Long Island MMA at the NYFE 6 | Long Island MMA

     Long Island MMA has a long history with the NYFE (New York Fight Exchange). Since the very first show the NYFE has had Long Island MMA has been featured on the card. Long Island MMA has had many victories with the promotion including the acquisition of several titles: such as Rob Scotti’s featherweight title, Hugh McKenna’s welterweight title and Eric Ott’s middleweight title.
               
     

 The NYFE will host its 6^th event this Saturday March 28^th! Long Island MMA will once again be sending its warriors to compete. This time around those warriors are Mike “The Caveman” Kuhn, Chrissy “The Doll” Yandolli and Joseph “The Saint” Ninomiya. These three are some of Long Island MMA’s finest amateur fighters. “The Caveman” is the former NYFE bantamweight champion and he is returning to the cage to face Rich Pabon. A tough opponent, however, Mike Kuhn is determined to push his way back into title contention. “The Doll” is an extremely decorated kick boxer and holds several titles to that regard. Now having a go at MMA she is 2-1-0 and set to face Alyssa Franco. We can always expect to see strong striking exchanges whenever The Doll steps into the cage; but don’t be fooled she is very keen to round out her skills and may lock up a submission at any moment! Last but not the least is “The Saint” although he certainly doesn’t seem to be when he steps into the cage. Joseph Ninomiya is coming off an extremely controversial split decision loss and wants nothing more than to make an example of his next opponent to reinstate his presence to all at bantamweight.

     Long Island MMA will rise to the occasion as it always has; each of these warriors will be returning with their shields or on them. After having trained as hard as they have for these past months everyone should expect to see fireworks from each of them when they step out on to the canvas this Saturday night, the 28^th of March. 

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Marcos "Loro" Galvao Vs. Joe Warren | Long Island MMA

     This Friday March 27^th at Bellator 135 a man will receive a second chance; something that doesn’t come easily or often. That man is Long Island MMA fighter Marcos “Loro” Galvao. Having been robbed of the bantamweight title back in 2011 after an extremely controversial decision loss to the current champion Joe Warren, he is back and he is prepared to capture that which is rightfully his. Their first meeting consisted of an extremely entertaining combination of crowd pleasing exchanges as well as aggressive grappling and clinch work. Surely to the surprise of the current champion and his following, Loro was able to best the man at his own game taking Warren down from within the clinch.

     Having taken Warren down Loro was able to apply his greatest strength, his Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. He was able to take the back of Warren and land several devastating strikes. The striking game was not much better for him. Joe Warren used consistent forward pressure and aggressive striking however, he was walking right into the skilled counter striking of Loro, counter-striking that was both effective and creative; as in several flying knees! The fact that the judges gave the decision to Joe Warren was a travesty. Now it is 2015, four years later. Four years of hard training to destroy the man that has been wearing the belt stolen from him. Marcos Galvao is on the war path and Joe Warren had better hope that he has improved significantly since their first meeting or we can all expect to see Marcos “Loro” Galvao  reign victorious AGAIN.

   

The New UFC Champion Joanna Jędrzejczyk

March 14 UFC 185 took place; and on this day we beheld quite a spectacle! That spectacle being the expert striking of the new women’s strawweight champion Joanna Jędrzejczyk, which ended her title bout against the now former champion Carla Esparza by way of a devastating TKO stoppage. Needless to say, Jędrzejczyk dominated Esparza with her constant pressure and volume of accurate strikes. Despite several attempts by Esparza to acquire the takedown the fight remained standing; exactly where Joanna knew it needed to be. After all, with a record of over sixty victories as a professional Muay Thai fighter why not utilize such a dangerous weapon?

  
     The current champion is undefeated in professional MMA with a record of nine victories and zero losses.  The type of pace and experience she brings to the cage certainly makes for exciting fights! With over ten years of Muay Thai training it is safe to say that although she has only 9 total MMA fights she is a hardened veteran of competition.  And her Muay Thai experience certainly translates well into MMA, for example: the use of her elbows to punish Esparza and defend against her takedown attempts. If Joanna Jędrzejczyk is able to replicate the performance that we all saw on March 14 I think it is safe to say that she will remain champion and continue to entertain us with excellent contests!

Josh Koscheck to face Erick Silva on UFC Fight-Night LaFlare vs. Maia

Josh Koscheck recently fought at UFC 184 losing by a brutal front choke courtesy of Jake Ellenberger. 

A lot of people were under the impression that the Ellenberger fight was going to be Josh’s final fight inside the octagon, but on short notice Koshceck stepped up to fill a co main even spot on the Ryan LaFlare Vs. Demian Maia card in Rio.

Koscheck Vs. Sila will serve as the Co-Headliner at UFC fight-night 62 in Rio de Janeiro.

The Main card is looking solid with Long Island MMA’s Ryan LaFlare at the top of the card.

 Main Card:
Demian Maia vs. Ryan LaFlare
Erick Silva vs. Josh Koscheck
Gilbert Burns vs. Alex Oliveira
Tony Martin vs. Leonardo Santos
Shayna Baszler vs. Amanda Nunes

Hendricks vs Brown UFC 185 | Long Island MMA

UFC 185 is set to take place March, 14 and it is a stacked card! The event is to be headlined by a lightweight title fight between Anthony “Showtime” Pettis and Rafael Dos Anjos. The main card is filled with exciting fights such as Johnny “Big Rig” Hendricks vs. Matt “The Immortal” Brown. This fight promises fireworks! Johnny Hendricks is coming off of two title fights, the most recent of which resulted in the loss of his welterweight title. He will certainly be returning to the octagon with a vengeance. Matt Brown had been riding a three fight win streak until his most recent loss to the current champion Robbie Lawler; a loss which is now shared by both men.

     Both of these contenders are extremely vicious in their striking and have the potential to knock each other out. While Johnny Hendricks is predominantly known for his wrestling and extremely strong knock out power The Immortal has a record of serious TKO finishes that are due to his instinctual pursuit of the kill so to speak. When Matt Brown hurts you, he continues to hurt you until you are finished.

     Having a bout between fighters possessing such entertaining finishing abilities bodes for a great contest. However, being that Hendricks’s last two fights have been five round wars one may infer that his conditioning and ability to push the pace may overtake Brown if they were to go the distance. Regardless, on March 14 fight fans are certainly in for a treat when Big Rig and The Immortal face off in the octagon!  

Ronda Rousey's 14 second finish begs the question, Who's Next? | Long Island MMA

Ronda Rousey’s last 2 fights have been under 20 seconds long. Her last fight over the weekend was just 14 seconds long, long enough to fit on instagram in its entirety.

          Ronda finished Cat in 14 seconds which was the fastest submission in UFC championship history. What was truly impressive about the finish wasn’t just the speed of the submission but it was way Ronda did it. Ronda looked like she was about to be dragged down by Cat and then was able to literally flip over Cat and maintain the top position it was from there where she went for her signature arm-bar. 
          Ronda looked impressive and it looked like Cat might have been her toughest challenge to date but she blew right past her. This begs the question, who is going to be the next challenge for Rousey? The obvious answer is Cris “Cyborg” Justino, however Cyborg fights at 145 and Ronda is the 135lb champion. The challenger should be the one who cuts the weight and challenge Rousey. Many question Cyborg’s ability to make the weight class and are accusing her of abusing PED’s an issue that seems to be plaguing the UFC lately.

Our question for you guys is simple, who’s next?