Hello everyone! We had a great weekend of fights. Ottawa\Gatineau fans once again showed that they are all about supporting the sport and their local MMA fighters on top of being there to raise funds for Brian! We have the best fans in the region! On Friday evening, it was a packed event at the […]

Due to personal reasons, Mark ‘Boots’ Holst will no longer be facing BTT Canada standout Samuel Guillet. But, Wreck is excited to announce that his replacement will be one of Canada’s top lightweights; Alliance member Kurt Southern. Southern is coming off a dominating victory against Tristar/Team Bergeron member Martin ‘The Hammer’ Grandmont. Southern cemented himself […]

Hi everyone! Pat and I flew down to Detroit on Thursday morning, settled in our hotel and chilled out. Hammer drove down that same night to meet us Thursday morning. On Friday at around 1pm, I started my cut in the sauna. It was very hard and I was happy to weigh-in at my 155 […]

Hello everyone! I hope everyone got to enjoy the beautiful weather here in Ottawa, I sure did! For the last few days I have been out running short distances of 5km to get my weight down. My weight is ok now, still got a few lbs to drop. Its my favorite part of the fight […]

Good morning everyone! As everyone knows, you can’t make it alone in the MMA world. You need a team, you need a family, you need people who care about you and who are willing to do anything to take you to the top of the fight world. Well folks, I am very fortunate to have […]

Date: March 20, 2010 Location: Convocation Center in Ypsilanti, Michigan TV: Internet Pay-Per-View at  MMAActionLive.com Ticket: emutix.com Main Event Jeff Monson vs. Scott Barrett – 265 lbs Ricco Rodriguez vs. Bryan Ryan – 265 lbs Corey Hill vs. Mark Holst – 155 lbs *** for XKL World Lightweight Title Eric Smith vs. Ricky Shivers – […]

Hello everyone! I am back in O-town training with my team and feeling great for my next fight! I had a great week in Winnipeg, as they took really good care of us over there. On Friday night was the CFC fight night, I warmed up Remi, who had a rematch fight against Roland Delorme. […]

 Top MMA News caught up with its own Boots Scraps columnist Mark “Boots” Holst.  Mark talked about his upcoming main event XKL Lightweight title bout with Corey Hill, his training in Thailand, and his trip down to Greg Jackson’s MMA gym.

Hello everyone! So, back in Ottawa from the USA, I trained two days at OAMA and then Pat, Dave (a student of OAMA) and myself drove down to the MAS Academy in Cambridge to train with Kru Chris. I went there to train my striking at the same time as teach BJJ to their fairly […]

XKL President Eric Rafiq confirmed to Top MMA News that the show originally scheduled for Dubai has been moved to Michigan.  Rafiq stated, “The reason that we changed the venue from Dubai to Michigan at this time was due to the economics in Dubai it was a bad move.”  According to Rafiq, the XKL “will still […]