VFL – The Beginning: Brought to you by Butch Hiles and Lionell Royer
In front of a sold-out crowd, with many celebrity guests, WV had it’s first ever sanctioned MMA show. It was an amazing night with amazing fights and much of the action could be seen on national television soon after.
The quick results are:
Chauncey Gnagey v. Nate Hall – Nate Hall rd 2 armbar
Wes Lane v. Dustin Carroll – Wes Lane rd 2 TKO
Nicholas Bleser v. Jeremy Carper – Jeremy Carper rd 1 TKO
Ian Rammel v. Stephen Franklin – Stephen Franklin rd 1 tko
George Oiler v. Gary Young – George Oiler rd 1 TKO
Adam Sepulveda v. Elder Ramos – Elder Ramos (Sepulveda unable to answer bell for rd 3)
Dom Steel v. Donald Crawford Jr. – Dom Steel Unan Dec
Nate Jolly v. David Mays – Nate Jolly Unan Dec
Gregory Maynard v. Mont McMullens – Mont McMullens rd 2 TKO
Billy Ayash v. J.A Dudley – J.A. Dudley rd 2 submission RNC
On December 3, 2011 Butch Hiles BJJ & MMA traveled to three different states to compete in all areas of mixed martial arts and, once again, they proved that they are tallented in all areas of the sport.
Caleb Sedlock traveled to Richmond, VA and took first in the heavy weight blue belt dvision and 2nd in the no-gi division. He was very impressive and put on quite a show.
Avery and Joel, Butch Hiles MMA’s very tallented young boxers, traveled to Ashland, KY to compete in the Silver Gloves. Both displayed a lot of skill and won impressively showing that they will be a force to be reconned with for years to come.
Finally, Butch Hiles MMA fighter (also coached by legendary coach, Leon Ramsey), Wes Hanson, and Dragon’s Den MMA fighter (a Butch Hiles BJJ affiliate), Zac Gobel, both scored impressive first round finishes in the NAAFS in Akron, Ohio.
Look for exciting things in 2012 from Butch Hiles MMA. Their fighters will also be competing in the first MMA shows in WV. They are very excited for the shows and to display their skills in front of their fans in WV for the first time ever.
For more information about the gym or the upcoming MMA shows, please contact:
There is still room left for the bus trip this weekend… A bus will take you to and from the fights and you can relax, eat, drink, etc on the bus. There will be 50/50 drawing and a lot of fun things to do. Thus far, we have over 50 people committed to going and it’s almost sold out. Get your tickets from us ASAP!!! Wes Hanson is selling tickets and receives a commission for doing this, so please buy them from us.
The fights are in Akron, Ohio and Wes Hanson would love your support. He is our most electrifying up and comer and is currently undefeated in MMA and holds two titles. Don’t miss watching him fight live!
Also, December will be official belt and stripe testing month. If you to schedule a private to test or work on your game let me know ASAP. December is going to be another crazy month.
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I have had an idea to have an “Ultimate Cardio Challenge” for our cardio class and anyone in the gym who wanted to try. The reason being, it is important to set goals and see improvements because, “he who stops being better, stops being good.”
We need benchmarks to see our improvements and challenges to make us better. So, we will have a fun, healthy competition, with the purpose to see how far you can push yourself and how much you can improve your results in the future. As most of you know, I am, or was, involved with Crossfit in WV. Crossfit has a very similar concept and we will actually use much of their format as a model for our competition because it’s already a worldwide success. However, ours will be different in the fact that we can actually add martial arts to our programming and we can, and will, use many programs that mixed Martial arts competitors already use.
Overview of What Will Happen
Participants will complete a minimum of three workouts in one day to be crowned the Ultimate Cardio Challenge Champion. Each event will be timed, or involve a formula, to have a winner of each portion of the competition. The Goal will be to have an ultimate winner. However, we will also save individual times and repeat these workouts in a future competition to gauge improvements.
