Due to Thiago Alves not being able to fight on the UFC 111 card this Saturday because of medical reasons, the UFC has promoted Coach Kurt's fight vs Fabrico Camoes to the main card to be aired on pay per view!! Greg Soto's fight remains on the undercard, but the chances of his fight now being aired if time allows, are even greater!

Tune in to pay per view this Saturday March 27th for UFC 111. Watch Team Pellegrino go to war!!!

As UFC 111 approaches, we have made minor adjustments to Friday and Saturday's class schedule.

Friday 530-7pm - OPEN MAT
Saturday 10am-12pm - OPEN MAT

On Friday, March 26th, join us at the UFC 111 Weigh In's!
It is FREE and open to the public
Prudential Center in Newark
Doors Open at 3pm. Be there on time!!!

Come cheer on Coach Kurt & Greg Soto as they make weight for UFC 111!

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Please join us this Monday evening, March 22nd as we bid farewell to Coach Kurt and Greg Soto as they leave for Newark on Tuesday morning for their fights at UFC 111. We will also be sending off Sugar Steve DeAngelis to Baltimore Maryland where he will be fighting at Shogun Fights the very same night as UFC 111.

Join us to wish them all good luck and for a great team picture! All students are welcome.

Tune in to Pay Per View for UFC 111 on Saturday, March 27th. After the fights, Coach Kurt is hosting an afterparty at Brick City Bar & Grill, directly across from the Prudential Center. Everyone is welcome!
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Cheack out this great read and awesome phootage of Coach Kurt's UFC 111 preperation!

http://blogs.mycentraljersey.com/fightingforlife/2010/03/16/kurt-batman-...

This passed Wednesday evening, February 24th, Coach Kurt Pellegrino promoted 17 students along side his mentor and BJJ blackbelt Rob Scheier and fellow training partner, former WEC champion and BJJ Blackbelt, Miguel Torres.

The night was especially monumental as Coach Kurt awarded his first ever BJJ blackbelt to the more than deserving, Coach Kevin Roddy. Kevin has trained under Coach Kurt for more than 7 years and has always been a sincerely loyal and dedicated student and friend. So a huge congratulations goes out to the academy's FIRST EVER BJJ blackbelt, Kevin Roddy! Kevin assists in the evening advanced BJJ classes, so now the class will be taught by TWO blackbelts. Kevin also teaches his own BJJ classes on Tuesday & Thursday mornings at 10am, so get yourself in the blackbelt's classes!

Here is the complete list of newly promoted students, who's hard work and dedication to training is paying off!

GREEN BELTS:
Joe Andujar
Yavuz Eriske
Jeff Amendola
Ismael Garcia
Darryn Kupratis
Matt Salisbury
Chris Rahmano

BLUE BELTS:
Craig Thieme
Timmy Hands
Gus "The Bus" Brandstetter
Mike Lui

PURPLE BELTS:
Brain Satcher
Lester Caslow

BROWN BELTS:
Justin Haskins
David Church
Gregory Soto

BLACK BELT:
Coach Kevin Roddy

*Pictured is Coach Kurt with newly promoted Coach Kevin Roddy. Check out the photo galleries for more pictures of the promotion ceremony.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE TEAM!

Tonight there will be NO classes due to the snow, once again. We will be having an open mat time from until 5pm to 630pm for those of you that live close enough to make it to the academy safely.

Our first promotion ceremony of 2010 will take place on Wednesday February 24th at 7pm. For all those that are being promoted, please see the front desk if you havent done so already. Everyone is welcome to attend.

It will be a great night!

This past Friday night at The Ring of Combat our guys put on a great show! Craig Theime made his pro MMA debut vs Adam Fearon of AMA fight team and won a majority decision. Lester Caslow took on undefeated Andy Main from AMA and also won a unanimous decision. Although he looked great in round one, Justin Haskins came up short in his title fight vs Ryan LaFlare.

The guys showed great heart and determination! Congrats to everyone!

This weekend Gary Roberts is making his MMA ameteur debut at Asylum Fights at the Trump Marina in Atlantic City. Best of luck to Gary!

We had a very special guest visit us this past week at the academy! The former WBO junior welterweight champ, Miguel Cotto was in from Puerto Rico to train with Coach Kurt for his upcoming fight at UFC 111 on March 27th. It was a pleasure to have the champ here. We look forward to having him back and wish him the best of luck as he gets back in the ring on June 12th of this year!

Also training here for the month of February is the former WEC bantamweight champ, Miguel Torres! Miguel and Kurt are both training for big fights. Miguel will look to get back in title contention when he takes on Joseph Benavidez on March 6th (on Verses network)