The Checkmat Minneapolis team traveled to Las Vegas last week for the 2016 American Nationals. Professor Karen Antunes won Gold in both Gi and No - Gi Women's Black Belt Featherweight division! Mayko Araujo took 3rd place in his Men's…
The Cellar Gym's Nate Richardson and Coach Chris Cichon (along with 4 other Team USA fighters from across the country) traveled to Serbia to compete in a Serbia vs USA Kickboxing event last week. USA had a strong showing and…
The Cellar Gym had 11 competitors travel to the largest Muay Thai Touranment in North America,TBA-SA Muay Thai Classic, this last weekend. The team headed down to Des Moines, Iowa on Thursday, June 16th for weigh ins. All the fighters…
Karen Antunes made her way onto the podium at the 2016 IBJJf World Championships last weekend and won the Bronze medal. Karen had tough competition and lost her semi-final match to World Champion, Mackenzie Dern. Their match ended in a…
Competition at the 2016 IBJJF World Championships are complete and we are very proud of all our Cellar Gym/CheckMat competitors! This was the first Worlds tournament for many on our team and they did awesome! We won some great matches…
Nate "The Natural" Richards wins his fight via 1st round TKO! Nate was the main event for the Warrior's Xtreme Kickboxing Event on Saturday night and he put on a great show! After multiple knockdowns, his opponents coach threw in…
Antonio Dvorak headlined the Warrior's Xtreme Kickboxing Event last night. He won with a 3rd round TKO! Antonio came out with impressive combinations and landed some devastating leg kicks. He knocked down his opponent several times before the Referee ended…
The Cellar Gym / CheckMat Minneapolis took home both the Adult team trophy as well as the Overall team trophy from the 2016 MNBJJF Spring Open! We had nearly 50 students compete at the 2016 MNBJJF Spring Open last Saturday.…
The Cellar Gym had an excellent showing at the 2016 Grappling Games in Hudson, Wi last Saturday! Ryan Grant won Gold in both his Gi and No-gi divisions. 16 year old, Javen Guzik, won Gold in the Adult Blue Belt…
The Cellar Gym and team Checkmat traveled to Chicago this weekend for the International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation Chicago Open. Results: Professor Mayko took Gold in his Black belt Gi Division and Bronze in No- Gi. Dave took Gold in his…