Lee Meringo ready for next test at Art of War Cage Fighting 41

Interview with Lee Meringo in video below

MMA Philly style

Philadelphia MMA is currently experiencing the greatest time in their history.  Besides Eddie Alvarez winning the UFC lightweight championship in 2016, Philly’s Sean Brady had the most iconic moment for the city of brotherly love in the cage this past Saturday night.  Brady, on short notice, went across the pond to #1 ranked Leon Edwards homeland, and demolished him the entire fight before choking him out in the 4th round.  Brady has shot up from #5 in the world at 170 to the #1 contender to Belal Muhammad, who holds the belt. Brady’s teammate, Joe “Bodybagz” Pyfer holds down the co-main event this week against Kevin Gastellum in Mexico, and their other teammate, Patrick Sabbatini has the co-main event on April 5th at the Apex.  The city is on fire when it comes to mixed martial arts, and this has trickled down to the regional scene where Art of War Cage Fighting continues to host many of these talented men and women who are chasing dreams.

Marquez MMA & family

These three UFC fighters all call Marquez MMA home.  Their room on the 4th floor in NE Philly is as deep and talented as there is in the sport.  Multiple other UFC fighters as well as a giant group of up-and-coming fighters gather here to work and help each other get better. I’m blessed to be about 20 minutes from them and always appreciate the warm welcome when I show up to observe or check-in with some fighters who are in camp preparing for battle.  Marquez MMA also has several affiliated schools in the Philadelphia area such as Semper Fi MMA, where I ventured to speak with rising prospect Lee Meringo.

Meringo has been staying active, grappling as much as possible and now enters the AOW cage for his third MMA fight.  His last bout was also at AOW as he won his contest against BJJ stand-out AJ Discanni.  I got to speak with one of Lee’s coaches at Marquez, James Lyons.  James tells MyMMANews about Lee…

Coach Lyons on Lee Meringo

“Lee is very well rounded.  He has a jiu-jitsu base he developed over there with Julio (Rosario), but overall, his striking is right there. He’s in that core of young guys that we have who are coming up working hard and soaking up knowledge.”

Art of War Cage Fighting 41 goes off on April 5th at the Valley Forge (PA) Casino.  Doors open at 6.  First bell at 7.  If you can’t make it to the event, it will be available on a PPV stream at the Starfund App.

Stay right here at MyMMANews as I will have several more interviews and articles on this stacked event.

'Beautiful' Bob Meloni

More than 15 years experience in the PA/NJ regional MMA circuit. Commentator/post fight interviews/pre-fight show host @ Art of War Cage Fighting and Ring of Combat The story of the fighter is what Bob loves about the sport. From the lowest level, to the highest, he only cares about the two warriors who do battle once the cage doors close. Everything else is secondary. Without their blood, sweat, and tears, he would not be here enjoying every minute.

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