FREESTYLE FIGHTING ACADEMY, INC.
MIAMI, FLORIDA

FACT: We are the oldest MMA gym in south Florida and home of the original 30 Day FREE Trial. Now we have done something even crazier than a 30 Day FREE Trial… we are offering a 60 Day Money Back Guarantee! If you come to all your classes and after two months feel that our MMA gym isn’t for you, we will give you your money back. Why don’t other MMA Miami gyms offer a 30 Day Free Trial or a 60 Day Money Back Guarantee? It’s simple… because they are not confident in their service. You have nothing to lose, come check us out! I got there late but I’m assuming that the security guard had asked the guys to stop beating the kid but was being ignored… I’m going to give him the benefit of the doubt that he TRIED to stop them… but when I was there, he was doing nothing… and the crowd was doing NOTHING (myself included), and we sat there and watched this kid get soccer kicked over and over on the ground, in the head, as he barely maintained consciousness. The teens beating him laughed loudly and made a big scene about the dominance they had over the boy on the ground… it was humiliating… but it was also physically disgusting… there was blood all over the place. … his face and shirt was covered… and it was also the first time I had seen a person groggy from being near unconscious… it is a powerful and revolting thing to see.The beating seemed to never end and eventually someone stepped in to help… perhaps a friend of the wounded guy… but he was tiny, had to be a 14 year old freshman, and he went charging in there… only to receive an equally bad beating. Eventually the “victors” got tired of punching and kicking their victims, took turns spitting on them, and walked away high-fiving each other into a pick-up truck, and casually left. Only upon them leaving did the security guard rush in, pick up the kids, one arm each over his shoulder, and walk them into the school. I Opened Up My Gym, The Freestyle Fighting Academy, In 2001. It is the oldest modern MMA gym in Miami. I have been teaching UFC style training in Miami before the term “MMA” existed… it used to be called “NHB”, which stood for “No Holds Barred”. The UFC was actually illegal in most states and banned from cable back then… but we trained and taught it because we loved it – we weren’t bandwagon martial artists jumping on the newest trend. A lot of the local schools that advertise themselves as “MMA schools” today were schools that back then criticized us for not being a “true” martial arts school (the flawed philosophy back then is that people should only focus on one martial art… such as ONLY kickboxing or ONLY jiu-jitsu). Normally I would be happy to congratulate all the other local schools for realizing that mixed martial arts is crucial to being truly prepared for a self defense scenario… however, the fact of the matter is that most of these schools only say they are “MMA”… but in reality, they are just jiu-jitsu guys throwing sloppy strikes or kickboxers with schoolyard wrestling techniques… they are only jumping on the MMA bandwagon because it is the newest popular trend – and they are not properly trained or truly believe in the MMA style. I’ve helped people change their lives by losing tons of weight, gaining confidence, gaining discipline, and most importantly… I’ve had a couple dozen students give me a chilling testimonial that the self defense skills I taught them actually saved their lives. I’ve had fathers working as cops and serving in our military share courageous stories of having to use the martial arts I taught them to disarm or take out their attackers who were coming to kill them. Although I am extremely proud of our competition record, which as of December 2011 is 194-74-1 (72% win rate) with fighters having fought on TV in shows such as Bodogfight, EliteXC, WEC, Strikeforce, Bellator, and the UFC – there is nothing I take more pride in than knowing I helped save the lives of my friends. When I feed my baby niece, I always make sure to taste the food first to make sure it won’t burn her and that it isn’t bad. When I teach martial arts with the promise that it will help defend them when their life is on the line, I feel responsible to test the techniques, principles, and strategies myself as well. For that reason, I fought amateur and professional mixed martial arts. As an amateur, I earned a record of 7-3, and even got to fight against Pride and UFC Champion Rodrigo “Minotauro” Nougeura. As a professional, I have a record of 2-1, and got to fight on TV in front of millions on Bodogfight and the WEC. Below is my fight from Bodogfight, which was a true test of my martial arts teaching. One of my fighters had passport problems and had to drop out of fight versus Anthony Rea at 205 pounds… and I didn’t want to break my gym’s obligation to Bodogfight and leave them with a bout missing, so I jumped in to take my fighter’s place. I normally fight at 185 – but I stepped up to fight the experienced Anthony Rea at 205 pounds… and got into the toughest fight of my life. Don’t watch the video with children around – it is an extremely bloody fight… I broke my nose in three places. You can check out the fight below: I have won dozens of titles around the world, having competed all over the United States, Costa Rica, Brazil, England, and Spain. I have won National Titles in submission grappling and earned the privilege to compete in the ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championships. If you are not familiar, the ADCC is the Olympics of Submission Wrestling. The event is held once every two years, with only sixteen of the top grapplers from around the world being invited to compete in five weight classes. Every country has trials to send their best representatives. I got to represent USA four consecutive times under 87kgs and in ADCC Barcelona, in 2009, I finished 3 in the World under 87kgs – tapping out 3 out of 4 of my opponents. Throughout my years competing around the world, I have defeated several black belt World Champions, such as Roberto “Cyborg” Abreu, Amaury Bitetti, Xande Ribeiro, Tarsis Humphries, Rafael Lovato Jr., amongst other incredible black belts. One of my most popular wins was over Rener Gracie in the Ultimate Submission Showdown. Rener Gracie is the son of Rorion Gracie (the creator of the UFC) and nephew of the legendary Royce Gracie. Rorion Gracie hosted the Ultimate Submission Showdown to showcase what the ultimate style of grappling would be… and I defeated Rener in a no-time limit match in the first round.