Caged Madness

  • Caged Madness 40’s Devonte Smith likes knocking people out

    By on January 12, 2016

    By all accounts, 2015 was a pretty great year for Devonte Smith (1-0). The Ohio native closed out his amateur career with a TKO win...

  • Nikolai Gionti

    Caged Madness 40’s Nikolai Gionti: Win first, title later

    By on January 11, 2016

    It’s not difficult to see the laser focus of rising amateur star Nikolai Gionti (4-0). The GriffonRawl MMA product won the 2015 BluegrassMMA Amateur Submission...

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    AG’s featured fighter of the week: Jason Riley

    By on January 8, 2016

    This week’s AG BluegrassMMA FEATURED fighter is a guy that I have gotten to know inside that cage and outside the cage very well… He...

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    2015 BluegrassMMA Amateur Submission of the Year: Nikolai Gionti

    By on January 5, 2016

    Nikolai Gionti is the winner of the 2015 BluegrassMMA Award for Amateur Submission of the Year. Gionti held off second place Steve Mowry’s triangle choke...

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    2015 BluegrassMMA Amateur Knockout of the Year: Ahmad Douglas

    By on January 4, 2016

    Ahmad Douglas is the winner of the 2015 BluegrassMMA Amateur Knockout of the Year. Douglas edged out Chaka Worthy’s win over Thomas Morris at RFO:...

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    2015 BluegrassMMA Pro Knockout of the Year: Devonte Smith

    By on January 4, 2016

    Devonte Smith is the winner of the 2015 BluegrassMMA Pro Knockout of the Year. Smith held off Adam Milstead to win the award. Milstead held...

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    2015 BluegrassMMA Awards: Amateur Fight of the Year Nominees

    By on December 11, 2015

    Fight of the year is sometimes a difficult category, because what defines a great fight? Is is a back-and-forth battle where neither fighter will quit,...

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    Caged Madness 40 is shaping up with Riley vs. Hughes, Devonte Smith, and more

    By on December 8, 2015

    Explosive Fight Promotions is already putting together its first card for 2016, as Caged Madness 40 is set to go down on Jan. 16 at...

  • Results – Caged Madness 39

    By on November 27, 2015

    Explosive Fight Promotions held its final event of 2015 on Thanksgiving Eve, as Caged Madness 39 went down at the Tadmor Shrine in Akron, Ohio....

  • Lineup set for Caged Madness 39 with special guest Cody Garbrandt

    By on November 23, 2015

    Explosive Fight Promotions will close out a banner year on Thanksgiving Eve, as Caged Madness 39 is set to go down at the Tadmor Shrine...

  • Results – Caged Madness 38

    By on September 28, 2015

    Explosive Fight Promotions returned to their home base at the Tadmor Shrine in Akron, Ohio on Saturday night, as Caged Madness 38 featured a 15-bout...

  • Must Watch Fights In The Ohio Valley Region

    The 8 best fights in a busy Ohio Valley MMA weekend

    By on September 25, 2015

    According to the event listings on mixedmartialarts.com, there are 17 MMA events scheduled in the United States this weekend, and 8 of those fall within...

  • Three pro debuts to watch for at this Saturday’s Caged Madness 38

    By on September 21, 2015

    The main event at this weekend’s Caged Madness 38 features featherweight veterans Dustin Kempf and Michael Shields, but it’s actually the respective professional debuts of...

  • Caged Madness 38 card set with Dustin Kempf, Devonte Smith, Josh Rohler pro bouts

    By on September 14, 2015

    Just under two weeks out from Explosive Fight Promotions’ return to the Tadmor Shrine in Akron, Ohio, the card for Caged Madness 38 appears to be finalized...

  • Sean Felton coming to ruin another hometown boy’s night at Caged Madness 37

    By on July 23, 2015

    I love Twitter, and you should too. Like most social media, it’s best used for trash talking, whether it be with your distant 13th cousin...