Comments on: The Evolution of the Mixed Martial Arts Gym

By: Bryan Levick

Bryan Levick — Wed, 13 May 2009 22:23:37 +0000

I really thought about Mark Dellagrotte and I was pissed at myself after I submitted the article for not including him, his work with Florian is amazing. AKA is a great camp as is Renzo Gracie, I concentrated on the three that I did because of the amount of high level mixed martial artists that they have produced. I write these pieces with the readers in mind, knowing they will tell me who I forgot or maybe give me more info on the ones I did choose. I love a good back and forth conversation, this forum is here for you guys to chime in and express your thoughts. I truly value your opinions and feedback, like my spelling of Jackson’s nickname. In the rush to get this posted I called him yoga and thankfully someone corrected me!!!!

By: TheLevi75

TheLevi75 — Wed, 13 May 2009 21:54:09 +0000

i agree with GROIN,why no mention of Sityodtong and Marc Dellagrotte. also why so little info on AKA?who is the head instructer there,Crazy Bob Cook?

By: GROIN

GROIN — Wed, 13 May 2009 20:25:49 +0000

SURPRISED THEY DID’NT MENTION SITYODTONG IN BOSTON.MARK DELLAGROTTE SHOULD BE RANKED UP THERE LIKE A GREG JACKSON.NAME ME A TRAINER WHO GETS IN THERE AN MIXES IT UP WITH THE FIGHERS HE TRAINS,TAKING SOME BUMPS,HE IS THE MASTER OF THE GAME PLAN.JUST LIKE PAUL PEIRCE NO RESPECT FOR BOSTON GUYS.PEIRCE HAD TO WIN A CHAMPIONSHIP THE GET THE RESPECT HE DESERVES,I GUESS IF FLORIAN BEATS PENN WITH MARK COACHING HIM HE WILL GET HIS RESPECT.

By: wardog

wardog — Wed, 13 May 2009 14:37:32 +0000

No Renzio? Bryan you left out the New York boys? For shame lol. Anyway decent list. Arizona is the up and coming gym out there as well as Team Alpha Male. And Jackson’s name should be “Yogurt” because Yoda was too cool for that fool!

By: madiq

madiq — Tue, 12 May 2009 19:32:51 +0000

I’m pretty sure that Greg Jackson’s nickname is “Yoda,” not “Yoga.”