As reported by Gracie Mag, Mestre De la Riva is will be in Italy this month both teaching seminars and running the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Professional Cup on May 13th. Check out the article here to learn more. Also stay tuned for more news on De la Riva making his return to the Vicente Junior Academies this summer. Oss!

Kail's UFC 129 fight predictions!

UFC 129 Predictions

Welcome to the first of many Kail’s Fight Predictions! 

So from now on I will be posting my predictions for most major MMA events the week of the fights. Today’s predictions are for the highly anticipated UFC 129 with the headlining fight GSP vs. Jake Shields. Also on the card—the co-main event: Jose Aldo defending his UFC 145 belt for the first time against Mark Hominick. And returning to the octagon possibly for the last time is “Captain America” Randy Courture. He will be facing a dangerous opponent in Lyoto “The Dragon” Machida.

Starting off the night of televised fights will be the Spike Prelims:

Pierson vs. Ellenberger: Prediction = Ellenberger

Ellenberger should win this fight with his superior wrestling and heavy hands. I see him taking Pierson down and applying some vicious ground and pound. With Ellenberger’s great wrestling pedigree this fight shouldn’t be a problem for him.

Diaz vs. Macdonald: Prediction = Diaz

I’m picking Nate Diaz to win this fight. Nate’s awkward but effective striking combined with his great BJJ skill set is a tough match for any opponent.

UFC pay-per-view: 

Bocek vs. Henderson: Prediction = Henderson 

Coming off a highlight reel loss with a super kick to the face, I am sure Henderson is coming out to try to make a name for himself in the UFC. With his superior athleticism and experience in the cage, I have Henderson taking this fight.

Couture vs. Machida: Prediction = Machida

Unfortunately, I’m going to have to vote against Couture. As much as it pains me to say this—I think this one will be in favor of the ever elusive Dragon Lyoto Machida. With Machida’s speed, ability to strike, and skill in creating distance with ease I see Couture having a hard time executing his game plan of dirty boxing against the cage to obtain the takedown and ground a pound.

Matyushenko vs. Brilz: Prediction = Matyushenko

Aldo vs Hominick: Prediction = Aldo

This being Aldo’s first appearance in the UFC and first UFC title defense I see him coming out and putting on a clinic against Homminick. There are just not many areas that Homminick has a chance of beating Aldo at in this fight.

St. Pierre vs Shields: Predictions = St. Pierre

This fight should be a no brainer. St. Pierre is unstoppable at 170lbs. I agree that Shields will be his toughest match to date but still…Shields is not on the same level as GSP. In every aspect of the game GSP is far superior except for jiu jitsu, where he is only slightly superior. GSP’s ability to combine all aspects of the MMA game and stick to a game plan in each fight (usually just to put his opponent in the worse position possible) is the number one reason why GSP will win this fight and many more to come.

Just wanted to thank everyone that made it out to the police and military seminar yesturday at the acadamy.
We had guest from all different back grounds Anne Arundle County Police, Dept of Homeland Security, and all of the armed servecies Army, Navy and Marines. It was a great group, and the feed back was outstanding. Watch out for more seminars to come in the months ahead. Up next for the team is New York Open for the Adults,and Jr Grappling in Millersville for the kids and teens next weekend.

EFC 8

EFC 8 was a great event held in Lynchburg VA. It was a night packed with amazing fights. Two of those fights having Conquest members perform in. The night started of great for Conquest with the MMA debut of Tony "Baby St. Pierre" Dabbondanza vs. J. Pizpenk from team Hybrid. Tony went out and stuck to the game plan with crisp clean strikes and great timing for a take down to secure the victory via ref stoppage in the first round. Only just turning 16 Tony shows great potential in the sport and is sure to have a bright future ahead of him.

Following Tony's victory our next fighter was ready to go. Micah "see me" Terrill was featured in the main event for the 170lb title against opponent Lee Rahlein from team Hybrid. This fight earned fight of the night awards and was a vicious war that had the whole crowd on their feet. The first round had both fighters bloodied and battered going back to their corners. Going in to the second the war continued, unfortunately with Micah ending up in a submission near the end of the round. After the fight Micah accepted defeat graciously and said

"fight of the night and had never seen so much blood ... got caught in an arm lock end of 2 rd no excuses"

We are proud of our fighters and sure to see them back on the mats soon preparing for the next war. Look for Team Conquest to be showing up in tournaments near you. Next up is New York Open!

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Conquest headed to EFC 8

This weekend we will be headed down to Lynchburg VA for EFC 8. Team Conquest will have 3 fighters at this event. First w Tony will be making his MMA debut. Only being 16 Tony shows amazing skill and devotion. Watch out for him in the future he may be the next big thing. Also on the card will be Micah Terrel, he will be going for his shot at the EFC 170lb title. This is Micahs third fight representing team Conquest. Headlining the event will be instructor Nate Grebb who will be defending his 155lb title. This is Nates first title defense and we are sure it will be an exciting fight with the end result having Nates hand raised. Come back soon for the event results and news.

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