Academy News & Events

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We will be using this page to keep everyone up-to-date on the latest news about the academy, our competition team and anything of local interest regarding MMA, BJJ, Boxing or Kickboxing.  Unlike many other teams, we will post results, whether good or bad.  It's our belief that anyone that trains hard and competes hard should be recognized for their effort regardless of the outcome.  We mention this because most teams hide losses and only mention wins.  This mentality is ego driven and a large problem with our sport in general.  There is a very small portion of the population that even has what it takes to step into a ring, cage or on a mat with another trained athlete and put it all on the line, and for that we respect each and every one of you. 

We have a school forum now, it is located at: www.wnymma.forumotion.com.  Go check it out and sign up for an account. 

July 25th, 2010
Great night of fights last night as Corey and Erick both came up winners at Lace Up Promotions: Redemption. 
Erick Plumeri looked great.  He fought a very tough fight and came away with the decision victory. 
Corey "The Ever Changing Nickname" Webster was on his game in the Co-Main Event as he KO'd his opponent 1 and 1/2 minutes into the first round/
Pat "The Real Deal" Thompson's opponent pulled out, so he didn't get to fight. 
Also, congrats to Amer Abdallah for winning the Eastern US Title and bringing it back to Lockport, NY!

July 19th, 2010
What a great weekend!  3 events over 2 days with 1 result; VICTORY!
Congratulations to:
Pat Thompson for improving to 6-0 as a boxer Friday night at The Buffalo Club
Mike Katilus for taking 1st place in his division at the Submission Only Event in Rochester, NY
Matt Bordonaro for his armbar finish of Antonio Smith at Raging Wolf VIII
Frank Scalzo for a dominating 3 round decision victory at Raging Wolf VIII

July 9th, 2010
Jordon will be coming into Buffalo and training with us on Friday 8/13 and Saturday 8/14. He will be teaching class Friday night and teaching a seminar from 12-3 pm Saturday, 8/14. The cost for the seminar will be $40. He also teaches privates for $40/hour.

June 28th, 2010
Congrats to Matt "Rico Sauve" Bordonaro and Todd "Loco" Liberati!  They both won their kickboxing fights on Saturday night!  Matt won a 3 round decision and Todd's guy failed to answer the bell for the 3rd round.  Great job, guys!

June 12th, 2010
Congrats to WNY BJJ & Kickboxing's newest purple belt, EMIL "BONECRUSHER" MARKULIS!!! We rewarded him with 8 cupcakes last night to celebrate. 1 for every year it took him. Zing!

May 16th, 2010
Matt "Rico Sauve" Bordonaro won his first Muay Thai fight via 1st Round KO in Rumble in Rochester X!  Congrats dude!!

May10th, 2010
Congrats to TJ Sumler and his opponent, Sam Pascuzzi, for putting on a great fight on Saturday night.  TJ lost a decision in the end, but had a few times where he came close to putting a very game Sam away.  Back to work and we'll return better, faster, stronger then before.

May 4th, 2010
EVERYONE come out this Saturday, May 8th, 2010 and support/cheer on TJ "Hyttman" Sumler as he looks to put another victim on his hit list at Raging Wolf VII.  See TJ, Corey or Mike for tickets. 

May 4th, 2010
Congrats to the guys who competed at the Golden Gloves and Fredonia's NYS Grappling Championship!
The results for Golden Gloves were:
Erick won via 2nd round TKO & is now NYS Golden Gloves Champion!
Pat won via decision and is now the NYS Golden Gloves Champion!
Corey lost a very close decision and took 2nd in the tournament.
The results for the NYS Grappling Championship were:
Mike Schultz went 5-2 on the day, getting all his wins by submission. He also went on to get 1st in his No Gi division!
Doug fought hard, but lost in the end to the points game.

Again, congrats on getting out there and competing!

April 12th, 2010
Due to lack of attendance by anyone not named Tony Olive Oil, the 7am Cardio Kick class has been canceled.  Sorry Tony!

April 11th, 2010
Congratulations to all the guys who competed at the Golden Gloves event on Friday, 4/9/10.  Here were our results:
Corey won via decision
Pat won via referee stoppage
Erick won via forfeit
Dustin lost via decision

April 6th, 2010
The schedule has changed.  Starting April 7th, 2010 we will now have open mat from 6-7pm followed by No Gi Submission Grappling from 7-9pm on Wednesday nights.

March 22nd, 2010
Congrats to all the guys who competed the last two weekends!  Everyone showed tremendous heart and skill and represented the academy well.  The results were:
Castricone's (3/13) (2-1 on the night)
Pat won by referee stoppage in the 2nd round
Erick won a 3 round decision
Corey lost a 3 round decision
Golden Gloves (3/20) (4-0 on the night)
Pat won a 3 round decision
Corey won a 3 round decision
Erick won by opponent forfeit
Dustin won a 3 round decision
Raging Wolf Amateur Qualifier (0-2 on the night)
Todd lost by 2nd round TKO
Matt lost a 3 round decision
Josh and Zech Lange both had their opponents pull out of the fight.

WNY BJJ & Kickboxing will be represented by:

Corey Webster

Pat "The Real Deal" Thompson

Erick Plumeri

Our academy will be having an extremely busy night with guys competing in 3 different events in the WNY area.  Representing WNY BJJ & Kickboxing will be:

Matt "Cookie Monster" Bordonaro

Todd "Loco" Liberati

Josh Lange

Zech Lange

EVENT CANCELLED

Pat "The Real Deal" Thompson

Erick Plumeri

Dexter Hurtgam

Corey Webster

After a grueling 2 1/2 hour test with Kyle Saunders, Mike "Youtube" Schultz and Mike Katilus earned their blue belts on Saturday, 2/13/10.  A well deserved  promotion.

Submission Wrestling will now start at 2 pm on Sundays (instead of 1 pm) and run until 4 pm.

Starting on Monday, February 3rd, 2010 there will now be a Cardio Kickboxing class at 7:00 am on Mondays & Wednesdays.

Steve Johnson- Loss via RNC

Jeff Bok- Win via Kimura

Matt Bordonaro- Win via Decision

Zacharia Lange- Win via Decision

TJ Sumler- Loss via Decision

We're hoping a speedy recovery for TJ who suffered a broken hand in the 1st round.

Check out the new design:

Name Change- WNYMMA is now WNY BJJ & Kickboxing.  Bigger name, bigger team, bigger goals.