April 26th, 2008 . ...Wade Shanley

Throwdown in O-Town returned to Ottawa for it's second edition and Ronin MMA had two fighters on the card once again.

James Mahony lost to Nick Creeper of MAS Thai Boxing when the fight had to be called in the second round due to blood.

Dan Narraway defeated Mitchell Fowler of MAS Thai Boxing by unanimous decision in a great match with both fighters showing great Muay Thai technique.

April 19th, 2008 . ...Wade Shanley

Ronin MMA made a roadtrip down to Montreal to watch UFC 83 Serra vs. St. Pierre 2 the first UFC ever being held in Canada.

The crowd and atmosphere was unbelievable and it was an amazing experience for everyone who was able to go.

April 12th, 2008 . ...Wade Shanley

Our friends at Loyalist MMA hosted Ben for a grappling seminar this weekend.

Ben had a great time getting to know everyone at Loyalist MMA and looks to be back soon.

April 4th, 2008 . ...Wade Shanley

Nick Denis made a successfull defense of his King of the Cage Canadian Bantamweight Championship at King of the Cage Brawl in the Mall 3 in Edmonton.

Nick fought a very tough Josh Gallant and ended up winning in the second round by knockout!

Congratulations Nick you always represent the Ronin MMA spirit in both training and the cage!

March 28-30th, 2008 . ...Wade Shanley

Team Ronin headed down to L.A. to compete in the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Pan-American Championship and we had some great results!

Congratulations to Daryl Hartley and Felipe Heidrich for competeing, Ben Meireles for finishing fourth in the Black Belt Senior 1 Absolute division, Bob P. for winning Bronze in the Purple Belt Masters Middleweight division, and Tri Nguyen for winning Gold in the Purple Belt Senior1 Featherweight division!

February 2nd , 2008 . ...Jamie Helmer

A big thank you to 2007 WMC Champion Kru Clifton Brown for another excellent Muay Thai seminar at Ronin MMA on Saturday!

December 27th , 2007 . ...Wade Shanley

Update From Karim!

Congratulations to Karim on winning GOLD at the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation of Japan National Championships!

Karim took Gold in the Brown Belt Open Weight Class!

Karim is also helping to spread Ronin Worldwide and sent a picture of his Ronin crew in Japan.

Check out the gallery!

December 1st , 2007 . ...Wade Shanley

Congratulations to all of the Ronin's who got promoted at today's belt test!

White Belt Stripes
Mark Hurst, Minh Dong, George Lafleur

Green Belt
Graham Hart

Blue Belt
Billy DeMelo, Brock Williams, Dale Spencer, Greg Compton, James Brown, Jarrah Al-Shammari , Jason Harper

Purple Belt
Ryan Kellar

Brown Belt
Damien Sabourin, Wade Shanley

November 17th, 2007 . ...Wade Shanley

Ronin MMA had two fighters compete at the Throwdown in O-Town Saturday November 17th at the Nepean Sportsplex. The event was Ottawa's first full contact amateur Muay Thai event.

Dan Narraway defeats Peter Franchi by Unanimous Decision

Jamie Helmer defeats Bilal Charwich by Unanimous Decision

Congratulations to both Dan and Jamie for coming away with victories and allowing Ronin to go 2-0!

November 3rd, 2007 . ... Jamie Helmer

Congratulations to all the competitors in the BTT CANADA Fall BJJ Tournament November 3, 2007 in Montreal!

Ronin Results!

Dale Spencer	White Belt	187lbs	Silver
Jason Harper	White Belt	200lbs	Gold
Jason Harper	White Belt	Absolute	Gold
Tim Jodoin	White Belt	200lbs	Silver
Tim Jodoin	White Belt	Absolute	Silver
Triet Nguyen	White Belt	200lbs	Bronze
Triet Nguyen	White Belt	Absolute	Bronze
Doug Dopko	White Belt	200lbs+	Gold
Duane Faris	White Belt	200lbs+	Bronze
Sean Mikkelborg	Blue Belt	200lbs	Gold
Ryan Keller	Blue Belt	Absolute	Bronze
Damien Sabourin	Purple Belt	200lbs	Bronze

October 19th, 2007 . ... Jamie Helmer

Nick Denis proves once again why training hard produces results. The 1st person in Ottawa to obtain any professional MMA belt, Nick Denis beats Dave Scholten by TKO in the 3rd round and obtains the KOTC Canadian Bantamweight Belt!

September 15 , 2007 . ... Jamie Helmer

Ronin MMA joined the other local clubs at Sport MMA this year. Contratulations to all the participants! Below are the results of the Ronins who placed in the respective divisions.

Gi Grappling-Beginner men light weight
Matt Wong - Bronze

Gi Grappling-Intermediate men light weight
Jarrah Al-Shammari - Bronze

Gi Grappling-Intermediate men middle weight
Julian Schonfeldt - Gold
Triet Nguyen - Silver

Gi Grappling-Intermediate men light heavy weight
Sean Mikkelbong - Gold

Gi Grappling-Intermediate men heavy weight
Billy DeMelo - Gold

Gi Grappling-Advanced men light weight
Wade Shanley - Silver (bowed out in the final match to our friend Tri Nguyen because Wade is old school & full of class!

Gi Grappling-Advanced men welter weight
Daryl Hartley - Bronze

Gi Grappling-Advanced men middle weight
Robert Palanuk - Silver

No-Gi Grappling-Novice men welter weight
Francis Lepine - Gold

No-Gi Grappling-Intermediate men light weight
Jarrah Al-Shammar - Bronze

No-Gi Grappling-Intermediate men middle weight
Julien Schonfeldt - Silver

No-Gi Grappling-Intermediate men light heavy weight
Sean Mikkelborg - Silver

No-Gi Grappling-Intermediate men heavy weight
Billy DeMello - Gold

No-Gi Grappling-Advanced men light weight
Wade Shanley (Our friend Tri Nguyen bow's out to Wade Shanley in final match!)

No-Gi Grappling-Advanced men middle weight
Daryl Hartley - Silver

No-Gi Grappling-Advanced men light heavy weight
Nathan Pauliuk - Bronze

No-Gi Grappling-Advanced men heavy weight
James Helmer - Gold

Sport MMA-Novice men welter weight
Yves Madore - Bronze

Sport MMA-Advanced men light heavy weight
Tim Jodoin - Bronze.

August 4 , 2007 . ... Wade Shanley

Ronin MMA continued to have success once again at NAGA this time at Battle at the Beach in Wildwood New Jersey. With over 2000 competitors, the competition was top notch, highlighted by UFC sensation Frankie Edgar winning the Lightweight Advanced No-Gi division. Wade Shanley and Daryl Hartley made the trip down and brought back 2 medals.

NO-GI
Wade Shanley – Lightweight – Advanced No-Gi – Bronze

GI
Wade Shanley – Lightweight – Purple Belt – Silver

Cogratulations to Daryl “Random” Hartley on his performance fighting in Welterweight Blue and Welterweight Advanced No-Gi.

July 14 , 2007 . ... Wade Shanley

Ronin MMA had another great run this weekend at NAGA Ohio 2007!  We had 5 guys make the 11hr trek from Ottawa to Ohio and came back with 4 Golds (Samurai Swords) and 3 Silvers! With a team of only 5 guys we were able to capture 11th place in the team standings for No-Gi and an AMAZING 5th place in Gi!

NO-GI
Sean Mikkelborg - Cruiserweight – Beginner No-Gi - Gold
Nick Denis – Featherweight – Intermediate No-Gi – Silver
Wade Shanley – Lightweight – Advanced No-Gi – Silver

GI
Nick Denis – Featherweight – Blue Belt – Gold
Ryan Keller - Welterweight - Blue Belt - Gold
Wade Shanley – Lightweight – Purple Belt – Gold
Wade Shanley – Middleweight – Purple Belt – Silver

Cogratulations to Daryl “Random” Hartley on his performance fighting in Welterweight Blue and Welterweight Advanced No-Gi.

June 24 , 2007 . ... Jamie Helmer

In the spirit of a true Ronin warrior, Wade Shanley drove down to Rhode Island (8hrs) all by himself to compete at the NAGA 2007 New England Grappling Championship.  He went undefeated on the day and brought back 2 Gold medals!

Wade Shanley - No-Gi Advanced - Lightweight - Gold
Wade Shanley - Gi Purple Belt & Above - Gold

Congratulations Wade!

June 21 , 2007 . ... Wade Shanley

Congratulations to Steve Kemp on his promotion to Blue Belt in brazilian jiu-jitsu!

June 16 , 2007 . ... Wade Shanley

Ronin MMA hosted an amazing Muay Thai Seminar with Muay Thai Champion and Superleague competitor Clifton Brown.

The seminar focused on countering, clinching, and ring strategy.

Clifton showed not only his exellcent technique but also a fantastic ability to teach and we hope to have him back very soon!

A big thank you to Clifton from everyone who attended the seminar!

June 2 , 2007 . ... Wade Shanley

Congratulations to all of the Ronins who went down to the 2007 GTA West End Rumble to compete.  Everyone put in a great effort with almost half of the guys making their tournament debuts.  Great job everyone!

May 19 , 2007 . ... Wade Shanley

May 19th was promotions day at BTT Canada headquarters in Montreal and it was great to see representation from all of the members of the BTT Canada family; Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, and Quebec City.  Fabio Holanda promoted the following Ronin MMA members to Blue Belt in brazilian jiu-jitsu:

Daryl Hartley
Sean Mikkelborg
Jamie Muntean
Lihang Nong
Julian Schonfeldt

Congratulations guys on all your hard work!

May 1 , 2007 . ... Wade Shanley

Ronin MMA's own Alain Sylvestre has been selected to participate in The Contender: Thailand!

The Contender is a series produced by world famous producer Mark Burnett (Survivor, The Apprentice, The Contender) that followed the lives of 16 boxers fighting to get their big shot. Now he has decided to do a Contender focusing on Muay Thai and Alain is one of only 16 Muay Thai fighters from around the world who has been selected to compete for the prize of becoming “The Contender”!

Congratulations Alain we are all proud of you and all of us here in Ottawa will be rooting you on!

Check out the Gallery to see the trailer for the show (you can see Alain in a couple of the shots)!

April 28, 2007 . ... Wade Shanley

The inaugural Guy Show was held at Landsdown Park in Ottawa April 28th-29th.  Ronin MMA was on hand for both days to give a live Mixed Martial Arts Demo!  The demo showcased many of the techniques commonly seen in the UFC as well as some live MMA sparring. A big thanks to everyone who helped out with the booth and the demo!

April 21, 2007 . ... Wade Shanley

A big thank you to UFC Veteran Patrick Cote and Fabio Holanda for the excellent mixed martial arts seminar they gave this weekend. The seminar covered an awesome blend of muay thai, wrestling, brazilian jiu-jitsu, and ground and pound. We at Ronin MMA feel honored to have hosted Pat for his first ever mixed martial arts seminar and we hope to have him back in Ottawa again soon. A special thanks to everyone who made it out, the turnout was incredible!

April 7, 2007 . ... Wade Shanley

Only one Ronin member was able to make the trek down from Ottawa to Vermont to compete in the Vermont Open Grappling Championships this time but the team brought back 2 medals.

Wade S - Men's Gi Advanced - 161lbs - Gold
Wade S - Men's Gi Absolute - Silver

March 28 , 2007 . ... Wade Shanley

King of the Cage was once again back in Ottawa showcasing our local fighters. Ronin MMA had four fighters in the cage:

Terry Rea (170lbs) made his debut against Team Bruckmann MMA fighter Eric Muir losing a hard fought battle by tko in the second round.

Nick Denis (145lbs) once again impressed with his Muay Thai skills and heavy ground and pound attack stopping Chris Myra in the first round by tko.

Stephan Lamarche (170lbs) was in tough early against Eugene "Cujo" White but rallied back and pulled of a victory in the first round by rear naked choke after some brutal elbows from the mount.

Jay Bissonnette (205lbs) showed a lot of heart in his debut fighting a back and forth battle with John Cole ultimately losing by tko in the second round.

A big thank you to everyone on Team Ronin who sacrificed their time and bodies to help prepare the guys, your efforts are invaluable to the success of the team! Congratulations to all of the fighters and to KOTC for organizing another great night of mixed martial arts.

March 20, 2007 . ... Wade Shanley

Ronin MMA lost a dear friend when Tanya Vlahac passed away. She left us very suddenly but we will always remember her strength, courage, and spirit.

Pictures, interviews, and other items have been collected in the gallery to help remember her.

Rest In Peace Tanya

March 17, 2007 . ... Wade Shanley

Congratulations to all the Ronin students that went down to Montreal to compete in another great tournament run by GAMMA/BTT Canada .

BTT Canada Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Open - March 17, 2007 - Results

Mykhalo R - White Belt - 174lbs
Julian S - White Belt - 174lbs
Tim J - White Belt - 200lbs+
Lihang N - White Belt - 187lbs - Silver
Doug D - White Belt - 200lbs - Silver
Sean M- White Belt - 200lbs - Gold
Bob P - Purple Belt - 174lbs - Gold
Damien S - Purple Belt - 200lbs - Gold

January 20, 2007 . ... Wade Shanley

King of the Cage held it's first show in the Ottawa area and provided a great night of mixed martial arts. Ronin MMA had another great night at going 2-0!

Nick Denis fought a very experienced fighter from France and pulled off the armbar victory in the first round.

Stephan Lamarche fought an extremely tough Garret Venroy from team Franco-Behring and pulled off the unanimous decision victory thanks to his huge slams and ground and pound.

A big thank you to everyone on Team Ronin who sacrificed their time and their bodies to help prepare the guys, it all paid off!

Congratulations to all of the fighters and to KOTC for organizing a great night of fights!

December 9, 2006. .. .. .. ... Wade Shanley

Results from Karim in Japan!

Congratulations to Karim for winning his Muay Thai fight in Japan on December 9th, 2006.  Karim won by TKO in the first round after catching his opponent with a spinning back kick to the face!

December 8, 2006. .. .. .. ... Wade Shanley

Christmas Party!

Food, fun, awards, and even a huge surprise! Another great year for Ronin MMA.

Kids Award – Graham Hart
Muay Thai Award – Will “Prince” Barclay
BJJ Award – Jon Copeland
MMA Award – Stephan Lamarche
Ronin Award – Nick Denis

November 19, 2006 . ... Wade Shanley

Congratulations to Ben Meireles, Bob P., and Jon Copeland on receiving promotions yesterday!

Jon was promoted to Blue Belt.  He is always in class training hard and perfecting his technique and his Blue Belt is well deserved.

Bob is a terror on the mats and was long overdue for his promotion to purple belt.

A huge congratulations to Ben on receiving his BLACK BELT!!!!  This is a huge personal accomplishment for Ben as he has put in years of hard work and dedication on the mats.  Ben is the only Black Belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in all of Ottawa and we are all proud to have him leading the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu progam at Ronin MMA.

November 12 , 2006. .. .. .. ... Wade Shanley

2006 Joslin’s Canadian Open on November 12, 2006
Congratulations to all the Ronin students that went down to Hamilton to compete!

Graham Hart - Advanced Kids division -4th place
Ariel Sotomayor - Advanced Kids division - Silver
Alison MacInnis - Women's division GI - Silver
Alison MacInnis - Women's division No Gi - Gold
Ian Daws - Gi and No Gi
Daryl Hartley - Gi and No Gi
Sean Mikkelborg - Gi and No Gi
Tim Jodoin - Gi and No Gi
Stephan Lamarche - Beginner Division No Gi- Gold
Julian Schonfelt - Gi
Jason Bissonette - No Gi.
Jarrah Al Shammari - Gi
Steve Kemp - Beginner Division Gi - Silver

October 28, 2006. .. .. .. ... Wade Shanley

GAMMA/BTT Canada Open October 28, 2006
Congratulations to all the Ronin students that went down to Montreal to compete in another great tournament run by GAMMA/BTT Canada .

Shane Westgate Division 1 145lbs
Jason McNeely Division 1 145lbs
Stephane Lamarche Division 1 193lbs - Silver
Julian Schonfelt Division 1 193lbs - Bronze
Tim Jodoin Division 1 217.5lbs - Gold
Jason Harper Division 1 217.5lbs - Silver
Sean Mikkelborg Division 1 217.5lbs - Bronze
Jason Bissonette Division 1 217.5+lbs - Gold
Mathew Webber Division 1 217.5+ lbs - Silver
Daryl Hartley Division 2 193lbs – Bronze
Ryan Keller Division 3 193lbs

October 14, 2006. .. .. .. ... Wade Shanley

APEX: A Night of Champions

Congratulations to Nick Denis, Stephan Lamarche, and Mark Loft for their fights at APEX : A Night of Champions on October 14th. They all trained incredibly hard and all three won their matches convincingly!

Fight and weigh in pictures of Nick Denis, Stephan Lamarche, and Mark Loft.

August 26 , 2006. .. .. .. ... Wade Shanley

Thank you to Professor Fabio Holanda for another great seminar at Ronin!

Thank you to our friends from Carleton Place, Kingston, Gatineau, and Orleans for coming out.

June 17 , 2006. .. .. .. ... Wade Shanley

ONTARIO SUBMISSION WRESTLING INVITATIONAL 4

Pictures of Damien Sabourin, Felipe Heidrich, and Fabio Holanda in action!

June 10 , 2006. .. .. .. ... Wade Shanley

APEX: EVOLUTION

Pictures of Sean Ragnitz and Jeff Montemurro cutting and making weight (155 & 183.5), Sean's pre-fight preparation, Sean post-fight, and Team Ronin out in support!

May 30, 2006. .. .. .. ... Wade Shanley

Congratulations to all of the Ronins who made it out to compete at the 1st BTT Canada Open BJJ tournament!  We had 9 competitors and brought home 8 medals! 

Thanks to Taunia, Felipe, Ron, Ben, and Wade for coming out to support and coach.

March 20, 2006. .. .. .. ... Jamie Helmer

As you all know Karim Byron is off in Japan representing the Ronin fighting spirit on the international scene! Coming of a dominating victory in his first MMA fight just 2 weeks ago, Karim is heading back into the ring to fight in the prestigious Pancrase organization on Sunday March 19th!

I think I can saftely say from everyone here at Ronin....We are all behind you Sugar Bear! Good luck!

I will keep everyone posted and will send out results as soon as I have them.

All the best in training,
Ronin MMA

March 9, 2006. .. .. .. ... Jamie Helmer

Professor Fabio Holdana held another great seminar at Ronin. If you didn't attend, you missed the purple belt curiculum!

Thanks to our friends from Carleton Place and Kingston for making the trip.

January 22, 2006. .. .. ..Jamie Helmer

Pics from the BJJ promotions in Montreal.

January 17, 2006. .. .. ..Jamie Helmer

JAMIE HELMER, fought a very tough fighter with 14 MMA fights and 9 Professional Boxing fights. We are all very proud of him, because after breaking his left hand in the first round, he still fought hard and never gave up. Great fight and congratulations on winning your first MMA fight!

CRAIG BROWN, what can I say about this guy. He is quickly becoming an Ottawa fighting LEGEND! Whether he is in the ring or on the microphone Craig always gets the job done. He fought a very talented fighter and neutralized all his skills on every attempt. Craig trained very hard for this fight and it payed off in the ring! Criag improves his undefeated record to 3-0!

Congratulations to both fighters CRAIG and JAMIE and thank you to everybody that put the time to help train them: Holding pads, moving the crush mat around, bringing water, screaming, timing, etc, etc....

Last night also was a victory for our team BTT CANADA with four wins:

JAMIE HELMER vs JERRY SPIEGEL (Jamie by decision)
NABIL KHATIB vs CHESTER POST (Nabil TKO)
CRAIG BROWN vs JOHN CLARKE (Farmer by TKO)
STEPAN POTVIN vs ART SANTORE (Stephan by decision)

Congratulations to all BTT/CANADA fighters.

December 11, 2005. .. Jamie Helmer

Xmas Party 2005 pictures!

December 11, 2005. .. Jamie Helmer

Joslins and Montreal Open 2005 pictures

December 04 , 2005. .. Jamie Helmer

Pictures from the fights in Toronto (chicks that kick) and London.

September 15 , 2005...................... ......... ........Alan Ahmadzadeh

Karim Byron was recently promoted to Brown Belt by Prof. Fabio Holanda of BTT - Canada! New pictures have been posted of his promotion. Also, Sean Ragnitz competed at the latest Apex Mixed Martial Arts show and congratulations to him.

August 16 , 2005................................. ......... ....Alan Ahmadzadeh

Karim Byron recently competed in the ADCC Championships and we finally have some pictures of him competing! Congratulations to Karim for an excellent job and make sure to check these great pictures!

August 2 , 2005.............................. ......... .........Alan Ahmadzadeh

New photos from the training session that took place before the Freedom Fight MMA Event! Congratlations to Craig Brown for his second MMA victory! Special thanks to Gary Goodridge and Dan Henderson for their help!

August 2 , 2005.................................. ......... .....Alan Ahmadzadeh

Congraduations to Tag Atkinson and Rafael Rodriguez for their promotions to Blue Belts! All the photos from the testing have been posted. Congradulations once again!

October 25 , 2004....................... ......... .............Alan Ahmadzadeh

I'm glad to let you know we did pretty good at Joslin's Tournament. Both Ronin and GAMMA walked out of Joslin carrying more than 10 belts plus many more medals. You can find out the results of the tournament in the news section. Congradulations to all the competitors!

October 25 , 2004.............................. ......... ......Alan Ahmadzadeh

The Ronins visited GAMMA/BTT in Montreal for an exciting weekend of hard BJJ training. The world famous Brazilian Top Team member Murilo Bustamante had his 2 day seminar at GAMMA/BTT. This was a very exciting time for all the Ronins to train with Murilo Bustamante because of his professional record in Miixed Martial Arts and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Here are some pictures from the event!

September 13 , 2004............................Alan Ahmadzadeh

Congradulations once again to all the competitors from Ronin that went to Montreal to have fun at the local Gamma tournament. I'm sure everyone had fun and here are a few pics from the crew down in Montreal.

August 29 , 2004...................................Alan Ahmadzadeh

Congradulations to all the competitors who competed at the Canadian ADCC Trials in Toronto. Here are the pictures from the event and many of the Ronins won their division. All the hard training paid off at this tournement and all the Ronins had very difficult competiton, but still remained on top. Once again, congrads to all that competed and best of luck at the next tourney!

JULY 28, 2004.............................................Shahram Rashti

First I wanted to thank Shawn Tompkins for hosting the event and for having us on such an exciting card.
I would like to congratulate our fighter Alain Sylvester, who fought three really exciting rounds with TKO Champ Mark Homnick, but who lost a very close decision. Both fighters showed great heart and we hope that Shawn will have us down again, hopefully for a rematch.

Regards,

Shahram Rashti

JULY 21, 2004.............................................Shahram Rashti

Thanks to the West Island guys for holding the tournament, well done to all that showed up and competed.
Congrats to Shahram Rashti and Damien Sabourin for sharing first place in the heavyweight division.

Congrats to Nick Dennis for placing second in the lightweight division.

Hope to see everyone at the next tourney!

Team Ronin MMA

JUNE 23, 2004.........................................Alan Ahmadzadeh

The little Ronins had their promotion on last Saturday and here a lot of pictures that were taken from the event. Congradulations to all the little Ronins in their promotion and hard work!

JUNE 23, 2004.........................................Alan Ahmadzadeh

Some of the Ronins decided to go to a local tournament in Quebec that was being held by Monkey's Academy. Ronin MMA once again came out victories with 3 competitors winning 4 medals!

Congradulations to all the Ronins who competed!

JUNE 8 , 2004..........................................Alan Ahmadzadeh

Here are a few picturesfrom the promotion that many of our Ronin students and teachers recieved in Montreal. Once again, congradulations to the Ronins who were promoted. You all deserved it!

MAY 30, 2004..........................................Alan Ahmadzadeh

The boys from Ronin take a road trip to Montreal to attend a very intense Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu seminar from the great Andre Pederneiars.

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MAY 2, 2004............................................Alan Ahmadzadeh

Here are some pictures from the Mat Wars 2004 tournament that occured on May 2th. Tournement results can be found in the tournement section of the website. Congradulations to all of the Ronins that participated and represented the school.