So, every now and again, I look in on Keith Mazza's Traditional Wing Chun website. A coouple of years ago, I headed over to Sifu Mazza's kwoon (at the request of forum member DeadlyVenom7) and partook in a class. Sifu Mazza and Sifu Phillip Redmond were both very welcoming, and very gentlemanly. I came away from the class with a good bit of respect for them-- I didn't expect to see any UFC fighters coming out of the kwoon, but I had certainly seen worse TMA training, before.
So, anyway, while bored today, I decided I'd check to see if there was anything new on Mr. Mazza's site. I was impressed to see a news item congratulating Mr. Mazza on a recent MMA win. Wanting to know more, I clicked through to this blurb:
http://www.traditionalwingchun.com/i...page&Itemid=30
I was disappointed when a number of red flags immediately jumped out and smacked me in the face. Firstly, I had never heard of the Extreme Kickboxing Championship. I have ten teammates at Kurt Pellegrino MMA who are pro fighters, so we generally hear when new promotions pop up in the region. Still, it is possible that one could exist locally without my knowledge.
I found it awkward, though, that an MMA promotion would call itself Extreme Kickboxing. But then again, the USKBA sanctions amateur MMA bouts in NJ, so that wasn't too far off. Of course, the "mix of kickboxing and MMA rules" diidn't make any sense, and I can't remember the last time the NJ SACB sanctioned an MMA tourney with fighters doing multiple bouts in a single night.
So then I turned to MMA.tv, as their database is an official repository for all sanctioned MMA events in NJ. No record of any "Extreme Kickboxing Championship," and no record for any fighter named Mazza, at all. I gave Google a shot, but the only mentions it found of any event with this name are from Keith Mazza, himself.
Top it all off with the fact that Keith Mazza is a middle aged man in a state with a ton of hungry, young MMA fighters; and with the god-awful anti-grappling featured on the TWC site.
Anybody in the Northeast ever hear of this promotion/event?
So, anyway, while bored today, I decided I'd check to see if there was anything new on Mr. Mazza's site. I was impressed to see a news item congratulating Mr. Mazza on a recent MMA win. Wanting to know more, I clicked through to this blurb:
http://www.traditionalwingchun.com/i...page&Itemid=30
I was disappointed when a number of red flags immediately jumped out and smacked me in the face. Firstly, I had never heard of the Extreme Kickboxing Championship. I have ten teammates at Kurt Pellegrino MMA who are pro fighters, so we generally hear when new promotions pop up in the region. Still, it is possible that one could exist locally without my knowledge.
I found it awkward, though, that an MMA promotion would call itself Extreme Kickboxing. But then again, the USKBA sanctions amateur MMA bouts in NJ, so that wasn't too far off. Of course, the "mix of kickboxing and MMA rules" diidn't make any sense, and I can't remember the last time the NJ SACB sanctioned an MMA tourney with fighters doing multiple bouts in a single night.
So then I turned to MMA.tv, as their database is an official repository for all sanctioned MMA events in NJ. No record of any "Extreme Kickboxing Championship," and no record for any fighter named Mazza, at all. I gave Google a shot, but the only mentions it found of any event with this name are from Keith Mazza, himself.
Top it all off with the fact that Keith Mazza is a middle aged man in a state with a ton of hungry, young MMA fighters; and with the god-awful anti-grappling featured on the TWC site.
Anybody in the Northeast ever hear of this promotion/event?
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