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Long hailed as one of the premier Mixed Martial Arts organizations, the ROC (Ring of Combat) as presented by Lou Neglia, is best known for its consistency in the MMA arena worldwide.

More than just the President and Founder of ROC, and star of 4 motion pictures, Lou Neglia is also a 3X World Kickboxing Champion and a former U.S. Kickboxing Champion himself. Mr. Neglia has also held the title of Florida Karate Champion, New York State Champion, and Eastern American Karate Champion.

With 15 historical years under its belt; the ROC is an East Coast favorite, which boasts a knack for preparing contenders of assorted weight classes (lightweight, middleweight and heavyweight) of various athletic backgrounds, for introduction into the UFC training arenas. Affectionately deemed “the American Idol of MMA” [Fight Network, 2015], the ROC assists would-be UFC hopefuls in developing the necessary skills, timing and physical dexterity it takes in achieving successful careers in the MMA /UFC industries.

On January 23^rd 2015, Mr. Neglia presented the ROC 50 at the Tropicana Casino & Hotel in Atlantic City NJ and DPTV Networks was on site as Press Media to cover this mammoth MMA event. Additionally, ROC 50 was telecast by way of live pay-per-view streaming via GFL (“GoFight Live” / www.gfl.tv ).

ROC 50 featured 7 Championship bouts and in conjunction to 4 bouts which focused on 4 contenders who were previously listed as undefeated within their class and location. This event was attended by celebrities and superstars of the MMA, action film and producer/director background: many of whom were in town for the Action Martial Arts Magazine & Hall of Honors Mega Weekend presented by Master Alan Goldberg.

Industry favorites such as Chuck Zito, Fred “The Hammer” Williamson, Oso Tayari Casel, Demetrius Angelo, Robert Samuels and many, many more could be seen cheering through classic bouts right along with adoring fans.