Professional two-sport athlete, Codie Shuffield, will once again defend his PrizeFight MMA middleweight title this Saturday (12/15) at the Cook Convention Center in downtown Memphis, TN. Shuffield is currently undefeated in both MMA (4-0) and boxing (3-0). He trains in a gym in the back of his house in which he and his father built (Iron Man Combat) and where he teaches private lessons. He cross-trains at PrizeFight MMA, Team Pincer, Oxford Jiu-Jitsu Club, and the MPD Boxing Gym. Read more »
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CODIE SHUFFIELD: ONE OF MMA’S RISING STARS
Posted in 2012, 2012, Boxing News, MMA with tags Codie Shuffield, Kyle Lechner, MPD Boxing Gym, Oxford Jiu-Jitsu Club, PrizeFight MMA, Sports on December 12, 2012 by ChampMARCH FITZ REPORT
Posted in 2012, Boxing News with tags Bryan Brooks, Codie Shuffield, Donnel Grey, Fights at the Fitz, Fitz, Gerald Deming, Jessica Grimes, John Thompson, Jonathan Fort, Lavarn Harvell, Lucretia Meacham, Mack Thornton, Marlon Lewis, Marterio Harris, Mike Wessel, Randy Phillips, Reccia Mullins, Tommy Connelly, Tracy Morin, Tunica on March 25, 2012 by ChampBy Tracy Morin at ringside, MemphisBoxing.com
Four back-to-back first-round knockouts were bookended by two four-rounders that went the distance at the latest Fights at the Fitz at Fitzgerald’s Hotel & Casino on March 24 in Tunica, Mississippi. The enthusiastic crowd was treated to plenty of action with fighters from both coasts and regional fan-favorites duking it out–frequently to devastating conclusions.
In the opening junior middleweight bout, John Thompson from Newark, New Jersey, displayed a cracking jab from the opening bell, which he used in tandem with uppercuts to the body to dominate Los Angeles-based Bryan Brooks in a one-sided battle. The lunging, off-balance Brooks landed in the single digits in each of the four rounds, and Thompson’s jabs did more damage than Brooks’ best shots, leading the three judges–Gerald Deming, Reccia Mullins and Mack Thornton–to score all four rounds for Thompson, 40-36.
