BOWIE, MD., March 31, 2015 / —Fighting out of Level Up Boxing & Fitness in Bowie, Maryland, Heavyweight Luther “Lights Out” Smith made his professional boxing debut this past weekend. He knocked out his opponent 1 minute, 39 seconds into the first round. Smith’s debut bout was the Co-headlining fight of the Bulldog Brawl, held at the ABC Sports Complex in Springfield, Virginia on Saturday, March 28th. The event was presented by RBA Promotions and Jeter Promotions.
Smith is currently 36 years old, but has already accomplished more in his short 3 years of training than many fighters half his age will accomplish their entire careers. As an amateur, Smith was a 2014 WKA Silver and Bronze World Medalist, the 2014 WKA North American Kickboxing Champion, the 2014 Revolution Series Muay Thai Heavyweight Champion, and the 2013 Jeter Promotions Maryland State Boxing Heavyweight Champion. One of his previous knock-outs was featured on AXS TV’s Inside MMA in October.
“Age is just a number,” explains Smith, who just recently left a comfortable government position to pursue his dream of becoming a Professional World Champion Fighter, “You can do anything you want to do if you truly want to do it. You just need to be willing to put in the work and dedication.”
Smith is a driving force behind the entire Level Up Boxing & Fitness Fight Team, which includes several more North American and World Champion fighters. Over 100 spectators showed up just to witness his professional debut.
“He is the heart and soul of our family,” explains Level Up Head Coach Jason Farrell, “Nobody cheers louder or motivates our team the way Luther does. To be as good as he is at his age—at any age, really—is incredible.”
Smith plans to make professional debuts in Muay Thai and Kickboxing in the near future.
Check out Video and Pictures from Luther’s Debut below:
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September 20th 2014 the Level Up Fight Team returned to action in Winchester Virginia. William Anderson would be fighting Modified Muay Thai Rules against a very game Evan Green of Disciple MMA. Luther Smith who has had a hard time getting matched up at his fighting weight of 209lbs would move up to fight IKF Heavyweight Champion Chris Sanders.
As always RFS runs a smooth show. Weigh Ins are the best we have ever experienced. They start when they say they will start, and as soon as you arrive you can weigh in, and be on your way. Level Up fighters are no strangers to the Winchester fight scene. It’s an active community and continues to grow. This would be Revolutions 10th show. They have gone the way of mixing MMA and Muay Thai fights together to create an exciting event for all comers. You can always expect unbiased matchmaking, which in turn creates great fights.
First up for the night we had Will Anderson. Will is a hardworking Electrician that gets up earlier than most people I know, then come sstraight to the gym to train. He puts in the work and his results speak for themselves. We drew a tough fighter in the way of Evan Green. Evan and Will had matching 2-1 records, that coupled with the fact that Evan trains at Disciple MMA let us know that this would be a tough fight. Disciple is very well known for their Muay Thai and it was an honor to share a ring with them.
Take a look at Will’s fight! You may need to Log in to Facebook!
Up Next we had “Lights Out” Luther Smith. As we mentioned before, Luther was having trouble gettinng matched up. We put it out there that we could also fight at Heavyweight if there was an available opponent. Chris Sanders stepped up, and we had our fight. Things looked a bit shakey at weigh ins. Sanders came in at 271lbs, Luther weighed in closer to 220lbs. It appreared momentarily that the fight may not be possible due to the difference in weight. We assured the GCA that we were aware of the weight difference and that Luther came to fight regardless. After a phone call everything was set.
Here is a short Highlight of Luther’s Fight!
CONGRATS TO LUTHER ON HIS NEW TITLE AND WILL FOR BRINGING HOME ANOTHER W!!
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Luther Smith claims his 4 Kickboxing victory at the Bethlehem Brawl at the Sands Casino in Bethlehem PA.
This show was run by the promoters of the XFE MMA Organization, with Match Maker Eric Utsch. Luther would face off against an independent 2-1 Kickboxer Dante Manganili. Dante was from nearby so needless to say the crowd was on his side. At the end of the fight Luther won them over with his big finish.
Luther Will Be heading to Italy in Ocotber to fight for a World Title at the WKA Worlds Tournament. To help him get there please follow this link!!
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Three of our fighters from Level Up have been selected to compete at the WKA World Championship Tournament in Tuscany Italy. Patrick Rivera, Luther Smith, and Jared Tipton will be looking to bring three World Titles back to Maryland. Coach Jason Farrell will also be traveling with them to Coach for Team USA. This is an amazing opportunity for Level Up. We are fortunate to have Ink Generation sponsor us in effort to help make this trip possible. All the proceeds from the sales of this shirt goes directly to getting the guys to Italy.
Our Fighters & Eze Of Ink Generation
We Have Youth Large & Medium Available
As you can imagine sending 4 people to Italy is not cheap! With your support, and the support of our sponsors we can get these guys there! The shirts are $20 and can be ordered at the Urban Ninja Shop online, or you can pick them up at Level Up in Bowie Maryland.
Coach Jason & Eze
Our deepest gratitude to Eze Cembalo of Ink Generation for his more than generous donation to Level Up. Ink Generation is the best Screen Printing Shop in Maryland and can print short and large runs of T shirts. Their customer service is the best we have ever experienced. Eze’s attention to detail and commitment to quality makes him stand out among other printers. He has been a pleasure to work with over the last year and in that time has become a true friend to Level Up.
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October 28, 2014 to November 2, 2014, Level Up will be sending 3 fighters and Coach Jason to Italy to represent North America in the 2014 Unified World Championships. This tournament draws fighters from all over the world and will be part of the final leg of Luther, Jared, and Pat’s amateur career. All three will become professional fighters next year. Having the title of World Champion as they enter the pro arena of competition gives them a boost as far as what promotions book them, as well as what sponsors are willing to pay them which is huge as they begin this journey.
Patrick Rivera
Luther Smith
Jared Tipton
Level Up has hit some amazing strides in less than a year of operation. We are legitimately one of the top striking gyms on the East Coast. Level Up has built a social media presence that is currently one of the most well received gyms in North America. The traffic to our Facebook page is enormous, which puts us in a unique position to increase our sponsors social medial return by promoting your business to our followers. In addition to social media marketing, Jason is a professional graphic designer, an experienced photographer and videographer with editing skills. In return to your sponsorship, Jason can shoot and edit video, photograph, design logos or graphics for your business, design and print t-shirts. In addition, our fighters will wear your logos on fight shorts and t-shirts to expose your product or services to others.
Here is an example of some of Jason’s Video Work. This is a testimonial he filmed of one of his students who trained at the Gym Jason Formerly worked for.
Take a look at the enormous amount of traffic we get to our Facebook page!!
Reached Over 15,000 People
Reached Over 30,000 People
Here is an example of one of our T shirts with some of our Sponsors on the back
Our Sponsors Urban Ninja, I.F.F.I. and Ink Generation
Pro Boxer Tony Jeter Design
Autsim Awareness T
Team USA, Luther Smith & Dusty Harrison Designs
Urban Ninja Maryland Flag Rash Guard
Glory Fight Francois Ambang T Design
Here is the breakdown of our sponsor packages:
Platinum Package – $5000
-Two videos. You can choose what type you would prefer. I will send you samples of some of the videos I have created. Ideally, we would shoot a video with our fighters at your place of business. This video would be produced as a commercial to promote your company. In addition, I would produce a 30-60 second video Highlight Commercial style video that you’ll be able to post on your website, Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, and any other social media. We will also share these videos from all our personal social media accounts as well drive high traffic to your business website.
-Logo Placement on our walk out shirts for the rest of 2014. Your logo will become a staple on our team t-shirts. Since we fight constantly (at least 1-2X per month), your company logo will be seen often and we would always thank you before and after each fight for your generous support. Fighters from Level Up and myself wearing your logo will share photos to your social media and websites.
-We will help promote any events you have coming up. In social media, the more of those links that pop up, the more traffic they get. We can help increase your interaction with more people to bring you a higher volume of customers.
-You will always get 2 shirts of any fight team design that we come up with. These shirts are limited edition and always sell out. As mentioned earlier, these shirts will have your logo on them.
-We will back link your website to our website which is mutually beneficial for us both. This increases both of our rankings in Google search engines.
-If you have a Google Plus page we will Plus 1 your posts which will increase your ranking in Google search engines (If you don’t have one, they are easy to set up yourself or we can help). The Value of this package exceeds the cost. I have shot the types of video we have planned to do for you for $3000 alone. For the 30-60 second Clips, I usually charge $1200. You will see that our Logo package alone is $1000 to be on the walk out shirts. Add on top of that what it would cost to hire someone to do the social media blast that we will provide, you could be looking at anywhere from $500 per month up $3000.
Gold Package – $2500
– One 1 minute Highlight Video Clip for your business. You will receive all the benefits from the first package in the way of video sharing on our end. The video will highlight the best things about your business, in a short attention catching fashion that is sure to drive people to you.
– Logo placement on 2 of our walkout shirts for upcoming events.
– You will be thanked for your support on our website, and all of Level Up’s Social Media platforms as well as individually by each fighter before and after fights that your logo appears on our shirts.
– You will receive two of the walkout shirts to keep, both times your logo appears on them.
Silver Package – $1000
– Logo placement on 2 of our walkout shirts for upcoming events.
– You will be thanked for your support on our website, and all of Level Up’s Social Media platforms as well as individually by each fighter before and after fights that your logo appears on our shirts.
-You will receive two of the walkout shirts to keep, both times your logo appears on them.
Bronze Package – $500
– Logo placement on 1 of our walkout shirts for an upcoming event.
– You will be thanked for your support on our website, and all of Level Up’s Social Media platforms as well as individually by each fighter before and after that fight, that your logo appears on our shirts.
-You will receive two of the walkout shirts to keep, for the fight your logo appears on.
If you are intrested or have questions about these packages please contact
Jason Farrell
levelupboxing@gmail.com
443.370.1529
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