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SETH BACZYNSKI!!!!f

Seth won tonight by guillotine in the second round against a tough Tom Nguyen (7-1 before tonight) at Wild Bill's fight night in Atlanta, Ga.

The two came out and touched gloves and after a short feeling out process Seth threw an overhand right and shot a double leg takedown. The two exchanged positions a bit, and after a few submission attempts from the bottom the round ended.

Round two opened up with Seth throwing a flying knee that, unfortunately, didn't land. Tom shot… Continue

MTX sponsored my first grappling and takedown tournament, the Southwest Submission Open and it was a great success! I do admit I was very stressed out for the first part of the day, but after the matches started going things smoothed out quite a bit.

I was very surprised at how big of a hit the takedown tou… Continue

It's a refreshing change to be on the receiving end of submissions for a change. That's not to say I don't get caught here and there, but I am the head instructor at my gym, so it's not too often people are showing me something I haven't seen before.

It's been really fun walking in to the gym this week and seeing some new faces. Demarques from my TUF season, Derrick and Dane from Utah, Shannon Gugerty is here as well as Alex Garcia. On top of the fresh faces we still have the usual Southwest Sc… Continue

Hands are being wrapped, mouth pieces are being rinsed, gloves are put on, and Vaseline is being applied as well as the many other pre fight preparations that are standard prior to going into a cage to face another human in a fisted joust. I make note to say "pre fight", as sparring at the Lab is generally a fast paced hard sparring session that more resembles a fight than any practice situation. I've seen people lose their breakfast, stitches needed, and knockouts occurring (generally issued by… Continue