The Midwest’s Top promotion has scheduled its next event for Friday, August 5 at Hy Vee Hall for MCC 35: “Brawl at the Hall.” The main event will feature light heavyweight title holder, Jesse Lund, as he faces Eric Poling in a championship bout scheduled for five rounds. This marks the first title defense for [...]

MCC 34: Moreno victorious, Rios dominates, Williams closes in on title shot Moreno vs. Kruger In the main event of MCC 34, Victor “Superman” Moreno proved that his post-retirement campaign was exactly what he had trained for. Taking just one and a half minutes in the very first round to put a halt to top [...]

Polanti joins forces with MCC; awards watch to top fighter Polanti watches, made famous by celebrities such as Paris Hilton, Ashton Kutcher, Usher, and Snoop Dogg, will soon be worn around the wrist of some of the Midwest’s top mixed martial artists. Polanti has been testing the waters in the sport of MMA for the [...]

MCC introduces official glove, partners with Concede This week, the Midwest’s most popular promotion, Midwest Cage Championship, announced that beginning with their next event, MCC 34: “Moreno vs. Kruger”, each of the fighters will be wearing the latest, state of the art designed gloves from Concede. Concede is the manufacturer of one of the most [...]

MCC announces MCC 34 date, main event: Victor Moreno versus Calley Kruger After a short break from back to back electrifying events, the Midwest’s most popular promotion gears up to return to Hy Vee Hall on June 24 for MCC 34: “Moreno vs. Kruger”. The nights main event will feature a match up with former [...]

MCC 33: Two new champions crowned, three former champions defeated! If you were a betting man, on mixed martial arts anyway, chances are you would have lost the farm last night at MCC 33: “Lund vs. Roberts.” Normally, when odds maker rate fights, nine out of ten times a fighter who once held a championship [...]

MCC Announces Next Event; Adds Two Title Fights Just one month after MCC 32: “Bad Blood” this Saturday night, the Midwest’s most popular mixed martial arts promotion will hold another stellar card at Hy Vee Hall, this time, filling the championship vacancies in both the light heavyweight and the lightweight divisions. Saturday, April 9 Nutrishop [...]

Glenn Defends Title, Williams Grinds His Way to the Championship Some fighters simply have that one hurdle they cannot make it over; a sort of kryptonite to their super powers. For Josh Henry, it’s Rick Glenn. At MCC 32: “Bad Blood”, the current Featherweight Champion, Rick “The Gladiator” Glenn, once again, bested Josh “Bam Bam” [...]

MCC Teams Up With The Chicken Coop for Official Weigh In and UFC Viewing Parties They say that when one door closes (literally) another one opens up. After five years and countless events, Twisted Parrot has closed shop. MCC would like to thank Dustin Beener and the T.P. crew for all the support throughout the [...]

MCC Sets March Date, Adds Flyweight Tournament The Midwest’s most popular mixed martial arts promotion returns to Hy Vee Hall in downtown Des Moines on March 5 for MCC 32: “Bad Blood”. The card boasts a night chock full of talent ranging from young up and comers to big show veterans. From top to bottom, [...]

Wanna Fight? MCC is Ready to See What You’ve Got at Noon on January 15th! On the afternoon of MCC 31: “Full Force”, the Midwest’s top promotion will be holding another Trials event in search of the next wave of up and coming fighters to make it onto the MCC roster. Fighters like Miguel Rios, [...]

MCC Announces Their Return to Hy Vee Hall On January 15th to kick off 2011 This week, MCC has announced their return to Hy Vee Hall on January 15 to kick off 2011 with another exciting night of mixed martial arts action.  For the first time in the company’s history, the popular Bantamweight division will [...]

On Thanksgiving eve, the Midwest’s top promotion held its annual “Thanksgiving Throwdown,” and the card did not disappoint.  The evening showcased some of the finest up and coming talent in the Midwest along with a combination of submissions, razor close decisions, and brutal stoppages.   In the feature bouts of the evening, Rios tasted his first [...]

MCC’s Annual Thanksgiving Event Just Got Bigger Normally reserved for highlighting the career of MCC’s top prospect, this year, the Midwest’s top promotion is ready to give the fans exactly what they want; two of the most highly touted competitors in the United States, two champions, defending their titles back to back, another go ’round [...]

MCC Returns in October. Two Champions go to War   While the weather begins to cool down, Midwest Cage Championship is bringing the heat back to Hy Vee Hall on Friday, October 22 for MCC 29: “Champion vs. Champion”   The main event of the evening will pit two champions in two different weight classes [...]

MCC Trials IV: Clear Skies, New Blood; This is Iowa MMA, Baby!     Saturday night, MCC held its first ever outdoor event.  The Guthrie County Fair played host to Midwest Cage Championship’s fourth trials series as the Midwest’s most popular promotion sought out more up and coming talent to add to their already impressive [...]

MCC Seeks New Talent in Guthrie Center, Van Meer Seeks Revenge On Saturday, September 4 at the Guthrie County Fairgrounds, Midwest Cage Championship will hold its fourth Trials event. The show will feature a twelve bout fight card including a rematch of former MCC Middleweight Champion, Mike “Mini Van” Van Meer and rising star “Mean” [...]

Burns Turns up the Heat, Williams Edges Out Giboo, and The King remains Royalty Slams, slick submissions and surprise ending could have easily been the replacement title for MCC 28: “Impact”. The fight fans were able to see a little bit of everything as Veterans Auditorium hosted another exciting night of mixed martial arts action.