Video by Senior Airman Jordan Gonzalez | AFN Spangdahlem | 05.01.2025
Matthew Valkenburgh joined the army to find direction in his life and found mixed martial arts. He retired in 2005 and soon became a fighter and found his passion for teaching, accepting the new challenges it brought....
Video by Austin Rooney | All Hands Magazine | 10.19.2022
Navy Lt. Cmdr. Nate Grebb, a professional MMA fighter who co-owns and operates his gym, Conquest BJJ, explains how his experience in the military translates to running a successful business and fighting in the ring. (U.S. Navy video by Austin Rooney/released)...
Video by Cpl. Francisco Britoramirez, Sgt. Joshua Chacon, Lance Cpl. William Chockey, Pfc. Aaron Harshaw, Staff Sgt. Eric Laclair, Pfc. Robin Lewis, Lance Cpl. Corey Mathews, Lance Cpl. Carley Vedro and Lance Cpl. Rachel Young-Porter | Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center | 10.12.2018
U.S. Marines and Amateur Mixed Martial Artists compete in the annual Fight Night at Del Valle Field, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif. on October 12, 2018. Marine Corps Community Services hosts the event annually to boost the morale aboard the Combat Center. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Carley Vedro)...
Video by Sgt. 1st Class Whitney Hughes | U.S. Army Central | 08.06.2018
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Rebecca Adney, of the 1-62nd Air Defense Artillery Battalion currently deployed to Kuwait with U.S. Army Central, has been serving in the Army for 17 years and is also a professional MMA fighter....
Video by Senior Airman Jovan Banks | 509th Bomb Wing | 04.30.2018
Airman 1st Class Richard Elizalde-Barrios, an individual protective equipment apprentice assigned to the 509th Logistics Readiness Squadron at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., shares his experience and progress into the sport of mix martial arts....
Video by Sgt. Nathaniel Duane Phillips | Defense Media Activity - Army Productions | 01.26.2018
Soldiers practice boxing techniques, called stand-up, with Sergeant Major Edgar Fuentes at Kieschnick Gym on Fort Hood, TX....
Video by Austin Rooney | Defense Media Activity - Proper | 01.26.2018
(012618-N-RT381-001) Follow the story of Mitch "Smashin' Frog" Aguiar - a former U.S. Navy SEAL who now competes in Mixed Martial Arts on a professional level. (U.S. Navy video by Austin Rooney/released)...
Video by Lance Cpl. Francisco Britoramirez, Cpl. Joshua Chacon, Cpl. Dave Flores and Lance Cpl. Christian Lopez | Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center | 10.13.2017
Marine Corps Community Services hosts Fight Night on Victory Field at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif, Oct. 6th, 2017. U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Xavier Vines, Fighter, from Fight Club 29 talks about why he loves to fight.(U.S. Marine Corps Video by Cpl. Joshua Elijah Chacon)...
