GR Christmas Party on the Road this year

Date:December 21st, 2006
Time:Rocky 6 showing theatre # 8

Location:Willoughby Commons Regal Cinema

Christmas celebrations will be a little different this year at GriffonRawl. In place of our regular Christmas party at the school, we will be going as a group to a showing of "Rocky Balboa 6". We are all going to try to meet at the theatre around 7:30ish as the movie starts at 7:50. I made sure to make sure we were going to be going to the showing that takes place in one of their larger showing rooms.After the movie, we will all have dinner at Red Robyn, which is right next door to the Theatre. I called the restaurant and they would like it if we are all there by no later then like 9:45. They normally close at 10pm and are movie is 1 hour and 42 minutes long which makes it a tight fit but we will make it work. Red Robyn has no problem with us being there they would just like us seated and to have are orders placed before closing time. Thus, classes on Thursday Dec. 21 will be canceled.Please see the chatter page in the coming days for any updates. Happy Holidays.

Caged Vengenance 3 "Seasons Beatings"

Date:December 2nd, 2006
Time:Doors Open at 5:00pm
Location:Gray's Armory

Wow this should be an action packed weekend as I will be flying back from NYC where we already have three of our team members fighting Friday night to corner four more of our guys Saturday night. To start with we have Silas Maynard making his debut while Dave Osborne will be making his return. Next we have AJ pulling coming off of two impressive wins to take on Joe Heiland for a amateur title. Last but not least we have Mike Russo fighting Pro against the ever tough Torrance Taylor. Sounds like it will be a crazy fun weekend.Gladiators Fighting makes its final stop of 2006 in Cleveland, Ohio this December 2nd with one of its most anticipated events of the year as Betonfighting.com and Tazmanian Freight Systems present Caged Vengeance 3 “Seasons Beatings”. Two Gladiators Fighting title bouts will headline a stellar fight card as hometown favorite Dan “The Bull” Bobish defends his Gladiators Fighting Super heavyweight title in the night’s main event while current Gladiators heavyweight Champion Josh “Heavy’ Hendricks faces his toughest test to date in rising heavyweight prospect Nathan Carey (8-1) of Grand Rapids, MI. Fight fans will also witness the return of fan favorites Ryan “The Lion” Madigan and Torrance “The Tyrant” Taylor who’ll square off with cross-town rival Mike Russo in a lightweight showdown. In addition, “Seasons Beatings” will showcase several of the nations top amatuer fighters as the North American Amateur Fight Series (NAAFS), in conjunction with Gladiators Fighting crowns its 2006 amateur champions with five NAAFS title fights as part of a fourteen bout fight card. Tickets for this event are nearly gone and will not last much longer. Remaining tickets are available below or by calling 330-324-3034 and reserve your seats while they last. Standing room only tickets will be released once reserved seating is gone. Current Caged Vengeance 3 Fight Card:Gladiators Fighting Professional Featured BoutsSHW Title Fight – Dan “The Bull” Bobish 15-8 (Cleveland, OH) vs TBAHW Title Fight – Josh “Heavy” Hendricks 16-4 (Wadsworth, OH) vs Nate Carey 8-1 (Grand Rapids, MI)205 lbs - Jason “Freebird” Freeman 4-1 (Dover, OH) vs Rob Haynes 1-1 (Hamilton, Ontario, Canada)170 lbs – Ryan “The Lion” Madigan 2-0 (Orville, OH) vs TBA155 lbs - Torrance “The Tyrant” Taylor 3-2 (Cleveland, OH) vs Mike “The Bull” Russo 8-9 (Cleveland, OH)NAAFS Amateur Title Fights 265 lbs – John “The Showstopper” Hedges 2-0 (Mentor, OH) vs Terry "The Punnisher" Davinney 6-4 (Grand Rapids, MI)205 lbs - Nicholas Duell 2-1 (Canton, OH) vs TBA185 lbs – Taiwon “The Iron Dragon” Howard 3-1 (Cleveland, OH) vs Garrett Matheron 1-0 (Jamestown, NY)170 lbs – “Smokin” Joe Heiland 6-0 (Shelby, OH) vs AJ Pulling 5-2 (Mentor, OH)155 lbs – John “The Mongoose” Myers 5-2 (Dover, OH) vs Mike Nesto 5-1 (Uniontown, PA)NAAFS/Gladiators Fighting Preliminary Bouts185 lbs – Ricky “The Thriller” Miller 1-0 (Canton, OH) vs TBA 185 lbs - Dave Osborne 0-1 (Cleveland, OH) vs Chris Roy 0-0 (Hamilton, Ontario, CA)205 lbs – TBA vs Chris Howard 0-1 (Buffalo, NY) 185 lbs - Silas Maynard 0-0 (Cleveland, OH) vs TBA*All bouts subject to changeCaged Vengeance 3 “Seasons Beatings” is proudly sponsored by Tazmanian Freight Systems, BetonFighting.com, Bloody Buddy Fight Gear, 2XL Sports Gear, Rascal House Pizza, SportstalkCleveland.com, MMAvideo.com, and the on line voice of the fight fan, PKW Live!

"Friday Night Fights" in NYC

Date:December 1st, 2006
Time:Doors open at 7:30pm
Location:The Church of St. Paul the Apostle

Ending the year in style as Team GriffonRawl travels to NYC. GriffonRawl warriors set to compete are Aaron "Juice" Veverka, Ben "Thundercat" Parks, and Melissa Carlson all making their long awaited return to the ring accompanied by trainer/manager Jason Dent. Thus far Ben and Juice's fights are set to go, as for Melissa we have been dealing with the up and down battle of drop outs and change in weights but none the less things will come around and their will be another action packed night of Blood, Sweat, and Muay Thai. For full results following this event check our News page.Aaron "Juice" Veverka 4-6-1 (153lbs) vs. Chris Kwiatkowski 8-2-0(153lbs)*Juice is wanting to go Pro sometime next year so the pressure is on and he needs to win this one.Ben " ThunderCat" Parks 4-0-0 (185lbs) vs. Dwight Grant 1-1-0 (185lbs) Melissa Carlson (115lbs) vs. TBA For more information check out Church Street Boxing Gym's website at http://www.fridaynightfightsnyc.com/