FightCo News

FightCo Fighter steps out of the cage, and onto the mat…

May 12, 2009
Mervin Rodriguez, a guy we’re used to seeing in the octagon decided to try something a little different. He entered the 170lbs Intermediate Division at the NAGA event on Saturday May 2, 2009 in Edison, NJ. (NAGA stands for North American Grappling Association.) Grappling is different from MMA in that there are no strikes, focusing instead on holds. Honing ones grappling skills would certainly help you out in the MMA ring.

It was ‘must win’ tournament style competition. Meaning you must keep winning every match to advance. He won his semi-final match by earning points on a takedown, and then continued to maintain control of his opponent for the rest of the 5 minute round. In the finals, he started with a 4-0 lead, with a takedown and side control. After that, his opponent ended up tying the match up to 4-4, taking the duo into overtime. While his opponent seemed to be losing steam in the over time, Mervin clearly demonstrated superior cardio, taking down the opposition in the opening seconds of the OT round, resulting in winning the 2009 North East Ground Fighting Championship gold medal!

FightCo™ Gloves Score Again at Ring of Combat XXIII

February 20, 2009
Atlantic City, NJ – The Tropicana was packed with fans, many of whom were sporting FightCo™ products. In the ring, every fighter was seen using FightCo™ gloves with several wearing FightCo™ shorts, hoodies, jackets, T-Shirts, and beanies.  FightCo™’s J.J. Brookshire stated “FightCo™’s ongoing support for the MMA community throughout the region is paying big dividends with the incredible visibility at events such as this.  We are honored to be part of Lou Neglia’s Ring of Combat and grateful to the Tropicana for supplying such a great venue to market our products.” 

Winner	Loser	Method	Round	Time
Bret Kohan	Joe Abouata	TKO/RSC	1st	1:17
Rafael Natal	Alexandre Moreno	KO	1st	3:59
Ricardo Romero	Brendan Barrett	Submission	2nd	0:44
Matt Makowski	Serge Vinagre	Decision	3rd
Constantinos Philippou	Aaron Meisner	Submission	1st	2:27
Greg Soto	Shawn Foreman	Submission	2nd	3:44
Jimmie Rivera	Tyler Venice	TKO/RSC	2nd	1:13
Al Iaquinta	Mervin Rodriguez	Submission	1st	1:15
Roger Mamedov	Jeff Pender	TKO/RSC	1st	0:55
Jeff Lentz	Jerome Isip	TKO/RSC	2nd	2:23
Anthony Abatelli	Garrett Carmody	Decision	3rd
Gian Villante	Randy Durant	TKO/RSC	1st	0:35
Chris Weidman	Rubens Lopes	Submission	1st	1:35
Jim Tomczyk	Howard Longus	Submission	1st	1:03

Lou Neglia’s Ring of Combat exclusively used FightCo™ gloves for all of the fighters at ROC XXIII.  With coverage by HDNet Fights, Inside MMA, and GoFightLive.TV, millions of fight fans are quickly learning about the quality products offered by FightCo™.  Given the number of fighters and corner-men wearing the FightCo™ logo, it is readily apparent that FightCo™ is finding strong support among area MMA practitioners.  For more information regarding FightCo™ visit www.FightCo.com.

World Cage Fighting Alliance Debuts with FightCo™ Gloves

February 6, 2009
Atlantic City, NJ – FightCo™ is honored to have been selected to produce custom gloves for WCA’s premier event, Pure Combat, at Atlantic City’s famed “Boardwalk Hall”.  When asked about the relationship between WCA and FightCo™, J.J. Brookshire stated, “It has been a real pleasure working with Keith Evans and rest of the crew at WCA.  I was impressed with WCA’s focus on quality and performance. When Keith and I first discussed the possibility of putting the WCA logo on FightCo™ gloves the primary concern expressed by WCA was that the gloves had to simply be the best.  After testing and confirming that the FightCo™ gloves exceeded their expectations, WCA contracted with us to use our exclusive process to label each glove with the WCA logo and supply these for their premier event.”

Winner	Loser	Method	Round	Time
Marcus Aurelio	Chris Liguori	KO	2nd	0:23
Paul Bradley	Nathan Coy	Decision	3rd
Rich Ashkar	Tom Gallicchio	TKO/RSC	3rd	1:57
Dave Jansen	Matt Lee	Submission	1st	3:00
Steve Deangelis	Felipe Arantes	Decision	3rd
Anthony Morrison	Kevin Roddy	Decision	3rd
Lester Caslow	Joey Camacho	TKO/RSC	2nd	0:51
Anthony Leone	Patrick White	Submission	1st	4:36
Phillip Wyman	Ryan Smith	Submission	1st	2:17
Kenny Foster	Mark Getto	Decision	3rd
Bryan Danner	Daniel Tavares	KO	1st	1:48
Eric Henry	Brian DeMuro	Decision	3rd
George Sullivan	Al Buck	TKO/RSC	1st	3:58
Douglas Gordon	Mike Medrano	Decision	3rd

The WCA gloves by FightCo™ were universally accepted by all of the competitors.  In the opening round of the first fight of the premier WCA event, EVO Fight Team’s Brian Danner scored a crushing knockout over the highly touted fourth degree Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt, Daniel Tavares. Danner delivered a vicious body shot followed by a powerful right to the head that floored Tavares. After the fight, Danner commented “These are the best gloves, I’ve ever used.  The protection these gloves give is so good that when I connected with that shot to the head, I didn’t even realize it was as solid as it was. Scoring a knockout like that and having my hands completely protected is the ultimate statement of quality when it comes to gloves.” For more information regarding FightCo™ products or to include having your logo placed on FightCo™’s gloves, rash guards, shorts and more visit www.FightCo.com.

FightCo™ Helps “Carry” USA Wrestling to World No-Gi Championship

December 21, 2008
Lucerne, Switzerland – By taking gold medals in five men’s weight classes and an individual women’s division championship, the United States dominated the competition to capture the team title in the No-Gi style at the Grappling World Championships on Saturday, December 20.  The final scores reflected the extent of Team USA’s domination with a total score of 135, which was more than double that of runner-up, France who had 52 points.

62 kg/136.5 lbs.	Gold – Matt Sanchez (USA)	Silver – Tom Barlow (Great Britain)	Bronze – Brian Peterson (USA)
70 kg/154 lbs.	Gold – Ricky Lundell (USA)	Silver – Nicolas Renier (France)	Bronze – Tom LeCuyer (USA)
80 kg/176 lbs.	Gold – Jacob Volkmann (USA)	Silver – Marcello Salazar Mousinho (Brazil)	Bronze – Tomasz Michalowski (Poland)
92 kg/202.5 lbs.	Gold – Raphael Davis (USA)	Silver – Ian Murphy (USA)	Bronze – Takanori Kuno (Japan)
125 kg/275 lbs.	Gold – Jeff Monson (USA)	Silver – Brandon Ruiz (USA)	Bronze – Ioannis Arzoumanidis (Greece)
48 kg/105.5 lbs.	Gold – Lisa Ward (USA)	Silver – Lisa Newton (Great Britain)
55 kg/121 lbs.	Gold – Laurence Fouillat (France)	Silver – Felicia Oh (USA)
63 kg/138.75 lbs.	Gold – Sheila Bird (Canada)	Silver – Molly Helsel (USA)	Bronze – Sara DeLuna (France)
72 kg/158.5 lbs.	Gold – Romy Ruyssen (France)	Silver – Miesha Tate (USA)

Team Standings
1 United States, 135
2 France, 53
3 Canada, 43
4 Great Britain, 36
5 Poland, 34
6 Spain, 23
7 Brazil, 15
8 Switzerland, 14
9 Bulgaria, 14
10 Germany, 13

FightCo™ is proud that our duffle bags were chosen by the team to carry them (or at least their gear) to the championship.  We look forward to continuing our support for Team USA and wish them the best in all future competitions. For more information regarding FightCo™ products visit www.FightCo.com.

FightCo Gloves Make Pro-Debut

November 21, 2008
Atlantic City, NJ – After a great deal of testing by dozens of fighters and trainers, Lou Neglia’s Ring of Combat, the nation’s longest running sanction MMA event series, chose FightCo™ gloves to be used by the fighters competing in ROC XXII.  After the final bell, FightCo™ earned a unanimous decision from every contestant competing that night at the Tropicana.  Several fighters commented about the superior quality of the gloves and more than one looked forward to taking a pair back to their home gym. Comments such as, “these gloves are simply the best” could be heard after the fights.

Official Results

Winner	Loser	Method	Round	Time
Paul Bradley	Dante Rivera	TKO/RSC	1st	0:34
Chris Liguori	Cory Mahon	Submission	2nd	3:41
Dave Sachs	Tim Troxell	Submission	2nd	4:40
Constantinos Philippou	John Doyle	TKO/RSC	3rd	3:05
Igor Gracie	Troy Maxwell	Decision	3rd
Jay McLean	Jimmie Rivera	Decision	2nd
Joe Abouata	Paul White	Submission	1st	3:06
Dom Stanco	Biff Walizer	KO	2nd	0:40
John Salgado	Jerome Isip	Submission	1st	3:24
Mike Stewart	Chris Presta	Submission	1st	3:34
Nicholas Pace	Sean Santella	Decision	2nd
Pat Collins	Jim Boudourakis	TKO/RSC	1st	0:31

               
FightCo™’s owner, Gino Postorivo noted that, “We could not be happier with the incredible acceptance of our gloves by all of the fighters.  We’ve worked very hard for several years to develop gloves and gear that is second to none, and based on tonight’s responses we feel we’ve succeeded.”  FightCo™ top-shelf gloves, shin guards and elbow pads feature top grain super supple leather with custom molded padding.  For more information regarding FightCo™ products visit www.FightCo.com.

FightCo Gloves Approved by NJ SACB

November 8, 2008
Trenton, NJ – The New Jersey State Athletic Control Board today notified FightCo™ that their gloves are approved for use in competitions in the state of New Jersey. According to FightCo™’s owner and CEO, Gino Postorivo, “We are very pleased that based on evaluations conducted at various training facilities, Nick Lembo, Counsel to the SACB, informed me today that our training and competition gloves are approved for amateur and professional competition use (respectively) in New Jersey.  We look forward to seeing FightCo™ gloves in the ring.”  After many years of development and thousands of man hours of use, FightCo™ products are quickly becoming known for their industry leading quality.  For more information regarding FightCo™ products visit www.FightCo.com.