Donny 'Eagle Eye' Walker will have a second go around in the
UFC, this time it will be on September 17th, 2011. Walker will take on America Top Team's Ken Stone in New Orleans at 135lbs. For more information, visit http://mmaweekly.com/bantamweights-ken-stone-and-donny-walker-meet-at-ufc-fight-night-shields-vs-ellenberger
4x UFC vet & Ultimate Fighter Season 9 star Jason 'Dynamite' Dent (21-11), the current NAAFS Professional Lightweight Champion has signed a deal to fight Interim Champion Daniel Strauss (16-3) in October, 2011. Dent suffered a broken ulna in his fight last June of 2010 and has not fought since. It will be great to see Jason back in action agains and especially locally. This fight will unify the NAAFS Lightweight belt and will headline the NAAFS event in a brand new 4,000 seat arena inside the International Exposition Center in Cleveland, Ohio. Tickets will be available at GR starting on September 1st.
Both Paul 'Str8outta' Compton (145lbs) and 'Bonesaw' George Comer (155lbs), fighting out of the GriffonRawl MMA Academy, have signed 3-fight deals with the region's premier MMA organization, the North American Allied Fight Series.Both fighters are managed by GR's Jason Dent. Click on each link for the separate news write ups. In addition to the signings, both fighters now have NAAFS trading cards available for collection for a reasonable price. GR will do its best to get a stack of these cards to sell in house as soon as we can. Make sure you congradulate these guys the next time you see them in the gym.
On Saturday, July 2, 2011 GriffonRawl's Donny 'Eagle Eye' Walker took on Jeff 'Hellbound' Hougland in The Ultimate Fighting Championship 132 "Cruz vs. Faber." It was Donny's first fight at bantamweight, having taken the fight on two week's notice. Donny came out at a slower pace than normal but nonetheless was the aggressor, pushing the pace throughout the fight. Jeff was able to keep things at bay in round one until he hit a takedown and went for a guillotine submission attempt. Hougland went for a few submission attempts throughout the three rounds, but was unable to finish Walker. Donny continued to stalk Jeff, and attempted a submission attempt of his own, but in the end it was to be Hougland's night. The judges scored the contest 30-27, 29-28, and 30-27.
GriffonRawl, already the premier MMA academy in the area, continues to invest in products and services to best service its fighters. The latest addition is a fully functional sauna. For now the Sauna is for official team fighters only. We may change the policy eventually. It can comfortably sit two, and depending on the weight class, three people. Please make sure to bring a towel with you in order to keep it as clean as possible. Also note, it takes about 10 minutes for the sauna to full heat up. Enjoy the latest addition!
