The best Mixed Martial Arts Utah has can be seen tonight at Horns Elite 10
Last night we headed over to the weigh ins for Horn’s Elite fight Night 10. Good hell, what a room full of fighters. It’s amazing how far we have come since the days of “Tough Man” competitions with a couple of shmucks flailing away at each other in a ring.
Many people may not realize this, but Utah is currently turning out some of the best fighters in the game. This is thanks in no small part to Jeremy Horn, one of the best and most experienced MMA fighters in the world and the amazing facility he runs here.
Tonight, August 14th, will be the 10th of Jeremy Horn’s Elite Fight Night’s. I can’t wait. If you haven’t bought tickets yet, you can get details on Horn’s Elite webpage, or buy them at the door.
A few fighters in particular that I will be keeping an eye on, and wanted to mention here though:
Travis “T-train” Marx. Travis is currently 14 and 1, with that single loss coming from Steven Siler, reigning champ out of the Throwdown gym, and quite frankly on of the toughest guys around. Of those 14, only 3 have gone the distance. One of the main things about T-train though, is he is a lot more than an accomplished fighter. Travis had great personality and charisma. He really was one of the most like-able guys at the weighins. If you’re a brand, looking for someone to promote, and interested in getting more exposure to the Extreme Sports crowd, I would strongly recommend Travis as a great personality to tie that brand to.
David Castillo. David is currently 5 and 0, and although he doesn’t have a cool fight name yet, as far as I’m concerned, anyone who has seen him fight would call him David “Oh shit, I have to fight that guy?” Castillo. I first saw David fight in Horn’s Elite Fight Night #8, where he ended the fight by breaking Paul Sizemore’s ribs with body shots. David’s body shots are truly earth-shaking. Hell, I’d almost rather keep my hands down and take shots to the head rather than go through what I have seen him do to people’s bodies. David repeated this performance against an amazingly tough Eric Hernandez in Throwdown Quatro. David is a fighter who I can guarantee we will be seeing in the UFC and other promotions. Just as Travis Marx, these are a couple of guys that would do any brand proud. You can see here, we had a chance to do a brief interview with Castillo about his upcoming fight:
The last fighter I want to make mention of is Dave Foley, fighting out of Foley MMA in Ogden. Foley is a bit of a mixed bag on his record (2 and 2), but the heart he showed in his fight against John Sharp in Horn’s Fight Night #8 was really impressive. I think we will see some good things from Foley.
I also plan to live-tweet what’s going on at the fights. Check out our twitter stream, and we’ll see you tonight!
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[...] This card also features David Castillo, an amazing local fighter with absolutely crushing body shots. You can see some notes from the Fight Night 10 weighins, including and interview with Castillo here. [...]