Mumme and Grado Wage War for the Fight Brigade Strap
Pueblo Colorado, August 15, 2012- To say Troy Mumme is an unassuming master of mayhem would be the understatement of the year. The bespectacled and lanky comic book fan looks to be as much a mathlete as mma fighter, but fight he can.
Riding high on a string of success on the mat and in the cage last year Mumme entered the Contender Series main event against Simon Gonzales a consummate underdog. His quiet demeanor and soft spoken approach had him on the losing end of any odds bracket and coupled with the fact that he came up 15 pounds in weight for the challenge any betting man would have grabbed his wallet and ran. But the strangest thing happened once the bell sounded, Mumme not only felt compelled to stand and trade hard shots with the longtime favorite but matched his well known submission attempts to demonstrate a well rounded game and even tougher chin. When the final buzzer sounded the cards were read and a loudly contested split decision victory was afforded to the latter. While the decision may have gone to Gonzales, what did go to Troy was a newfound respect in the local mma fans that had not yet had the chance to see Mumme in action. He will fight to keep that respect, and to earn the welterweight title at Fight Brigade August 24th at the Colorado State Fair when he takes on rising star Nick Grado.
Grado, a product of the popular PWIA/Rough House contingent will have his hands full when he takes on the taller Mumme. His debut on Steel City Rumble in April had him victorious against notable striker Joey Gutierrez and an encore co-main event performance in Alamosa showed a similar result shortly after. Crediting the caliber of training partners and coaching staff he maintains for his success, Nick is quick to add: “I didn’t want to be that guy who asks every day when can I fight?” I didn’t even think about fighting for a long time because I wanted to ensure that my coaches felt I was ready.” Dividing his time equally between Colorado Springs and weekly commutes to the Pueblo branch for the last 8 months Grado clearly has success on his mind. As a longtime sparring and training partner for Colorado standout Donnie Liles Nick knows what it takes to give and take punishment. He will count on the best and worst of those lessons, his tireless desire to win and the love and support of his kids and wife Felicia to give him that edge... The one separating winners from losers and contenders from champions.
Don’t miss the exciting conclusion of this welterweight title saga when the two meet at Fight Brigade MMA August 24th at the 140th Colorado State Fair. For more info log onto www.fightbrigademma.com tickets available at all ticketmaster outlets or the state fair box office
It has been brought to our attention that the bout with Simon Gonzales and Troy Mumme was declared a draw vs the above mentioned decision in favor of Gonzales. We apologize for the error as it was in noway intended to take away from Mumme's accomplishments, in contrasts the article was written as such to highlight them.
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