For those interested in the future of the Cedar Valley Fighting Association events as a participant, this is the information directly out of the government bill
You will not be allowed to participate if:
90.4 A Section 6 c: a contestant “fails to pass a prefight physical examination.â€
90A.12 Section 3 “unless the contestant is eighteen years of age or older. Each contestant shall submit to the commissioner a certified birth certificate, or similar document, validating the contestant's date of birth prior to the match in order to verify the contestant's eligibility.â€
Please remember when reviewing this, we are not lawyers and this information may be incorrect in the case there is an amendment that is not reflecting in this documentation or any changes made after this update.
For your reference there are additional requirements for professional boxers in regards to registration, but as that this is considered a different sport, this has not amended to include in our participants.
Please understand this is based on the laws documented as of May 2, 2010. There is consideration for grappling events specificially after the law change, but only if there is enough desire to participate in these types of events.
Our first event of this type will be in Rudd on the 26th at 11am. Please contact us at (319) 438-2832 if you are intersted in more information and/or want clarification. Please understand there may be some delay in responce so please clarify you are wanting information for the grappling match specificially to ensure we answer your questions clearly.
Monday, June 21, 2010
Monday, March 29, 2010
Press release: Recent laws and regulations changes
We're getting lots of questions regarding how the new state regulations and how they're going to affect the CVFA. With the new regulations, there won't be any difference between amateur and professional fighting events in the state of Iowa. This means that all fighters in the state of Iowa will hold a "professional fighter" status.
What does this mean for fighters in the state who are trying to get their foot in the door and try and make it somewhere in the sport of MMA? It means that you're pretty much out of luck unless you've spent countless hours in the gym or you're already a very scrappy and talented fighter.
There are many fighters in the state of Iowa who can consider themselves to be "professional." The only difference between professional and amateur fighters in the Iowa currently is whether or not you got paid to fight.
There are many "professional" fighters in the state who have no business stepping into the cage as a professional. It'd be the equivalent of a little league ball player stepping onto the field and playing with the Chicago Cubs (although they're so awful I wouldn't doubt if the Cubbies acquired some little leaguers to play for them).
We have until July 1st before all of the regulations go into effect. Any amateurs who wanted to try their luck and see if this sport is for them, now is the time. You have 3 months to get in there and give it a go.
After July 1st, you may still get your shot provided you get licensed, get you blood work brought up to date, and find a promoter who's willing to give a guy with no cage fighting experience a shot. If you don't fair so well, don't expect a callback. It's very unfortunate, but every event is very expensive and each fight costs the promoter a lot of money. So taking a risk on an unknown fighter could be an expensive endeavor.
The CVFA will still host events, but only at venues which are large enough to generate enough spectators and income to afford the many costs of promoting a professional fighting event in the state of Iowa.
So as of right now we have events in Newton, Rudd, Steamboat Rock, Manchester, Waterloo, Kostza, Tiffin, Spencer, Manly, and Dubuque coming up. So email afafighting@yahoo.com if you want information on these events and would like to compete before July 1st.
Please remember the CVFA will still conduct events, but they'll only be professional. So all fighters who hold titles will still be the champions, but they'll only be amateur champions. We will still have amateur events in Wisconsin.
What does this mean for fighters in the state who are trying to get their foot in the door and try and make it somewhere in the sport of MMA? It means that you're pretty much out of luck unless you've spent countless hours in the gym or you're already a very scrappy and talented fighter.
There are many fighters in the state of Iowa who can consider themselves to be "professional." The only difference between professional and amateur fighters in the Iowa currently is whether or not you got paid to fight.
There are many "professional" fighters in the state who have no business stepping into the cage as a professional. It'd be the equivalent of a little league ball player stepping onto the field and playing with the Chicago Cubs (although they're so awful I wouldn't doubt if the Cubbies acquired some little leaguers to play for them).
We have until July 1st before all of the regulations go into effect. Any amateurs who wanted to try their luck and see if this sport is for them, now is the time. You have 3 months to get in there and give it a go.
After July 1st, you may still get your shot provided you get licensed, get you blood work brought up to date, and find a promoter who's willing to give a guy with no cage fighting experience a shot. If you don't fair so well, don't expect a callback. It's very unfortunate, but every event is very expensive and each fight costs the promoter a lot of money. So taking a risk on an unknown fighter could be an expensive endeavor.
The CVFA will still host events, but only at venues which are large enough to generate enough spectators and income to afford the many costs of promoting a professional fighting event in the state of Iowa.
So as of right now we have events in Newton, Rudd, Steamboat Rock, Manchester, Waterloo, Kostza, Tiffin, Spencer, Manly, and Dubuque coming up. So email afafighting@yahoo.com if you want information on these events and would like to compete before July 1st.
Please remember the CVFA will still conduct events, but they'll only be professional. So all fighters who hold titles will still be the champions, but they'll only be amateur champions. We will still have amateur events in Wisconsin.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Upcoming "Rumble in Rudd"
The Cedar Valley Fighting Association returns to the Rudd Community Center Saturday, November 28, 2009 with another edition of the "Rumble in Rudd".
The event features some of the top up and coming fighters in the area. The main event pitts Joe Mullenbach of Austin. Minnesota against Tom Kephart of Pella, Iowa for the vacant CVFA 170 lbs National Championship. Mullenbach comes in with a record of 20 wins and 8 losses and has never been defeated in the CVFA. He has beaten current CVFA champion Cody Askvig and former CVFA champion Anton Tomash. Kephart has a record of 8 wins and 4 losses and has quickly moved his way up the CVFA ranks without suffering a loss in the 170 lbs weight class.
Also set to compete will be current CVFA 170 lbs Regional Champion Cody Askvig of Forest City. Askvig has been one of the top fighters int he CVFA.
Plus up and coming fighter Ryan Lorentzen of Garner is set to compete.
There will also be an amateur sign up division in which local competitors can sign up to compete. Interested participants must be at The Rudd Community Center between 5-7 PM the night of the fights to register,
Advance tickets are $15 general admission, $25 ringisde seats and are available at Rettlaws in Charles City and The Elephant Keg in Nora Springs.
Doors opan at 6:00 PM with the first fight set to start at 8:00 PM.
For more information email afafighting@yahoo.com or visit us on myspace at myspace.com/cvfafighting or online at www.cvfa.info
The event features some of the top up and coming fighters in the area. The main event pitts Joe Mullenbach of Austin. Minnesota against Tom Kephart of Pella, Iowa for the vacant CVFA 170 lbs National Championship. Mullenbach comes in with a record of 20 wins and 8 losses and has never been defeated in the CVFA. He has beaten current CVFA champion Cody Askvig and former CVFA champion Anton Tomash. Kephart has a record of 8 wins and 4 losses and has quickly moved his way up the CVFA ranks without suffering a loss in the 170 lbs weight class.
Also set to compete will be current CVFA 170 lbs Regional Champion Cody Askvig of Forest City. Askvig has been one of the top fighters int he CVFA.
Plus up and coming fighter Ryan Lorentzen of Garner is set to compete.
There will also be an amateur sign up division in which local competitors can sign up to compete. Interested participants must be at The Rudd Community Center between 5-7 PM the night of the fights to register,
Advance tickets are $15 general admission, $25 ringisde seats and are available at Rettlaws in Charles City and The Elephant Keg in Nora Springs.
Doors opan at 6:00 PM with the first fight set to start at 8:00 PM.
For more information email afafighting@yahoo.com or visit us on myspace at myspace.com/cvfafighting or online at www.cvfa.info
Monday, October 26, 2009
It's coming...
The Cedar Valley Fighting Association returns to Rudd, Iowa on Saturday, November 7th with it's biggest event of the year.
The Cedar Valley Fighting Association's Rumble in Rudd events have featured some of the best cage fights in Iowa. The next edition set to take place at the Rudd Community Center on Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 8:00 PM will feature the biggest fight night of the year.
The event features UFC veteran and three time world champion Travis Fulton of Cedar Falls as he takes on Mike Bannister of Albert Lea, Minnesota. Fulton currently has a mixed martial arts record of 227 wins 39 losses and 7 draws. He fought in UFC 20 & 21 and has won the IFC world championship at both the Light Heavyweight and Heavyweight class. Fulton has fought in 13 different countries, has been featured in countless fighting magazines and television shows. Fulton has beaten such world ranked fighters as Heath Herring, Wes Sims, Joe Riggs and Wesley Corriera and has stepped in the ring and fought Rich Franklin, Forrest Griffen, Dan Severn, Ben Rothwell, and many of the top fighters currently fighting in the UFC.
There will also be a CVFA Light Heavyweight title match between Mark Orton of Mason City and Jim Schneider of Leroy, Minnesota. Orton comes in with a record of 10 wins and 1 loss and has mauled every opponent that has been placed in the cage with him in the past year. Schneider has won 2 tournaments for the CVFA and comes in with a record of 13 wins and 3 losses.
Also fighting will be Mariah Johnson of Nashua. Johnson has a record of 3 wins and 0 losses and recently only needed 55 seconds to defeat the number 1 ranked fighter in the CVFA Women's lightweight class..
There will also be an amateur sign up division in which local competitors can sign up to compete. Interested participants must be at the Rudd Community Center on November 7th between 5-7 PM to register.
Advance tickets are $15 general admission $25 ringside table seats and are available at Rettlaw's in Charles City and The Elephant Keg in Nora Springs.
For more information email afafighting@yahoo.com or visit us at myspace.com/cvfafighting
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Waterloo's "Bond vs Hilger" event
In the first fight, Kyle Tournier took on R. D. Dillon. R.D. took a solid stance against him winning via a beautiful TKO after 1:48.
Tom Kephart took the second fights win against Quinn Vases through a forced tapout in less than a minute by putting Quinn in an arm bar.
Our third fight was Chris Pittmann up against Patrick Pieters. During the first round Chris struck Patrick rendering him unable to fight, there for winning via strikes after only 1:13.
Elias Escabado closed our fourth fight with a vicious KO against his opponent Cody Larsen only 23 seconds into the second round.
The fifth fight found Ron Kisner up against Clint Straw. Clink closed the deal with a guillotine choke just over half a minute into the second round.
Steven Morlock was declared winner after a verbal declaration from Willie Evans. Willie made it through just shy of two complete rounds before conceding.
Jon Engelkes took on a local professional Mike Lindquest and put up a decent fight. Mike sealed the win with an armbar just as the first round was coming to a close.
Tim Arterberry fell just minutes into the fight with Tim Morris after a very forceful kick to the head.
Ray Lancaster and Nathan Laughlin put up a good fight that ended with Laughlin's guillotine choke granting him a win 1:25 minutes into the first round.
Joey Hatell met Marcus Taylor in the cage but fell to his strikes after 1:13 in the first round.
Last but not least our two headline fights...
Ted Reynolds Jr took on Cody Larsen. Cody, who had already taken a good couple hits and one which landed his opponent a win by KO, put up a great fight. But Cody fell again to Ted's blows by KO in the second round.
Our "Women's Champion" title fight was a solid battle between Jess Hilger and Michelle Bond. Michelle fought well but "Baby Bull" Hilger lived up to her name landing multiple blows during the first round. Closing the second round Jess's armbar completed her fight and rendered "Baby Bull" as the new holder of the title.
Tom Kephart took the second fights win against Quinn Vases through a forced tapout in less than a minute by putting Quinn in an arm bar.
Our third fight was Chris Pittmann up against Patrick Pieters. During the first round Chris struck Patrick rendering him unable to fight, there for winning via strikes after only 1:13.
Elias Escabado closed our fourth fight with a vicious KO against his opponent Cody Larsen only 23 seconds into the second round.
The fifth fight found Ron Kisner up against Clint Straw. Clink closed the deal with a guillotine choke just over half a minute into the second round.
Steven Morlock was declared winner after a verbal declaration from Willie Evans. Willie made it through just shy of two complete rounds before conceding.
Jon Engelkes took on a local professional Mike Lindquest and put up a decent fight. Mike sealed the win with an armbar just as the first round was coming to a close.
Tim Arterberry fell just minutes into the fight with Tim Morris after a very forceful kick to the head.
Ray Lancaster and Nathan Laughlin put up a good fight that ended with Laughlin's guillotine choke granting him a win 1:25 minutes into the first round.
Joey Hatell met Marcus Taylor in the cage but fell to his strikes after 1:13 in the first round.
Last but not least our two headline fights...
Ted Reynolds Jr took on Cody Larsen. Cody, who had already taken a good couple hits and one which landed his opponent a win by KO, put up a great fight. But Cody fell again to Ted's blows by KO in the second round.
Our "Women's Champion" title fight was a solid battle between Jess Hilger and Michelle Bond. Michelle fought well but "Baby Bull" Hilger lived up to her name landing multiple blows during the first round. Closing the second round Jess's armbar completed her fight and rendered "Baby Bull" as the new holder of the title.
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Calendar of Events
As many know, there's an event or two going on almost every weekend. But sometimes people just don't know where at, what time, or even how would one get there?
Well to help with this, we have created a calendar that you can use your personal calendar programs on your computers that would allow for you to never miss a nearby event or even one that sparks your interest afar because you just don't know how to get there. Or you can request to be added to a list of people we send invites to your email for each event so you only see the ones you like.
You can right click on the image to get the ncessary link for each of the following types to use with your programs. Many will use the ical, but you might not be at home or have that as an option so you can also use the "HTML" for a quick version in your browser.
or simply email: Our Gmail and request to be added to our email invite list. This will mean any event in the future that we create you would get an email that looks like
If you are a fighter or are considering participating as a fighter, please enclose your hometown and any regions you would specifically like to be notified of events occurring at or for what ever reason areas you do NOT want to participate in. Events have occurred in: Newton, Rudd, Waterloo, Steamboat Rock, Parnell, Manchester, Dubuque, and Hills. So please be sure to include any that you specifically want to be notified of or of those you do NOT want to be notified of. Also if you would like text messages, also include in the email your cell phone number as well and we will try to update you the day of or day before of an event so that you have time to make arrangements.
Please note, this email address will ONLY be used for calendar management all business questions or other correspondence are still advised to contact afafighting@yahoo.com.
Well to help with this, we have created a calendar that you can use your personal calendar programs on your computers that would allow for you to never miss a nearby event or even one that sparks your interest afar because you just don't know how to get there. Or you can request to be added to a list of people we send invites to your email for each event so you only see the ones you like.
You can right click on the image to get the ncessary link for each of the following types to use with your programs. Many will use the ical, but you might not be at home or have that as an option so you can also use the "HTML" for a quick version in your browser.
or simply email: Our Gmail and request to be added to our email invite list. This will mean any event in the future that we create you would get an email that looks likeInvitation
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If you are a fighter or are considering participating as a fighter, please enclose your hometown and any regions you would specifically like to be notified of events occurring at or for what ever reason areas you do NOT want to participate in. Events have occurred in: Newton, Rudd, Waterloo, Steamboat Rock, Parnell, Manchester, Dubuque, and Hills. So please be sure to include any that you specifically want to be notified of or of those you do NOT want to be notified of. Also if you would like text messages, also include in the email your cell phone number as well and we will try to update you the day of or day before of an event so that you have time to make arrangements.
Please note, this email address will ONLY be used for calendar management all business questions or other correspondence are still advised to contact afafighting@yahoo.com.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Updates and changes in communication.
Due to the readily accessible options of the internet, getting information out to the public has become increasingly easy. So here is our offer to you. If you would like to receive information about events coming up, you have two options so far. Our Facebook page is available to the public and you can choose to "Subscribe via SMS" under the picture on the left by selecting "MORE."
You also can subscribe to our updates about events and results via our Twitter.
If you are a fighter or interested in participating in events, please contact us as that we are arranging email notifications and SMS messages specifically to let you know when an event is going to be occurring in areas you are interested in. Please contact us by message on one of these two sites or via our MySpace.
We will soon have a private website set up with a formal email address for direct contact so this information will be update when that has been determined.
See you at the fights!
You also can subscribe to our updates about events and results via our Twitter.
If you are a fighter or interested in participating in events, please contact us as that we are arranging email notifications and SMS messages specifically to let you know when an event is going to be occurring in areas you are interested in. Please contact us by message on one of these two sites or via our MySpace.
We will soon have a private website set up with a formal email address for direct contact so this information will be update when that has been determined.
See you at the fights!
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