A running gag at Team Renegade* is that the presence of 19 year old standout Taylor Costantino on a card will doom it to never happening. After seven months and many fight cancellations, this past Saturday, July 23, Costantino broke his curse in spectacular fashion. *Editor's note: The following is the 15th in a monthly article series about the Renegade MMA Competition Team. The Levittown based fight team started by selecting twenty young men with little to no martial arts experience with the goal of turning them in to competitive mixed martial artists inside of two years. To see previous articles on the team, click here.

It is often said that the best defense is a great offense. In BJJ it is a common tendency for practitioners to want to showcase their dominance on the mat against their opponent. Although this is a great attribute to have, it also leaves the door open for possible error to occur. While most of today’s jiu-jitsu we see in class or in video/book instruction focus more on offensive tactics, it is rare that there is any emphasis on the defensive aspect of the game. Until Now.

Tonight at the Resorts Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, area MMA promotion CFFC will hold its tenth event. Below are the quick results of the card. Bouts are scheduled to start at 7 P.M. ET.

This Saturday, July 16th, the Virginia Beach Field House hosted the Modern Gladiators: Judgment Day line-up. The fight card was headlined by six title fights, including the knockout of the night performance by Wesley Dunlap, who put Reggie "Eaz-E" Barnett Jr to the canvas in just 47 seconds of the first round. In the first round, crowd favorite Barnett threw some good combinations as Dunlap circled throwing occasional low kicks. Then, an unceremonious high kick Dunlap added to the mix sent Barnett to the canvas as the referee declared a knockout at 47 seconds of round one.

This September, tournament-style MMA promotion Bellator FC will be starting its fifth season at Caesar's Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The season opener will feature the first round of the organization's next welterweight tournament, which draws heavily from an east-coast talent pool. The trip to Atlantic City marks one of three confirmed shows in the Mid-Atlantic.