UFM & Team AGEMA's Grady Hurley WINS big at Fitzgeralds Casino! 
Well,
that's all folks! Grady Hurley, after a twelve year absence from the
cage, walked away victorious on Saturday night amid thunderous applause
and abundant cheers at Fitzgerald's Casino in Tunica, Miss..
Hurley,
a longtime member of Team AGEMA, has trained with many of the team's
fighters and coached many more. His years of absence from the cage
itself was due to a terrible auto accident years ago, but Grady decided
to make a run at the cage one more time... and boy did he put on a show!
Jeff
Chambers and Tony Palmer reported that Grady received a blow to the
groin early on in the fight but recovered well and stayed confident in
the cage. By all accounts, he won the first round and then exploded
during the second to win the fight by TKO before the round was over.
In case you missed the back story, the Daily Journal did a great article on Grady before the fight. CLICK HERE
for the link to the story. Thanks to Ashley Nicole Hattox, you can VIEW THE FIGHT on Facebook. Just click and enjoy, but don't forget to like her and Grady as well as Ultimate Fitness and MMA. Grady
was a very gracious and humble winner. Some fighters boast, some show
off for the crowd, but Grady took the mic when interviewed to thank the
hundreds of fans that supported him and traveled over a hundred miles to
cheer him on. Cody Floyd, Jeff Chambers, Jon Crump, Isaac "Ironman"
Ware, and many of the UFM members were on hand to congratulate Grady.
Facebook "blew up" when his hand was raised. People in Tupelo, Amory,
Nettleton, Verona, Saltillo, Pontotoc, Corinth, Belmont and other
communities had something to cheer about and that they did as Grady
represented Team AGEMA, UFM Tupelo, and North Mississippi with honor and
composure.
Daniel Hankins,
17 years of age, was set to make his debut in the cage at the same
event; however, his scheduled opponent was unable to make the fight due
to an emergency in his family. We hate that the two didn't get to
face-off in the cage but as Jeff Chambers stated "These things happen in
the fight game. Daniel "The Dirty Squirrel" continues to train and the
hope is that he will appear on the Summit card on August 2nd, in
Tupelo!
Stay
tuned for more information on this major event in Tupelo. It will be a
"barn burner" for sure. Rumors are already flying about who will be on
the card. My personal hope it to see guys like Johnathan "The King's
Kid" Burdine, Bryan "Bad Intentions" White, and many of the other AGEMA
"Elite Guard". One can only dream, but if they are on the card, we can
count on a night of explosive talent right here near home.
Between now and then we will have KING OF THE MATS competition in July. We will get the date, time and location for you as soon as it comes out and is finalized.
Stay tuned!!! And keep training.
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