Ryan Erickson
Ryan started training MMA in 2011 and he had his first fight in 2012.
Amateur MMA Record: 7-3
Pro MMA Record: 2-1
Former Ascend Combat 185lb Amateur MMA Champion
Larry Erickson
Larry graduated from Mena High School in 2003 and then attended Arkansas Tech University in Russellville , Arkansas where he earned his Bachelors Degree in Sociology, graduating in 2007. It was here that had his first experience in any form of martial arts when he trained at the Crow Mountain Dojo just outside of Russellville for roughly 6 months where he gained the basics of Aikido and Judo. After college Larry took some time off before moving to Little Rock, Arkansas and worked in commercial security while playing semi-professional football. Less than a year later, Larry moved back to Mena where he worked on the family farm and continued to play semi-professional football for two more years with a team based in Paris, Arkansas. It was during this time that he started training with Southern Impact Martial Arts in 2010. During Larry's first year of martial arts training he continued playing football through the 2010 season but after the season's completion he opted to focus more on martial arts. In 2011, after 18 months of training he took his first amateur fight in Hugo, Oklahoma and won via second round submission. A year later he took his second fight in Little Rock, Arkansas and won via first round submission. Shortly afterwards Larry took 4 month hiatus from training in order to return to school and earn his EMT license from Rich Mountain Community College in order to help as a first responder for the Board Camp Fire Department of which Larry has been a member since 2012. Once Larry returned to training he was gradually integrated from student to one of the trainers for Southern Impact and also took his third fight in 2014 in Hot Springs, Arkansas and lost via third round referee stoppage. Following his third fight Larry continued to teach and train but did not return to the cage until 2016 which he did in Shreveport, Louisiana and won via second round submission. Larry had no intention of progressing his fight career beyond his fourth fight but still regularly trains and teaches at Southern Impact Martial Arts.
Amateur MMA Record 3-1
Cody Woods
Cody Woods' first exposure into martial arts came early in life at the age of 7. For two years Cody trained at a karate school in Odessa, TX and become versed in karate in the form of self-defense, as well as point fighting and weapons systems. It was here that Cody participated in his first competition by competing in, and winning, a point fighting karate tournament. After his primary schooling, Cody attended OSU-Okmulgee and began weight lifting while obtaining his Applied Science Degree in Graphic Design. When Cody was 27, his job brought him to Mena, he joined Southern Impact and began to realize a whole new dimension of the martial arts world. It was this first foray into mixed martial arts training that Cody was introduced into the grappling aspect of martial arts and was immediately enthralled by the both the effectiveness and the technicalities that grappling had to offer. He trained a year in jiu-jitsu before taking his first grappling competition and during that year lost over 70 pounds. Shortly thereafter, Cody was able to cross train with Team Ronin, which was located in Waldron, Arkansas at the time, and began to learn the techniques of catch wrestling to compliment his jiu-jitsu. He soon learned that he had an affinity for catch wrestling and began to pursue it diligently learning from several sources including Billy Robinson and Eric Paulson. From here he began to delve even deeper into the grappling disciplines by adding sambo into his training experience. Through his connections Cody has been put in contact with both Billy Wicks and Jon Strickland, the latter who he still trains under through American Hook Wrestling. Cody has competed in several grappling tournaments and his ranks include:
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Purple Belt
American Hook Wrestling Level 1
USA Wrestling Brass level Coach USA Wrestling Bronze Level Coach
Invert Invitational 180lb Second Place
Bronze 2015 Combat Wrestling US Trials 74kg
Gold 2015 Grappling Games Dallas Championship No-Gi Advanced Absolute (open weight class)
Silver 2016 AGF Arkansas State BJJ Championship No-Gi masters pro 160lb Bronze 2016 AGF Arkansas State BJJ Championship No-Gi masters Absolute (open weight class)
Gold 2017 East Texas Open BJJ Championship 167lb No-Gi Blue Belt
Bronze 2017 Sore As Hell: River Valley Jui-Jitsu Open Gi
Silver 2018 East Texas Open BJJ Championship 167lb No-Gi Purple + (as a blue belt)
Silver 2018 East Texas Open BJJ Championship 167lb Gi Purple + (as a blue belt)
2019 MMAX FC Super Fight Winner
Bronze 2015 Combat Wrestling US Trials 74kg
Gold 2015 Grappling Games Dallas Championship No-Gi Advanced Absolute (open weight class)
Silver 2016 AGF Arkansas State BJJ Championship No-Gi masters pro 160lb Bronze 2016 AGF Arkansas State BJJ Championship No-Gi masters Absolute (open weight class)
Gold 2017 East Texas Open BJJ Championship 167lb No-Gi Blue Belt
Bronze 2017 Sore As Hell: River Valley Jui-Jitsu Open Gi
Silver 2018 East Texas Open BJJ Championship 167lb No-Gi Purple + (as a blue belt)
Silver 2018 East Texas Open BJJ Championship 167lb Gi Purple + (as a blue belt)
2019 MMAX FC Super Fight Winner
