Cellar brought 4 jiu jitsu competitors to the NAGA Illinois Grappling Championships this past weekend and the team came home with 3 Gold Medals, 2 Silver medals, and one Championship Belt! Brandon Buchholz (2nd place no-gi expert, lightweight division) Marcelo…
Congratulations to The Cellar’s Krista Olson on winning her division at the 2012 Muay Thai Classic! Krista won 3 fights during the 4-day annual tournament which featured 490 registered fighters from across North America. Krista’s championship belt was presented by…
We are very proud to introduce The Cellar’s newest addition to our very talented staff; BJJ Black Belt, Marcelo Nunes. Marcelo has joined The Cellar to help build our BJJ and MMA programs and he plans to get right to work by…
Carey Vanier won by 3rd round submission Saturday night at the Target Center against the undefeated and tough prospect, Jordon Larson. Carey controlled the fight with his wrestling and sunk in a 3rd round guillotine choke to get the win. …
Minnesota MMA standout, and 4x National Wrestling Champion, Marcus LeVesseur was recently signed to the UFC to face TUF Vetearn Cody McKenzie. The pair will meet at UFC on Fuel TV 3 in Fairfax, Virginia on May 15. Marcus has…
CFX 33 is taking place this Saturday night with headlining featuring a co-main event of Japan vs. Minnesota battles. After arriving from Japan earlier today, Yoshihiro Koyama and UFC Veteran Yoshiyuki Yoshida visited The Cellar to get a training session…
MMA Xtreme 33 presented by Taco Bell is coming to the Target Center on April 28th and The Cellar’s Carey Vanier will be facing undefeated prospect, Jordon Larson. Tickets are on sale now at The Cellar or TicketMaster.com and start…
On Sunday afternoon The Cellar hosted BJJ Black Belt, Tom Schmitz for a special seminar. Tom taught techniques, answered questions, evaluated students and held mini in-house tournaments. At the completion of the event Tom promoted several of our students in rank…
Adam McDermid and Armando Gonzalez competed in USA Boxing fights Friday Night at the Clyde Iron Restaurant & Bar in Duluth, MN. Adam won a judges decision and showed great elusive movement in his bout, Armando lost a razor thin…
Brandon Buchholz defeated Craig Early Friday night by split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28) in a back-and-forth battle at the Hyatt Hotel in Minneapolis. This was the third meeting of these two fighters as Buchholz won their first bout by submission…