New Breed Rocks the Resorts..

February 26th some great new professionals to the game of MMA made their way to Atlantic City to show off their skills in front of a great local crowd at Resorts Casino. Even though the crowd was the local Jersey crowd wearing their gym tees, the fighters came from Granite City, Il., Denver, CO., and Gracie Barra in New Hampshire as well as the big time gyms like Fight Factory in Philly.

The students at the Fight Factory definitely represented the best, even bringing out their stars. Eddie Alvarez and Tara LaRosa were both in the house even cornering some of their fighters. The MC brought them in the stage to announce they were there, it was the redundant moment of the evening. They didn’t say anything. Sam Oropeza from the Fight Factory had the highlight KO in just 9 seconds. Shin to Jaw. Lights Out, very impressive.

Two TUF alums also were in the cage. Mike Dolce was first up with his 4-8 record. After a brutal elbow to the top of his dome in the first round he poured blood the entire fight before tapping out in the 3rd round to a strong guillotine by Dennis Olson. Let me just say let’s hope his diet works out better than he fought in the cage, very little offense from the TUF alum.

In the main event, cornered by two UFC fighters Frankie Edgar and Ricardo Almeida, Dante Rivera faced off against Herbert Goodman from the Hit Squad. Dante forgot it was an MMA match and that he was allowed to throw punches, so for 15 minutes it was failed takedowns reminiscent of Kenny Florian v. BJ Penn. Goodman easily won the unanimous decision. Considering he had Frankie Edgar in his corner I was very disappointed in his lack of stand up. We know his BJJ is excellent, so hopefully he focuses on those hands for next time. 

In closing I would like to encourage everyone out there to go to yur local MMA shows, the crowd is great, the small venue is always a great place to see any form of entertainment. And who knows maybe some top lightweights in the world will show up like they do in Atlantic City.