Congratulations to Derek Barlow on becoming The Cellar Gym's newest BJJ brown belt under Marcelo Nunes and Team Zenith! Way to go Derek!
Caleb Merth traveled to Detroit Lakes, MN over the weekend to compete at Driller MMA's No Mercy IV event at the Kent Freeman Arena. Caleb was originally scheduled to fight at a 140lb catch weight, but when his opponent pulled…
Happy Birthday to The Cellar Gym! Born in the tiny basement of a convenience store in 2002, The Cellar Gym has grown into one of the biggest and most prestigious Mixed Martial Arts gym in the Midwest! Take a trip…
The U.S. Muay Thai Association held it's first ever amateur Muay Thai tournament over the weekend in Phoenix, Arizona and one of the competitors in the Adult Men's 71kg (156.5 lb) division was The Cellar Gym's Ryan Sternberg. Ryan made…
The Cellar Gym's Antonio Dvorak and Coach Chris Cichon traveled to Grozny, Russia over the weekend to represent Team USA Kickboxing. The USA amateur champion, Dvorak, was matched against the Russian heavyweight champion in a 3-round K-1 Rules match. It…
Congratulations to The Cellar's Jen Cichon and Ryan Sternberg on their instructor level test this past weekend during the Thai Boxing seminar with Ajarn Chai Sirisute (Thai Boxing Association President and Founder). Ryan and Jen were tested during the 4hr…
We were honored to have Abmar Barbosa and fiancee, Marysia Malyjasiak, join us this past weekend for training. The pair trained with us on Friday evening and Abmar taught a special 2hr seminar on the Spider Guard on Saturday morning.…
Ryan Sternberg brought home a victory Saturday night in Des Moines, Iowa against Ben Halder. The contest was fought under Muay Thai Rules as part of Roundkick Rumble's March 2015 event. Ryan scored 4 knockdowns in the bout from hard…
The Cellar Gym and Coach Chris held a Muay Thai Student Evaluation over the weekend to help place students at the proper rank according to the Thai Boxing Association's new armband (prajed) ranking system. Coach Chris put the group through…
The Cellar Gym is proud to welcome BJJ Black Belt and World Class competitor, Abmar Barbosa for a special BJJ seminar on Saturday April 4. Barbosa competes under Team Zenith BJJ and earned his Black Belt under Robert Drysdale (instructor…