BrawlHouse Announces MMA Academy with Legendary BJJ, Boxing, Wrestling and Muay Thai Coaches: Vitor “Shaolin” Ribeiro, Gerry Cooney, Donnie DeFilippis and Jean “Spyda” Clervois

(PRESS RELEASE) -- MOUNTAINSIDE, N.J. December 17, 2014 — As BrawlHouse approaches its one-year anniversary, it is with great excitement that BrawlHouse officially announces the launch of its MMA Academy, BrawlHouse MMA. BrawlHouse has assembled a legendary coaching staff which includes 4x World BJJ Champion and Pro-MMA Champion Vitor “Shaolin” Ribeiro, former number-one heavy weight boxing contender, boxing legend and one of Ring Magazine’s top punchers of all time Gerry Cooney, New Jersey wrestling prodigy Donnie DeFilippis and former Muay Thai fighter and current professional MMA fight trainer Jean “Spyda” Clervois.

According to David Martin, one of the two founders of BrawlHouse, “for any aspiring or established fighter, to have access to the collection of such a talented coaching team along with the state-of-the-art facilities of BrawlHouse…it should make them feel like it is Christmas morning each and every day they walk into the gym. The opportunity to work on your ground game and striking, under one roof, with the very best, those who themselves have had to endure the journey…now that is special”.

“It has been BrawlHouse’s approach since its inception to bring the very best of everything to our athletes. The best coaches, equipment, facility and moral support. This includes all our athletes regardless of age or ability. We have some very exciting talent in our gym right now and anxious to watch them prosper”, Chris Jordan, BrawlHouse’s other founder, and former Division 1 wrestler for University of Virginia, went on to say.

BrawlHouse is excited about the young talented athletes who have come to make BrawlHouse their home. BrawlHouse athletes have the ability to be guided in the greatest way possible to help them reach their ultimate goals; which can include just for fun or to have a serious amateur or professional career.

BH Sports Training / BrawlHouse clients study wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ), CrossFit®, mixed martial arts (MMA), boxing, yoga, sport specific functional training, muay thai / kickboxing and taekwondo within a 9,000 square foot state-of-the-art training facility. BrawlHouse athletes range in age from kindergarten to senior citizen. BrawlHouse works with their athletes to harness their athletic achievement as fuel to live their life with power, purpose, confidence and focus.