Moreno vs. Crowder Scrapped, Replaced with Mickle vs. Simpson
 
At MCC 25: “Inferno”, Cory “The Projekt” Simpson made his return to the cage with a dominating performance over fellow lightweight striker, Jake Burriola.  He returned at MCC 26: “Triple Crown” to replace injured title contender, Chris “Mad Dog” Mickle, in a title bout with lightweight champion, [...]

Friday, June 11th, 2010 @ Vets Auditorium

Two New Champs are Crowned, Teager Retains Belt
With another successful event in the books, MCC reflects on “Triple Crown” and gears up for the next event.

Simpson Replaces Mickle for Title Bout with Teager
 
With literally two weeks until fight night, the seemingly perfectly matched card at MCC 26: “Triple Crown” was shaping up smoothly.  All of the fighter’s training was going well, there have been no injuries to report, and there has been plenty of buzz in the air.  Then suddenly, [...]

Friday, April 16th, 2010 @ HyVee Hall

Like Looking in the Mirror, Burriola Meets Familiar Face
By Randy Thomas
 
At MCC 25: “Inferno”, Jake Burriola will step in the cage with Cory “Tha Projekt” Simson.  The match up is creating quite the buzz around the fight scene.  How these two have never faced each other in the past remains a mystery.
 
Stylistically, the two match [...]

MMA’s Bad Boy Returns to the Cage
By Randy Thomas
At just sixteen years of age, long before he became “Tha Projekt”, Cory Simpson stepped into the ring for the first time.  A lifelong resident of Des Moines’ North side of town, Simpson, like many others, was introduced to the sport of mixed martial arts by weekly [...]