props to blogs.mycentraljersey.com for the pics and for the UFC 112 updates of no. 1 lightweight title contender Frankie Edgar:
One-time amateur boxing champ Mark Henry, second from right, co-owner of Pino’s Pizza & Restaurant in Woodbridge, clowns in the kitchen with three of the professional mixed martial artists he coaches: from left, UFC lightweight challenger Frankie “The Answer” Edgar, Ring of Combat lightweight champion Chris “The Story” Liguouri and UFC welterweight contender Ricardo “Big Dog” Almeida. Henry owns the pizzeria with its namesake, his father-in-law, Pino Castronova.
Mark Henry, far right, is pictured teaching three of his fighters boxing of a different kind. From left to right are Ricardo Almeida, UFC welterweight and owner of Ricardo Almeida Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Academy in Hamilton; Chris Ligouri, Ring of Combat lightweight champion, and Frankie Edgar, challenger to the UFC lightweight championship.
