Last Saturday night, NYCB Live at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum welcomed the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) for the first time in history. The long-anticipated event drew a crowd of 11,198, compiled a gate of more than $1 million, and saw five Long Island-born fighters compete on a card headlined by former middleweight champ Chris Weidman of Baldwin.
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By J.D. Freda
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7/24/17
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The New York state Senate voted in favor of legalizing mixed martial arts on Feb.1. This is the seventh year in a row that a bill of this nature as been passed in the senate. For the past six years, …
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By Steve Smirti
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2/10/16
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Former mixed martial arts champ Chris Weidman last week brought some muscle to the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s campaign to legalize the competition in New York state. Weidman, who was …
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By Adrienne Lyons
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2/3/16
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UFC middleweight champion and Baldwin native Chris Weidman suffered the first loss of his professional fighting career last Saturday night, losing the title and his undefeated streak to Luke …
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By Steve Smirti
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12/17/15
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Bellmore resident Lou Neglia once made a name for himself inside the ring as a three-time world kickboxing champion, but it’s his tireless work outside of it these days that truly turns heads in the fight game.
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By Steve Siniski
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7/29/15
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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.
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By Steve Siniski
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7/16/14
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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 …
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By Andrew Coen
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6/5/14
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Ingrid Dodd knows a lot about movies. As co-founder of the Long Beach International Film Festival — a popular event now going into its third year — she is playing a major role in what …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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2/14/14
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It was another sold out show for Bellmore resident Lou Neglia’s Ring of Combat as the Tropicana Casino in Atlantic City played host to ROC 47 on Jan 24. Among the winners were Wantagh resident Gregor Gillespie.
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By Fred Vallejo
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2/7/14
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“It ain’t about how hard you hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward; how much you can take and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done!”
That quote, …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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8/29/13
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