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Cage Combat 16 - Results and Recap from North Houston

By TXMMA Staff

  Edward Longoria, Cameron Graves and Fabian Galavez pick up title belts in North Houston

  HUMBLE, TX – Garcia Promotions returned with their latest amateur MMA event in Houston this past weekend. All in all Cage Combat 16 featured 13 amateur MMA bouts for the Houston MMA crowd in attendance at the Humble Civic Center. Three championship bouts were featured at the top of the card for the promotion.

In the main event of the evening Tru Bloodline rep Edward Longoria won by third round submission over GB North Houston’s Jake Heffernan. The win brings the 23 year old Longoria’s record up to 6-4-1 overall and brought him his second amateur belt. No word yet on turning pro from him but he does have another title bout lined up against Royala Smith for CDM Promotion’s EAC 6 this coming November.

Next up in title action was Team Tooke’s own Cameron Graves taking on 4OZ Fight Club’s Kyle Villarreal with the 145 belt on the line. This site has mentioned Graves before as a ‘blue chip prospect’ due to his advanced grappling acumen coupled with his ever-improving striking. He proved that status once again with a hard fought win in this one to earn his first amateur belt.

Last but not least in title action was ACS’s powerhouse Fabian Galavez winning by third round TKO over GB North Houston’s Tyler Flores. Fabian has had championship aspirations for some time now, having for the Legacy amateur title back in December 2013. He performed stronger this time around to score his second TKO in a row to finally pick up his belt along with his fourth amateur win in five tries.

Elsewhere at Cage Combat 16 Luke Crawford TKO’d brash Houston local Clarence Brown to pick up his third straight win while other prospects like Matthew Longoria, Reshal Malik, and Tony Nguyen won out as well.

Check out the complete results for Garcia Promotion’s Cage Combat 16 below:

  Cage Combat 16 – Quick Results from September 27, 2014

  •           Edward Longoria over Jake Heffernan by Submission (RNC), RD3 * 135 TITLE

•           Cameron Graves over Kyle Villarreal by Unanimous Decision * 145 TITLE

•           Fabian Galavez over Tyler Flores by TKO, RD3 * 170 TITLE

•           Dequette Reed over Aaron Pineda by Unanimous Decision

•           Luke Crawford over Clarence Brown by TKO, RD2

•           Johnny Turner over Robert Perez by Split Decision

•           Matthew Longoria over Nino Villarreal by TKO, RD2

•           Reshal Malik over Josh Rodriguez by Submission (RNC), RD1

•           Jasmine Crawford over Samantha Harris by TKO, RD3

•           Gustavo Gomez over Josh Huitt by KO, RD1

•           Christian Lira over Shawn Williams by Unanimous Decision

•           Alvaro Hurtado over Jared Clark by TKO, RD2

•           Sijin Kurian over Max Akers by Submission (Guillotine), RD2

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Cage Combat 15 - Updated Fight Card For Humble, TX

Eric Carcia and Jace Pitre’s Garcia Promotions returns on October 4, 2013 with Cage Combat 15 taking place at the Humble Civic Center.

The card is set to feature a title fight in the bantamweight division with Manny Lozoya of Silverback Fight Club set to face off against Kingwood MMA’s Garvens Brun for the vacant title.

Belos is the entire card as it stands today. More news on CC15 as it comes to us here on TXMMA.com.

  Cage Combat 15 – Updated Fight Card for Humble, TX

  135 lbs.:  Manny Lozoya (Silverback) vs. Garvens Brun (Kingwood MMA) *TITLE

155 lbs.:  Miguel Martinez (Unleashed) vs. Brandon Gauthier (Team Tooke/JP MMA)

145 lbs.:  Edward Longoria (Bushi Ban/Bloodline) vs. Cameron Graves (Team Tooke/JP MMA)

170 lbs.:  Kendrick Holloway (4oz) vs. Eric Thompson

170 lbs.:  Ryan Connelly (Paradigm) vs. Sean Kennard (GB Woodlands)

265 lbs.:  Jeremy Hardy vs. TBA

205 lbs.:  Jason Perez (Precision MMA) vs. Calvin Cooper

125 lbs.:  Victor Lomax (Ground Dwellers) vs. Mike Ross (Silverback)

170 lbs.:  Josh Wilson (Kingwood MMA) vs. Antonio Townsley (Precision MMA)

145 lbs.:  Alex Tirado (GB Champions) vs. Daniel Parrada (Precision MMA)

145 lbs.:  Darius Gray (GB Champions) vs. Zach Henson (Elite MMA)

135 lbs.:  Jonathan Walker (Fusion MMA) vs. Cody Owens (Team Tooke/JP MMA)

155 lbs.:  Will Morris (Paradigm) vs. Mario Gonzales (Fusion MMA)

155 lbs.:  Tommy Wood (Ground Dwellers) vs. George Rojas (Team Tooke/JP MMA)

135 lbs.:  Mike Dunn (4oz) vs. Yan Digalov (Paradigm)

155 lbs.:  Arturo Delgado (Windy) vs. Jonathan Butler (Team Tooke/JP MMA)

170 lbs.:  Gustavo Gomez (GB Champions) vs. Lonnie Vickery (Kingwood MMA)

155 lbs.:  Drew Elder (4oz) vs. Julian Rios (Sol Combat Club)

170 lbs.:  Joshua Palacios (Preferred MMA) vs. Max Mungai (Kingwood MMA)

185 lbs.:  Daniel Picazzo (Ground Dwellers) vs. William Thomas (Precision MMA)

155 lbs.:  Craig Groves (4oz) vs. Jason Harrington (Kingwood MMA)

125 lbs.:  Sam Martinez (Capoeira Tecnica) vs. Robert Walker (Fusion MMA)

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LFC 21: Angel Huerta vs. Matt Hobar Preview

  Long-awaited championship fight to settle the top of the bantamweight division on July 19th

  Legacy Fighting Championship 21 is coming to Houston and the national airwaves via AXS TV on July 19th and it’s going to be a monumental day for the bantamweight division. Long in the making, the main event will feature popular southeast-Houston based Angel Huerta and DFW blue chip prospect Matt Hobar facing off for the promotion’s long-vacant 135 lbs. title.

While the bantamweight roster stacks up as arguably one of the deepest talent pools for Legacy, the promotion hasn’t crowned a champion since its infancy, literally the first Legacy Fighting Championship event in Houston back in November 2009 – when the promotion’s first standard bearer Chad Robichaux won the first belt in company history versus journeyman Lewis McKenzie. After his won “Robo” defended the belt a grand total of zero times before deciding to “retire” back in late 2011, vacating the belt in the process.

And so as the story goes, fighters have jockeyed for position in a bid for title contention ever since. And it’s been shoulder-to-shoulder with elbows flying as the crème has looked to rise to the top.

  In-Depth: “The Chosen One” Angel Huerta vs. Matt “Crowbar” Hobar

  Serving as the main event of LFC 21, this pairing on Matt Hobar and Angel Huerta pits off two of the top-ranked bantamweight contenders for Legacy and is certainly a matchup worthy of championship status. To sum it up in one succinct sentence, both these fighters have been reaching towards this point for a very long time and now they get to see who gets to climb even higher by virtue of their July 19th collision in the main event of one of Legacy’s strongest cards to date.

Debuting in MMA in August 2010 and subsequently appearing in Legacy FC for the first time later that year, Angel Huerta (6-1) has long been established as one of the promotion’s most popular homegrown fighters. Running his own karate school in Southeast Houston, Huerta fights typically come with a large cheering section and even more excitement by virtue of his vaunted striking skills. He’s been involved in martial arts since childhood and has tested himself in other venues such as Chuck Norris’ now-defunct World Combat League (WCL) before making the cross-over into MMA. Now in his third competitive year with the sport, Huerta has worked everywhere from Draculino’s GB Texas gym (specialty: BJJ) to Paradigm TC (specialty: wrestling) in order to hone other facets of his name in preparation for a moment like this championship fight and a well-rounded opponent such as he’ll face in Matt Hobar.

Speaking of Matt Hobar (7-1), he’s come down a similar path as his opponent but is a completely different fighter. The Dallas-based fighter out of Octagon MMA also debuted in 2010, taking one fight as an amateur before turning pro in March 2011. Since then he’s only defeated once, by freak injury (TKO) versus Steven Peterson at LFC 13 – a loss he has since avenged. A former high school All-American wrestler who has wrestled all his life, Hobar certainly has his own specialty as well when it comes to MMA but, like Huerta, he has also worked hard in the other facets of his own game in order to become a championship-caliber MMA fighter.

  How this fight breaks down: An elementary view from the outside-looking-in

  Looking at this fight from afar, one thing this writer can say is that – like many other fights – whoever wins this one will be the fighter who can impose his will early and often. Though both well-rounded, these two fighters offer up such a contrast in styles when it comes to what they are strong at that the resulting display in the cage should be very intriguing to watch.

For Huerta, he might want to keep his opponent at a distance and pick him apart from the outside by the dizzying array of striking combinations he has at his disposal while relying on the speed he possesses to confound his opponent and avoid the takedowns. Meanwhile, Hobar might look to eschew the striking game in favor of putting his opponent to the mat early and often and controlling him from there, where he may not necessarily be as comfortable. If either fighter is able to establish that pattern and continue it on for the duration of the five-round fight, it could be a very long (or short) night for the other.

Then there’s the matter of how to counter each other’s strengths as well. Has Angel worked enough takedown defense in his training to make it increasingly difficult for Matt to get the takedown? And has Matt honed his striking to the point where he stand with Angel and hold his own or maybe even win that part of the fight? Who wins in the clinch? Who’s got better cardio?

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LFC 21: Angel Huerta vs. Matt Hobar Preview

  Long-awaited championship fight to settle the top of the bantamweight division on July 19th

  Legacy Fighting Championship 21 is coming to Houston and the national airwaves via AXS TV on July 19th and it’s going to be a monumental day for the bantamweight division. Long in the making, the main event will feature popular southeast-Houston based Angel Huerta and DFW blue chip prospect Matt Hobar facing off for the promotion’s long-vacant 135 lbs. title.

While the bantamweight roster stacks up as arguably one of the deepest talent pools for Legacy, the promotion hasn’t crowned a champion since its infancy, literally the first Legacy Fighting Championship event in Houston back in November 2009 – when the promotion’s first standard bearer Chad Robichaux won the first belt in company history versus journeyman Lewis McKenzie. After his won “Robo” defended the belt a grand total of zero times before deciding to “retire” back in late 2011, vacating the belt in the process.

And so as the story goes, fighters have jockeyed for position in a bid for title contention ever since. And it’s been shoulder-to-shoulder with elbows flying as the crème has looked to rise to the top.

  In-Depth: “The Chosen One” Angel Huerta vs. Matt “Crowbar” Hobar

  Serving as the main event of LFC 21, this pairing on Matt Hobar and Angel Huerta pits off two of the top-ranked bantamweight contenders for Legacy and is certainly a matchup worthy of championship status. To sum it up in one succinct sentence, both these fighters have been reaching towards this point for a very long time and now they get to see who gets to climb even higher by virtue of their July 19th collision in the main event of one of Legacy’s strongest cards to date.

Debuting in MMA in August 2010 and subsequently appearing in Legacy FC for the first time later that year, Angel Huerta (6-1) has long been established as one of the promotion’s most popular homegrown fighters. Running his own karate school in Southeast Houston, Huerta fights typically come with a large cheering section and even more excitement by virtue of his vaunted striking skills. He’s been involved in martial arts since childhood and has tested himself in other venues such as Chuck Norris’ now-defunct World Combat League (WCL) before making the cross-over into MMA. Now in his third competitive year with the sport, Huerta has worked everywhere from Draculino’s GB Texas gym (specialty: BJJ) to Paradigm TC (specialty: wrestling) in order to hone other facets of his name in preparation for a moment like this championship fight and a well-rounded opponent such as he’ll face in Matt Hobar.

Speaking of Matt Hobar (7-1), he’s come down a similar path as his opponent but is a completely different fighter. The Dallas-based fighter out of Octagon MMA also debuted in 2010, taking one fight as an amateur before turning pro in March 2011. Since then he’s only defeated once, by freak injury (TKO) versus Steven Peterson at LFC 13 – a loss he has since avenged. A former high school All-American wrestler who has wrestled all his life, Hobar certainly has his own specialty as well when it comes to MMA but, like Huerta, he has also worked hard in the other facets of his own game in order to become a championship-caliber MMA fighter.

  How this fight breaks down: An elementary view from the outside-looking-in

  Looking at this fight from afar, one thing this writer can say is that – like many other fights – whoever wins this one will be the fighter who can impose his will early and often. Though both well-rounded, these two fighters offer up such a contrast in styles when it comes to what they are strong at that the resulting display in the cage should be very intriguing to watch.

For Huerta, he might want to keep his opponent at a distance and pick him apart from the outside by the dizzying array of striking combinations he has at his disposal while relying on the speed he possesses to confound his opponent and avoid the takedowns. Meanwhile, Hobar might look to eschew the striking game in favor of putting his opponent to the mat early and often and controlling him from there, where he may not necessarily be as comfortable. If either fighter is able to establish that pattern and continue it on for the duration of the five-round fight, it could be a very long (or short) night for the other.

Then there’s the matter of how to counter each other’s strengths as well. Has Angel worked enough takedown defense in his training to make it increasingly difficult for Matt to get the takedown? And has Matt honed his striking to the point where he stand with Angel and hold his own or maybe even win that part of the fight? Who wins in the clinch? Who’s got better cardio?

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LFC 21: Angel Huerta vs. Matt Hobar Preview

  Long-awaited championship fight to settle the top of the bantamweight division on July 19th

  Legacy Fighting Championship 21 is coming to Houston and the national airwaves via AXS TV on July 19th and it’s going to be a monumental day for the bantamweight division. Long in the making, the main event will feature popular southeast-Houston based Angel Huerta and DFW blue chip prospect Matt Hobar facing off for the promotion’s long-vacant 135 lbs. title.

While the bantamweight roster stacks up as arguably one of the deepest talent pools for Legacy, the promotion hasn’t crowned a champion since its infancy, literally the first Legacy Fighting Championship event in Houston back in November 2009 – when the promotion’s first standard bearer Chad Robichaux won the first belt in company history versus journeyman Lewis McKenzie. After his won “Robo” defended the belt a grand total of zero times before deciding to “retire” back in late 2011, vacating the belt in the process.

And so as the story goes, fighters have jockeyed for position in a bid for title contention ever since. And it’s been shoulder-to-shoulder with elbows flying as the crème has looked to rise to the top.

  In-Depth: “The Chosen One” Angel Huerta vs. Matt “Crowbar” Hobar

  Serving as the main event of LFC 21, this pairing on Matt Hobar and Angel Huerta pits off two of the top-ranked bantamweight contenders for Legacy and is certainly a matchup worthy of championship status. To sum it up in one succinct sentence, both these fighters have been reaching towards this point for a very long time and now they get to see who gets to climb even higher by virtue of their July 19th collision in the main event of one of Legacy’s strongest cards to date.

Debuting in MMA in August 2010 and subsequently appearing in Legacy FC for the first time later that year, Angel Huerta (6-1) has long been established as one of the promotion’s most popular homegrown fighters. Running his own karate school in Southeast Houston, Huerta fights typically come with a large cheering section and even more excitement by virtue of his vaunted striking skills. He’s been involved in martial arts since childhood and has tested himself in other venues such as Chuck Norris’ now-defunct World Combat League (WCL) before making the cross-over into MMA. Now in his third competitive year with the sport, Huerta has worked everywhere from Draculino’s GB Texas gym (specialty: BJJ) to Paradigm TC (specialty: wrestling) in order to hone other facets of his name in preparation for a moment like this championship fight and a well-rounded opponent such as he’ll face in Matt Hobar.

Speaking of Matt Hobar (7-1), he’s come down a similar path as his opponent but is a completely different fighter. The Dallas-based fighter out of Octagon MMA also debuted in 2010, taking one fight as an amateur before turning pro in March 2011. Since then he’s only defeated once, by freak injury (TKO) versus Steven Peterson at LFC 13 – a loss he has since avenged. A former high school All-American wrestler who has wrestled all his life, Hobar certainly has his own specialty as well when it comes to MMA but, like Huerta, he has also worked hard in the other facets of his own game in order to become a championship-caliber MMA fighter.

  How this fight breaks down: An elementary view from the outside-looking-in

  Looking at this fight from afar, one thing this writer can say is that – like many other fights – whoever wins this one will be the fighter who can impose his will early and often. Though both well-rounded, these two fighters offer up such a contrast in styles when it comes to what they are strong at that the resulting display in the cage should be very intriguing to watch.

For Huerta, he might want to keep his opponent at a distance and pick him apart from the outside by the dizzying array of striking combinations he has at his disposal while relying on the speed he possesses to confound his opponent and avoid the takedowns. Meanwhile, Hobar might look to eschew the striking game in favor of putting his opponent to the mat early and often and controlling him from there, where he may not necessarily be as comfortable. If either fighter is able to establish that pattern and continue it on for the duration of the five-round fight, it could be a very long (or short) night for the other.

Then there’s the matter of how to counter each other’s strengths as well. Has Angel worked enough takedown defense in his training to make it increasingly difficult for Matt to get the takedown? And has Matt honed his striking to the point where he stand with Angel and hold his own or maybe even win that part of the fight? Who wins in the clinch? Who’s got better cardio?