American Combat Association

Kamal Shalorus arrives in Las Vegas today to train with Randy Couture, Grey Maynard and Randy's grappling instructor Neil Melanson.  "I am very excited to train with these guy.  They are legends in the sport."  Kamal told us.  Neil Melanson is also excited to have Kamal at his camp.  "Randy and...

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ACA President Matt Granahan and Kamal Shalorus will be guests on the MMA Meltdown radio show tonight on C365 Radio out of Baltimore Maryland.  Topics of discussion will include the new book Rough and Tumble, Kamal's upcoming seminar at Shaddock MMA and current events in combat sports.  To ...

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The landmark book Rough and Tumble: The History of American Submission wrestling is finally our and available for sale!  The book  traces the history of catch wrestling throughout the world and explores the overwhelming influence the style has had on No Holds Barred Fighting and Mixed Mart...

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American Combat Association President and Co-Founder Matt "The Granimal" Granahan has been featured alongside Rapper's MobDeep on the new Blogstortion website which teaches business people how to become "blogstortionists."  The ACA thanks the creators of Blogstortion for rec...

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We are only 4 days away from what will be the biggest weekend in history for the American Combat Association as ACA's partner/owner and official grappling instructor Kamal Shalorus steps in the WEC cage to face former WEC world champion Jamie Varner.  The fight will be the main event of a WEC c...

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Today the American Combat Association started a Facebook page.  The page outlined our mission to grow the ACA brand and continue to promote seminars and certifications with ACA co-owner Kamal Shalorus.  We would encourage visitors of the site to click "Like" when visiting the Facebook page so you can join our Facebook group.  Here is a like to the official ACA page on Facebook:

The ACA was very sad to hear of the passing of Pedro Lacerda.  Pedro proudly served our country in the military an was one of the top Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu instructors in the southeast with Barra Brothers in Columbus Georgia.

The American Combat Association is proud to announce that we have entered into an arrangement with Modern Gladiator Fight Gear to promote and sell their gear.

American Combat Association owner/partner and official grappling instructor will be main eventing WEC's June 20th event, KAMAL SHALORUS

Strikeforce will be broadcasting a live event this Saturday from Nashville and the California based organization is really stepping it up this time around.  Dan Henderson is one of the hottest free agents in the mma game and Hendo will be making his Strikeforce debut against middleweight champion Jake Sheilds.

UFC 112 is set to be an incredible night of mixed martial arts action.  Perhaps not since UFC 100 has such a stacked card been presented by Zuffa Inc.  Both BJ Penn and Anderson Silva will defend their titles this Saturday and in addition two legends will be meeting in the octagon in what could conceivably be the last fight of their careers.

The History of American Submission Wrestling written by Erik Paulson along with ACA President Matt "Granimal" Granahan will be published shortly.

American Combat Association's parter/owner and official grappling instructor Kamal Shalorus was the featured guest Monday on The Voice of America's Persian Network.

On the heels of Randy Couture's victory over Mark Coleman, Randy Couture's catch wrestling coach Neil Melanson and Erik Toughill did an outstanding interview highlighting Couture's grappling evolution.

Army McGuire, who we were introduced to through Billy Wicks, is a lifelong carny. In fact Army actually speaks carny (yes they have their own language). Army is an elephant trainer and strongman.

While doing footnotes for the book he is writing with Erik Paulson ACA President Matthew Granahan discovered something pretty cool.  On the homepage of the Dan Gable International Wrestling Hall of Fame, pictured next to the legendary Frank Gotch, is ACA's official grappling instructor, partner and co-founder Kamal "Prince of Persia" Shalorus.

UFC 115: Liddell vs. Ortiz 3 Rumors and Fight Card

Event name: UFC 115: Liddell vs. Ortiz 3
Date : June 12, 2010
Location : Vancouver, Canada

Randy "The Natural" Couture is "moving away from a jiu jitsu mentality" and says ""I'm working on my ground fighting with Neil Melanson, doing a lot of catch wrestling,"

The new year has been very busy for the American Combat Association.  Kamal Shalorus continued his winning ways for World Extreme Cagefighting with a dominating win over the previously undefeated Dave Jansen.  Dave Jansen was 15-0 prior to stepping in the cage with ACA's official grappling instructor.  "He thought he could take me down.  He had taken all of his other opponents down but he never met a true international wrestler before" the Prince of Persia and ACA co-founder Kamal Shalorus told us after his victory.  Kamal and ACA President Matt Granahan are currently planning a trip to California to train with Erik Paulson at his Combat Submission Wrestling school in southern California where they will be filming ACA's new DVD COMBAT STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING SECRETS.

The American Combat Association's official grappling instructor and owner/partner Kamal Shalorus made a huge impact in his debut for World Extreme Cagefighting.

The Granimal, Erik Paulson and JD Dwyer have finally competed Rough and Tumble: The History of American Submission wrestling.  "This project was a huge undertaking but it was also alot of fun.

Joe Rogan has looked on in amazement as Randy "The Natural" Couture dominated his opponents and commented that combat sports are not supposed to be ruled by men in their 40's.  At 46 years of age the Natural continues to be a force to be reckoned with.

WHAT IS THE FUTURE FOR FEDOR

Fedor Emelianenko has been called the best pound for pound fighter in the world by Sports Illustrated's mma rankings,

UFC'S CARWIN LIVE TONIGHT 6PM

Shane Carwin will be dropping by the Underground Forum tonight at 6pm EST.

Many in the mixed martial arts community feel that Lyoto Machida's unanimous decision victory over Mauricio "Shogun" Rua is the most controversial decision in the history of the Ultimate Fighting Championships.  "Shogun won every round.