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Directed by Kahleem Poole-Tejada (director of the full-length documentary "New York MMA," which will be shown at this year's Fight Summit in Las Vegas in December) and produced by Matthew Kaplowitz (Editor-in-Chief of www.TheFightNerd.com) in association with Ranger Up (www.RangerUp.com), the film takes viewers around a tour of downtown Manhattan and provides a glimpse inside several of New York City's top MMA gyms.

It features many NY-based fighters, such as Renzo Gracie, Chris Weidman, Pete "Drago" Sell, and Vitor "Shaolin" Ribeiro, as well as Stephen Koepfer of NY Combat Sambo, Mark Yehia of "Elite Plus MMA," Rob Constance of "The Renzo Gracie Academy," and Emilio Novoa, President of ADCC North America. Also appearing is UFC middleweight fighter Jorge Rivera, as well as Strikeforce middleweight Tim Kennedy, who adds the voices of members of the U.S. Armed Forces to this emotional piece.

The feature can be viewed at the link below:

http://www.thefightnerd.com/a-fighting-spirit-how-9-11-affected-the-ny-mma-community/