This could possibly be one of the most loaded events we’ve ever [...]

Des Moines, IA: With the increased interest in Mixed Martial Arts reality shows, all styles of Mixed Martial Arts are starting to hit the mainstream, people finally are getting to see what styles of fighting, fitness and strength conditioning are really all about. Submission Grappling has gained the most popularity based on the numerous styles [...]

Despite moving venue locations on three days notice, MCC Trials II proved to be a success. With over 1,000 fight fans through the door, some of the 22 fighters delivered performances worthy of receiving their invitation to compete at MCC 22 “Reality Check” on September 5 at Veterans Auditorium. MCC co-owner and matchmaker, [...]

Midwest Cage Championship Trials II was scheduled to be held this Friday night in the historic Court Avenue district.  However, due to the unfortunate circumstances surrounding the unrelated events that occurred in the area last weekend, the show has been moved to West Des Moines at Uncle Bucks Party Bar.  “Out of respect to the [...]

Saturday July 11th, 2009
4pm-11:30pm
Free Beer & Pizza 4-5:30pm
UFC Undisputed game tournament 4-8pm
UFC 100 9pm-11:30pm
Brock Lesnar Vs. Frank Mir
Georges St-Pierre Vs. Thiago Alves
Jon Fitch Vs. Paulo Thiago
Dan Henderson Vs. Michael Bisping
Yoshihiro Akiyama Vs. Alan Belcher

11 seconds. A lot can happen in 11 seconds. A kick returner can return a kick for a touchdown. One can heat up a slice of pizza. A fighter can finish out a career with a choke. As I look back on this fight, I was saddened that it seemed so anti climatic. I lamented [...]

More photos in the Gallery.

Hello faithful reader. As you read this we are on the last few days before the fight this Friday and the final blog before the fight. I am not in the most chatty mood I have been, I hope you understand. I have concluded another arduous week of training unscathed for the most part. Its rare to go through [...]

Weigh-Ins- Thursday at Twisted Parrot- 7pm
Stop out to Twisted Parrot, 6500 Hickman rd in Windsor Heights, IA, this Thursday to see these 22 fighters make weight and the drama unfold as they face off for their bouts the following night at Vets Auditorium. Twisted Parrot will have great wait staff, food, and specials like: 1/2 [...]

Midwest Cage Championship (MCC), one of the Country’s fastest rising MMA promotions has joined forces with Mediacom to produce a several part mini series that focuses on two Des Moines based fighters in their quest to become the next MMA star to rise from the Midwest.

By: Bruce “PhyteGuru” Huckfeldt
What is more dangerous?  Bullets flying at your head or having your face stomped so hard, it breaks your jaw?  Just ask Chris “Maddog” Mickle, he’s experienced both.  Mickle (30-12-2), a mixed martial artist of five years, will be headlining the 21st Midwest Cage Championship card against Eric Marriott.  A newcomer to [...]

I love to read, it is one on my favorite past times. However, as I prepare for fights, I don’t have the time to read as much as I would like. That’s unfortunate because I draw a lot of inspiration from some of the material I read as well as a chance to get some [...]

Erik “New Breed” Koch had been training hard as he was scheduled to take on MCC Featherweight Champion, Chris “Mad Dog” Mickle, however a call from the big show threw a curve ball to the plan!  As we have witnessed several times in the past, top promotions such as the UFC have hand picked Midwest [...]

“The world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. It’s a very mean and nasty place… and I don’t care how tough you are, it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently, if you let it. You, me or nobody, is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain’t about how hard [...]

Anything worth having comes at a price. Right now it feels like I am late on payments, lol. This week has been rough. Last Saturday I was in my hometown of Diagonal visiting my mom and pop, but I thought I would get a morning workout and make the best of it. I jogged up to [...]

It is a little more than four weeks out from fight night, training is going well. So far no major injuries and my stamina and weight are coming along great. I am beginning to pick up my intensity in both sparring and conditioning. This is where I start to visualize how I expect the fight [...]

This week I will outline my training schedule and go into my training partners past and present, among other things. The early days of the Des Moines Extreme Fighting team was just Dan Anderson, Chris Bott and myself. I found these guys online back in the year 2000 and they were like me, [...]