Erik Paulson is the founder of Combat Submission Wrestling which is a combo of catch wrestling, sambo, brazilian jujitsu and several striking arts. Its a prefect self-defense to MMA system. Erik has trained under some of the worlds best with instructor ranks in Jeet Kune Do, Judo, Jujitsu and Catch Wrestling among others. Erik has also trained some of the top MMA Fighters in the game including Brock Lesnar and Josh Barnett.

Nelson is the long-time MMA trainer of some of the most respected fighters in the game. Besides Lesnar, Nelson has trained Sean Sherk, Brock Larson, Cole Konrad and Nik Lentz.

1ST Annual Midwest CSW MMA Camp
October 8 and 9
Featuring Erik Paulson, Greg Nelson and Keith Hackney
Hackney’s Combat
800 W Lake St., Roselle, Il.
630.351.1209

Round 2
Josh comes out strong, but David slips out and comes with a combination of his own. Josh almost gets a single leg takedown, but David escapes and does a judo toss in the middle of the cage. David goes to mount. Josh shrimps out, but gives his back in th process. David takes it and sinks a rear naked choke.

David wins via Rear Naked Choke at 3:38 of round 2.

Hackneys had a number of fighters compete at Chicago Cagefighting.

Main Event – 155lb Championship fight.
Stefan Ivanoff vs Matt Braxx

The back and forth of the punches kicks and takedowns brought the excitement to this fight.  These two fighters had the toughest chins!  There were a few punches that Braxx caught in the chin that didn’t phase him at all.  Ivanoff received the same amount of punches to the chin and nothing phased him either.  Great head movement by Braxx fenden off Ivanoffs fast counters. In R2, Ivanoff fought off a lot of Braxx’s agressive punches which saved him.  Another thing that made this fight great to watch was that in R3, neither of these fighters were breathing heavy going into the 3rd round. I could have seen a full championship fight that went the 5 rounds.  I think these guys had 2 more round in them. It was left to the judges again to decide on the winner.  Matt Braxx kept his belt.

Elizabeth Roig vs Janice Kassal at 115lbs—no fight, Janice dropped out.

Chris Hill vs Rick Farbo
This is the fight we were personally excited to see.  From the interviews to personally working out and training with the two, we knew it was going to be the spectacle it was.  If you read the interviews, you know there has been past tensions leading up to this point.  You could see it in both the fighter’s facial expressions; Chris with a menacing grin confident in himself, and Rick with his signature “Beast” look of rage.  From the tunnel entrance to the start of the fight Rick kept his attention and focus to Chris.  You could clearly tell that both fighters have been spending extensive hours in the gym preparing for this fight.  At this point, all allegations of advantages and disadvantages are void.  Chris challenged Rick and was fully aware that Rick was one pound over on their catchweight terms (although to my knowledge a 1 pound allowance was permitted) and still took the fight.  From the moment the cage doors closed, all that each fighter had to go on was their skill and stamina attained from their respected training camps.  The fight starts with both fighters touching gloves and exchanging short combinations.  Chris steps in and clinches with Rick.  Rick pushes off and Chris maintains a close distance via superman punch.  The two tie up again and Chris executes a wrestling over/under toss and ends in Rick’s guard.  Rick stays composed and pulls Chris into himself to force a stalemate until the referee stands the two up.  Once the fight resumes, Chris tries to close the distance again and go for a takedown.  Rick throws a kick and circles out of the way.  Chris continues to drive forward throwing haymakers and falls to the floor with Rick on his back.  Rick throws punches in bunches to Chris as he scrambles to make it back his feet.  Rick has Chis on the cage and lands a well timed knee landing onto Chris’s head.  Rick then pushes off and lands two hooks to Chris’s head making him wobble.  Chris tries to recompose himself by clinching, but Rick’s hand speed and flurry ultimately makes Chris go for a takedown only to be sprawled on and flattened out.  Rick takes mount and throws non-stop punches until the referee is forced to stop the fight.  The fight lasted 2:51 of round 1.  After the fight the two show good sportsmanship and shake hands in the middle of the cage.  Rick also takes the time out to first thank his friends ,family, and even Chris for making it out.  It appeared to me that it was Rick’s way of ending whatever bad vibes happened in the past as a declaration and moving on.  Nobody but Chris Hill knows how Chris feels about the fight, but hopefully this fight put an end to it all.

Fight Summarys via http://chi-townmmaniacs.com

Chicago Cagefighting Championship
Venue:The Odeum Expo Center1033
North Villa AvenueVilla Park, Illinois 60181
Phone: (630)-373-CAGE

Interview via Chi-Town MMAniacs

I spent some time over the weekend to talk to Rick Farbo (heavyweight fighter in the Summer Brawl event on July 16).  What I thought was just an ordinary matchup between two heavyweights became a grudge match from events that happened in the past.  I intend to get Chris’s side of the story, but from what I heard with Rick it was a bully getting what was coming to him.  What started as a Senior vs Sophomore fight has led these two fighters to Summer Brawl in the Odeum.  I can’t tell you who will win, but I can tell you from personal experience that these two will not leave anything out of the cage.  Below is my talk with Rick as well as his last fight with Jim Moreno back in April of 2010.

Chi-Town MMAniacs I’m here with Rick Farbo from Hackney’s Combat Academy.  As of now your record is 1-0.  The fight was back in April ’10.  Have you been working out between then?

Rick Farbo Absolutely. What had happened was I had scheduled a fight six months after the Jim Moreno fight with Josh Worthington from Iowa.  Unfortunately, when I showed up to the fight he didn’t.  That cost me some time due to the fact that I work a full time job.  It makes it hard for me to prepare for a fight.

Chi-Town MMAniacs Were you planning on fighting after the Iowa event even though the fight never happened?

Rick Farbo I had been training this whole time through.  I never stopped training.  It’s just that I haven’t taken a fight since Josh Worthington.

Chi-Town MMAniacs So what made you take this fight with Chris Hill?  Did you call him out or did he call you out?

Rick Farbo Before I fought Jim Moreno the first time, I heard that he (Chris) was training at a gym and I asked for the fight about a year and a half ago.  He declined the fight at the time.  I ended up fighting Jim Moreno in APFC.  Since then I’ve been training.  About 10 days ago, Keith Hackney asked, “Do you know a kid named Chris Hill?  He wants to fight you.”  I was like, “All right when?”  “July 16.  Do you have a problem with that?” “Keith, my only problem is that I weigh 290.  There’s no way I can get to 265 by July 16.”  “Can you make a catch weight? How’s 275 sound?”  “275 sounds great.”  Then Keith called the promoter to see if Chris wanted to do a catch weight.

Chi-Town MMAniacs So we’ll see you guys duke it out as a catch weight. Why is Chris Hill calling you out?  I’ve been following up with both you and Chris on facebook and it looks as though you guys have some vibes from “past incidents”.

Rick Farbo It started back during the high school football season.  I was a sophomore and Chris was a senior.  Every year the Varsity team plays the Junior Varsity team and the winner gets to play in the Varsity football stadium.  Chris was a big fucking bully.  What happened was he was trying to bully me and I was like, “Absolutely not!”  He goes, “I’m going to make you.”  Before you know it he was pushing me and I smashed his nose in.  Then he tried to get in some dumb wrestling move and I grabbed his head and started slamming it on the concrete floor 5 or 6 times until the coaches pulled me off him.  His face was covered in blood and I split his nose wide open.  What ended up happening was that all the seniors in the school started making fun of him for getting beat up by a sophomore.  So we have bad blood.  What happened a few years after that after we both graduated high school and he went to do his own thing and I did my own thing.

Chi-Town MMAniacs The only other fight you had was with Jim Moreno.  It was actually less than a minute.  You brawled through him making him run away from you giving his back.  Then you sank in a rear naked choke.  It’s not much for us to go off as to what you have in your arsenal.  What are you bringing to your fight with Chris?  Do you want to keep it standing?  Take it to the ground?

Rick Farbo Jim Moreno was a great opponent and I would like to say nothing but great things for him.  He’s been back in the cage 3 times since my fight and he’s won all three. He’s obviously a really good fighter.  Nothing but love to Jim Moreno.  As far as my training for Chris Hill; I’ve been working a lot on my ground game.  I’m obviously a striker.  However MMA is mixed martial arts so I’ve been focusing on my ground game.  The problem with is me is that I’m a muay thai fighter.  I like to stand up; I like to throw kicks; I like to throw punches; I like to throw knees.  Between me and you, we know Chris is a ground fighter.  He likes to wrestle.  He doesn’t like to get punched.  You know what I’m saying?  You’re the one that travels from gym to gym and I know Chris Hill.  He likes to wrestle.  We have two contradicting techniques here on what I’m the best at and what he’s the best at.  I’ve been working my fucking ass off on the ground so I don’t get put in a bad spot.

Chi-Town MMAniacs Are you focusing on all aspects of the ground game, or are you focusing in on jits or takedown defense?

Rick Farbo Flexibility is an issue with heavyweights and I’ve been working on flexibility lately.  I’ve also been working on jits and ground positioning.  I think positioning is the most important thing especially in a heavyweight fight.

Chi-Town MMAniacs The last time I was at Hackney’s I remember you had a small wrist injury.  How’s that healing?

Rick Farbo When I first started training, I got wrist tendonitis.  Basically the tendons in my wrists were swelling up.  Every time I threw punches it bothered my wrists.  They’re in good shape now.  No problems.

Chi-Town MMAniacs So you’ll be good to go come June 16?

Rick Farbo Absolutely.

Chi-Town MMAniacs Is there anything you want to say specifically to Chris?

Rick Farbo I would just tell him to be ready for war.  I don’t want to sound like an asshole, pardon my language, but I got respect for the kid. What happened in the past happened is in the past.  He came and I ended it.  Then he challenged me.  I respect that.  I don’t shy away from a challenge so I’ll be ready and prepared to fight and I hope he understands that.  When he leaves the cage, whether he wins or loses, he’ll know he was in a fight.  It’s a grudge match.  It’s redemption for Chris Hill, and it’s me giving him a shot at it.

Chi-Town MMAniacs So are you planning on making it go the distance?

Rick Farbo Obviously I want the highlight reel knockout.  That’s what every fighter wants.

Sachs Cruises Through Gavia

Experience reigned supreme in the featherweight division as David Sachs cruised through Stanton Gavia. The Hackney’s fighter kept Gavia glued to his back for nearly the entire bout before earning a referee stoppage due to strikes in the second frame.

Now at 7-3, Sachs will square off against Wisconsin’s biggest surprise Josh Sterry. After a late promotion due to injury, Sterry was awarded the State Finals opportunity after Josh Kasee was disqualified for landing an illegal strike.

Hackney’s Fighters battled hard this past Saturday in DeKalb

APFC Ultimate Showdown sold out South Point Center in Dekalb, IL with 11 action packed fights. Some fighters making another appearance in the APFC cage were Dung Nguyen, Scottie Fortner, and Josh Estrada. However, there were several fighters making their debut at the Ultimate Showdown. Needless to say, they put on an excellent performance leaving everything in the cage. Some fighters making their debut were Brad Staton, Alex Perez, and Jason Mattis. The event as usual consisted of knockouts, submissions, and only one fight going the distance…..more from ChiTownMMAniacs