New York Fight Exchange 5 Poster

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Because If You Ain't Wing Chun-ing in Central Park, You Might As Well Go Home

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Wing Chun versus Tae Kwon Do in Central Park - presented without comment:

Grapple at the Garden: Don't Mess With the Wrestlers

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Rule #1: Don't mess with wrestlers.

Rule #2: See Rule #1.

These rules were in full effect at the Team Renzo vs. Team Warren clash at Sunday's Grapple at the Garden, which saw teams fielded by Renzo Gracie and Bellator champ Joe Warren go at it on a mat laid down in the center of the arena at Madison Square Garden.

Grapple at the Garden: King Mo vs. Rolles Gracie

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Grapple at the Garden: The View From Matside

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Grapple at the Garden: Gray Maynard vs. Ozzy Dugubulov

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Grapple at the Garden: The Longview

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Gladius Fights 14 Poster

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A Few More Fights From Saturday's Aggressive Combat Championships 9

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While you were watching Junior Dos Santos and Stipe Miocic kill each other on FOX on Saturday night, I was perched beside the cage at ACC 9, wielding my trusty Galaxy S4 like a futuristic combat correspondent. Curious about what you missed? Then be curious no more!

Watch Me On the Last East Coast MMA Show Installment of the Year

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It's been an interesting year for New York MMA fans. As a whole, the scene has grown and evolved to the point where there are over 50 events annually, while fighters, camps and even promotions have honed their craft to near perfection - or not. This was the topic of discussion at last night's year-end installment of the East Coast MMA Show, with host Tom Kilkenny and I hashing out the good, the bad and the ugly of 2014.

Aggressive Combat Championships Ends Year With a Bang

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Aggressive Combat Championships ended 2014 with a bang on Saturday night, with their fifth and final installment of the year bringing together two ultra-talented female fighters in the cage and letting them battle it out for a championship title.

In a very competitive three-round war, Jillian DeCoursey and Hannah McGuckin did 115-pound fighters everywhere proud as they struggled to impose their respective wills on each other - and for both ladies, who hail from strong grappling schools, that "will" involved finding the dominant position on the ground. Ultimately, it came down to the third round and who could gain the advantage, and that ended up being DeCoursey, who trapped McGuckin against the cage and rained hell from above.

ACC 9: Jillian DeCoursey vs. Hannah McGuckin

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ACC 9: Bryant Johnson vs. Tino Nepolditis

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ACC 9: Luis Razuri vs. Benji Garcia

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ACC 9: Pedro Villa vs. Edwin Solis

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ACC 9: Luis Gonzalez vs. Carlos Rodriguez

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Extreme Cage Fighting 3 Poster

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Aggressive Combat Championships 9: Tino Nalpantidis Impresses

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Okay, this is the last ACC 9 preview post - I promise. And I'll keep it short: Tino Nalpantidis, East Coast United Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, young up-and-comer. Boom. Watch the video.

Aggressive Combat Championships 9 Primer: Watch Out for Pedro Villa

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Once upon a time, if you lived in New York City and had an interest in learning grappling, you either went to Renzo Gracie's academy, dropped by one of the budding boutique jiu-jitsu schools that were sprouting up here and there, or just went to Oishi Judo's open mat night. That was it, and "it" was expensive. But with time there came to be another, less costly option, and it involved shelling out $25 for a year-long New York City Department of Parks & Recreation membership, going to the Hamilton Fish Recreation Center on the Lower East Side, and helping unfurl the mats for Tuesday/Thursday meetings of the Twin Towers Wrestling Club.

Wrestling was, of course, the focus of the club. However, some of the members did work on submissions, and now, with years of training and competition under their belts (plus the infusion of some high-level instruction), they Twin Towers Wrestling Club has some serious badasses.