Scott Morgan and the great crew at New Breed Fighters fired off yet another stellar night of amateur MMA fights this past Saturday. Resorts Casino in Atlantic City was the site. Up and coming pros Phil Davis and Nick Pace got their start in the New Breed Fighters organization, so you may be seeing some of these names soon on the pro level. Click through for all of the details from last Saturday night.

Check out the kicking studio set for this week’s Fox Fight Game. Sweet job Straka. This week we break down Machida’s crushing victory over Rashad Evans and why the judges may have given Matt Serra a raw deal in his loss to Matt Hughes. In round 2, Frankie Edgar joins us on set to discuss his dominating win over Sean Sherk.

UFC 98 shakeout, per our local fighters.

1. Frankie Edgar is no longer just a wrestling first MMA fighter. His hand/head speed and movement is now that of a highly skilled boxer. Sean Sherk lost nearly all of the the boxing exchanges. No doubt Edgar’s time spent training with Freddie Roach in Los Angeles is paying off. This was a dominant win over the former lightweight champion. Going forward Edgar’s diverse tool box of skills will present major problems for all in the division. Since Sherk was possibly in line for a title shot with a win … I believe Edgar should now assume that position. Additionally, many had questioned Edgar’s size and weight as better suited for the 145lb division after the Gray Maynard fight. The advance of his hand skills will help offset larger opponents at 155lbs as it did with the bigger Sherk. Has any fighter in the UFC shown more improvement fight to fight as Edgar has? Incredible win for the kid from Toms River.

2. I had Matt Serra winning the fight. He won the first and third rounds. In the third both fighters got a take-down making that a wash. However, when Serra was on the bottom he was far more offensive nearly achieving an omoplata and triangle choke in the third. Matt Hughes did nothing during his time in the dominant position, even in the second round which he clearly won for simply spending more time in a lay and pray top position. When Serra took Hughes down at the end of the fight he landed far more dangerous strikes. This decision further shines a light on scoring issues in the sport of MMA. Much work needs to be done so fans and fighters understand better how a fight is scored. Serra was the more offensively diverse and dangerous fighter tonight.

*Was very disappointed about Phillipe Nover’s quick loss to Kyle Bradley. I know he trained as hard as ever for this fight. I believe the UFC will give him one more shot to show the skills he flashed on the Ultimate Fighter show.

*Andre Gusmao was done no favor when Houston Alexander went down and replaced with Krzysztof Soszynski. 0-2 now in the UFC, could this be the end for Gusmao in the UFC?

*And oh … Machida is scary good. Get used to him, he will be The Man for some time to come.

Fight Night is here. Just a reminder that tonight has a great undercard as well (if you are in house at MGM). Here is a look back at my visit with Phillipe Nover last month. He goes against Kyle Bradely tonight in Vegas. I spent a recent afternoon with Phillipe Nover watching him train and talking about his May 23rd UFC fight vs. Kyle Bradley in Las Vegas. I shot and edited this video piece for FoxNews.com and re-running it here. Thanks to Mike Straka at Fox Fight Game. This is a great behind the scenes look at one of the rising stars in MMA.

UFC 98 may just be the card Dana White had scribbled together on his private jet cocktail napkin about one year ago, chock full of New York area fighters, plotting the first ever UFC event at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Unfortunately, a man named Bob Reilly (NY Assemblyman) holds power in Albany and has squashed hopes for the legalization of MMA in New York to date. Oh what a night on 33rd and 8th it could have been with Strong Island in the house chanting Serra-Serra-Serra, or the Toms River, NJ faithful serenading their favorite MMA son, Frankie-Frankie-Frankie. Ahhhh … so we dream.

Rather, the UFC travel department got busy booking JFK or EWR to LAS given that five Tri-State (NY, NJ, CT area) fighters will be featured this weekend at UFC 98 in Las Vegas. This is the most Tri-State area fighters ever on one UFC card. Andre Gusmao and Phillipe Nover are Brooklyn residents. Matt Serra is the pride of Huntington, Long Island. Frankie Edgar is from Toms River, NJ and his close friend Dan Miller is from Sparta, NJ. It will be a showing of Tri-State skill on the strip that should put to rest any notion that the the New York area is somehow a second or third tier source of MMA talent.

Las Vegas is still ground zero for the sport being home to the UFC and mega gyms run by Randy Couture and Wanderlei Silva but no longer is it necessary to uproot and move to Sin City or other training destinations like American Top Team/Florida to pursue a MMA career.

New York City is home to the talent rich Renzo Gracie gym and a number of satellite locations run by Gracie pupils. Phil Nurse at The Wat in SoHo is the go-to Muay Thai gym for the likes of George St. Pierre. New Jersey has the growing powerhouse AMA gym run by Mike Constantino with the Miller brothers leading the way. Ricardo Almeida and Kurt Pellegrino’s gyms are booming down in Jersey while Team Serra-Longo rules Long Island with a growing stable of fighters and a gem of a young talent in Chris Weidman (remember the name). And dare we forget to mention the guys at Tiger Schulman’s in North Jersey. They have a beast that is about to explode - his name: Lyman Good, who is now torching his way to the Bellator title.

So, as we watch a great night of fights on Saturday, lets enjoy all the talent at the MGM Grand emanating from the Big Apple and Garden State. We might pitch a 5-0 shutout if Serra can stay out of a wrestling match with his buddy Matt Hughes. While the New York Times will likely give more ink to stage 14 of the Giro D’Italia bicycle race going on in Italy than Saturday’s sold out event in America’s fastest growing sport, those in the know … know that MMA is booming in the Tri-State area. As soon as the cats up in Albany awake from their stupor and give the people what they want … the fighters and fans in this area will take MMA to even higher highs.

On a night top heavy with high profile fights in Machida Vs. Evans and Serra Vs. Hughes on the UFC 98 card this Saturday in Las Vegas, fans may be overlooking a ‘fight of the night’ candidate bout between New Jersey’s Dan Miller and Oregon’s Chael Sonnen. Each is an accomplished wrestler with improving boxing skills making this a close and critical fight for both careers. Miller, who was first scheduled to scrap with Yushin Okami, wants to keep his undefeated UFC (3-0) start intact. Sonnen, is coming off a loss to Demain Meia at UFC 95 and needs a win to regain momentum. I spoke to Miller last week about changing opponents, plans for Sonnen, how his buddy Frankie Edgar will fare Vs. Sean Sherk and much more.

Moody: How disappointed were you in Yushin Okami dropping out and how different is Chael Sonnen from Okami?

Dan Miller: I was a little disappointed because I was really looking forward to fighting Okami. I think it would have been a great test, and if I won, great for my career. Training has not changed that much, both are left handed, both have good wrestling and good hands. It wasn’t that bad. Okami has phenomenal top game - second to none. Chael has been submitted a few times from the bottom.

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New Jersey’s Glen Sandull has pulled out of his scheduled rematch with Ricardo Romero planned for Ring Of Combat 25 on June 12 in Atlantic City. According to his AMA coach Mike Constantino, Sandull has a knee injury and a conflict with his day-job as a policeman, which arose after the rematch was set.

This rematch was to settle the 205lb title after a controversial win by Sandull over Romero last September. Romero kicked Sandull to the head when on his knees and disqualified by referee Dan Miragliotta. Sandull was carried off by stretcher yet crowned the winner and ROC champion.