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…
Another year has come and gone, that means it's time for one of our annual traditions...a peek back at some of the exciting moments and accomplishments from The Cellar Gym! This year was pretty special for us. We added some…
Legacy MMA will be returning to Hinckley Grand Casino in Hinckley, MN on February 5th, 2016 for another premium MMA event broadcasted Nationwide on AXS TV. The Cellar Gym will have two professional fighters on this card, Professional Lightweight Derek…
Nate Richardson has arrived safely in Dublin, Ireland and has made weight for the first day of competition at the WAKO World Championships for Full Contact Rules (he fought at Worlds for Low Kick/K-1 rules three weeks ago in Serbia).…
Pam "Bam" Sorenson wins her professional MMA debut at King of the Cage! Pam controlled all three rounds of action and put on a highly technical display of Muay Thai. Congratulations Pam Bam!
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!…