Top 5 American regional MMA promotions
With the dominance of Bellator and the UFC in america, we wanted to take a look at the top 5 promotions today on the regional level. The list is based off talent that excelled beyond their organizations and their current talent potential.
#5 Titan FC
Titan FC is a Florida organization that has been around since 2005. The Promotion first aired on HDNet (AXS TV) with Titan FC 16 that saw a super-heavyweight bout between Tim Sylvia and former TUF competitor Abe Wagner. The promotion has seen contenders like Belal Muhammad, David Branch, Anthony Johnson, Brett Johns, Tim Elliot and James Krause to name a few. The only problem with Titan FC that sees it come in at only #5 is they only carry four active champions. Most successful fighters springboard to something higher on the list.
#4 Ring Of Combat
Ring Of Combat or ROC was founded in October of 2002 when world kickboxing champion Lou Neglia started the promotion out of Uncasville, Connecticut. The event saw only seven bouts on the card but it came at a time where MMA began to skyrocket with hardore fans. ROC has generated 100 UFC fighter in their first 55 events, among some are former champions Matt Serra, Frankie Edgar, Chris Weidman and Eddie alvarez. Alot of the current champions aren’t active within the organizations they have fighters like Sidney Outlaw and Sheldon Graves among the ranks, yet neither have fought for the organization since 2018 & 2017.
#3 Cage Fury FC
Cage Fury FC is an Atlantic city, New Jersey based Promotion founded in 2006. The promotion temporarily failed in 2007 before it resurface in 2011 in Vineland, New Jersey when native Robert Haydak Jr purchased the organization. Since then he has re-invented the promotion to propel itself to 3rd on our list. Some talent coming from CFFC are Aljamain Sterling, Paul Felder, George Sullivan, Jimmie Rivera, Jim Miller and Dan Miller. With recent aquisitions of newly crowned champions, middleweight Aaron Jeffery and heavyweight Jamelle Jones, the organizations future is looking bright.
#2 Invicta FC
Invicta is a fairly young organization that’s an all womens MMA promotion, it has been pivotal in developing a huge portion of WMMA. Founded in 2012 by Janet Martin, a former Blackeye MMA VP and Shannon Knapp who hass held Various executive positions at multiple prominent organizations including Strikeforce and the UFC. Amanda Nunes is listed as a current matchmaker and athlete development team member for the organization. Some contenders from Invicta include former UFC champ Cris Cyborg, Megan Anderson, Felicia Spencer, Lauren Murphy, Irene Aldana, Yana Kunitskaya, Sara Kaufman and Jennifer Maia.
#1 Legacy Fighting Alliance
Legacy Fighting Alliance or LFA was only founded four years ago after an acquisition of RFA by private owners, founded by Ed Soares. The Houston, Texas organization has dominated the regional scene since its inception with hundreds of athletes coming to the UFC from the regional organization including Brandon Moreno, Brandon Royval, Thomas Almeida, Casey Kenney, Mirsad Becktic, Youseff Zalal, Christos Giagos, Austin Hubbard, Jordan Leavitt, Sean Brady, James Krause, Curtis Millender, Brendan Allen, Trevin Giles, Ian Heinisch, Kevin Holland, Khalil Rountree, Anthony Smith, Greg Hardy, Josh Parisian, Mackenzie Dern, Maycee Barber, Andrea Lee and many more. You can view the full alumni list here. Needless to say, in just 4 years the organization is consistently securing the future of MMA, making it #1 on our list.
All in all these organizations are currently outclassing the rest and deserve closer attention for those who want to see what the future of MMA will shape up to be. We would love to know what you think in the comments below and if you agree.
