Four up, four down.

Miller Rogers, Cliff Schultz, T.J. Woodman and Stefan Brynjolfsson – representing MMA based in Whitehorse – each won their WarPath MMA bouts in Chilliwack, B.C., on Sept. 2.

Woodman won his third amateur mixed-martial arts fight with an arm bar last weekend to go undefeated in his career.

"It feels good to be undefeated,” said Woodman, whose fight against Josh Williams was the main event.

The Avalanche MMA coach won his previous two bouts, in a Rumble in the Cage in Lethbridge, Alta., and at WarZone in Edmonton, with submissions within the first two minutes.

Woodman's most recent fight ended by submission with seconds remaining in the second round.

"He didn't really hit me with too many punches,” Woodman said. "I hit him with a couple clean punches. It was pretty much a ground fight the entire time; we were on the ground for most of the first round and it was back and fourth. I'm pretty much a ground fighter so I was very comfortable on the ground.

"He seemed like he didn't know too, too much, so it was pretty much in my favour when it was on the ground.”

Rogers, Schultz and Brynjolfsson each entered the ring for their amateur MMA debut.

Last week, Woodman noted the importance of first-time fighters' staying calm.

"They handled it well,” he said of his teammates.

Did they ever.

Schultz's fight against Thomas McCormack went the full three rounds. After what Rogers described as the fight of the evening,

Schultz won by unanimous decision.

"I was a little bit nervous, but ended up loosening up throughout the rounds,” Schultz said. "It was a pretty cool experience. It almost felt like a dream. It was a lot of fun; that's what I had to think about – just go out there and have some fun.”

Just as Woodman suggested, Schultz focused on settling down before his opponent.

That was key, Schultz said.

"You have to listen to your coach in your corner talking to you, kind of calms you down a bit,” Schultz said.

"As long as you're paying attention you kind of lose your nervousness.”

Initially, Schultz wanted to bring the fight to the mat. But as the fight wore on, he felt more comfortable standing toe to toe with McCormack.

"I kind of played his game a little bit and took it away from him with the leg kicks,” Schultz said.

"I ended up getting a few hits in right off the bat, a lot of legs kicks. That's kind of what won me the fight, took out his legs, because this guy was a really good striker.”

The glare of the lights and the drone of the crowd was enough to unnerve Rogers as he entered the ring.

But a chance happening gave him another opportunity to calm down: the rope snapped when his corner-man leaned on it, forcing organizers to take an intermission.

"The first time I was nervous, I was full of adrenaline just pumping through,” Rogers said.

"The second walk out I ended up being a lot more calm; I was used to the feeling. It actually helped me that it happened. There was still some nerves the second time, but for the most part it was still a more natural feeling than the first time.”

He took it from there.

Fighting Allen "Little Bear” George, Rogers ended the fight in the second round with a triangle choke.

"It's one of those feelings you just can't explain,” he said of his first amateur bout, adding that confidence helped keep him calm while in the throes of the fight.

"I got a little nervous. My hands felt really heavy; they were pretty much down by my waste for the fight. But once I got him to the ground, it was just pancakes for me.”

The fight started with Rogers and George circling each other, feeling out each others' style.

Rogers used his jab, finding a little range. George overcommitted and Rogers struck with a jab-cross, uppercut followed by a flurry of hooks and a kick.

George caught his leg but Rogers shrugged him off. Then George came in with a lunging jab and an overhand. Rogers dodged.

Rogers got over confident, he said, heading in for a kick and stumbling before swinging a punch.

"Then he came over with a right hook and rocked me,” Rogers said. "He rocked me, definitely. Everything went black for about two seconds. But my body took over then, because I wasn't unconscious. I was just stunned a little bit. Soon as a came back I looked at the floor. I had a déjà vu feeling: ‘Oh my goodness, this happened before!'”

The first round ended with George defending from the ground.

The two fighters exchanged blows to start the second round. But Rogers took the fight to the ground, transitioned and locked the triangle to finish him.

"That was the best feeling in the world,” Rogers said. "It's just amazing. It's just showing that we're doing something right at our club and our motivation and our guys are just really pumped about it, ready to go for our next fight as well.”

Brynjolfsson agreed there are few better feelings than being in the ring.

"It was amazing,” Brynjolfsson said. "Getting into the ring is pretty interesting.

"The chemicals that go through your body are pretty neat. I didn't expect it that way; I thought I'd be a little nervous, but I ended up going in there with a sense of elation. It was strange. I was pumped up from that for a while. It definitely extended into the night.”

Brynjolfsson won his fight with a naked-rear choke near the end of the first round.

The Avalanche fighters have benefited from the teachings of Sean O'Halloran of Valley Fights MMA, and fight promoter with Xtreme Couture MMA out of Las Vegas, who visited Whitehorse four times this year to train local fighters.

Schultz said there are always improvements to make.

"Now we know our training, we're doing it right. We figured out what we need to work on with each person, because we saw a couple flaws that we have.”

The Yukon sweep at WarPath have already started opening up doors for the fighters, with promoters offering match ups in the future.

"Eight fights on the card; four of them were won by Whitehorse,” Rogers said.

"That's definitely a good feeling for an opening bout for the gym. We're dedicated, that's all it really shows. We know what we're doing, we know what we're up to and we love the sport. That's really what it takes; half of it is you have to love doing it.”

Avalanche MMA has fights lined up for Castlegar, B.C., in October, and is planning to host fights next spring after the ice goes from either the Canada Games Centre or Takhini Arena rinks.

Rogers said he turned down a fight for the end of September after his weekend win.

"A couple guys said they never want to fight anyone from up here again,” Rogers said. "It was just one win after another.”