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News 10/16/09 Pat Stano, (Diamond's Philadelphia and Atlantic City Mixed Martial Arts, Gracie Brazilian Jiu-jitsu, and Muay Thai kickboxing Academy Instructor) 5 time World Mundial Jiu-jitsu Champion and multiple NAGA and Grapplers Quest Champion will teach a submission grappling workshop on Saturday, November 21 at 9-10 am for Children and 10-12 for Adults. Pat has fought the likes of Dan Severn and Jeff Monsen and is a former National Wrestling Champion also. Don't miss this one. Pre-registration cost 60. At the door cost 75. Joe Diamond's Philadelphia and Atlantic City Mixed Martial Arts, Gracie Brazilian Jiu-jitsu, and Muay Thai Kickboxing Academy will be conducting Belt testing for Muay Thai on Friday, November 20 at 6:30 pm and Gracie jiu-jitsu belt testing at 7:30 pm. Joe Diamond's Philadelphia and Atlantic City Mixed Martial Arts, MMA, Gracie Brazilian jiu-jitsu, and Muay Thai Kickboxing Academy would like to congratulate Steve Barnabai and Tyler Wechsler who recently were promoted to Blue Belt in Gracie Jiu-jitsu. Summer News Competitors from Joe Diamond’s Martial Arts Academy(ACMMA) in Northfield do well! Submitted by Joe Diamond September 8 Joe Diamond and Vincent Jackson will be conducting a high intensity MMA, Mixed Martial Arts, Submission Grappling, and Muay Thai Kickboxing training session for Intermediate and Advanced students and fighters on Tuesday 6:30 pm and Saturday 12 noon in Philadelphia at Diamond’s Mixed Martial Arts at City Fitness Gym and Thursday 6:15 pm at Atlantic City Mixed Martial Arts, Gracie Jiu-jitsu, Submission Grappling, and Muay Thai Kickboxing. Call 215-923-8700 or 609-272-2270 or email joediamond74@comcast.net. September 8 Joe Diamond, Gracie Brazilian Jiu-jitsu Black Belt certified by Rickson Gracie and Luiz Palhares, will be teaching a Black Belt Class on Tuesday nights at the Philly School from 8:30-9:30 pm after Pat Stano’s Mixed Class. September 8 Pat Stano, 5 time World Mundial Champion, and Shane Streater will be teaching on Tuesday nights in Philadelphia. Check out Pat’s class 7:35-8:30 pm. August 15 Steve Santangelo, of ACMMA, won his fight at Combat in the Cage by knockout in the first round. Good fight Steve! August 8th 2009 Florida Grapplers’ Quest Southeastern Championships Ariel Gasperini, of ACMMA won the Women’s Black Belt Gi Division. She received a Championship Belt. Ariel also won the No-Gi adavanced division and received another Championship Belt! She has been training at ACMMA for several years. August 1st 2009 N.A.G.A. Battle at the Beach Jiu-jitsu Tournament Results Todd Ivison, of ACMMA took a silver medal in Men’s Intermediate Division at 195 lbs. Ronne Cuartocruz, of ACMMA won the Teen Boys White Belt Gi Championship and a Gold Medal Gia Esposito, of ACMMA took a silver medal in the teen girls Advanced Gi Division. Zachary Weschler, of ACMMA took a Bronze in Boys Intermediate No-gi division. Congrats to all competitors. July 11 Carl D’Alessandro, of ACMMA won his fight by submission in Round 1 at New Breed Fighters Mixed Martial Arts event at Resorts Casino in Atlantic City. Great fight Carl! 7/12/09 Diamond's Philadelphia MMA, Mixed Martial Arts, Gracie Brazilian Jiu-jitsu, Muay Thai Kickboxing and Atlantic City MMA, Mixed Martial Arts, Gracie Brazilian Jiu-jitsu, Muay Thai Kickboxing would like to congratulate both of our Philadelphia MMA and Atlantic City MMA fighters who fought in New Breed Mixed Martial Arts event 7-12-09. Carl D'Alessandro won his fight by submission. Andrew Aucott had a great effort in his match. Both fighters showed alot of heart. 6/27/09 Philadelphia and Atlantic City MMA Fight Team Academy, School, and Mixed Martial Arts Gym, Martial Arts, Mixed Martial Arts, Muay Thai Kickboxing, Gracie Jiu-jitsu, Brazilian Jiu-jitsu, and Submission Grappling congratulates the following Muay Thai students who successfully completed a vigorous testing consisting of a 3.5 mile run and 10 rounds of Muay Thai open to our MMA, Mixed Martial Arts, Gracie Brazilian Jiu-jitsu, and Muay Thai Fighters at DIAMOND's Philadelphia MMA and Atlantic City MMA. Testing was held at ACMMA and results are as follows: Level 1 Muay Thai Shorts Eric Kurzenburger Level 2 Muay Thai Assistant Instructor Steve Santangelo Level 3 Muay Thai Instructor Carl D'Alessandro 06/16/09 Joe Diamond's Philadelphia and Atlantic City Mixed Martial Arts, Gracie Jiu-jitsu, and Muay Thai Kickboxing will hold Shorts Testing for Muay Thai Kickboxing and Instructor certification on Saturday, June 20, 2009. Testing will be held at ACMMA. Cost $100.00 3.5 mile run on the Boards in Atlantic City. 2 rounds padwork 2 clinching 2 rounds kick sparring 3 rounds sparring 05/20/09 Luiz Palhares, 3 time Pan-American Jiu-jitsu Champion and 6th degree Black Belt of Rickson Gracie, will conduct a Jiu-jitsu seminar Saturday, August 8th, at ACMMA.
Kids 9:45-10:30 Adults 10:30-12 Pre-registration cost by August 1st 65.00 at the door 75.00
Pat Stano, Mundial World Jiu-jitsu Champion and Grapplers Quest Champion, will conduct a Submission Grappling seminar Saturday, July 11 at ACMMA. Kids 9:45-10:30 Adults 10:30-12 pm Pre-registration cost by July 7 65.00 at the door 75.00
Classes will not be held Saturday, July 4th and Monday, July 6th.
Muay Thai Shorts testing will be held Saturday, June 20th at ACMMA at 11 am.
Classes will not be held Memorial Day Saturday, May 23 and Monday, May 25.
Thank you to Rashad Evans, UFC Champion, and Rolls Gracie, Abu Dabi Champion for some great training April 17th. Both of you have agreed to come back and do seminars for us. I look forward to working with both of you in the future and to promoting successful seminars for both of you. Again, thanks! Rashad, Good luck in your UFC title fight vs. Machida May 23. |
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04/07/09 Diamond's Atlantic City and Philadelphia Mixed Martial Arts, Gracie Brazilian Jiu-jitsu, and Muay Thai kickboxing Academy will be closed Thursday , April 9, Friday, April 10, Saturday, April 11, and Monday, April 13th, 2009 for Easter Holiday. Classes will resume on Tuesday, April 14. Congratulations to Scott Tolliday, one of our Purple Belts, who took a Silver Medal in Expert No-gi at Grapples Quest Beast of the East in March. Diamond's Atlantic City and Philadelphia Mixed Martial Arts, Gracie Brazilian Jiu-jitsu, and Muay Thai Kickboxing Academy would like to welcome Coach Vincent Jackson back. He will be teaching day and evening classes. We would also like to welcome Fernando Bernardino, Brazilian Jiu-jitsu Black Belt Champion from Brazil to our staff. |
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02/23/09 Philadelphia and Atlantic City Mixed Martial Arts, Gracie Brazilian Jiu-jitsu, and Muay Thai Kickboxing Academy recently moved the Philadelphia location to: City Fitness Gym
Philadelphia and Atlantic City Mixed Martial Arts, Gracie Brazilian Jiu-jitsu, and Muay Thai Kickboxing Academy would like to congratulate Anthony Morrison, one of our purple Belts who won his fight in World Cage Fighting Alliance February 7th. Anthony had several awesome slams in this fight and dominated his opponent all 3 rounds for the victory by decision. Great Fight Anthony! Dylan Hutton recently earned his Muay Thai Shorts February 1st. Dylan is a Police Officer. He trains regularly at ACMMA and is also training toward his Gracie Brazilian Jiu-jitsu Blue Belt test which is coming up soon. Congratulations! Philadelphia and Atlantic City Mixed Martial Arts, Gracie Brazilian Jiu-jitsu, and Muay Thai Kickboxing Academy will be conducting Belt testing for Children and Adults on Saturday, March 21st. The testing schedule is as follows: Atlantic City
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12/20/08 Anthony Morrison will be conducting an Mixed Martial Arts Seminar on Tuesday, December 23 at Joe Diamond's Philadelphia Mixed Martial Arts Academy. Anthony is one of our Purple Belts and has trained with us since 2003 and now has over 25 fights and is a very entertaining fighter and a great Instructor. Don't miss this one. Be sure to check out Doug Anderson, now famous star of Discovery Channel's cool Show Fight Quest training at our Philly School on Saturdays. Doug has trained with us for almost 3 years. Philadelphia and Atlantic City Mixed Martial Arts , Philadelphia and Atlantic City Gracie Jiu-jitsu, Philadelphia and Atlantic City Muay Thai Kickboxing and MMA would like like to congratulate Jesse Bator and Tim Williams (both train at the Philly School) for their wins in Combat in the Cage December 13, 2008. Honorable mention goes out to Roland Nichols, who stepped into the cage November 26, 2008 and showed tremendous heart and skill in his fight at New Breed Fights at Showboat in Atlantic City. Philadelphia and Atlantic City Mixed Martial Arts will be closed between Christmas Eve, December 23, 2008 and New Year's Day. The Atlantic City School will re-open Friday, January 2, 2009. The Philadelphia School will re-open Saturday, January 3, 2009. Philadelphia and Atlantic City MMA will be conducting Muay Thai Shorts and Instructor Testing and Gracie Jiu-jitsu Belt Testing Saturday, January 24th, 2009. Gerard Woel and Jesse Bator successfully taught self defense in an 8 week Beginner Course for the Hispanic Family Center of Southern New Jersey. Jasmin Rivera To all Students and Staff, keep up the good work! Happy Holidays! Train hard. It will produce super rewards! Dedicated to your Black Belt Achievement, I remain truly yours in the Martial Arts, Joe Diamond |
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September, 7 2008
Atlantic City Mixed Martial Arts, Philadelphia Mixed Martial Arts, Gracie Jiu-jitsu, and Muay Thai Kickboxing Fight Club would like to congratulate Andrew Aucott for winning his fight in New Breed Fighters Saturday, November 13 at House of Blues in Showboat. Philadelphia Mixed Martial Arts, Gracie Jiu-jitsu, and Muay Thai Kickboxing Fight Club would like to also congratulate Andrew Riddles, one of our former students who won his fight in Ring of Combat Friday, September 12 at Tropicana in Atlantic City. Honorable mention to Doug Anderson, one of our students at the Philly school who fought hard in Ring of Combat. Philadelphia Mixed Martial Arts will be conducting Instructor training and certification at Philadelphia Fight Club on Friday, November 14 at 5:30 pm. Philadelphia Gracie Jiu-jitsu Academy will conduct Brazilian Jiu-jitsu Belt Testing at Philadelphia Fight Club on Friday, November 14 at 6:30 pm. Philadelphia Muay Thai Kickboxing will conduct shorts testing at Philadelphia Fight Club on Friday, November 14 at 7:30 pm. Atlantic City Mixed Martial Arts Academy will be conducting Instructor training and certification at ACMMA on Saturday, November 15 at 9 am. Atlantic City Gracie jiu-jitsu Academy will conduct Brazilian Jiu-jitsu Belt testing at ACMMA on Saturday, November 15 at 10 am. Atlantic City Muay Thai kickboxing will conduct shorts testing at ACMMA on Saturday, November 15 at 11 am. |
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August, 7 2008
Congratulations to Tyler Weschler, Gia Esposito, and Zachary Hermaneau of Philadelphia Mixed Martial Arts, Gracie Brazilian Jiu-jitsu, and Muay Thai Fight Club who all won 1st place in ther divisions at Battle at the Beach Jiu-jitsu and Submission Grappling event Sunday, August 2, 2008 in Wildwood, NJ. Philadelphia Mixed Martial Arts, Gracie Jiu-jitsu, and Muay Thai Kickboxing Fight Club will be conducting Shorts Testing and Instructor Certification for Muay Thai and Gracie Brazilian Jiu-jitsu Belt Testing On Saturday, September 6, 2008. at 4 pm. |
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July, 14 2008
Gracie Brazilian Jiu-jitsu Belt testing will be held at Atlantic City Mixed Martial Arts on July 19 at 10 am. Gracie Brazilian Jiu-jitsu Belt Testing at Philadelphia Mixed Martial Arts, Gracie Brazilian Jiu-jitsu, and Muay Thai kickboxing Fight Club August 9th at 1:30 pm. Philadelphia Mixed Martial Arts, Gracie Brazilian Jiu-jitsu, and Muay Thai kickboxing Fight Club would like to congratulate Joe Diamond who won Grtapplers Quest Masters Championship at 199 lbs.on June 28th, 2008 and Shane Streater who took a Bronze Medal in Purple Belt Absolute. |
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June, 11 2008
John Thorton, Nelson Miranda, and Carl D'Alessandro of ACMMA, Muay Thai Kickboxing, and Gracie Brazilian Jiu-jitsu Fight Club will fight on June 21st, 2008 in Asylum Fight League MMA event in Vorhees, NJ. Philadelphia Mixed Martial Arts(Philly Location), Muay Thai kickboxing, and Gracie Brazilian Jiu-jitsu Fight Club will host an affiliate Grappling night on Monday, June 16 th, 2008. Open to all affiliated schools. |
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June, 2 2008
ACMMA, Gracie Jiu-jitsu, and Muay Thai kickboxing Fight Club would like to welcome Virgil Hill, 5 time World Boxing Association Champion, as The Head Trainer for our MMA Fight Team. His experience and knowledge will be invaluable to the Philly MMA Fight Club. Philadelphia Muay Thai Kickboxing and Mixed Martial Arts Fight Club would like to congratulate Gary Gross for his win in Evolved Fighting Muay Thai Championships April 25th, 2008. Honorable mention to Joe Diamond and Anthony Morrison of ACMMA who fought hard in Ring of Combat MMA event at Tropicana Casino May 9, 2008 in Atlantic City. ACMMA would like to wish Alan Wright and Elvin Rodriquez the best of luck with their training and fight in New Breed Fighters MMA event June 21, 2008 at Showboat's House of Blues in Atlantic City. ACMMA would like to wish Troy Maxwell and Anthony Morrison best of luck with their training and fights in Ring of Combat MMA June 27th, 2008. Philadelphia Gracie Jiu-jitsu, Muay Thai Kickboxing, and Mixed Martial Arts Fight Club will hold belt/rank testing Saturday June 21st at 1:30-6 pm. schedule: Philadelphia Muay Thai Kickboxing Shorts testing 1:30-2:30 pm Philadelphia Gracie Jiu-jitsu Belt test 2:30-4 pm Philadelphia Mixed Martial Arts no-gi grappling and MMA Instructor Test 4-5 pm. Philadelphia Mixed Martial Arts Fight Club will hold two 6 week summer programs Mixed Martial Arts for Kids for $99.00 and that will include a free uniform. Session 1 begins June 21. Session 2 begins August 2. Call for information. Space is limited to 30 children for each session. |
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April, 15 2008
NAGA March 29 Congratulations to Gerard Woel 1st place Blue Belt Masters Gi Cruiserweight Scott Tolladay 3 rd place Expert No-gi Middleweight Joe Diamond 3rd place Expert No-Gi Directors Heavyweight Ian Holiday 2nd place teen Beginner Boys Gia Esposito 2nd place teen Beginner Girls Joe Ciambrone 3rd place kids Beginner Jose Alicea 2nd place teen Beginner heavyweight Rumble in Rahway April 12 Alex Schmidt of ACMMA won his fight by triangle choke in Round 1 Elvin Rodriguez of ACMMA won his fight by decision after 3 rounds of non-stop action. |
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March, 30 2008
Big weekend for ACMMA fighters at New Breed Figthers MMA event in Atlantic City at the House of Blues.! A big congratulation to Troy Maxwell for winning the heavyweight title against Jay Silva. Alan Wright defeated Neil Marron in the first round with a kesa-gatame choke hold for a submission victory. Honorable mentions goes to Josh Merino for stepping into the cage for the first time.
 Thanks also goes out to Ariel aka Underdog for the photos and videos. |
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March, 20 2008
ACMMA will be close March 20, 21, 22 and the 24th. Happy Hoildays. |
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March, 3 2008
Carl D'Alessandro was promoted to Muay Thai level 1 Instructor on February 23, 2008. Elvin Rodriguez, Steve Santangelo, Jim Vo, and John Thorton were tested in a 12 round grueling Muay Thai exam the same day and earned their Muay Thai fight shorts February 23, 2008. John Thorton was promoted to Purple Belt in Gracie Brazilian Jiu-jitsu on March 1, 2008. Awesome job! |
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Feb, 10 2008
ACMMA is excited to see Doug Anderson from Fight Quest, who currently trains in the Philly location, to go to Brazil and learn from the master himself Rickson Gracie. Doug Anderson will be learning Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu from the Gracie family. Here is a small clip of Doug getting choked out.(he tried to tap but it was too late)The episode will first be aired on Feb. 15th 10:00pm on the Discovery Channel. Check your local listing. BIG CONGRATULATIONS to Alan Wright who knock down Sean O'Brien(Campbell's Karate & Kickboxing) with vicious right punches twice to finish him with a rear naked choke(mate leon). The event was New Breed Fighters amateur MMA at the House of Blues. Also, ACMMA would like to congratulate Ariel Gasperini, Mike Dougherty, Pat Humphries(taking 3rd place blue belt)and Jovan Mena for competing at the New Jersey Grappling Championships. |
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Feb, 5 2008
Congratulations to Gary Gross, Steve Tsekas, and Sundara Brown for their recent promotion to Purple Belt in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu! Congrats to Gerard Woel, who recently earned his Blue Belt and to Armando Martinez, who recently passed his Muay Thai shorts test! Congratulations to Braheem Santos for winning his fight at Evolved Muay Thai and Doug Anderson, ACMMA Fight Team member for his recent mma knockout in California and his starring role on the new hit Reality TV series Fight Quest! Tune in to see Doug take on the World in Fight Quest on Discovery Channel Friday nights at 10 pm. Honorable mention goes out to Richie Colazzo who recently lost a close decision in New Breed MMA. His opponent was bloodied and Richie did not have a scratch. Great Fight! We have 40 fighters signed up for NAGA Worlds April 5th, 2008! If you have not signed the sign-up sheet, please do so and support our team. Registration forms will be passed out in classes and pre-registrations will be due March 15th. No excuses.Be part of East Coast MMA Fight Team History. Sign-up to fight. Also, t-shirts and hoodies are ordered. Cage of Vengeance dates are being planned. Check back periodically for news. ACMMA will be competing from this day forward as East Coast Brazilian Jiu-jitsu and MMA |
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Dec, 20 2007
ACMMA will be closed for the holidays from Dec 23 to Jan 1. Classes will resume Jan 2. Have a safe and happy holiday. |
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Dec, 1 2007
Congrat to all the competitors who competed at NAGA. NO-GI Men's Masters Beginner Light Heavy Weight 1st Elvin Rodriguez ACMMA NO-GI Men's Masters Expert Light Weight 3rd John Thorton NO-GI Men's Executive Beginner Heavy Weight 1st Gerard Woel ACMMA GI Men's White Belt Heavy Weight 2nd Gerard Woel ACMMA GI Director's Expert Super Heavy Weight 1st Joe Diamond ACMMA Also honorable mentions to Gia Esposito and Phil |
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Nov, 12 2007
New location for the Jersey ACMMA school!!! It is a store front right by the Tilton 9 Theather. The schedule will remain the same. ACMMA Jersey Location: 331 Tilton Rd. Northfield, NJ 08225 CLICK HERE FOR DIRECTIONS. |
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Oct, 15 2007
Upcoming events at ACMMA Philly and Jersey: November 1: Luiz Palhares Philly ACCMMA November 2: Luiz Palhares Millville BJJ and Judo November 3: Luiz Palhares Gold Hawk TKD November 17: Sakasem “The Punisher” Fairtex Muay Thai seminar Saturday, 9-11 am Shorts testing 11 am-12 noon Cage of Vengeance "Punishment" had a great turnout with great fights. Congratulation to Tony Moelius and Alan Wright from our AC gym and Juan Cava from the Philly gym. Honorable mention goes to Carl D'Alessandro who fought non-stop for three rounds. Congrats to Jason Alcoba for receiving his blue belt. Jason has been training for a little over a year and has progressed fast. His game is technical, methodical and at time explosive. |
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September 5, 2007
Luiz Palhares- 6th degree Black Belt under Rickson Gracie Friday September 7, 2007 in Philly at ACMMA-Philly 7:00-9:00 pm. Belt testing 9:00-10:00 pm. Saturday, September 8, 2007 at Gold Hawk TKD 9:00-11:00am. Luiz Palhares is a 3 time Pan American Black Belt Champion and competed on legendary Rolls Gracie Jiu-jitsu Team before Rolls passed. He continued his training ever since under Rickson and ran Rickson's Pacific Palisades Jiu-jitsu Academy in California for several years. Also, a big congratulations to Chris Antonucci for receiving his purple belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu from Joe Diamond. Chris has been study BJJ for about 3 years and has progressed quickly. He is an explosive technician, escape artist and learns quickly. |
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July 27, 2007
Congrats to Troy Maxwell with a big win against Dan Root! Troy was getting slammed repeatly but weathered the storm and got in a tight armbar from the guard to secure a win by tapout in the second round. Congrats to Allan Wright, Carl Delassandro, Paul Balsavage and Mike Dougherty for competing at "Cage of Vengeance". Congrats to Jovan Mena on receiving his purple belt from Joe Diamond. |
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June 26, 2007
Congratulations to Tom Hunter to placing 3rd at The N.A.G.A. World Championships in Intermediate No-gi |
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June 7, 2007
Rick Pooley was awarded his brown belt on 6/6/2007 CONGRATS! On May 30 Mike Doughery fought hard in the Kumite Classic Jiu-jitsu Intermediate Division which was held in Pittsburg, PA. He took a silver medal. Congratulations! |
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May 22, 2007
Classes will not be held Friday, Saturday, and Monday for Memorial Day holiday weekend.
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May 10, 2007
Brand new MMA event "Cage of Vengeance" will be held at the new location in Jersey July 21st. The event will hold 800 people and about 15 fights. Fighters please register here for "Unleash The Vengeance". Fighter must also register with the State of New Jersey. Click here for forms.
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BIG NEWS!!! The Jersey school is moving to a new location. The new location is less then a mile away at Spontaneous Sports, 6622 Black Horse Pike, Egg Harbor Township NJ. CLICK HERE TO GET DIRECTIONS FROM Ocean Side. There will be no classes on Friday the 11th. Classes we resume on Monday at the new place. Here are the new schedules for the Philly School and the Jersey school. The new location in Jersey will feature 24 foot hexagon event cage and ring. The Philly area will be getting an Everlast boxing ring and half cage. |
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April 23, 2007
Congratulations to Troy Maxwell for his first "w" winning a uninanimous decision by way of dominating and slamming his way to victory. Also, honorable mention goes to Tony Moelius for competing. Not many people can just walk into the cage, win or lose they all win. The event, Extreme Challenge Trials, "Combat Warriors", was held on April 22, 2007. |
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April 14, 2007
Congratulations to Anthony Morrison who dominate three rounds by old school ground n pound at Cage Fury. Anthony also drove the crowd into a frenzy when he body slammed Spencer Paige. |
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Extreme Challenge Trials, "Combat Warriors"April 14, 2007 at Atlantic City High School. Has been postponed. |
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April 12, 2007
Anthony Morrison from Atlantic City Mixed Martial Arts Academy will be fighting in Cage Fury Friday, April 13th,2007 against Spencer Paige. Anthony is currently rated #1 in the nation in his division in Submission Grappling. |
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Troy Maxwell, Tony Moelius and Carl D'Alessandro will be fighting in the Extreme Challenge Trials, "Combat Warriors"April 14, 2007 at Atlantic City High School. |
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Sakasem Kanthawong Fairtex will be hosting a Muay Thai training and fight trip to Thailand later this year November 26 - December 9. The group will train at Fairtex Bangplee for the first week and attend the Kings birthday festivities including many fights. The second week of training will be at Fairtex in Pattya (Beach resort town), Thailand. The opportunity to fight is always there. The group will attend the fights at Fairtex Stadium during the second week. The group will get a chance to train with the top Muay Thai champions including: |
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April 7, 2007
Anthony Morrison of Joe Diamond's ACMMA won the WKA Regional Muay Thai Championship Belt at 155lbs. in Virginia with a first round knockout March 24, 2007 |
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April 4, 2007
*** BJJ Camp in BRAZIL *** Dear Association Students, Due to the success of last year's BJJ Camp in Brazil (see student testimony below), I decided to continue with this effective way of teaching Jiu-Jitsu and do another camp in Brazil this year on July 21-28. The BJJ Camp is located in Angra dos Reis, Brazil, a gorgeous beach resort with more than 300 surrounding islands, and only 1.5 hours drive from the famous city of Rio de Janeiro. For more information on Angra dos Reis, please visit its official website at http://www.angra-dos-reis.com/ingles/index.htm. The BJJ Camp includes: * many hours of daily training with Professor Luiz Palhares and other Brazilian black belts * comfortable beach house accommodations with very nice surroundings ( there is also the option of staying in a local hotel please ask Professor Luiz) * all meals provided (breakfast, lunch and dinner) * shuttle service to/from the airport and the BJJ Camp site * sail boat tour of Angra dos Reis Bay (meals and drinks NOT included) The all inclusive price for the Camp will be $1,000.00 plus airfare. We can obtain a group discount from Brazilian Wave Tours. This would also ensure that we are all in the same flight and that I would be able to assist you in the airport at our arrival. However, this is not mandatory and if you choose to purchase your ticket through another agent, you must make arrangements for your flight to arrive at the Rio de Janeiro International Airport (GIG) with sufficient time to get through customs before our shuttle departs. Our shuttle service will pick us up at 1:00pm to take us to the BJJ Camp site. For more airline ticket information, please contact Danielle at Brazilian Wave Tours at 800-682-3315 Ext 11. The airfare starts at U$735.00 from Miami to Rio de Janeiro on Tam Brazilian Airlines. ONLY A FEW SEATS AVAILABLE AT THIS PRICE! Please note that you will need to obtain a visa to enter the country. You should start to apply for the visa in March because its validity lasts only 90 days. For more information, please visit the Brazilian Embassy in Washington, DC. Also note that Danielle at Brazilian Wave Tours will be more than glad to assist you with obtaining the visa. Since we will have a limited number of participants for the BJJ Camp, we ask for a non-refundable $200.00 advance payment as soon as possible to reserve your place. Please include all relevant information (your school, instructor, email-address and phone) with both payments. Mail your check or money order payable to: Luiz Palhares Jiu-Jitsu Association 3664 Chimney Creek Drive Virginia Beach, VA 23462-6815 The rest of the payment must be in by July 7, 2007, two weeks prior to our departure date. Appreciatively, Professor Luiz Palhares Here is the testimony from one of our students who participated in the first camp: "I participated in Professor's first Angra Jiu-Jitsu camp in the summer of 2006. I have trained in Brazil on 3 different occasions and I have also attended a camp ran by another Professor of Jiu-Jitsu. I enjoyed Luiz's camp very much. The details of the camp were very well organized. The training was incredible. We basically had a seminar each of the 7 days. It was fun to interact with the Brazilians that were from Angra as well as those that were brought from Rio to train with us. Although the training was exhausting, the house we stayed in was comfortable, the food was terrific, and the landscape, very beautiful and relaxing. Here are some details that make this camp different: * There were plenty of Brazilians to train with. Sometimes you go to a camp and only train with other Americans. Here there are plenty of tough Brazilians to train with. We had 4 black belts, 5 brown belts, several purples and several blues to train with on a daily basis. * The food is home cooked traditional Brazilian cuisine. No restaurant food here, unless you want it. * The house was comfortable and right on the ocean!!!!!!! * We all train with Luiz. But at the camp Luiz is largely the translator and Claudio Fontes is the instructor. The techniques have a different "flavor" to them. * You are in safe surroundings. Angra is safe compared to other locations in Rio state. I highly recommend this camp to people at all levels of Jiu-Jitsu. There is no doubt that it will benefit your Jiu-Jitsu game and will also provide a lasting cultural experience." Josh Johnson Black Belt Luiz Palhares Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Association |
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March 22, 2007
Mercer leaves boxing for bout vs. Street Fighter - Press of Atlantic City Link to story "Slice has reportedly been training in Miami. Mercer is due to arrive in Atlantic City over the weekend and will work out at the Pleasantville Rec Center with boxing trainer Mike Hall and Howard. He also will do some MMA training at the Atlantic City Mixed Martial Arts Academy at Oceanside Gym with Joe Diamond and Dave Sirota." Yes, you read it right. "Merciless" Ray Mercer will be training at ACMMA for his up and coming MMA fight with Kimbo Slice. |
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March 17, 2007
Jordan Pergola ( Bellmore Kickboxing) vs. Joe Diamond (Atlantic City MMA) Pergola via verbal submission at 3:44 of R2 – a crowd-pleasing brawl. - http://www.fcfighter.com Joe Diamond suffered a broken right hand at the beginning of round two rendering in the verbal submission. This fight was definitely a crowd pleasing brawl with thunderous punches thrown by both fighters. |
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