ROBERTS WINS AT BELLATOR

On September 10, 2011, Rat Pack's top gun Joel Roberts, once again proved the odds makers wrong with a second round submission via triangle choke of Philadelphia's  Brylan VanArtsdalen at Bellator Fighting Championship 49 at Caesar's in Atlantic City.

In what was considered "Fight of the Night" by many in attendance, Roberts defied 7-1 odds but bloodying his opponent in round 1 with vicious elbows before pulling of a beautiful upkick to triangle combination to put his opponent to sleep mid way through round 2.

The win brings Robert's pro record to 7-3 and caps off an undefeated 2011 which saw him go 4-0 with 4 submissions in only 10 months.

Once again, Joel provided the Rat Pack fans in attendance and watching at home via internet a night which none of us will soon forget. Look for Joel to return to the cage in early 2012.

 MARTINEZ WINS PRO DEBUT

Following an impressive amateur MMA career in which he amassed a record of 4-1, Brett "Youngblood" Martinez made his long awaited professional debut on September 17, 2011 at the Warrior Challenge in York, PA.

After his first two opponents back out of the fight, Brett, who was scheduled to fight at 145lbs agreed to take on a very tough Craig Odeair who was slated to make his debut that same evening at 160lbs!

By the time they entered the cage, Martinez was giving up approximately 15-20lbs to the much larger Odeair and the size difference was readily apparent when they entered the cage giving many of the Rat Pack crew on hand cause for concern.

Nevertheless, approximately 3 minutes into the first round Martinez put any concerns to rest by finishing his opponent after taking him down, getting back mount and raining down approximately 30 unanswered blows before the referee stopped the action.

Now 1-0 as a professional, Brett will again enter the Warrior Challenge Cage on November 4^th, this time fighting at his real weight of 145lbs.

GMITTER WINS MMA DEBUT

When Sean Gmitter came to RPFS approximately a year ago, he came questioning whether he would ever be good enough to actually fight in the cage as part of the RPFS fight team.

Well a year and lots and lots of training hours later, on   2011, Sean silenced the critics and answered any questions, even his own, regarding his ability to fight with a devastating 2^nd round TKO via body strikes against a game opponent at Cage Time 5 in Kingston, PA.

Rat Pack is proud to welcome Sean to the RPFS fight team and we look forward to his return to the cage in early November.

D-BOY DOES IT AGAIN, AND AGAIN,

AND AGAIN!

Following up a great 2010 which saw him take the Expert Teen 14-15yr old division at NAGA's Battle at the Beach and, 8 weeks later, the Expert 16-17 yr old title at the North American Championships, Dillon "D-Boy" Masington has continued his winning ways in 2011.

In June, D-boy took NAGA Virginia by storm winning both the teenage 16-17 Expert Division and the Adult Expert Division. In the adult division, D-boy bumped up 2 weight classes to face a former 4yr Division 1 wrestler who actually runs the summer camp which the Palmerton team attended a few weeks later.

Next, in   , D-Boy traveled to Southern NJ for "The Good Fight Tournament" where he, again, took the Adult Expert division at 140lbs (he weighed 125lbs) against a very talented opponent and seasoned opponent.

Finally, on October 8, 2011, D-Boy picked up his third consecutive Adult Expert title, and his third Championship Belt, at NAGA Maryland where he took the title 140lbs title (again weighing 125lbs) via ankle lock!

ROBERTS WINS PRO FEATHERWEIGHT TITLE!

LONG STORY SHORT, ON MARCH 26^th 2011, THE GUY WHO, 4 YOURS AGO, TRANSFORMED RAT PACK FROM THE SCOURGE OF THE INTERNET TO A LEGITIMATE FORCE IN THE WORLD OF MMA VIA A 42 SECOND WIN IN KING OF THE CAGE HAS DONE IT AGAIN!!!!!!!!!! THIS TIME HE HAS TAKEN US FROM MERE LEGITIMACY TO THE TOP OF THE FOOD CHAIN!!!!!!!!

CONGRATS AND THANK YOU TO JOEL ROBERTS,
THE NEW PENNSYLVANIA PRO CAGE FIGHTING FEATHERWEIGHT CHAMPION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

JUST LIKE MICHIGAN FOUR YEARS AGO, JOEL WAS A HUGE UNDERDOG IN EVERYONE'S EYES BUT OURS. HELL, THE TV COMMENTATORS ALL BUT CAME OUT AND SAID HE HAD NO CHANCE AGAINST SCOTT "THE ANIMAL" HECKMAN.

JUST LIKE IN MICHIGAN FOUR YEARS AGO, HOWEVER, JOEL ROBERTS SHOWED THEM WHAT HE AND RPFS ARE ALL ABOUT. SHEER HEART AND BALLS AS HE CAME FROM BEHIND WITH A LEFT CROSS FROM HELL AND THEN TAPPED HECKMAN IN THE SECOND ROUND VIA REAR NACKED CHOKE IN WHAT I'M SURE HE WILL AGREE WAS THE TOUGHEST FIGHT OF HIS CAREER.

AND JUST LIKE IN MICHIGAN 4 YEARS AGO, JOEL GAVE THE RPFS CREW ON HAND A NIGHT NONE OF US WILL NEVER FORGET AND FROM WHICH I AM SURE MOST OF US ARE STILL FLYING VERY VERY HIGH!

THANK YOU ALSO TO THE MORE THAN 100 RPFS FAITHFUL WHO MADE THE TRIP, WORE THE SHIRTS, SCREAMED THEIR LUNGS OUT AND HELPED MAKE THE EVENT THE BIGGEST NIGHT IN RPFS HISTORY.