Last month Revgear Ambassador Ferdinando Acerra defended his light heavyweight title during a bout held at Shaw Air Force Base in Sumter, SC. Acerra, the eight year Air Force veteran, was slotted to fight Joe Pacheco in the main event to defend the title. Pacheco is a distinguished wrestler out of North Carolina who was 4-1 coming into this match. Acerra knocked down Pacheco in...
...Read MoreThe American Predator Fighting Championship: MMA at the Maxx 2 was treated to a great fight by one of Revgear’s most competitive female Ambassadors. Danika Thibault’s second appearance at an APFC was ended in supreme fashion early in the second round of this modified MMA match. Thibault secured the victory by capitalizing on a perfectly executed Guillotine Choke. Women competing in MMA is definitely nothing...
...Read MoreThis sibling duo, Dominic and Kyra Batara may be two of the most active competitors in the RevgearAmbassador program. Over the last couple of months they have compiled a combined 5 first place finished and 6 podium finishes. Here is a list of their most recent tournament results: Twin Cities ADNA Attack Dom challenged himself and jumped up to the 60lb-65lb weight classes despite giving up to 10...
...Read MoreJessica Gold took to the cage April 21st for a bout at NAAFS’ Combat Challenge 20 in Akron, Ohio. The Revgear Ambassador entered the bout against the 145 pound Trisha Gerus determined to walk away with a victory which would make Gerus 0-3 in her career. Jessica Gold, fighting out of B&G Gym/Hahns Martial Arts, went the full distance with Trisha Gerus; which was decided...
...Read MoreContributing Guest Blogger Gary Edwards Head MMA coach at Laurel Mountain MMA, North Carolina Bullies are here to stay. A recent awareness to the bullying outcry in the media won’t completely deter the bully bashing, but it will bring more awareness to the problem. I can’t say I was ever successfully bullied as a child, but the attempts were always there. The difference in my bully...
...Read MoreNAGA Nationals has another undefeated competitor in Revgear Ambassador Travis Higgins. Higgins won gold and placed first in this cruiserweight tournament on March 31st in Nashville, TN. Currently, Higgins only has one loss to his fight record and that was a match for a title, outside of his weight class. Being quite the competitor, Higgins has numerous grappling events ahead and will make his return...
...Read MoreEarlier this month Jason Graves faced off with Rafal Skibinski at XFO 43 in Chicago, Illinois, where Graves had a valiant effort negated. Graves dominate the fight from the start, but one perfectly placed cut under the left eye resulted in the referee to signal for the attention of the medical staff. Once the cut was looked at, the fight we ended. Nonetheless, it looked...
...Read MoreJoining the Revgear Ambassadors in late 2011, Jaiden Mortel has been on an absolute blaze. He has been dominating numerous NAGA tournaments and winning nearly all of them; he will no doubt be a star in the near future; not to mention he is starting quite the collection of belts and trophies. Mortel has many more tournaments scheduled in the coming months and most likely...
...Read MoreZac Kelley is another Revgear Ambassador that is currently undefeated in his pro career. He has a record of 5-0 with two submissions and two knock out victories. Kelley has quite the underdog story in fact; he currently trains out of his garage that has been converted into a gym, as well as a local gym that he has installed some of his own bags...
...Read MoreMike Duran of Ceres Karate & Krav Maga in Ceres, Ca, has a very robust youth MMA program. Not only are kids learning the proper mechanics, but they are properly outfitted in top of the line gear; gear that is specifically designed for the size and shape of the youth fighter. Keep up the good work Mike. ...
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