“When you’re a fighter, something that people don’t realize is how much it can cost to support you,” Sergio “The Savage” DaSilva says. He’s only hours away from his biggest fight to date, a catchweight bout versus Matt Rizzo at... View Article
Neiman Gracie sits on the black mat of the cage as his coach Jamie Crowder wraps his hands. In just a few days, Gracie is taking his family’s legacy to Madison Square Garden for Bellator’s debut show in New York... View Article
Liam McGeary has gone home. It wasn’t to visit family or to take a vacation, however. The 6’6 fighter boarded a plane earlier this week to head from New York to City to England for Bellator 179. The card is... View Article
It’s another warm muggy day in Manhattan, as the weather alternates between a downpour and humid stifling sunshine. Only in New York City will you see a person wearing a raincoat over a tank top and cargo shorts. On 30th... View Article
Sitan Gym NY sits nestled cozily on a block full of shops in Astoria, Queens. On one side of the studio is a 99 cents store–the kind of cornerstone you’d find in New York City, with brooms and plastic flowers... View Article
“I didn’t even cut weight for my last fight,” Naomi Cookson says, as she sits cross-legged in the cage where we are conducting our interview. The sounds of coaches yelling and pads being hit on the floor below almost drown out... View Article
Small, wiry, and flexible on the mats. Loosen your grip even slightly, and she’s out of your grasp. Her teammate’s fingers are sore from trying to hang onto her gi, but Faye fights to gain control. A few seconds ago,... View Article
Sean Larkin is ready to take the UFC by storm but he isn’t there just yet. The 145 pound amateur with a 3-0 record, out of Commack, Long Island representing Commack MMA has been the victim of a couple of cancelled bouts,... View Article
“The world would be a better place if there were more people like Jennie Nedell in it,” says Dave Patton, brown belt in JiuJitsu and instructor at Longo and Weidman. He’s stretched out on a couch while his students and... View Article
The landscape of New York fighting has changed dramatically over the last thirty years. If you asked someone off the street in 1986 who the best fighter to come out of New York City was, the answer most surely would’ve... View Article