New Gym in Haverhill
Fighters and New comers,
There is a new Gym in town. The gym is located in Haverhill,Ma right near the center by the Bradford train station. Carried out Fight Gear, a New sponsor of the Global Fight league has given me full access to hold practices and train fighters in the gym.
The gym has 2 full size Olympic wrestling mats, Thai bags, punching bags, exercise equipment,etc. Carried out fight gear will also have there offices there as well as all the gear and apparel you need to fight and train.
The gym is still in its utmost infancy but i want to get the word out soon so that we can establish a good student base there for when we open. we plan to have the doors open by the end of October and will begin classes immediately. Classes are available all day and night. Cost to be a member is not yet decided but the more people we have training the cheaper it will be. So call me for details or message here.
Let me know your thoughts and or questions
Dan bonnell
There is a new Gym in town. The gym is located in Haverhill,Ma right near the center by the Bradford train station. Carried out Fight Gear, a New sponsor of the Global Fight league has given me full access to hold practices and train fighters in the gym.
The gym has 2 full size Olympic wrestling mats, Thai bags, punching bags, exercise equipment,etc. Carried out fight gear will also have there offices there as well as all the gear and apparel you need to fight and train.
The gym is still in its utmost infancy but i want to get the word out soon so that we can establish a good student base there for when we open. we plan to have the doors open by the end of October and will begin classes immediately. Classes are available all day and night. Cost to be a member is not yet decided but the more people we have training the cheaper it will be. So call me for details or message here.
Let me know your thoughts and or questions
Dan bonnell
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Permalink Reply by Justin Marcotte on -
sounds great dan, in my hometown no doubt.... perfect.
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Permalink Reply by Brent Bergeron on -
Good stuff .. i see lots of kids interested in MMA, and i'm right downtown Haverhill. I think this could be a good thing. I'll spread the word. You got the address? So i can check it out?
I'll spread the word, and it should get a good response.
Any idea on rates, if i'm pitching it to people - they're gonna ask. Send me a message.
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Permalink Reply by Percival Perez on -
Ohhh Snap That's was sup im Right here in haverhill so i'll definitely be checking this out good news dan
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Permalink Reply by Dan Bonnell on -
Hey guys,
I am having a meeting with the other two owners this afternoon reguarding rates and such.
the gym is almost ready to open. There will be a registration fee and just a monthly payment after that due at the first of every month. after a few months i will install EFT, a program that will automaticly deduct the payment from your account. its easier for you and me.
I believe the address is 178 Elm st. its about 100yrds from the Bradford Train station in Haverhill.
Spread the word because i am starting to fill classes now. We already have about 20 kids set up for kids classes, Jiu jitsu and wrestling for the kids.
So far i have about 6-10 Adults ready for MMA clases!
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Permalink Reply by Dan Bonnell on
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I am opening a new MMA gym in Haverhill at 179 elm st. We will be open at the end of the month and have a special running for $70 per month for the grand opening. both Myself and Chris Grandmaison will be instructing MMA. and Sean Seaberg will be the fitness trainer. the hours of operation are being fine tuned right now but we can expect to be open from 3pm-9pm monday thru friday, early mornings saturdays and sunday closed.
Please spread the word, right now we have 10 guys interested in signing up for 1 year memberships as well as a kids program we will be holding for wrestling and grappling from 6-8pm on mondays.
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here is the flyer: hope this works
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Permalink Reply by Brent Bergeron on
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Dan, i'm out of work at 5 on Thursday the 15th, if you'll be down there, i'll stop by. Call or text me and let me know.
Myself, and my little bro (future GSP, my bro) are very interested.
And hopefully Justin ' the Singer' shows up too. Ha ha ...
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Permalink Reply by Justin Marcotte on
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well since it is down the street from my house i just might have to swing on by..... if my schedule allows me to that is...
Brent Bergeron said:Dan, i'm out of work at 5 on Thursday the 15th, if you'll be down there, i'll stop by. Call or text me and let me know.
Myself, and my little bro (future GSP, my bro) are very interested.
And hopefully Justin ' the Singer' shows up too. Ha ha ...
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Permalink Reply by Chris GrandMaison on -
guys get here its gonna be awesome training and eventually im going to add some mma fitness stuff for people as well gyms awesome
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Permalink Reply by Dan Bonnell on
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This Tuesday, October 20th Chris and i are holding an open Mat for free for any and all fighters, non fighters, kids etc to come check out the gym and get a nice roll in. Com by 133 South elm st to the gym at 7pm. bring your work out gear or just come to check it out!
see you all there!
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"It was pretty sudden for all of us," said Ted Roberts, Clark's friend from Portsmouth High School. "He wasn't a wimp, but he wasn't the kind of guy going around picking fights."
"Starting his career at 32, I think, was pretty funny," said Jay Krecklow, another longtime friend.
Clark, a lifelong Portsmouth resident and drummer for the band The Han Solos, used to watch mixed martial arts on TV at the Daniel Street Tavern, where he has bartended for the past 2½ years. But it wasn't until he and Krecklow attended a fight at the Ioka Theater in Exeter last year that he came up with his crazy idea.
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"He was like, 'No, no, the card's lined up,' and there was really no room for me." Then, suddenly, there was an opening. One of the fighters scheduled for the show had to pull out after losing by technical knockout in another fight.
Millette called Clark. "Here's your chance," he said.
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Cyrus had worked briefly as a bouncer, but dealing with drunks isn't much of a challenge.
("It's like handling a 6 year old," he said.) Other than that, his only physical training was running regularly, and carting around mattresses for his day job at National Discount Mattress on Islington Street.
What he did have, though, is a lot of what his friend Krecklow calls "pent-up aggression." And some experience getting beaten up as a kid by his older brother.
To get Clark ready for the fight, Millette took him to a gym in Haverhill, Mass.
"They beat the crap out of Cyrus for three weeks," Millette said.
"He gave me a crash course in stand-up boxing," Clark said. This entailed how to stand, where to hold his hands, and how to protect himself. "There's definitely an art to that."
When Clark broke a rib sparring just four days before his fight, he kept his mouth shut, afraid he might lose his chance to fight.
"I didn't realize at first I had broken a rib," he said. "Then it started to hurt. I definitely knew I was still gonna fight, though. I wanted to bad enough. I was afraid I wouldn't get another chance." For his corner team, Clark hooked up with Team Burgess at the weigh-in on Friday, the night before the fight. Then he worked his regular shift at the mattress store.
Saturday morning, a few hours before the bout, Team Burgess gave him his game plan for the fight. That helped him stay calm. It also helped that he had experience playing in a band.
"I know what it's like stepping out onto the stage," he said. "It was just a different event." The night of the fight, a group of friends showed up to support Clark.
"He was pretty pumped up," said Jason Stiles, his boss at the Daniel Street Tavern. "He was in the zone. He walked right past us." Physically, Clark seemed to match up pretty well against his opponent — at 6 feet tall, he had a 3-inch height advantage, and they both weighed in the neighborhood of 175 pounds.
Still, "Me and pretty much the rest of my friends all thought he was going to get his a** kicked," Roberts said.
When the fight started, it flashed through Clark's mind that he was going to have to try to kill the other guy, or be killed himself.
His plan had been to box, but the punches he was throwing kept missing. His opponent, on the other hand, had little difficulty landing a number of strong punches. Eventually, Clark grabbed the guy around the waist and pulled him to the ground.
Once on the mat, Clark managed to get his opponent in a full nelson. His cornermen started screaming, "Choke him out, baby" — a legal MMA move in which one fighter wraps his arm around the other's throat and chokes him into submission.
A minute and 20 seconds into the fight, Clark's opponent tapped-out, signaling that he was giving up.
Clark leapt into the air. As the referee raised his hands in victory, he pointed to his supporters in the crowd.
Despite his easy win, Clark said he has no plans to fight again.
"I'm already working 55 hours a week," he pointed out. "To really do MMA, you need to give 20 to 40 hours a week. There's no way. I'm officially retired, undefeated." Millette said he'd love to see Clark fight again. In fact, the GFL is building a new campaign, "So you want to be a Global Fighter?" around Clark's sudden success.
Still, Millette figures it's unlikely that he'll lure Clark back into the ring.
"He just wanted to do it once," he said. "He pretty much likened it to the top three experiences in his life, next to losing his virginity — he couldn't think of the third one."
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