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VIDEO: MMA Cage at Utica Gym Attracts Top Fighters

Fitness 24 is gaining local attention for it's Mixed Martial Arts steel cage and lineup of fighting classes taught by professionals, but it's also garnered some national attention.

in Utica is starting to get a big following among local fighters for it's steel Mixed Martial Arts cage and lineup of fighting classes taught by professionals, but it's also garnered some national attention from ABC.

Manager Greg Wier said ABC camera crews with The Revolution, a show about health and fitness, have been in-and-out of the 24-hour facility for the past few months chronicling a Macomb Township woman's health transformation.

For the past few months, Angela Patrick has been working with a Fitness 24 personal trainer six days a week. Wier said Patrick has lost over 50 pounds and often brings camera crews to tape a video weight loss diary to the gym as she works out twice a day.

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The Revolution was created by the producers of The Biggest Loser and aims to help people achieve supreme fitness goals by setting up healthy lifestyles at home.

Wier said ABC has picked up the tab for all of Patrick's personal training at Fitness 24.

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The Revolution is one of two new ABC daytime health shows premiering the week of January 16.

For more information on Fitness 24 and class MMA class schedules, click here.


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