It was a big weekend for The Cellar Gym's BJJ competition team as our Head BJJ Coach, Mayko Araujo Borges won Gold at the IBJJF Houston Open, Blue Belt Ethan Baumann took home Silver, and Brown Belt Dave Margraf won…
Pam "Bam" Sorenson improved her professional MMA record to 2-0 on Saturday night when she picked up a big win against Nico Montano from New Mexico. The fight took place at Northern Lights Casino in Walker, MN under the banner…
We are pretty sure some minds were "blown" during the gi/no-gi BJJ seminars at The Cellar Gym taught by Michelle Nicolini! Thank you to everyone who came out!
The Cellar Gym is very excited and honored to welcome Michelle Nicolini to Minneapolis for a special Gi and No-Gi Seminar, February 6-7, 2016! Nicolini is an 8x World Champion, ADCC Champion, and IBJJF Hall-Of-Famer. You don't want to miss…
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!…
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…
Coaches Mayko and Karen are coming home with 3 medals from the International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation Dallas Open! Mayko Araujo won bronze in the Black Belt No-Gi Featherweight division and Karen Antunes won Gold in her Black Belt Gi AND…
Around the same time Karen Antunes and husband/coach Mayko Araujo accepted positions as new full-time jiu jitsu coaches at The Cellar Gym, Karen also accepted an invitation to compete in the first ever, FIVE Grappling Super League event. The professional…