On Saturday, July 9th at the Demuzio Sport Center in Carlinville, IL, the best athletes in the area will put their pride on the line to showcase their skills in mixed martial arts as Capital City Cage Wars (CCCW) presents Hometown Throwdown. The CCCW 145lb Amateur Title will be on the line as top competitors [...]
Tickets on Sale for January 30th – Capital City Cage Wars IV
Tickets are on sale for our next show on January 30th! We have a stacked amateur card shaping up which will feature at least one Title fight and the best MMA action in Central IL. In lieu of our standard CCCW icon, I’m posting a picture from the much more eye pleasing “Show Me’s” girls who [...]
Big Night for Springfield fighters at UFC TUF Finale
Two Springfield natives with the first name Matt are looking to earn some respect the old fashioned way to tonight – they have to beat somebody up for it. Matt Mitrione is scheduled to fight the collosal Marcus “the Darkness” Jones. The fight received excellent hype the other night when Jones flew off the handle [...]
Brief Recap for 3rd Degree – Saturday, Oct. 17th
On Saturday, I’d say we had the best night of fights we’ve ever had. Huge thanks goes out to all of the competitors and fans who made the show a success. Below is a brief listing of unofficial results. FOR THE AMATEUR BOUTS: Ryan Gream def Dustin Lash Brandon Wood def Troy Pence Jason Smith def Santiago [...]
Crystal Chaffin wins 3rd Ring Girl Contest
Crystal Chaffin caught the eye of our judges, including special guest judge Jeremiah Riggs, and won the Show Me’s bikini contest. Chaffin was able to set herself apart with an impressive “dropping it” display, among other talents. For her efforts, not only did she win a $500 cash prize…..Crystal also won the honor of being our third [...]
Jason Smith to take on Santiago Vance in 155lb contest
As some of you may have seen from our fight card up on mixedmartialarts.com, two more CCCW veterans will be locking horns this Saturday night – Jason Smith vs. Santiago Vance. Jason is a well rounded brawler with good wrestling and cardio. Vance is a tough fighter with a big heart who is 1-0 for [...]
Darren Jacoby to fight TJ Bottoms at The 3rd Degree Oct. 17th
CCCW Veterans Darren Jacoby and TJ Bottoms are among the talent scheduled to compete at the Prairie Capital Convention Center in just a few weeks on Oct. 17th. Both fighters love to stand and bang, making this another bout with explosive potential for the pending event. TJ fought in the co-main event at our April 11th [...]
Matt Veach to fight Mark Bocek at UFC Fight Night Dec. 5th
UFC veteran and still undefeated (11-0) Springfield native, Matt Veach, is recovering from his recent back injury and will fight in early December. He’ll be tested against the seasoned Mark Bocek. Bocek (7-2) has won 3 of his 5 fights in the UFC with his only losses coming to UFC TUF winner Mac Danzig and [...]
Capital City Cage Wars Official Results from 4-11-09
Winners in left hand column Tony Zucca TJ Bottoms TKO/RSC 1st 1:10 Wyatt Green Dustin Allen Submission 1st 1:30 Tom Carlock Zeth Oliver KO 1st 0:14 Dustin Jacoby Zachary Harris KO 1st 0:40 Chip Baker Jason Smith Submission 1st 2:44 Christopher Cox Rodney Nelson Decision 3rd Patrick Douglas Kaine Shields Submission 1st [...]
Capital City Cage Wars MMA Event
The most exciting event to hit Illinois Capital City Cage wars will be bringing MMA Mixed Martial Arts to your back yard with a huge event like this coming up Matt Hughes will be making an appearance at what could be the biggest event in November for Illinois.
