On Saturday May 22, 2010, Team Lloyd Irvin traveled out to George Mason Patriot out in Virginia for the UWC!  Even though our main event was canceled, we still had 3 of our MMA fighters to support.  It was a great turnout, the Team showed tremendous support for the fighters.

First up to the plate was Justin Hickey, aka “The Butcher” who fought at 145 lbs.  He slipped and got caught in a rear naked choke.  He knows where he made his mistakes and he is going to be right back in the gym training hard and preparing for his next fight.

Ron Stallings, BJJ Purple Belt and Head Instructor at Top Flight MMA in Aberdeen Maryland had a great fight!  He defeated Joey Kirwan via submission (triangle choke) at 0:52 in round two.

Timothy “The Good Soldier” Woods, who came off of a loss against his opponent in Nashville, Tennessee had an excellent fight last evening.  Timothy won in the 2nd round by rear naked choke.

Unfortunately, Mike “The Hulk” Easton’s fight was cancelled.  His opponent apparently got a serious infection of the glands, so Mike Easton will have to wait a little longer to make his 2010 debut, and defend his Championship Belt.

One of our Junior Students, Shawn Gets His Picture with TUF Vet Jamie Yager

Coaches Rodeo, Devastator, Oz, Cathy, and Danny

Crazy 88 Brazilian Jiu Jitsu was asked by St Augustine School in Elkridge, MD to come in and run a Kids Self Defense Workshop for the day.  Each gym class was divided into three groups and the children were taught some basic Jiu Jitsu, Kickboxing, and Wrestling in the context of defending themselves.  Due to the effectiveness of the techniques taught, the instructors emphasized the importance of using these moves only when absolutely necessary. It was amazing to see how quickly the children were able to learn and perform the techniques shown.

This Saturday, we had a joint Muay Thai Kickboxing workout session with our friends from Top Flight Martial Arts. Top Flight Martial Arts is the Lloyd Irvin affiliate in the Aberdeen area and is run by professional Mixed Martial Arts fighter, Ron Stallings.  Ron just won his fight at the Gameness Fighting Championships by 2nd rd KO and had a few of his students getting ready for MMA smoker fights and so he brought them down to get some different training partners here.  It was great for our guys as well as we have a few guys getting ready for Muay Thai matches.

The smoker fights will be March 13th, the same weekend of the Copa America in the Tampa, FL area.  Crazy 88 will be sending a squad to both events!  Please talk to the staff if you would like more information on attending either event.

Team Lloyd Irvin made a splash at the Sixth Gameness Fighting Championships in Nashville, TN. We had thirteen fighters on the card (including many fighters making their MMA debut) and won eleven bouts (KO, Rear naked choke, Kimura, armbar, TKO due to strikes, triangle choke, tapout due to GnP, Unanimous decision, KO due to GnP, KO, and KO). It was a dominating performance by the team and also allowed showed the depth of the MMA skills being developed with fighters winning on the feet, on the ground, by strikes, and by submissions.

If you watch the highlight video above, you’ll get a chance to see some of the Camp Springs MMA guys in action.  Watch DJ Jackson mount and punish his opponent and Ron Stallings get the TKO with some vicious GnP following a flash knockdown.  Ron runs the Team Lloyd Irvin affiliate in Aberdeen, MD so if you are in Northern Maryland, make sure you check him out!

Mike Easton & Frank Camacho

Mike Demonstrates How to Properly Hold Someone's Hand as They Cross The Street

Mike Sees Some Cupcakes in the Corner

Mike Explains Intricacies of Fighting Off the Cage

Mike Easton and Frank “The Crank” Camacho visited our Baltimore MMA school to give a seminar on Mixed Martial Arts.  Even with short notice and a grappling competition on the same day, we had good turnout for the event.  The seminar covered everything from the feet to the ground, from wrestling to ground and pound.

Mike is professional fighter and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Black Belt with victories in multiple promotions.  Frank Camacho is a young fighter (under 20 years old) from Guam who moved to Maryland just to train at Lloyd Irvin MMA academy.  Between the two of them, they have close to 20 professional MMA fights so it was great to have them in the room, sharing their knowledge.

Mike has an upcoming fight in Tennessee in February and is also considering doing the Abu Dhabi Gi next weekend.  Frank, despite dominantly winning his last fight, plans to focus on his Brazilian Jiu Jitsu training (he already has great standup) this year before getting back into the cage.  They are true Mixed Martial Artists!

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Jermaine “Judge” Mathis AKA “Big Burr“ wins the Unanimous Decision in a Muay Thai smoker.

Zach “SWAT” Perret wins the Unanimous Decision in his Muay Thai match.

“Big” Al Washington wins via Americana submission in a Mixed Martial Arts match.

4-0 this time around.  Great job everyone!  Also, thanks to Brad Daddis for putting on these events to allow everyone in Team Lloyd Irvin to get good experience.

Next up on the professional MMA front are Mike Easton, who will be fighting Chase Beebe at the UWC, and Muhsin Corbbrey, who is making his WEC debut.

Here is the fight card (our team in bold/italics):

• Mike Easton vs. Josh Ferguson : Mike Easton wins in rd 1 by guillotine choke and maintains the UWC title.  (Team Lloyd Irvin 4-3)
• War Machine vs. Rashad Woods : War Machine wins by choke in the 2nd.  (Team Lloyd Irvin 3-3)
• Marcus Foran vs. Joey Kirwan
• Ronald Stallings vs. Damian Dantibo : Damian Dantibo by KO in the 1st.  (Team Lloyd Irvin 3-2)
• Mikey Lovato vs. Jose Villirisco : Mike Lovato wins a UD 29-28.  (Team Lloyd Irvin 3-1)
• Frank Camacho vs. Binky Jones: Frank Camacho KO’s Binky Jones in rd 2.  (Team Lloyd Irvin 3-0)
• Phil Davis vs. Terry Cohens : Phil Davis finishes opponent from top of back mount with strikes.  4:30 into rd 1.  (Team Lloyd Irvin 2-0)
• Ronnie West vs. Kris McCray : Kris McCray wins early and fast with a rear naked choke – maybe 40 seconds.  (Team Lloyd Irvin 1-0)