Sunday 28 September 2008 - 23:51:38

Jimmy & Chris at the Remix MMA tournament in Ocean Springs, MS

Remix MMA hosted a weekend full of combat sports which included kickboxing on Friday night in D'Iberville, MS and submission grappling/BJJ on Saturday in Ocean Springs, MS.  Port City MMA made a great showing in both events.

On Friday night Daniel McKeever picked up a win in a tough bout in his first kickboxing match against a tough fighter from Louisiana.  He looked great and scored a knockdown in the first round.  Cody Griggers made a return to the ring after suffering a career threatning motorcycle wreck earlier this year.  Cody looked great and got the better of the action in a war against a super tough opponent from Mississippi. 

Saturday saw some of the younger competitors making their competative debuts.  Even though he has only been training for 2 months Rob Keane picked up a bronze medal in the beginner lightweight division.  Chris Spotswood had another great showing.  He picked up the gold medal in the middlewight advanced nogi, silver in the absoulte nogi, and gold in the absolute gi division. 

It was a great weekend of action and we are excited about going back in December.      

Tuesday 05 August 2008 - 16:00:49

Monday 21 July 2008 - 18:08:05

Jimmy Mills, Randy James, James Rutherford, & Josh Bishop went to Birmingham over the weekend to compete in the ABJJF no gi championships.  There were competitors from all over Alabama as well as from Tennessee, Georgia, & Florida.  The team left with several medals and represented the gym with skill and class.

The day began with the advanced division.  Jimmy took the gold medal in the light heavyweight advanced division as well as the advanced open division.  Randy James took home the silver medal after droping a match in the intermediate division finals.  James Rutherford made a great showing picking up the silver medal in the lightweight division and the beginner open division.  Josh Bishop was up early but lost late on points in a close match in the light heavyweight beginner quarterfinals. 

Great job guys!  You can go to www.alabamabjjfederation.com for more information on the tournament or to order a copy of the event DVD. 

Monday 02 June 2008 - 15:32:43

Monday 21 April 2008 - 03:17:33

Josh Cain, Will Graves, & Blake Singley show off their Fight Fest Muay Thai championship titles.

Josh Cain got the night started off right for the Port City MMA fighters.  He won a war against a tough fighter from Pensacola Boxing Academy in the heavyweight muay thai championship at the Gulf Coast Fight Festival in Pensacola, FL.  Josh scored a knockdown in round 3 on his way to a unanimous decision victory.

Next up was Will Graves in the super welterweight Thai boxing title contest.  Will dominated the fight and after scoring 2 knockdowns in round 2 the ref finally saved the opponent out of Pensacola.

Blake Singley was up next competing for the middleweight Thai boxing title.  Blake showed his talents and dominated all 3 rounds in route to a unanimous decision victory.  Blake fought a tough opponent from Baton Rouge, LA and had to fight hard to get the victory.

After going undefeated in the Thai boxing competition Aubrey Norris got the team off to a great start in the boxing competition.  Aubrey looked great in defeating a top opponent out of Roy Jones Sr's gym in Pensacola.  He was in controll form the start and won all 3 rounds on the way to the decision. 

Richard Whitney looked great in picking up a victory in the next Port City MMA contest.   Richard cruised to an easy victory against a tough opponent out of Southside Gym.  His defense looked great against an agressive opponent.  

It was a great night for all the members of Port City MMA!  Thanks to all of our fans who came out to support us. 
 

Friday 11 April 2008 - 01:08:20

Jimmy "Cornbread" Mills and James Orso both won in dominating fashion last Saturday night at the FFI IX show in Biloxi. 

Orso got a huge win and redemed himself with a win over Robert Thompson.  Thompson defeated James in February so Orso was really hungry for the win.  Orso dominated from the start landing a huge array of strikes.  He got a big takedown before the fight went back to the fight.  James finished Robert Thompson off with a huge knee to the head. 

Jimmy became the new FFI middleweight champion after defeating former champion Rhomez Brower.  It was a great fight and a war from the start.  Mills controlled Brower in the clinch and was able to get a takedown in every round.  Brower was saved by the bell in round 1 & 3.  Mills clamped on a tight rear naked choke to end round 1 and had a deep armbar as round 3 ended.  The judges scored it 30-27, 29-27, & 30-26 all for Mills. 

It was a great night for Port City MMA & Slaughterhouse Fight Team and the team continued with the huge roll they have been on.  Look for big things this year!

Sunday 30 March 2008 - 18:57:36

It was a big night for Port City MMA & Slaughterhouse Fight Team March 29 in Linden, AL as the team went 3-0 on the night.

Cody Griggers got things started off with a big TKO win over Joey Merrill from Panama City, FL. Cody looked great and landed bomb after bomb on a super tough opponent before finally stopping him with a huge straight right late in round 1.

Next up was James Rutherford who won a decision in a war with Nate Napp of Montgomery. James controlled the fight and won the fight 30-27 on all the judges cards.

Chris Spotswood finished the night off for the guys with a dominating performance in a feature bout grappling match against Ryan Gautier of Slidell, LA. Chris scored 2 submissions and gave up none in the best 2 out of 3 falls match. Chris controlled the action from the start and transitioned from position to another.

It was another great night for the team. All of the guys were very skilled and showed a lot of class in their wins. Great job guys!

Sunday 16 March 2008 - 21:57:37

Joseph Smith cracked the top 100 boxers in the world this week.  He cracked the rankings coming in at 83 in the world and 27 in the USA in the light heavyweight division.  It is even more impressive that he has done this after only 9 professinoal fights!  Joseph has a big future ahead of him and we are all looking forward to seeing how far he can go.

Congrats to Port City MMA & Slaughterhouse Fight Team member Chris Spotswood for becoming the Alabama State BJJ champion this past weekend in Birmingham. Chris won his division and then went on to win the absolute division as well. Good showing from a talented BJJ competitor.

Chris will be doing a special grappling rules match on March 29 at the show in Linden, AL. James Rutherford & Cody Griggers will be fighting on the Linden card also. The show will take place at the Armory in Linden. Come out and support the Team!

We would also like to congratulate Bobby "Bobo" O'Bannen on picking up his second professional boxing victory this past weekend. Bobby showed once again that his power is hard to handle when he knocked out his opponent to run his pro record to 2-0 with 2 KOs.

Wednesday 27 February 2008 - 00:29:05

Jimmy "Cornbread" Mills has signed a 4 fight deal with Max Entertainment Group. Max is one of the largest promotional companies in Eurpoe. They do several shows a year throught Europe. The first fight will take place on March 9 in Belfast on the Cage Wars XI show. You can get a link to the fight on the day of the show at www.cagewars.co.uk

Sunday 17 February 2008 - 14:30:50


hvy Sammy Collingwood (Bad News Fight Club) def Scott Waldrop (Iron Water Fight Farm) by guillotine rd 1

155 Cody Griggers (SFT) def Daniel Williams (MS) by KO punch rd 1

155 Steve Rhodes (Fierce Fight Team) def Daniel Lassater (MS) by choke rd 1

170 Chris Spottswood (SFT) def Jonathon Hargraves (TOKO) by armbar rd 1

185 Eric West (Dothan Combatives) def Dewayne Taylor (Savanah MMA) by guillotine rd 1

160 Jared Brinkman (Gladiator Academy) def Juan Berrios (Fierce Fight Team) by KO head kick rd 2

hvy Greg Maher (Dixson's Dungeon) def James Percy (Fierce Fight Team) by guillotine rd 1

160 Ben Merrill (Bad News Fight Club) def Blake Singley (SFT) by guillotine rd 1

140 Jordan Pablia (Gladiator Academy) def Kevin Garcia (Fierce Fight Team) by ko spinning backfist rd 2

170 Shane Stapp (Fierce Fight Team) def Dave Pattie (Dothan Combatives) by TKO strikes rd 2

170 Scott O'Shaunacey (Gladiator Academy) def Clint Carrol (Team Tapper) by TKO strikes rd 2

155 Randy James (SFT) def Demetrius Turner (Savanah MMA) by TKO strikes rd 1

170 David Powers (SSF) def Eric Graham (Team Tapper) by armbar rd 1

hvy Cole Mason (TOKO) def Carlos Mendez (Bad News Fight Club) by RNC rd 1

185 title James Nevils (Fight Faction) def Travis Hinton by TKO strikes rd 1



145 Brian Goldsby (Rush MMA) def Brock Kerry (Gladiator Academy) by TKO strikes rd 1

205 Kenny Stevens (Gladiator Academy) def Demetrius Raymond (Fight Club) by KO rd 1

Hvy Jon Brown (Dixson's Dungeon) def Jonathon Ivey (SSF) by TKO strikes rd 2

170 title Robert Thompson (Headhunter Combatives) def James Orso (SFT) by RNC rd 1