Academy MMA takes wins, awards, and a belt

The Academy MMA team collects awards, wins, and a belt.

In front of a packed house at Canterbury Park in Shakopee, MN this past Saturday… The Academy’s MMA squad again proved that they are Elite in the state as well as the Midwest.

7 fighters sporting the blue academy “A” logo , went into battle at “Caged Chaos at Canterbury 4”. Starting of the night was the MMA debut of Michael Jokondo at 125lb vs  Marc Gomez. after 3 full rounds of a back and forth affair which saw Jokondo out strike Gomez. Jokondo started his Amateur career off with a unanimous decision victory.

Next up was Jason Huntley, also at 125lb, vs. St. Louis, MS. native Eric Newman. Huntley won the stand up to start off every round until Newman score on a takedown and keep Huntley on his back for most of the round. This was repeated 3 times. Ultimately the Judges saw it as a Draw. A rematch is in the works as the winner of this bout was to fight for the Driller Promotions Amateur Flyweight title.

Dustin Murphy made quick work of Darrien Mackiel with a clean Knockout just :28 seconds into the first round. Earning himself $500 and KO of the night honors.

Ben smith kept himself on top of the heap of welterweights in the Midwest by earning Submission of the night with a rare inverted key lock on the (42-19) Victor Moreno.

In a highly anticipated re-match of the Minnesota’s & Wisconsin’s top 145 pounders Dan Moret took on Jose Pacheco once again to settle the score at 3:17 of the 2nd round via arm-in north/south choke (also a rarity). This garnered fight of the night honors. This fight was a sequel to the June 2013 meeting between the two under the RFA banner, which saw Moret take a unanimous decision victory.

In the Main Event, Jordan Parsons took out local standout Damion hill with a quick guillotine choke. This moved parsons record to 10-1 as well as ended the war of words between the two for the past 2 months leading up to the event.

Also in action was Jesse Midas, Jesse suffered a first round submission loss to local jiu jitsu ace Nate Howe.