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New York Fight Club

Saturday April 4, 2009 3:17 PM By Mark La Monica

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Nabih Barikat, left, fights Andrew Montanez in the main event at Fight Club 3. (Photo by Joe D'Aquila / Phototrens.com)

A boxing ring sits in the middle of the grand ballroom at the Long Island Marriott, the ceiling not as far from the top of fighters' heads as you might expect.

Close to 800 people surround the ring, nearly half wearing black-and-red Serra Longo Fight Team T-shirts....

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