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Long Beach resident Brittany Gianino made her amateur MMA debut on June 18.

Brittany Gianino entered the cage in her first mixed martial arts fight with a heightened purpose.When the Long Beach resident fought on June 18 before a packed house at Astoria’s Melrose Ballroom, the Orlando nightclub massacre, which occurred just six days prior, weighed heavily on her mind. more

By Andrew Coen | 7/29/16

Freeport's Eddie Gordon won The Ultimate Fighter reality show with a knockout of Dhiego Lima on July 6 in Las Vegas.

Locals thrive in MMA octagon

When the octagon door closed at the Mandalay Bay Events Center on July 6, one man, Dhiego Lima, stood between Freeport’s Eddie “Truck” Gordon and the opportunity of a lifetime — a six-figure contract with the Ultimate Fighting Championship. more

By Steve Siniski | 7/16/14

UFC Champion, left, sparred with 6-year-old Isaiah Bird, a member of the Long Beach Gladiators wrestling team, who was born with a defect that left him without legs. Weidman held a fundraiser last Sunday for Bird and his family, who are currently living in a Freeport shelter.

Long Beach wrestler overcoming the odds

A young Long Beach wrestler is fighting through major obstacles on and off the mat. Isaiah Bird, 6, who was born with a defect that left him without legs, is not letting that stop him from … more

By Andrew Coen | 6/5/14

Michael Steigerwald, right, in the cockpit of a C-130 Hercules cargo plane in 2006, when he was a major in the Air Force Reserve, with Capt. Brady Ohr. Steigerwald was shot down over Iraq in 2007 and attained the rank of lieutenant colonel before he was honorably discharged in 2010. These days he’s a vice president at the investment firm Drexel Hamilton, thanks to the Wall Street War Fighters Foundation.

Fighting for wounded warriors

Michael Steigerwald could have left the Air Force Reserve’s 327th Airlift Squadron after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Having served six years in the reserves, he had fulfilled his obligation to the military. But Steigerwald, now 49, of Bucks County, Pa., didn’t flinch when his unit was activated in the fight for Afghanistan, which began on Oct. 7, 2001, and continues to this day. Steigerwald heeded the call of duty in 2002. “It was the right thing to do,” he said. more

By Scott Brinton, sbrinton@liherald.com | 3/20/12

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