{"id":5084317,"date":"2019-11-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-22T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ctlatinonews.com\/latino-popularizing-mixed-martial-arts-in-connecticut\/"},"modified":"2019-11-22T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T05:00:00","slug":"latino-popularizing-mixed-martial-arts-in-connecticut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/ctln\/2019\/11\/22\/latino-popularizing-mixed-martial-arts-in-connecticut\/","title":{"rendered":"Latino popularizing mixed martial arts in Connecticut"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Brian Woodman Jr.<\/a>, CTLatinoNews.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

\u201cIf you believe in your purpose then nothing is impossible,\u201d said Peruvian-American Bill Vigil AKA “Bill Idol”, who operates AMMO Fight League <\/a>out of Glastonbury. <\/p>\n\n\n

Vigil’s organization is a Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) organization that has held seven events at the Big E, formally known as The Eastern States Exposition in West Springfield, MA since 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n

The sport combines techniques drawn primarily from Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ), wrestling, boxing and muay thai (a form of boxing from Thailand that uses eight points of contact \u2013 fists, feet, knees, and elbows). Two participants compete in a chain-linked cage with a referee who ensures that the fighters remain safe and adhere to the sport\u2019s rules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI have been involved in combat sports all my life,\u201d said Vigil, who has also promoted music for 25 years under the Vigil Clan Entertainment<\/a> banner.<\/p>\n\n\n

\u201cAs a kid growing up in Hartford, I belonged to the Bellevue Square Boys Club in the North end of Hartford in the ’70s where I use to go to box under the supervision of Johnny Duke. As a teen, I started training in American Kenpo at Silk Wind Kenpo in the South End of Harford where I received my black belt under Ed Parker. Later in life when BJJ started getting popular from the fame and popularity of Royce Gracie fighting in the Octagon in the early years of the UFC I began to train in BJJ where I hold a blue belt.  <\/p>\n\n\n

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