Fighter Focus: Will “The Real Deal” Shutt; ready to avenge a loss that never happened MCC: Will, thanks for taking the time to talk to us. Before we get into the upcoming fight and your predictions, can you give us your thoughts about the last meeting with Laramie Shaffer? WS: Well, to be perfectly honest, [...]

Former opponents become champs, return at MCC 37 Two former opponents Brody “The Tooth Fairy” Jay and Anthony Baccam return at Thanksgiving Throwdown, both with brand new hardware and bragging rights. Following their anticipated meeting at MCC 36; a meeting that saw Baccam submit Jay in the second round, both fighters returned to the gym [...]

Start the countdown; Thanksgiving Throwdown just two weeks away! In just two short weeks the Midwest most popular mixed martial arts event, MCC, will return to Hy Vee Hall for the annual Thanksgiving Throwdown. Featuring 12 exciting MMA bouts headlined by none other than Des Moines native and five-time UFC veteran, Kevin “The Fire” Burns. [...]

Weeks are flying by faster and faster. Crazy to think fight day is two weeks from Wednesday! Although the fight is quickly approaching I couldn’t ask for a better camp. Thus far every aspect of training has gone according to plan and I have been able to do it without getting too banged up!  My [...]

Fighter Focus: Miguel “El Rey” Rios, Jr. carries on four-year tradition at Thanksgiving Throwdown, looks to impress fans and his students alike MCC: Miguel, welcome back to MCC. Since we last talked to you it sounds like you are training with same crew but moved locations and you started your own MMA gym. Wow- busy [...]

Capped last week’s training off yesterday afternoon with some cardio and a little time in the sauna. Hard to believe fight night is only 3 weeks from Wednesday! Couldn’t feel more ready from every aspect of training to the mental preparation that goes into preparing for a fight. I did get some good humor this [...]

Fighter Focus: Not looking for another decision, MCC 37′s Laramie “Contract Killer” Shaffer is taking the fight into his own hands! Since it’s inception, the MCC bantamweight division has been one of the most exciting, action packed and competitive group of mixed martial artists. We caught up with one that is at the top of [...]

Jay Wood is ready to make a big statement at MCC 37 Often times you’ll read about an up and coming fighter who is on the brink of making it big; that guy who’s one fight away from making it to the big show. Well…read on to learn about another one!

Fannon vs. Meador set to open Thanksgiving Throwdown Two fighters in the exciting welterweight division who are known for their ability to put others to sleep, Chris Fannon and Justin “Tsunami” Meador are ready to open the years most anticipated show with a bang. Fannon, a flashy brawler hailing from Creston, Iowa burst onto the [...]

It’s hard to believe another week has again come and gone! I thought the week would be a little less busy, but my wishful thinking ended up being a positive thought process. This week of training was my healing or back off week. The time allocated for each discipline remains the same, but the intensity [...]

Fighter Focus: The sport that found him; Jeff Lewis is ready to make a run it Believe it or not, many mixed martial arts fighters didn’t grow up with the dream of getting in a cage with another guy, competing with and trying to beat the crap out of the other. Some people just wanted [...]

MCC 37′s Michael McBride talks just getting started and rule number one! Michael McBride has been interested in mixed martial arts for some time. Eventually his interest turned to curiosity, then he began to train. He was looking for a fun way to workout; for something fun to do. That was just two years ago. [...]

MCC 37′s Ronnie “Warfrog” Britt looks for redemption, returns at Thanksgiving Throwdown Just three weeks ago MCC welterweight Ronnie Britt, one of the promotions most popular fighters, put on a show worthy of being a fight of the year candidate. Dropping a close split decision to newcomer Doug Jenkins was just the fourth loss of [...]

Kevin Burns week 2 blog It’s hard to believe another week has flown by! Burns family schedule has been packed solid from top to bottom! Among all of the items on the daily schedule training for my upcoming fight hasn’t been missed! Overall, I had a great week of training. Intensity was ratcheted up a [...]

“Thanksgiving Throwdown” undercard; the future of mixed martial arts With most of the attention focused of the stellar line-up set to compete in MCC’s annual November event, it might be easy to overlook the crop of talent that will do battle on the evening’s undercard. Often some of the best fights of the night take [...]

Kevin Burns week 1 blog to MCC 37: Thanksgiving Throwdown Its almost hard think about where to start. By the time fight day roles around it will be 1 year and 1 day since I have stepped into cage. The time off was not by my own design, but it was something I had to [...]

Shutt vs. Shaffer II booked for “Thanksgiving Throwdown” When former champ, Will “The Real Deal” Shutt and Laramie “Contract Killer” Shaffer met at MCC 35, they put on a three-round back and forth war. It couldn’t have been any closer. In fact, when the dust settled, the contest was ruled a draw. With the bantamweight [...]

Rios vs. Jenkins added to MCC 37 “Thanksgiving Throwdown” Coming straight off a potential fight of the year performance in his MCC debut, South Dakota native, Doug Jenkins looks to take another step towards the top of the food chain on November 23 when he takes on perennial contender, Miguel “El Rey” Rios, Jr.

Burns vs. Woods set to headline MCC 37 “Thanksgiving Throwdown” One of the most successful mixed martial artists from the Midwest, Des Moines own, Kevin “The Fire” Burns will step back into the MCC cage for the third time since his UFC release to face off against undefeated prospect, James “Jay” Woods.

MCC gears up for annual Thanksgiving Throwdown, stacks card with top talent Historically, the Midwest’s most popular promotion reserves its annual Thanksgiving Throwdown event to showcase the area’s top talent, and this year’s event is certain not to disappoint. With more high profile fights than any other event this year, returning superstars Victor “Superman” Moreno, [...]