Combat Sports Center is the most dynamic
martial arts school in Central Virginia. With comprehensive training in six top-rated programs of
Muay ThaiKickboxing, Mixed Martial Arts (MMA),
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ)/Grappling, Boxing, and Youth Karate/Kickboxing and Youth
BJJ/Grappling. Combat Sports Center has a program to fit anyone at any level with proven results. Our master instructors are ready to help you achieve your goals, whether in fitness, self-defense, weight control, or competition training. With Virginia’s largest and most successful fight team,
Combat Sports Center is ready to fulfill your needs.
Cage Combat, Trump Arena Casino, Atlantic City,
New Jersey - “It was a good fight and anthony
looked very good” said coach Brian Crenshaw, “he
listened and performed very well.” Also in
Morrison’s corner was Junior Assuncao who told
us, “I was very impressed with Anthony, he
fought a tough guy and he did very well”.....Read
more
On friday night Anthony “antmo” Morrison steps
into the cage at the Trump Casino in Atlantic
City, New Jersey to face Tim Troxell (6-2). This
is a long awaited fight as these two have known
they would cross paths sooner or later. Look for
Anthony to show a deeper game as he has been
training hard under UFC vet Junior Assuncao for
the past 2 months in preparation for this
fight......Read More
Combat Sports Center - Maryland is Fully
Operational
We are happy to announce that Combat Sports
Center – Maryland, located in North East
Baltimore, is now fully operational. We are very
pleased to introduce our dynamic and
state-of-the-art facility to the Baltimore
community. CSC – MD specializes in Muay Thai
Kickboxing, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, and Mixed
Martial Arts. We also feature a Youth Combat
Program and a Fitness Yoga Program. Coach Dorsey
and Coach Hall have very specific and proven
skill sets that they enjoy sharing with Thai
Boxing, BJJ, and MMA practitioners. Our facility
has a great layout, top-notch equipment, and a
positive energy that will be attracting many new
and seasoned practitioners in the years to come.
CSC – Maryland=2 0Thanks Kru Brian Crenshaw and
his staff for their time and support.
CSC 27 - Muay Thai and MMA Fight Show in
Richmond, VA. Combat Sports Center's Brandon
"Part Time" Mickens successfully defended his
WKA North American Muay Thai Title by KO'ing
Ryan Beasley from Global Academy from Virginia
Beach, VA this Saturday night early in the
second of this five round title bout. Brandon
will face one of the top ranked 140 pounders in
the world, Omar Ahmed, form Sitan Gym in New
York City on June 16th for the WKA WORLD Muay
Thai title. This fight promises to be one of the
best Muay Thai match ups of the year. TEAM
Combat's Micha "the kid" Goodman worked an
impressive first rounf submission of Maryland's
Don Newman as he continues his undeated MMA
streak. The fight ended in near the end of the
first round after several scrabbles and then a
take down and heel hook submission by Goodman.
Congrats to all of TEAM Combat as everyone
pitched in the show case two great fights and
pull off an awesome event....................Read more
Combat Sports Center is pleased to
announce that Junior "The Punisher" Assuncao
will be joining the team of instructors and
fighters at its Richmond, Virginia location!
Join us on Monday April 20th for class and
meet Junior as CSC's new Program Director and
Head Instructor of the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and
No Gi Grappling program. Junior will be a great
asset to the already successful team of fighters
currently at Combat Sports Center. Originally
from Recifein Northeastern Brazil, and having 12
years under Mestre Delei and more recently
mentored by Roberto Traven, Junior blends a
diverse mixture of martial arts: Brazilian
Jiu-Jitsu, Muay Thai, Boxing, Wrestling, and
Capoeria...................Read more
Alvin KID Robinson is out of the Main
event match with Anthony Morrison due to a
broken arm.
Robinson suffered a broken arm training with
former ROF Champion Christian Allen. Allen
kicked Robinson in the arm during a recent
sparring session. Robinson blocked the kick with
his forearm. Robinson felt immediate pain but
thought it was just a "good shot".....................Read more
RING OF FIRE 34: JUDGMENT DAY!!. The 13 bout MMA
event will take place on Saturday, April
11th,2009 at the Broomfield Event Center in
Broomfield, Colorado.
MAIN EVENT: Anthony "Antmo" Morrison to face UFC
Veteran Alvin "Kid" Robinson..................Read more
EXTREME MUAY THAI, New York. Brandon "Part Time"
Mickens is preparing to fight his most
experienced opponent to date in New York's
EXTREM MUAY THAI event in April. Brandon will
face one of the top ranked 140 pounders in the
world, Omar Ahmed, form Sitan Gym in New York
City. This fight promises to be one of the best
Muay Thai match ups of the year. ...Read more
On Saturday, February, 20th, Francois "Bang
Bang" Ambang won a unanimous decision in his
second professional boxing match at the Shipley
Arena in Maryland...Read more
On Thursday January, 29, coaches Brian Crenshaw
and Bertina Lee put Thai students through a
rigorous test, in which students' training and
hard work shone through... ..Read more
On Friday February, 6, CSC fighters Anthony
Morrison and Francois Ambang should how hard
work pays off in the ring as they both captured
the "W" in their respected matches. ......Read more
On friday February 6th, Anthony Morrison and
Phillip Wyman head up to Atlantic City to clock
in some cage time at the World Cagefighting
Alliance. Read more
SuckerPunch fighters showed up in force in
Sarasota Florida this passed weekend as Art Of
Fighting put on a great show for the nearly sold
out Robarts arena. Read more
CSC fighters travel to fight Sarasota, Florida
to represent SuckerPunch and TEAM COMBAT in the
south east’s premiere MMA fight show, the Art of
Fighting. Read more
CSC would like to thank Andrew Correa for an
outstand seminar this weekend. Andrew did a
great job in giving students both training
methods for preparing for and winning grappling
tournaments. We look forward to having Andrew
back again in the future. It was obvious why
Andrew is more of the top referees in both the
Grapplers Quest and NAGA BJJ GI and NO GI
grappling tournament circuits.
Read more
Q. Anthony how did you get into this sport?
A. I got into this the same way Joe Silva did…
WWF wrestling. I was a huge fan, my life was
wrestling, comics and video games. When I saw
MMA for the first time i was like maaaan and
this aint fake! hahaha! Since then I have just
studied and watched anything and everything I
could get my hands on. Read more
Combat Sports Center has signed Carlos David
Oliveira as their new BJJ/Grappling Coach.
Oliveira is a 2nd degree Black Belt under UFC
veteran and Abu Dhabi champion, Roberto "Spider"
Traven. Oliveira will not only join the the of
coaches, but will also be a TEAM COMBAT fighter.
OLiveira was mounted an impressive 6-0 Pro MMA
record and looks forward to working with his new
trainers and team mates.
Better Promotions Boxing, Millersville, MD.
Dwayne Shelton (2-0 Pro Boxing) remained
undefeated by unanimous decision win over
Mike Tiberi (6-1, 3 KO; Towsend, DE. Fight was
scored: 40-36, 40-36, 39-37. Shelton out boxed
the local favorite in every round to take an
impressive unanimous decision.
To all my fans,
I really appreciate all the support you have
sent my way and I am so sorry I am not able to
fight this weekend. I trained harder for this
than any other fight in my life and I was
looking forward to this more than you know.
Read more
A record number of
applicants turned out at the Crown Plaza in
Chicago on Monday to tryout for the 9th season
of The Ultimate Fighter. There were nearly 800
applicants which would make for a very long day.
His name is
Francois Ambang. Little was known about him when
he showed up on the doorstep of Combat Sports
Center in Richmond, VA (Amir Sadollah’s home
school).
Jerome Fields,
Todd Gimian and Brandon Mickens prepare to take
on some tough northeast Mauy Thai fighter in
Philly on September 20th. Micken’s (WKA North
American Champion) will challenge for the ECCC
Title on Saturday at the World’s Sports Plex in
Philadelphia, PA.
Team Combat
fighters Anthony Morrison and Francois Ambang
traveled along with other Sucker Punch Fighters
to Chicago for the TUF 8 tryouts. A record
number of applicants turned out at the Crown
Plaza in Chicago on Monday to tryout for the 9th
season of The Ultimate Fighter. There were
nearly 800 applicants which would make for a
very long day.
Read More
On November 15th,
at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, his
saga continues as he returns to the Octagon to
take on unbeaten newcomer Nick Catone on the
televised portion of UFC 91: Couture vs Lesnar.
Read More
Dwayne won a decisive 30-27 victory over
James Meals Saturday night at Lou Neglia’s Ring
Of Combat at the Tropicana Casino in Atlantic
City. “Diesel was reversing take downs, throwing
hands, delivering solid leg kicks and even
throwing knees in the clinch”, said training
partner Bertina Lee, “Diesel looked sharp!Read more
On Saturday July
12th Dwayne “Diesel” Shelton won a convincing
battle against Team Kurt Pellagrino fighter
Kevin Roddy. Dwayne was simply too strong for
Roddy as he landed heavy shots and reversed take
down attempts and nearly submitted Roddy at the
end of the 3rd round. It was a convincing win
amongst some very controversial judging to say
the least. Read more
While not officially a "loser leaves town" fight, that was certainly the idea. At least that's what Kendall Grove believed heading into his main event battle with former UFC middleweight champion Evan Tanner on Saturday night in Las Vegas. Read more
In theory and in practice, reality television shows are at their best when the underdog rises from nowhere to win it all. Saturday night at The Pearl at The... Read more
LAS VEGAS — A surgical technician with no pro fights under his belt, Amir Sadollah wasn't even close to dark horse status when Season 7 of "The Ultimate Fighter" started. Read more
Middleweight Amir Sadollah became the "Ultimate Fighter: Season 7" winner by submitting CB Dollaway with an arm bar from the guard in the first round Saturday night in Las Vegas. Middleweight Amir Sadollah became the "Ultimate Fighter: Season 7" winner by submitting CB Dollaway with an arm bar from the guard in the first round Saturday night in Las Vegas. Read more
LAS VEGAS: Middleweight Amir Sadollah beat C.B. Dollaway to win "The Ultimate Fighter" Season 7 finale with a first-round submission Saturday night. Read more
411mania.com presents a new column in which we will profile one of the most important aspects of a fighter’s life, their schools. The schools are where fighters spend the majority of their time training for a fight so in order to give you a better look at the sport of MMA... Read more
Tired of being called a “keyboard warrior,” 411’s John Curry recently took a trip out to feel the pain of MMA by being put in over thirty submissions by professional MMA fighters! He writes all about it in the latest edition of the Ground and Pound! Read more
Amir Sadollah of Team Combat is one of 16 Middleweights to fight their way into the house for a chance to win a contract with the UFC on Spike TV’s reality series “The Ultimate Fighter 7”, shown Wednesday nights at 10:00 P.M. Also check out Amir’s blog, updated after each episode. Read more
On June 13-15, 2008, Combat Sports League, sanctioned by the World Kickboxing Association-USA, will host an elimination tournament to determine the best fighters in North America. This event will be held at the ACTS Sports Complex, 2240 Oak Lake Blvd., Midlothian, VA, and will be topped off with a Saturday evening fight show. Read more
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