Mixed Martial Arts

Gian Villante's training video

By Mark La Monica

Gian Villante, a MacArthur High School and Hofstra University alum, makes his Strikeforce debut against Chad Griggs on Feb. 12 at the Izod Center in East Rutherford, N.J.

My Sunday newspaper column will be about Villante, of Levittown, but in the meantime, here's a video interview from his training camp at Bellmore Kickboxing Academy.

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Gian Villante, a MacArthur High School and Hofstra University alum, makes his Strikeforce debut against Chad Griggs on Feb. 12 at the Izod Center in East Rutherford, N.J.

My Sunday newspaper column will be about Villante, of Levittown, but in the meantime, here's a video interview from his training camp at Bellmore Kickboxing Academy.