Middleweight Chris Weidman, 26, of Baldwin, trains with Ray Longo...

Middleweight Chris Weidman, 26, of Baldwin, trains with Ray Longo in Garden City for his title shot against Ring of Combat champion Uriah Hall on Sept. 24 in Atlantic City. (Sept. 9, 2010) Credit: James Escher

It will be a busy weekend for Garden City-based trainer and striking coach Ray Longo.

He'll be in Atlantic City on Friday night to corner his next protege, Chris Weidman, as he fights Uriah Hall for the middleweight title at Ring of Combat 31 at The Tropicana.

A few hours later, he'll drive to Philadelphia to board a plane and fly to Indianapolis to corner Matt Serra at UFC 119. Serra fights Chris Lytle on the pay-per-view card.

Get some sleep on that plane, Longo!

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