Coalition Members/Supporters

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NOTABLE COALITION SUPPORTERS

Michael Benjamin
Brooklyn, NY
Former NY State Assemblyman
Read Mr. Benjamin's letter of support here
Listen to Mr. Benjamin on Cage Radio here

Fred Ettish
Kansas City, Missouri
MMA founding father and UFC Veteran
Read Mr. Ettish's letter of support here

Evgeny Kogan
Director of Operations, M1-Global
Read Mr. Kogan's letter of support here

Tara LaRosa
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Bodog Fight and DaMMAge Fight League Champion
See Ms. LaRosa speak at our rally here

Guy Mezger
Dallas, Texas
MMA, Pancrase, and UFC Champion
Read Mr. Mezger's letter of support here

Dean Murray
Former NY State Assemblyman
Long Island, NY
Listen to Assemblyman Murray speak at our Coalition round table meeting here
Listen to Dean Murray on "Right Hook Radio" here

Alistair Overeem
K1, Dream, and Strikeforce Heavyweight champion.
See Mr. Overeem at our February 8th rally here
See Mr. Overeem's coverage of our fight for legal MMA in his on-line documentary here

Joel Rivera
NYC Councilman
Bronx, New York
Read about Councilman Rivera's support of the Coalition here

Frank Shamrock
San Jose, California
UFC, Pancrase, Strikeforce, and WEC Champion
See Mr. Shamrock speak at our rally here

NEW YORK CITY


BROOKLYN

Julian Earle
www.twitter.com/invictorious

Matthew Hu
Organizer
MMA Meet up group

Dr. Pietro Baio
Performance Edge Chiropractic
7112 Ave U
Brooklyn, NY 11234
(917)-309-5464
http://www.pechiro.com/
DrBaio@PEChiro.com

MANHATTAN


Kahleem Poole (resides in New Jersey)
MMA documentarian, film maker
http://kahlworks.wordpress.com/

Eddie Goldman (Coalition co-founder)
Journalist, No Holds Bared
http://nhbnews.podomatic.com/

Joe Hernandez
Student at New York Law School
Student at Renzo Gracie Academy in NYC.

Danielle Hobeika
Wrestler, Grappler, Amateur MMA fighter
http://www.chicagomma.net/

Justin Klein
Member of the NY Bar Sports Law Committee
Writer for MMA Payout.
Owner of http://www.fightlawyerblog.com/

Chris Reitz
Grappler, Amateur MMA Fighter

Jorge Rivera
Master Sergeant, USMC

Paula Romero
MMA insider

Arthur Vinnitsky
Radio Host, Director of MMA/CSands Management
http://knoqout.com/
http://www.csandsmanagement.com/index.php

STATEN ISLAND


Ray Mercado
Father, Husband, MMA fan. BRING MMA TO NEW YORK
Follow Ray on Twitter @Ray_Mercado

QUEENS

Liz Cappuccio
Business Owner, Wolf's Blood Fight Gear
http://www.wolfsbloodgear.com/

Jim Genia
Journalist
http://www.mmaconvert.com/
Author, Raw Combat: The Underground World of Mixed Martial Arts

Kru Jilani Gonzalez
Kru Allisha Gonzalez
New York Striking Crew Martial Arts & Self Defense
Queens, NYC

Matt Happaney
Business Owner
Eastern Process Service

Steven Katz
MMA gym owner and amateur MMA promoter
Evolution MMA
http://evoamma.com/

Stephen Koepfer (Coalition founder)
Gym owner, New York Combat Sambo
http://www.nycombatsambo.com/

Anastasios Mylonas
Pankration Kerberos

Michael Steczkowski
Host, Darce Side Radio

LONG ISLAND

Kristen Brown
President & CEO
Live to Fight

Patrick Douglass
Fan

Kevin "The Garv" Garvey
Ring announcer, blogger
http://www.thegarv.com/


Lito Gil
Moderates the Tap,Nap, Snap - MMA Recap fan group
http://www.facebook.com/tapnapsnap


Mike Hauben
Manager, Fight Summit
http://www.fightsummit.com/


Matthew Kaplowitz
Journalist, The Fight Nerd
http://www.thefightnerd.com/


Peter Lampasona
Journalist, The Fight Nerd
http://www.thefightnerd.com/


Frank Lombardo, CPT, CKPT
Wrestling coach at UFC Gym Long Island and St. Anthony's High School. 
Owner Maximum Potential, LLC

Charlie Liu
Journalist. co-owner of website
http://www.submissioncontrol.com/
*thanks for promoting us on your homepage!


Corey Sands
President of CSands Management
http://www.csandsmanagement.com/index.php


Rick Wenner
Photographer
www.rickwenner.com
http://blog.rickwenner.com/

WESTCHESTER

Steve Kardian
Gym owner, media consultant
http://www.stevekardian.com/

Dave "Mac" MacLean
President: Mac's NY MMA 
Partner and Matchmaker: Fortune Fight League
http://www.macsmma.com/

UPSTATE

NEWBURGH

Frank Hunter
MMA Fan
Trains at NY Martial Arts Gym in New Windsor/Wappinger Falls

OGDENSBURG

Tom Pinkerton
MMA Fan

ROCHESTER

Curt Boshnack 
Company owner, Flat Line Fighting
http://www.flatlinefighting.com/

Chris Herzog 
Coach/Gym Manager, 10th Planet Rochester
http://teamempire.us/

Josh Pawlyk
Company owner, Flat Line Fighting
http://www.flatlinefighting.com/

Mong Phu
Owner/Head Coach, Fusion MMA
http://www.fusionmma.com/

SCHENECTADY

Danielle Becker
Rotterdam, NY


SUFFERN

Thomas O'Brien
Ronin Martial Arts Club

SYRACUSE


John P. Boyles
Team Bombsquad Rep
Director of Operations, Fortune Fight League


NON-NEW YORKERS

Ted Czech (York, PA)
MMA Writer/Broadcaster
www.youtube.com/user/MMAExplosion  

Aaron Richman (resides in Worcester, Mass)
MMA Fight Council
http://www.mmafightcouncil.com/

Paul Keyser
Toms River, NJ

Bruce Kivo (resides in Connecticut)
Journalist, MMA Confidential
http://mmaconfidential.com/

Neal Fletcher
Website owner, Bullshido
http://www.bullshido.com/
*thanks for posting our banner on your homepage!

Steven Jefferies (resides in Texas)
Law student, blogger
http://www.legalizetheempire.com/

Dan Yun (reides in Pennsylvania)
Blogger
http://turtleguard.wordpress.com/