Jackson-Wink MMA to promote -- and host -- April fight card

For some 20 years, fight cards promoted by Albuquerque’s Jackson-Wink MMA have served as a springboard to greater things. Among those who performed on those cards who eventually made it to the UFC: Lando Vannata; Michelle Waterson-Gomez; Jodie Esquibel; Cortney Casey; Daniel Argueta; Damon Jackson; Joby Sanchez; Steve Garcia; Hanna Cifers. Maybe Dwight “Akuma” Maters, Alexandro “Alex” Rodriguez and Quayshan Randelson will make it that far one day; maybe they won’t. But on April 14, they’ll jump on that Jackson-Wink springboard. After a few years’ hiatus, Jackson-Wink — in the...