The Cellar Gym is very excited and honored to welcome Leo Vieira to Minneapolis for a special Gi and No-Gi Seminar, November 14-15, 2015! Vieira is the founder of Team CheckMat, 2003 & 2005 ADCC Champion, and 2x IBJJF World…
The Cellar Gym/CheckMat Minneapolis is returning home from the IBJJF No-Gi World Championships with Gold and Bronze! This was the very first time The Cellar had sent a team to compete at IBJJF Worlds and it was a great success!…
Ben Locken wins his RFA debut by decision at Mystic Lake Casino! The judges had it 30-27 on all three cards. Congratulations Ben! He landed some hard strikes from standing, got several takedowns, and used his controlling top game to…
Four members from The Cellar Gym traveled with Team USA to compete at the 2015 World Kickboxing Championships in Belgrade, Serbia Oct 24 to Nov 2. The four included fighters, Nate Richardson & Antonio Dvorak; Team USA Head Coach, Chris…
Antonio Dvorak is training hard and "throwing thunder" in preparation for the 2015 WAKO World Kickboxing Championships in Belgrade, Serbia. Who says heavyweights are slow? At 6'5" and 275lbs Antonio moves faster than many middleweights, but hits a ton harder!…
Nate "The Natural" Richardson is training hard for the 2015 WAKO World Kickboxing Championships in Belgrade, Serbia! This ESP Kickboxing Grand Prix Champion, Legacy MMA Veteran, and Pro Boxer will be representing Team USA in the -71kg Low Kick Rules…
The Cellar Gym is proud to announce we will be bringing Thiago Abreu to Minneapolis for a 6-day Gi/No-Gi Jiu Jitsu camp at The Cellar! Thiago Abreu is a BJJ Black Belt under Team CheckMat and is very decorated in…
Congratulations to Coaches Mayko Araujo Borges and Karen Antunes Borges! They traveled to New York City this weekend to compete at the 2015 IBJJF Pan American No-Gi Championships. Mayko is bringing home the Bronze medal in his Black Belt division…
The Cellar Gym traveled south to Savage, MN on Saturday to compete in another exciting night of kickboxing action. Three fighters from The Cellar participated in the event: Lajly Yang, Di Lin, and Caleb Merth. Lajly started the show off…
Richard Abraham was a big underdog going into Friday's Main Event at Lion Fight 24 against Ky Hollenbeck. Ky had more than twice the experience as Richard and is ranked as one of the top Muay Thai fighters in the…