Team Renegade head coach Anthony Sansonetti is one strong man.  He lifted me off the ground in a Karelin-type moment the other day, and we happened to get it on video.  I've seen him do this to bigger guys than me.  This is an example of some amazing core strength.

(Sambo legend Taylor Costantino poses with a fan)

Taylor Costantino is a member of Team Renegade, home to Ben Syers of 10 second KO fame.  Trained by world class Sambo player Anthony Sansonetti, Taylor is ready to make his MMA debut, which will happen at the Asylum Fight League this June 18 at Blue Claws Stadium in Lakewood, NJ.

I train with Taylor and the team, and I can tell you this kid is a beast.  He's super strong at 145 pounds, and his technique is great.  I expect big things from him in MMA, and will proudly be ring announcing him at his Asylum debut.

This past weekend, Taylor entered the US Open Sambo tournament, and took home the gold.  He finished two out of three of his matches, and did not get scored on even once.  Congrats to Taylor, Anthony and Team Renegade!

Here's the video of his matches.

Anthony Sansonetti is the coach of Team Renegade, home of Ben Syers of 4 second KO fame.  He is also a world class Sambo player who won gold at the the British Sambo Open last year and just took him the silver medal this year at the Dutch Open.  In this video interview he talks about Sambo and training his guys, including me, at Team Renegade.

Anthony Sansonetti is the coach of Team Renegade MMA based on Long Island.  In 2010, one of his students, Ben Syers, won the Evolution AMMA title, and Anthony himself won the US Combat Sports Mid-Atlantic coach of the year award for 2010.  This year, Sansonetti is getting off to a great start with another achievement, the Silver medal at the Dutch Sambo Open, which took place in Holland last week.

I'm proud to say that I train with Anthony and Team Renegade, where the guys use me as both a human grappling dummy and punching bag, and I love every minute of it.  Anthony truly is a great coach, and there are many guys on the team who will have great MMA careers.

Here is the video of Anthony's matches in Holland.  I'll be doing an interview with him this week as well, so stay tuned for that.  Congrats, Coach!

Team Renegade members Ben Syers and Jeremy Piaser perform leg lock drills in this instructional video.  Filmed at Anthony Sansonetti's Team Renegade's training facility by yours truly.

Nice t-shirt, Mr. Sansonetti!

Team Renegade members Jay Reyes and Taylor Costantino compete at the NY State Grapping Finals in October of this year.  Check out their video highlights.

Team Renegade was very well represented at the Evolution Fighting Championships a few weeks ago by Ben Syers.  Syers recorded the quickest knockout in Evolution AMMA history when he dispatched the very tough Bobby Ascolillo with a left hook at just 4 seconds into the fight.

I train at Team Renegade and I can tell you first hand that Ben hits hard.  He works over the bags and his sparring partners with his power and it showed in the fight.

To Bobby's credit, even after getting rocked like that, his instincts were to fight.  He tackled referee Keith Peterson and mounted him, which is just another job harzard job for referees.  Keith did a great job in safely getting Bobby off him and into the hands of the ringside physicians and Bobby will be fine and fight again soon.

Here's the video of Ben's spectacular KO.

Team Renegade member  Tim Fowler competed in the all Army Combatives Tournament held at Ft. Benning Georgia recently. Tim, a Sgt First Class in the US Army, competed in a division stacked with over 60 of the best Army Combatives fighters from all over the world. He made it through to the 3rd opponent before being eliminated from the tournament. Below is a video of his 2nd match of the day.