PROUDLY SPONSORED BY 14951 Chandler Road Omaha, NE 68138 402-813-1721 Email More Photos	VFC 23...May 9th at the MAC Congrats to Brandon Pfannenstiel and Cory Clinebell...Ring of Rage Champions!! Congrats to Chuck Parmelee...Cage Inc Welterweight Champions!! Congrats to Scott Morton...Pan Am Gold Medalist! VFC 23 Validation Fighter Interviews Best of the Best BJJ video clips RODRIGO VAGHI SEMINAR May 3-4 Saturday 11-3 No-Gi & MMA. Sunday Gi 10-3. $35 for one day, $50 for both. SUMMER DAY CAMPS June 16-20 Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, July 20-25 Filipino Weapons & Kickboxing. 7:30am - 6:30pm. $150 per child. Family rates available. AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM We are taking reservations for next school year...limited spots available...reserves yours now!! Our After-School Program is a fun and cost effective alternative to daycare. We proudly serve the Millard & Papillion area schools. NEW CLASS SCHEDULE In an effort to continually improve service to our students we are adding evening Mixed Martial Arts classes to the schedule. The new classes will run 5:30-6:30 on Monday/Wednesday and 5:00-6:00 on Fridays. These classes will focus on MMA technique and drills and are open to all students. SCHEDULE JUDO Throwing class is the last Thursday of each month with Sensei Mike Penny at 7:15 following jiu jitsu ERIK PAULSON SEMINAR Our weekend with 2 X Shooto Champion Erik Paulson was a blast. Training was great as Erik is always fun to learn from. Thanks to all who supported the workshop!!Pics Check out Erik's interview on his involvement in the movie Never Back Down OMAHA's RING WARS Congrats to all our fighters who competed at Ring Wars. Drew Dober TBA Middleweight Champion. Melina Caniglia awarded Fighter of the Night. View the Ring Wars website for event pics and results. RingWarsOmaha.com Click here for some candids IN-HOUSE NO-GI TOURNY RESULTS The second installment of our bi-annual event was a great competitions. Congrats to our place winners. Men's Division 1st Chad Reiner, 2nd Aaron Steele, 3rd Noah Youngs, 4th Bryce Teager, 5th Aaron Herazo, 6th Mark McGinn. Women's Division: 1st Jess Horner, 2nd Jess Reyes, 3rd Joanna Kay, 4th Kandis Petznick. Youth Pics....Adult Pics UPCOMING EVENTS Today's Date: April 25 Friday Night Lock-In April 26 Sasquatch Open - Moline IL May 3-4 Rodrigo Vaghi Seminar at MAMA May 9 VFC 23 at the MAC May 24 NAGA Chicago June 7 Omaha's Ring Wars III (tentative) July 12 & 13 TBA-SA Muay Thai Classic - Des Moines IA June 20 Friday Night Lock-in June 28 4th of July Celebration & Carnival August 2 In-House Gi Tournament November 1 & 2 Erik Paulson MMA Workshop RECENT TESTING ACCOMPLISHMENTS Youth Collin McCumber - Blue Belt Cole Jacks - Orange Belt Ethan Fraas - Purple Belt Jacob Mayville - Blue Belt Blake McPherson - Purple Belt Rayshon Hovaldt - Blue Belt Megan Mayville - Blue Belt Malique Hovaldt - Blue Belt Rayette Bensen - Purple Belt Jessica Tapp - Purple Belt Conner Sycuro - Orange Belt Zach Duerksen - Brown Belt Jonathon Barnes - Orange Belt Alysha Klinginger - Red Belt Kyle Emerick - Orange Belt Haley Hacker - Orange Belt Sam Scheck - Purple Belt Hanah Scheck - Purple Belt Adult Nick Weiss - 3 Round Kickboxing Test Mike Heiman - 5 Round Kickboxing Test Jerry Rodgers - Blue Belt under Rodrigo Vaghi Yury Slonsky - 5 Round Kickboxing Test Jodi Foster - 3 Round Kickboxing Test Kristen Dye - 3 Round Kickboxing Test Mike McCormick - 3 Round Kickboxing Test Russ Hovaldt - 5 Round Kickboxing Test Scott Morton - 2nd Stripe Purple under Rodrigo Vaghi Loy Duerksen - 5 Round Kickboxing Test Mike Adams - 3 Round Kickboxing Test Andy Ramaeker - 3 Round Kickboxing Test Joel Mickells - 10 Round Kickboxing Test Dan Copenharve - 3 Round Kickboxing Test Jill Schillerberg - Blue Belt under Rodrigo Vaghi Chuck Hill - Blue Belt under Rodrigo Vaghi MAMA's BOYZ Torment Ring of Rage Congrats to Brandon Pfannensteil (145) and Corey Clinebell (155) Champions!! Vaghi BJJ Tourny Aaron Herazo gold & silver, Jake Ellenberger 2 gold, Jason Minor silver & bronze, Jerry Rodgers bronze!! The Cage Inc Chuck Parmelee won the welterweight title with a first round TKO!! OFC Drew Dober scored a first round TKO! PanAm Games Scott Morton brought home the gold in the purple belt division while Anthony Carlson captured the bronze in his blue belt division RoundKick Rumble XII Nice job by our team, all fought hard and competed very well in Carroll IA. Joel Mickells extended his unbeaten streak!! TORMENT Mark Mickells scored a first round arm bar victory MCC Bryce Teager fought back to score a 3 round decision victory VFC Ryan Roberts won the 4-man Bantnamweight tournament becoming the first VFC Bantnamweight Champion! Alonzo Martinez successfully defended his Lightweight Title against Ted Worthington in a tough 5 round battle!! NAGA Arnold Classic Great job by our team. Anthony Carlson and Jerry Rodgers both scored gold medals!! Jason Minor brought home bronze submitting an amazing 10 opponents. Team Vaghi took first in both gi and no-gi team points!! International Fight League Jake Ellenberger scored a 3 round unanimous decision over Pat Healy...pics Omaha's Ring Wars II A great night of fights down at InPlay. Russ Hovaldt, Anthony Carlson, Nick Alamazan, Joel Mickells and Melina Caniglia all came away with big wins. Melina was named Fighter of the Night!! Drew Dober won the TBA Amateur Middleweight Title with a 4 round TKO!! Special thanks to Matt Meyers, Mark Mickells and Ben Hughes for helping out in the locker room and to our coaches Kurt Podany and Virgil Juarez! In-House No Gi Open Men's Division 1st Chad Reiner, 2nd Aaron Steele, 3rd Noah Youngs, 4th Bryce Teager, 5th Aaron Herazo, 6th Mark McGinn. Women's Division: 1st Jess Horner, 2nd Jess Reyes, 3rd Joanna Kay, 4th Kandis Petznick. Victory Fighting Championship Abe Wagner and Darin Brudigan brought home gold both becoming champions in the heavyweight and middleweight divisions respectively. Drew Dober, Brandon Pfanennstiel and Jerimiah Mertz also came away as winners! Jerimiah also was awarded the Heart of a Warrior Award for his outstanding performance!! Midwest Submission Hunt MAMA'z KIDZ did an amazing job up in Minneapolis. Conner Sycuro, Ben Echols, Malique Hovaldt and Rayshon Hovaldt all brought home medals in both the gi and no-gi competitions!!! Past Accomplishments FRIENDS OF MID-AMERICA MARTIAL ARTS