Combat Challenge Results

GR was to have three fights last night at Combat Challenge 19. Things didn't go our way. Ryan Lose's fight was canceled by Commission order. Joe Callari ran a competitive fight but the referee saw fit to stop the action very late in the third round. AJ Carl barely got out of the blocks before eating a strike and going in too fast for a countering takedown. His opponent took his back and sank a fight ending RNC about a minute into the first round.

Showing up to fight is half the battle, and there was a long dry spell where very few GR fighters had any action at all. We're paying for that now. The only way to shake of cage rust is to get in the cage and fight.

The next GR fighter up is Jason Dent. He takes on Paul Bird for the WWFC on April 7^th in Des Moines, IA. Following close on that fight, Donny Walker will face Frank Carabello for Bellatore at the IX Center in Cleveland on April 20^th

^{Written by: Bob Donaghy}

Josh Neer Seminar a Huge Success

The Josh Neer seminar drew a capacity crowd Saturday afternoon, filling GR's mat space almost to overflowing. The three hour seminar saw rounds of one on one training with Josh, free rolling and even some sparring to test technique.

The seminar had dozens of attendees who paid $50.00 to learn techniques from Neer. According to Jason the attendees raged in age from 18 to 35 with "a few over 40." He stressed it was much more than an autograph session.
 "He (Neer) taught stand-up and wrestling techniques," Dent said. "He also went over the ground game."
There was a "meet and greet" near the end of the seminar that was open to the public.
"It was a big seminar that was attended by amateur and pro fighters," Dent said. "It was hands-on instruction. It was really good. It was really successful."

Everyone who attended the seminar got a lot of training tips, techniques, and a great workout to boot. The seminar flew by even though it was 3hrs long.

Josh Neer's website HERE

Written by:  Bob Donaghy

Below is a video taken and edited by GR Team Member Juice Ververka for his Blue Collar MMA Series on YouTube. Thank you to Juice for the use of the video: