Even in defeat, Palmer’s Jake Heun reminds us how tough he is. The 29-year-old suffered his first loss by knockout in 16 career professional fights after his mixed martial arts bout was stopped at World Series of Fighting 34 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Ten-win fighter Smealinho Rama of Greece won by… Read more »

Austin Vanderford of Ninilchik was a champion wrestler in high school and college, so it makes sense that he would do well as a mixed martial arts fighter. The 26-year-old is undefeated as an amateur MMA fighter after improving to 4-0 earlier this month with a three-round unanimous decision over Erik Herman in Ashland, Oregon…. Read more »

Jake Heun of Anchorage continued his success in the World Series of Fighting. The 28-year-old mixed martial arts light heavyweight improved to 3-1 with the fight promoters after earning a split decision over Clinton Williams as part of the main card for WSOF26 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Heun, of Palmer High fame, improved to 9-4… Read more »

The only security in the fight game is to keep fighting. Jake Heun of Palmer has earned the right to keep going. The 28-year-old said on Twitter that he secured a four-fight deal with the World Series of Fighting promotion in a big deal for the former college football player. “Excited to be part of… Read more »

Anchorage’s Jake Heun was victorious tonight in the World Series of Fighting 22 MMA event in Las Vegas, defeating Davin Clark by submission in the final round. Heun is better known for having a straightforward, striking style; he just assumes slug it out and see who is left standing. But this fight went to the… Read more »

Anchorage’s Jake Heun picked a fight on social media and it landed him a spot in the World Series of Fighting. The 27-year-old professional MMA fighter will return to the WSOF for the third time in his career after earning a late invitation to the Aug. 1 event in Las Vegas. Initially snubbed on the… Read more »

Anchorage’s Jake Heun will return to the World Series of Fighting promotion when he takes on fellow light heavyweight Teddy Holder of Tennessee on March 28 in Arizona. It’ll be the third mixed martial arts fight for the 27-year-old Alaskan in the last eight months; he won the previous two. Heun [7-3] won his WSOF… Read more »

There’s a pipeline coming out of Alaska, and it’s flowing straight to the UFC. Anchorage’s Jared Cannonier became the most recent Alaska fighter to sign a contract with the biggest and baddest mixed martial arts league in the world. The 30-year-old will carry his 7-0 pro record into his UFC debut Saturday in Las Vegas… Read more »

If we’ve learned anything over the last three years, Cody McKenzie of Cordova will win his next mixed martial arts fight. The 26-year-old has alternated wins and losses over his last seven fights since 2011, losing his last time out in October. McKenzie will take on Russian welterweight Beslan Isaev on the undercard of the… Read more »

Anchorage’s Jake Heun needed only 20 seconds to work over mixed martial arts veteran Ron Fields. The victory came in last night’s Absolute FC 23 main event in Florida, with Heun winning the light heavyweight fight by TKO. It was his seventh victory in 10 professional fights. It was also his quickest knockout of his… Read more »