Friday Night Fights NYC Jan 15th 2010

Congratulations! Stan Dzhurayev first fight win! Keep up the good work Stan!

Carl Garcia (Progressive Martial Arts) vs. our Ryan Peterson win go’s to Ryan Peterson Unanimous Decision.

Curtis Boshears vs. Philip LeGrande Win go’s to Phil from brooklyn Unanimous Decision.

Nice Job Phil!

Matt Liard

Bryan Reese

“Phil from Brooklyn” Legrand,

Congratulations to Matt Liard, Bryan Reese and “Phil from Brooklyn” Legrand,

Peterson vs. Micah Sederholm (AC MMA)
Winner: Ryan Peterson
wins by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Phil Legrand vs. Ratloendel Melo (ground control)
Winner: Phil Legrand
wins by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

“Putting together a team is easy. Getting them to work as a team is another story.”

I would like to thank the whole team at NYTT, coaches, fighters, and teammates for your loyalty and all your hard work,  NYTT.

Once again Ryan displayed textbook jiu-jitsu by using, aggressive take downs, dominating ground n pound, followed up by a armbar submission. Peterson wins at 1:07 of round 2. Nice work Ryan!

Phil Legrand vs. Trevor Patterson
Winner: Phil Legrand
TKO 2:59 1st rd.

Congratulations to “Phil from Brooklyn” ladies and gentlemen!!

Phil Legrand vs Dan Hannum (Drago MMA)
Winner: Phil Legrand – TKO
0:09 of 2nd Round

Congratulations! Gil Castillo’s first fight win! Keep up the good work! 179lb Jay Baxley vs 176lb Gilbert Castillo Castillo wins via TKO referee stoppage due to a leg kick at 2:24 of round 3.

Congratulations to Ryan Peterson on his first place Gold medal at the NYC SUBMISSION SHOOTOUT , Ryan displayed textbook  jiu-jitsu by using, aggressive take downs, dominating top control, followed by submissions. Ryan’s road to the gold included Kevin Mcarthy (Scrolla BJJ), Joe Mascaretti (Serra BJJ) and Decater James (Renzo BJJ). Well done Ryan!

LIGHTWEIGHT TREVOR BANEY DEF. DOUG WALSH (RED BEAR SAMBO)

Trevor Baney, wins in the first round by TKO, do to Ground & Pound. Good job Trev.

David Price (Team Steele)-blue
vs.
Al Iaquinta-red

Let me start off by saying holy shit! Fight of the night honors right here!

The first thing that is immediately noticeable is that Prince looks about 15 years older than Iaquinta.

Round 1 opens with Price taking Iaquinta’s back. Price sinks in a rear naked choke and it is not looking good for Iaquinta. The choke looks deep and I would say I was surprised that he didn’t tap but I’ve seen him fight before so I’m actually not surprised at all. At this point, I could not believe that Iaquinta was not unconscious. Just as I am almost out of air from holding my breath, Iaquinta escapes. Iaquinta gets a huge slam and closes with a series of punches to end the round.

Round 2 opens with Iaquinta landing a series of good punches on his feet. Price is hurt. The two wind up on the ground and Iaquinta controls the action. Iaquinta stands up and lets Price up. Iaquinta gets poked in the eye. It looks bad. The Doctor is sent in to check. Eventually, the fight is restarted. Iaquinta attacks Price with a vengeance as he unleashes a furious series of pin point accurate, hard, and lightning fast punches. Prince goes flying across the ring as Iaquinta knocks him out.

Iaquinta retains the belt! I was really impressed with Iaquinta’s composure, heart, and ability to overcome adversity. At the age of 20, he fights with the composure of a much older fighter. This guy is going to get better with time and I wouldn’t be surprised at all if we see him in the IFL or WEC one day.

Al Iaquinta wins at 2:07 of round 2 by knock out.

Fight review by- Jason Nocco

Super Middleweight (160-166.9 lbs) – Thaiboxing
USKBA Amateur Thaiboxing Super Middleweight East Coast Championship Title:

Al Iaquinta
vs.
Valentin Stratichuk (Borodin’s muay thai gym)

Round 1 opens up with the two fighters feeling each other out. Iaquinta gets a takedown. When they get back to their feet, Stratichuk throws a spinning back kick and Iaquinta takes him down again. Iaquinta dominates the round as he scored frequently with accurate striking and takedowns.

Round 2 was dominated by Iaquinta as he used Stratichuk as a human heavy bag to practice leg kicks. Stratichuk’s leg is starting to look an STD; red, blotchy, and just screwed!

Round 3 is much of the same with Iaquinta putting on a striking clinic, attacking Stratichuk’s legs while his coach Dave is screaming “THE LEG, ATTACK THE LEG!” Stratichuk is limping and favoring the leg. The crowd is really into this fight as the round comes to an end.

IAQUINTA wins by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Posted by Jason Nocco

Anthony Abatelli defeats Sunny Mcneely by a vicious KO, and Al Iaquinta defeats Anthony Martinez by a unanimous decision.

Trever Baney wins 3rd, Al Iaquinta takes home 1st, “The american Sambo association is a great group of guys”

Very Muy Bueno! says Al Iaquinta, Defeating his opponent by TKO in only 1:35 sec of the first round. Viva Mexico!!

Anthony Abatelli defeated Justin Porter (Team AFS) Unanimous Decision after 3 rounds.

Al Iaquinta defeated Nick Mauriello (NJ Pride) Unanimous Decision after 5 rounds.

Congratulations to Al Iaquinta!


USKBA Amateur San Da Bout
Al Iaquinta defeated Tony Flores
Unanimous Decision after 3 rounds (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)