AMA Fight Club
Encyclopedia
2004
Mike Constantino (MMA trainer)
Mike Constantino Personal InformationNameMichael Vincent ConstantinoDate of Birth February 22, 1976, Place of BirthClifton, NJ, United StatesHeight6 ft 1 in Career InformationIndustryMixed Martial Arts...
Mike Constantino (MMA trainer)
Mike Constantino Personal InformationNameMichael Vincent ConstantinoDate of Birth February 22, 1976, Place of BirthClifton, NJ, United StatesHeight6 ft 1 in Career InformationIndustryMixed Martial Arts...
Mike Constantino (MMA trainer)
Mike Constantino Personal InformationNameMichael Vincent ConstantinoDate of Birth February 22, 1976, Place of BirthClifton, NJ, United StatesHeight6 ft 1 in Career InformationIndustryMixed Martial Arts...
Jaime Cruz
Nick Avalos
Fighters
Jim Miller (fighter)
James Andrew Miller is an American mixed martial artist. He has held the Cage Fury Fighting Championships Lightweight Championship and Reality Fighting Featherweight Championship. He currently fights for the UFC's lightweight division. He is the younger brother of fellow MMA fighter Dan Miller...
Dan Miller (fighter)
Dan Miller (fighter)
Daniel James Miller is an American Middleweight mixed martial artist signed to the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is the older brother of fellow MMA fighter Jim Miller.-Martial arts background:...
Charlie Brenneman
Charlie Brenneman
Charles "Charlie" Brenneman is an American mixed martial artist, who competes as a welterweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship...
Amanda Nunes
Amanda Nunes
Amanda Nunes is a Brazilian female mixed martial artist. She is currently signed to Strikeforce and competes at both 135 and 145 pounds...
Mike Massenzio
Mike Massenzio
Mike Vito Massenzio is an American mixed martial artist who competes as a middleweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He wrestled in New Jersey and was a two-time high school state champion in 2000 and 2001 at St. Joseph Regional High School in Montvale, New Jersey. Additionally in 2001,...
Ricardo Romero (fighter)
Ricardo Romero (fighter)
Ricardo Romero is an American professional mixed martial arts fighter. He was a featured competitor on multiple occasions for the Ring of Combat promotion which featured on HDNet Fights and also competed for their Light Heavyweight title...
Adlan Amagov
Adlan Amagov
Adlan Amagov is a Chechen mixed martial artist who competes in the Light Heavyweight and Middleweight division.-MMA career:Amagov made his professional MMA debut in November 2007 in his native Russia...
Rafaello Oliveira
Rafaello Oliveira
Rafaello Oliveira is a Brazilian mixed martial artist. He fights at and trains at in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA.- Mixed martial arts career :Rafaello started his professional MMA career in 2004, competing in his native Brazil....
Andy Main
Jamie Varner
Jamie Varner
James Christopher Varner is a mixed martial artist who fought for World Extreme Cagefighting. He is a former WEC Lightweight champion.-Ultimate Fighting Championship:...
Scott Fairlamb
Sean "Shorty Rock" Santella
Billy Dee Williams
Whippany, New Jersey Pompton Lakes, New jerseyMVC Sports Management
AMA Fight Club is a mixed martial arts
Mixed martial arts
Mixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...
training facility located in Whippany, New Jersey
Whippany, New Jersey
Whippany is an unincorporated area located within Hanover Township in Morris County, New Jersey. Whippany's name is derived from the Whippanong Native Americans, a tribe that once inhabited the area...
& Pompton Lakes, New Jersey
Pompton Lakes, New Jersey
Pompton Lakes is a borough in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 11,097....
, specialized in training Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Muay Thai
Muay Thai
Muay Thai is a combat sport from Thailand that uses stand-up striking along with various clinching techniques. It is similar to other Indochinese kickboxing systems, namely pradal serey from Cambodia, tomoi from Malaysia, lethwei from Myanmar and muay Lao from Laos...
Kickboxing
Kickboxing
Kickboxing refers to a group of martial arts and stand-up combat sports based on kicking and punching, historically developed from karate, Muay Thai and western boxing....
, Mixed Martial Arts
Mixed martial arts
Mixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...
& Combat Cardio Kickboxing. A number of fighters who train at AMA have found success in a number of MMA promotions, including the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)
Ultimate Fighting Championship
The Ultimate Fighting Championship is the largest mixed martial arts promotion company in the world that hosts most of the top-ranked fighters in the sport...
, UCC (Urban Conflict Championship) and the regional Ring of Combat
Ring of Combat
Ring of Combat is a US-based Mixed Martial Arts organization based in Atlantic City, NJ.. Several Ring of Combat events have aired on HDNet Fights, including ROC XVIII and ROC XXI.- History :...
.
History
AMA Fight Club was founded in 2004 by Mike ConstantinoMike Constantino (MMA trainer)
Mike Constantino Personal InformationNameMichael Vincent ConstantinoDate of Birth February 22, 1976, Place of BirthClifton, NJ, United StatesHeight6 ft 1 in Career InformationIndustryMixed Martial Arts...
. Before opening the AMA facility, Constantino worked as a bodyguard and was also a combative martial arts trainer for law enforcement agencies.
AMA is home to Miller brothers ( Jim Miller
Jim Miller
Jim Miller may refer to:* Jim Miller , college football coach* Jim Miller , University of Richmond athletic director* Jim Miller , former Carlton and Dandenong full-forward...
& Dan Miller
Dan Miller
Dan Miller may refer to:* Dan Miller , Middleweight fighter in the Ultimate Fighting Championship* Dan Miller , former Premier of British Columbia* Dan Miller , former member of the U.S...
), The Ultimate Fighter Season 12's Andy Main and other top UFC fighters.
News
Jamie VarnerJamie Varner
James Christopher Varner is a mixed martial artist who fought for World Extreme Cagefighting. He is a former WEC Lightweight champion.-Ultimate Fighting Championship:...
former WEC Champion joins the training camp at AMA Fight Club.
The "Lioness of the Ring," Amanda Nunes
Amanda Nunes
Amanda Nunes is a Brazilian female mixed martial artist. She is currently signed to Strikeforce and competes at both 135 and 145 pounds...
also joined the AMA Fight Club in New Jersey. As of August 1, 2011, Nunes is ranked as the #3 featherweight in the unified women's mixed martial arts ranking.
Notable fighters
Adlan AmagovAdlan Amagov
Adlan Amagov is a Chechen mixed martial artist who competes in the Light Heavyweight and Middleweight division.-MMA career:Amagov made his professional MMA debut in November 2007 in his native Russia...
- Strikeforce Middleweight fighter Amanda Nunes
Amanda Nunes
Amanda Nunes is a Brazilian female mixed martial artist. She is currently signed to Strikeforce and competes at both 135 and 145 pounds...
- Strikeforce Welterweight fighter Mike Massenzio
Mike Massenzio
Mike Vito Massenzio is an American mixed martial artist who competes as a middleweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He wrestled in New Jersey and was a two-time high school state champion in 2000 and 2001 at St. Joseph Regional High School in Montvale, New Jersey. Additionally in 2001,...
- UFC Light Heavyweight fighter Dan Miller
Dan Miller (fighter)
Daniel James Miller is an American Middleweight mixed martial artist signed to the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is the older brother of fellow MMA fighter Jim Miller.-Martial arts background:...
- UFC middleweight fighter Jim Miller
Jim Miller (fighter)
James Andrew Miller is an American mixed martial artist. He has held the Cage Fury Fighting Championships Lightweight Championship and Reality Fighting Featherweight Championship. He currently fights for the UFC's lightweight division. He is the younger brother of fellow MMA fighter Dan Miller...
- UFC lightweight fighter Charlie Brenneman
Charlie Brenneman
Charles "Charlie" Brenneman is an American mixed martial artist, who competes as a welterweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship...
- UFC welterweight fighter Ricardo Romero
Ricardo Romero (fighter)
Ricardo Romero is an American professional mixed martial arts fighter. He was a featured competitor on multiple occasions for the Ring of Combat promotion which featured on HDNet Fights and also competed for their Light Heavyweight title...
- UFC light heavyweight fighter Rafaello Oliveira
Rafaello Oliveira
Rafaello Oliveira is a Brazilian mixed martial artist. He fights at and trains at in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA.- Mixed martial arts career :Rafaello started his professional MMA career in 2004, competing in his native Brazil....
- UFC veteran, lightweight fighter Andy Main - The Ultimate Fighter: Team GSP vs. Team Koscheck
The Ultimate Fighter: Team GSP vs. Team Koscheck
The Ultimate Fighter: Team GSP vs. Team Koscheck is the twelfth installment of the Ultimate Fighting Championship produced reality television series The Ultimate Fighter....
alum Brian McLaughlin - The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir
The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir
The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir is the eighth installment of the Ultimate Fighting Championship produced reality television series The Ultimate Fighter, which went into production in late May 2008 and premiered on September 17, 2008 on Spike TV...
alum and former
North American Grappling Association
North American Grappling Association
North American Grappling Association is an organization started in 1995 that holds Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu tournaments in North America and Europe. NAGA is the largest submission grappling association in North America with over 46,600 participants world-wide. Including some of the top jiu-jitsu...
champion Jamie Varner
Jamie Varner
James Christopher Varner is a mixed martial artist who fought for World Extreme Cagefighting. He is a former WEC Lightweight champion.-Ultimate Fighting Championship:...
- Former WEC Lightweight Champion Sean "Short Rock" Santella - Flyweight Champion - Ring of Combat
Ring of Combat
Ring of Combat is a US-based Mixed Martial Arts organization based in Atlantic City, NJ.. Several Ring of Combat events have aired on HDNet Fights, including ROC XVIII and ROC XXI.- History :...
Khabib Nurmagomedov - UFC Lightweight fighter