Renzo Gracie Black Belt Karel ‘Silver Fox’ Pravec
representing the Gracie name proudly
By Matt on September 27, 2011

As the First Family of the UFC, the Gracie’s have a great responsibility as the constant ambassadors in the fight sports world. Whether on the big stage of the Ultimate Fighting Championship or in the many MMA, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Martial Arts schools worldwide, they are all influenced by and handing down the lessons of the Gracie family fighting style. Renzo Gracie Black Belt, Karel “Silver Fox” Pravec, operates his Gracie Black Belt Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu gym in nearby Saddle Brook, NJ with the Gracie family fighting style as his focus of educating his students. The famously friendly, welcoming way of Master Renzo Gracie is how Karel instructs all his students. Karel was gracious to sit with me at his BJJ gym for an interview and to discuss the beginning of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu on the East Coast and his Renzo Gracie Jiu-Jitsu life changing experience and school influence.

Hello Karel, thank you for allowing me to continue our submission grappling coverage and fire some questions at you. Let me start by saying, we spend a lot of time examining and enjoying the sport of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and MMA, and having interviewed grapplers and MMA fighters locally, there is a great buzz around you.

Karel “Silver Fox” Pravec: That is nice

Two comments spoken directly to me – first from a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt “Karel is a very high level BJJ practitioner, Karel is one of the most technical people I have ever rolled with” the second from a BJJ Brown belt and US Marine veteran –“ If you are going to train Jiu-Jitsu in Bergen County, then you should be going to see Karel”. How does that make you feel?

Its nice and it is kind of funny, I have an easier time with Jiu-Jitsu now, than I did when I started when I was 29, now I am 48. I truly believed in BJJ as a style and its techniques. As I get older I acquire more knowledge and I tend to rely on my technique and I encourage that with my students and training partners. Ultimately I train to finish, instead of guard passes and sweeps, I want to finish. I appreciate that students and guys I roll with notice that.

Karel you are a black belt under Famed BJJ Black Belt Master and MMA practitioner Renzo Gracie. A Matt Serra quote about you states, “Karel is one of the original students at the famed Renzo Gracie NYC academy and trained with Renzo at the beginning of the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Gracie ‘revolution’ in America. Karel is an extremely tenacious competitor always attacking for the submission”.  For true fight sport fans you were there at the beginning of East Coast MMA in America. How does it feel witnessing that history first hand and seeing how the Gracie fighting system has influenced modern day MMA?

Things have changed fairly dramatically since I started training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and stand up fighting. I was a 2^nd degree Black belt in Tae Kwon Do in the early nineties and everyone that started at the original Renzo academy were black belts and high ranking guys in different stand up styles - we had no wrestlers. Most guys that started at Renzo were helpless once the fight hit the ground, so all these guys I am with, we attend early seminars in NJ and NY that display the power of the Gracie system that will inevitably come into play once the fight gets to the clinch. That has further evolved over the last ten years as wrestlers realized once high school and college wrestling is over there is a second life in BJJ and submission grappling. Now with the influence of wrestlers, take downs have evolved and BJJ has become effective.

In the early days, was the Gracie style evolving daily at the original RGA or were you just listening to the blueprint Renzo laid out?

First let me say that Renzo Gracie is one of the nicest people you ever want to meet. He is also extremely smart and while he is a legend of MMA and a pioneer of the sport he does not rest on his laurels, he is constantly trying to stay on top of the technique. He knows that technique evolves. I try to teach the way Renzo does at his academy at the start and now presently, with the understanding that technique evolves.

What is and example of this evolving style?

Renzo is very technical and smart and at the early start of BJJ the guillotine was taught to have the head, close the legs and stretch the body out. With a tough wrestler it has become difficult to submit with a guillotine, the head will pop out, so the technique evolved to lean towards one side and utilize the whole body to choke the opponent.

It shows you need to evolve and Renzo pushes for that change when it is necessary.

All I ever hear about Renzo is great things, however I saw something online that was interesting, so I have to ask you an uncomfortable question about your mentor. In a Youtube clip I viewed, Renzo kicks Nate Marquardt in the face after Nate took a swipe at Ricardo Almeida for holding onto a fight-ending choke a little too long. Nate had a point, Ricardo even looked over and smiled at his corner and smiled after Nate tapped. I am fan of Ricardo but it look like he did it, so he may have deserved a little shot. But then Renzo boots Nate in the face. Is that just an example of how dedicated Renzo is to his guys?

Renzo will treat you like a long lost brother he is a genuine and great person. Renzo welcomes his closest friends and first day students with the same welcoming way, but do not cross him or one of his guys. Renzo was protecting Ricardo from what he viewed as a cheap shot first from Nate on the mat. Funny, and this is the kind of guy Renzo is, later oh a few years later, Nate came to RGA in NYC to train with us. Renzo is so friendly he welcomed Nate to come train. After the battle, Renzo will treat you like his brother.

You are part of an elite group of Renzo Gracie Black Belts, and you have earned the right to train with top BJJ and MMA coaches and talent. I am curious about John Danaher, after seeing him as a coach on The Ultimate Fighter and hearing Georges St. Pierre rave about how great John Danaher is, tell me about him.

First, the belt only covers two inches of you and I try to live up to that and live the honor by improving and working at it seven days a week. Work ethic and being driven is how you improve. John Danaher is a great example of this fact if you train at RGA in New York City you get an instructor like John who works at his craft. John is a true student; he spends time improving as a high-level university professor spends time in his subject area. John is so technical and smart and he spends seven days a week at RGA, teaching, training, studying fights and constantly improving. John puts so much time into Jiu-Jitsu and is respected for his commitment to the sport. John is a great example of Renzo Gracie influence and then utilizing that foundation and John’s passion and he has evolved into a “Yoda” of Jiu-Jitsu wisdom. He is often called the “Yoda” of Jiu-Jitsu around the gym.

Any other up-and-comers or MMA guys that I would know from the original Renzo Gracie class that went onto UFC or MMA success?

When I started at 29 with Renzo the only guys would be the Serra brothers, who are great guys and Matt Serra went on to UFC success, most of the other guys were older bad-ass black belts from other styles that started to train with Renzo and all of us realized how great this BJJ stuff was, how technical and effective it was, we all got hooked.

How has you’re training evolved after so many years in Martial Arts?

When I was only training Tae Kwon Do I would attend various seminars of other styles and try to improve my skills and at the same time I was traveling for business, I developed a hybridized kickboxing style. On the road at like 5am I would train seven days a week I would do 1,000 kicks. Once I started training with Renzo Gracie, I started replacing my daily routine, 6 days kicks, 1 day Jiu-Jitsu, then 5 days kicks, 2 days Jiu-Jitsu and so on until presently I train kicks one day a week.

You still train stand-up at 48?

Yes, one day a week, I do a thousand kicks.

So at 48 you still train 3 times a week in NYC with Renzo at RGA and you are at your gym in Saddle Brook daily, and you still train striking one day a week?

Yup

You are an animal.

Last question, a lot of new comers that train Brazilian Jiu Jitsu get discouraged because they do not advance belts in a Gracie BJJ system as quickly as they do in a school more geared towards belt advancement like a Tiger Schulmans Karate, who has been accused of advancing students quickly. Any input on that subject?

Yes, it of course will lead to frustration for many students, but Martial Arts is about self improvement not about who is the biggest bad ass. The Martial Arts are about improvement, Martial arts develop character, nothing in life comes easy, usually after the three month mark students get frustrated but if it was that easy everyone would do it.

Karel thank you for speaking with me for our one-on-one interview this week.

Credits:

Thank you http://www.silverfoxbjj.com/ for information on Karel Pravec. To contact Karel visit http://www.silverfoxbjj.com/ or call 973-800-5163

Thank you http://www.renzogracie.com/ for information on Renzo Gracie, John Danaher and RGA. To contact Renzo Gracie or RGA visit http://www.renzogracie.com/

AMA Fight Club ready for action in September, Melvis “Rubber Band Man” Figueroa kicks it off!
By Matt on September 2, 2011

AMA Fight Club’s Melvis “Rubber Band Man” Figueroa will be fighting this Saturday night September 3rd at Evolution Fighting Championships 7, Summer Bash at the Rahway Recreation Center in Rahway, NJ. The Rubber Band Man appropriately nicknamed for his crazy leg dexterity during BJJ submission attacks (as this Fight Sports writer can attest to after submitting to Melvis in a signature leg triangle choke submission last Saturday during Jiu-Jitsu class) will surely be looking to utilize his submission skills to bring a quick end to his sixth MMA fight. This will be Melvis’s third fight with Evolution and he has fought in the cage at New Breed Fighters and Asylum Fight leagues prior. Melvis will be fighting Daniel "Danny" Carbonel who has ten fights and solid cage experience, Melvis kicks off AMA Fight Club’s stacked exciting month of fights.

On September 9^th AMA will have two fighters competing in two separate events. First, is cage veteran Mike “Young Samson” Medrano, who is one of the more experienced professional MMA fighters from AMA Fight Club competing at CES MMA: ROAD TO GLORY in Rhode Island. Mike’s opponent is Gracie Barra fighter John Ortoloni. Ortoloni, also a professional lacrosse star, is a serious athlete and will be a true test for “Young Samson”. Ortoloni has squared off against solid cage competition, including former UFC fighter Dan Lauzon. Mike is looking to start a win streak after his last cage performance, a 2nd round submission victory-via arm-triangle choke, over Al Buck at CFFC 10 in July.

Next, Chris “The Big Buck” Birchler a local Fairfield, NJ resident is making his professional MMA debut on Friday night September 9th at Ring of Combat XXXVII at the Tropicana Casino & Resort in Atlantic City, NJ. Chris was undefeated as an amateur fighter and his three victories consist of a quick knockout, a rear naked choke submission and a unanimous decision. Chris presents a challenge for any fighter who opposes him, as a two-time NCAA Division 1 qualifier in wrestling, a well rounded submission game and stand up arsenal and at 6’3” and 260 lbs. Chris will be a handful for any heavyweight.

Amanda “Lioness” Nunes continues AMA’s September cage appearances taking on Alexis Davis at The US Bank Arena in Cincinnati, Ohio at the Strikeforce: World Grand Prix Semi Finals Saturday Night the 10^th. The World Grand Prix Semi Finals is headlined by Sergei Kharitonov vs. Josh Barnett, a fight sure to bring the noise with two top-tier MMA heavyweight titans doing battle for a slot in the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix tournament finals. Amanda Nunes is just the exciting fighter to share a spot with these top Strikeforce talents. Amanda is riding a six-fight win streak, 1-0 in Strikeforce competition, all by knockouts. History has taught Amanda’s past competition do not stand and trade punches with Brazilian Knockout Queen Amanda “Lioness” Nunes, she brings the thunder with her strikes.

Ricardo “Rated R” Romero finishes AMA fight club’s current posted fights for September with his third trip inside the Octagon at The Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado on September 24th at UFC 135 Jon “Bones” Jones vs. Quinton “Rampage” Jackson. Ricardo is currently 1-1 inside the octagon after a first round loss to cardio machine Kyle Kingsbury. Ricardo has taken extra training measures to deal with the high altitude in Denver Colorado, utilizing an Elevation Training Mask to mimic the effects of high altitude strain he will experience during his upcoming fight.  Ricardo is looking to return to his UFC winning ways like his Octagon debut, a battle with Seth  “Silverback” Petruzelli that Ricardo won with an arm-bar submission after a hard fought battle that displayed the heart of both fighters. Ricardo has prevailed during tremendous battles in the cage. He will need to bring his “A” game to handle the hungry James Te Huna anxious to rebound after a rear naked choke loss at UFC 127 at the hands of Alexander Gustafsson.

Good luck to all AMA fighters competing this month and thank you for representing the New Jersey fight sports community.

Credits:

Thank you AMA FIGHT CLUB's Latest Updates and MVC Management for information on Melvis “Rubber Band Man” Figueroa, Mike “Young Samson” Medrano, Chris “The Big Buck” Birchler, Amanda “Lioness” Nunes and Ricardo “Rated R” Romero.

Thank you Old School ~ August 27th, 2011 at NorthEastMMA.NET for information on CES MMA: ROAD TO GLORY.

One-on-One with Judoka Matt Zaconne
By Matt on August 24, 2011

In the One-on-One series along with up-and-comers and professional MMA fighters, we will examine many important components and evolution of mixed martial arts. A very important part of MMA, of course, is the “mixed” in mixed martial arts.  Judo is the martial art of focus this week. Judo, with enormous influence on the birth of Gracie Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, deserves its due for major contributions to modern day cage fighting. Professional MMA has seen Judokas achieve success on the big stage of UFC and Pride, and training to avoid the dynamic throws and finishing techniques of an accomplished Judoka is imperative to cage survival. Judo is a martial art that is not just an art to its devoted practitioners but a way of life. The founder of Judo, Jigoro Kano, when creating Judo included a strict code of ethics and expected all Judo students to represent themselves with honesty and integrity in their day-to-day lives. In this installment of One-on-One, a local Bloomingdale, NJ Judoka, Matt Zaconne was gracious to answer some questions as he prepares for his next competition this Sunday August 28, 2011 at The World Police and Fire Games in New York City at The Jacob Javitz Center.  Matt, throughout our interview, gave me a window to the world of Judo. He represented Judo in a way that would clearly make Jigoro Kano proud. Matt, a Judo Black belt, exemplifies the spirit of a true martial artist and warrior and throughout our interview quoted Sun Tzu, which was inspirational.

Jersey City Fight Sports Examiner:  You are competing this weekend at the police and fire games in NYC. What are the police and fire games?

Matt Zaconne: 45 countries are represented from the US, England and Mongolia to name a few, in a series of competitions from a full obstacle course to Judo and Karate. I am competing in the Black Belt division of the Judo tournament.

You are battling for the Judo Nationals in May? What is your road to the Nationals?

I am competing in May at the Judo Nationals, I am preparing for that currently. I won the Florida Nationals earlier in the summer in the black belt division.

Any rivalries in Judo? I am not too familiar with Judo Tournaments.  Do you know anything about your opponents?

Not so much, just some local competition. In the big tournaments there is competition from all over the world.

What motivates you to train and fight?

The love of the art of Judo and the competition.

Let’s talk about Judo. I respect that Judo is taught as a way of life and is seeded in a code of ethics and simply being a better person. That is a great part of the art.
What about actual Judo fighting?

Judo is grip fighting using an opponents energy against each other.

How do you see the current state of Judo with regards to the explosion of martial arts training?

The rules are always evolving then devolving. The Japanese Judo association has major impact on the rules. The influence of many styles of fighting, like Russian Sambo effect the rules, many competitors utilize the clock while waiting for defense and using the point system to score. I believe too many rules are chasing some people out of Judo and into other forms of martial arts.

Give me an example of these rule changes?

Over the past two years the rule that no hands to the legs during a takedown could get you possibly ejected from a tournament.

Yikes! That is a little extreme, please elaborate.

For example a double leg takedown is not allowed at all, but at one point in competition you could have utilized a Judo throw and you could pick a leg but now if you attempt to use your hands towards the legs you could be removed.

Judo Black belt, that is badass.
What do you need to do to be a black belt in Judo?

To reach the 1^st degree brown belt, my instructor, Tony Camal, puts you through a series of tests for advancement. When you reach brown belt you fight in a “promotional” fight with a Judoka of like ability and same rank. You must win this match by a throw or submission to earn a point to move to the next opponent. You earn a black belt in Judo when you can defeat these like opponents and keep advancing in a series of test matches. You also need to know the Judo moves you are utilizing in Japanese and will be tested in front of a Japanese board of judges.

What is the base of your fighting style? Wrestling? BJJ? Stand up?

I wrestled since I could walk so wrestling of course is a huge influence on my style of fighting.            

Do you resort to wrestling a lot?

I utilize what I have learned from wrestling and use it effectively in Judo competition. I apply wrestling tactics, mat awareness, clock management and the intense wrestling training to be successful as a Judoka.

Favorite finishing technique in competition?

Chokes, I do not have the longest legs so I stay away from triangles and utilize chokes successfully. 

So if it happens to happen and a would-be thug picks a fight with you, do you instinctively shoot for a takedown to a submission or do you test your stand up?  

I would throw a leg kick right to the knee, very effective to stop a would-be thug.

Any aspirations for the cage?

I would love to compete in an MMA cage fight, my Judo coach Tony Camal is very complimentary in my skill set and believes I would do well in MMA competition because of my aggressive finishing style. I am not ruling it out but a current plan is not in motion.

Do you compete in submission grappling/BJJ? Who do you roll with in BJJ practice?

Not currently but I am planning on it. I train BJJ with Black Belt under Renzo Gracie, Alan Teo, a very talented humble BJJ practitioner.

Ever trained any stand up or other form of martial arts?

I have trained some Muay Thai, wrestling we have already discussed and my main focus Judo.

Do you watch UFC?   Who is your favorite fighter to watch? 

Georges St. Pierre, I really appreciate how humble he is and doesn’t talk a lot, he is a classy fighter, a true martial artist.

What is the coolest place you have competed?

I have competed in Barcelona which was cool but the best compettion was at the Orlando Convention Center in Florida, so many competitors and such a large venue. That was the best compettion and great exposure for Judo. The event combined many styles of fighting in the same tournament allowing all different Martial Arts to showcase their competitors.

Would you like to thank anyone? Shout outs?

I would like to thank my brothers and sisters at Camal Judo in Woodland Park, NJ, my instructors Tony Camal and Chris Skelley who are passionate about Judo and for making me a better Judoka, and my wife Ellen for putting up with my insanity.

Thank you for talking with me, good luck this weekend at The World Police and Fire Games and at the Nationals in May, The Jersey City Fight Sports Examiner team is pulling for you.

One on One with Dave Maver-making his cage debut at XFE
By Matt on August 10, 2011

A local West Milford youth wrestling coach, and Paterson, NJ high school Health & Physical Education teacher, is deciding to test his combat skills in the MMA cage and was nice enough to let me fire some questions at him. The upcoming fight is XFE Cage Wars 9 in Chester, PA on August 20^th. Local teacher, coach and devoted family man, Dave Maver at 31 years of age has decided to test his metal and step into the cage for his debut MMA fight. Thank you for letting me fire some questions at you I am highly impressed that you want to step into the cage at 31 and not let the competition bug pass you by.

Jersey City Fight Sports Examiner:  This is your first fight-what makes you want to jump in the cage at 31 for your MMA debut?

Dave:   I am not getting any younger, and it’s been something that I have always wanted to do but never had a chance to. I don’t want to look back on my life with any regrets and say “I wish I would have done this or that”.

What is your road to the cage?  Is it that you are good at street fighting, picked on by bullies, the need for competition… What motivates you to train and fight?

I love fighting and competition. I love showing up to the gym everyday. I have enjoyed every training session I have ever had. I am competitive in every thing I do. Weight lifting, speed training, rock climbing, mma, board games…. I enjoy competition and this allows me to test myself in the ultimate competition. I don’t get into street fights, and I was never picked on, or bullied I just got into the UFC and said that’s something that I want to do.

So if it happens to happen and a would-be thug picks a fight with you, do you instinctively shoot for a takedown to a submission or do you test your stand up?  

I have been doing a lot of standup of lately so I will have to test it out first.

Once you decided to fight how did you get in the cage?

Once I decided to fight I asked Sean Santella and Mike Constantino what I needed to do and they paved the road for me.

Your opponent is Albert Birkhead, does the fact that you and Albert are both making your debut, make a difference going into the fight?  You really can’t plan for an unknown opponent so what do you do to get ready? Do you know anything about your opponent?

I don’t know anything about my opponent. I have not game planned for my opponent. Opponents can change so instead I have prepared myself for an MMA bout. I have done everything possible in preparation for this fight. At this point in my training I don’t feel there is anything that I could have done differently, I am in the best shape of my life and that’s all I can concentrate on.

I have taken some classes with you and been on the receiving end of a few triangle submissions? Do you compete in submission grappling?

I do compete in Submission grappling as well as BJJ. I plan on competing quite a bit after my mma fight and in 2012.

What is the base of your fighting style? Wrestling? BJJ? Stand up?

I am pretty well rounded but the grappling is probably my strong point.

Where do you train?  

I do most of my fight training at AMA fight club. I also train at a Renzo Gracie affiliate school ran by Alan Teo, a Renzo Black Belt, and Camal Judo. I do my strength and conditioning at Parisi Speed School with Martin Rooney.

How is it training at AMA with the Fight Team?

It’s unlike any other training environment. Every single fighter is real good and there are no easy rounds. Every single day there are multiple UFC fighters to train with and many other great fighters. On an average class with the fight team I lose 5 pounds. It’s the hardest I have ever been pushed in training and you have to be at your best. But fighting and training is only part of the story, every single person is there to help you and it is really like a family atmosphere. Even if guys don’t have fights coming up, they will come in to train to help the other guys out. Even though fighting is an individual sport at AMA there is a team mentality.

How often do you train?

I train every day, usually multiple times a day. Either MMA or fight related training to power lifting, speed training conditioning, rock climbing or cardio, I am always training.

Favorite finishing technique for the cage?  For BJJ?

I would have to say any type of guillotine choke. I do all different types from all different positions.

You have trained with Jaime Cruz?  Who else?

I have been extremely lucky and blessed with the people who I have trained with in a short amount of time. Its really a who’s who list of MMA and combat sports. First off all the coaches at AMA Jamie Cruz, Sean Santella, Mike Constantino, Kaensak Sor Ploenjit (Top 5 greatest Muay Thai Fighters of all time), as well as the legendary Renzo Gracie, Alan Teo, Jamal Paterson, the Apex wrestling guys, Camal Judo and Martin Rooney for strength and conditioning (Most sought after combat sports strength and conditioning coach). This is a list that many UFC fighters would be proud of so you can see that I have been very lucky.

Do you watch UFC?   Who is your favorite fighter to watch? 

I love the UFC and watch every fight. My favorite fighters would be every one from AMA because I know them personally. Besides those guys I have two favorite fighters, GSP and Anderson Silva. To me that’s what MMA is all about. Two highly skilled fighters who are masters of their craft and not bar room brawlers. When I want to show someone that thinks MMA is a non-skilled bloodthirsty sport, I will show them these guys fight and their opinion usually changes.

When your not training BJJ and MMA? What are you doing?

I love to train period. It’s a big part of my life. Its what I do for a living and for fun. I became a personal trainer when I was 18 and now I am a health and Physical education teacher in Paterson, NJ. I really never sit down till I sleep. At home I will swim with my kids in the lake, run my dogs, flip tires in my backyard, or I’ll bring one of my 3 kids to their athletic events of practice. Watching my kids do sports and other activities is something I really enjoy and the only thing I do sitting down.

What are some of the crazier fitness or exercise things you do?

Every year on the longest day of the year I go on Hike through the mountains that we time to start at sun rise and finish at sun set so it usually goes from 6am-8:30 pm, and we cover thirty miles in mountain terrain. It is one of the hardest things I have ever done but each year we make it harder and harder to challenge how far we can take our bodies. I also enjoy competing in those crazy obstacle course races. I just did the Columbia sports Muddy Buddy, and I am signed up for the Spartan race, urbanathalon, and tough mudder.

Would you like to thank anyone? Shout outs?

There are many people that I need to thank. First off I would have to thank my wife Kelly and 3 kids Damian, Madison, and Maya for being very understanding. They know how important this is to me and they have always been great about my training schedule. They have really been so supportive and patient. I would also like to thank everyone at AMA fight Club, these guys have been great to me since day1. I would also like to thank alpha plastics for sponsoring me for this fight. I would also like to thank Alan Teo and Jamal Paterson, they are great teachers but their friendship is what means the most to me, and Tony Camal from Camal Judo.

Thank you Dave good luck in the cage at your debut, The Jersey City Fight Sports Examiner team is pulling for you.

New Jersey fight fans... get ready for an action packed month of live fights in the Garden State. The NJ fight sports live events calendar for August gets started in grand warrior fashion with a professional mixed martial arts event on Friday night August 5, 2011 and a submission grappling tournament to follow all day Saturday August 6th and Sunday August 7th. Connecticut based Reality Fighting and NAGA (North American Grappling Association) return to Wildwood to present BATTLE AT THE BEACH - live from the Wildwoods Convention Center.

Reality Fighting’s, Vice-President and matchmaker, Joe Cuff confirmed yesterday via phone to this Jersey City Fight Sports Examiner that the professional MMA fight card listed below is currently accurate and all fighters are a go for the Reality Fighting Battle At The Beach Friday night.  The doors open at 7:00 pm and the fights start at 8:00 pm. The fight card will feature ten action packed fights featuring MMA talent from New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia, hungry to impress in the cage.

Reality Fighting – BATTLE AT THE BEACH - August 5^th 2011

Fight card by Mixedmartialarts.com

Robert Fabrizi          vs        Peter Aguinaldo

Erik Purcell              vs       Aaron Skates
Pete DeYonker         vs       Remington Miles    
Allen Cozze              vs      Adam Renn
Sergio Da Silva         vs     Thiago Carfi
Dwight Grant            vs      Jack Dawson
Shedrick Goodridge  vs      TJ Sumler

The combat weekend continues on Saturday morning August 6th following the Friday night cage fight with “Battle of the Beach” submission tournament presented by the North American Grappling Association, the parent company of Reality Fighting. According to the NAGA website this will be the 12th year NAGA has returned to Wildwood for this great weekend of submission grappling. The event will also take place at the Wildwoods Convention Center, Saturday will be the Adult Gi & No-Gi divisions, and Sunday will be the Children and Teens Gi & No-Gi Divisions.  For a complete list of the divisions, link here to NAGA divisions and weight classes.

If you are looking for something fun come witness an action packed weekend of live fights and great competition. In between the live combat you can enjoy the enormous beaches and great boardwalk of the Wildwoods, it is a win win situation for New Jersey fight fans.

For information on Reality Fighting live MMA events and NAGA grappling tournaments visit Realityfighting.tv or call (860) 295-0403.

 
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