Some people get cold feet shortly before committing to martial arts training. Whether they’re interested in a striking art like Muay Thai or a grappling art like Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, people often hold themselves to some sort of gold standard. Maybe they’ve watched a lot of UFC events where everyone tangentially involved is a professional of […]

Whether in a movie or a cartoon of some sort, you’ve probably seen a Rube Goldberg machine without knowing its Wikipedia definition, which is: “a machine intentionally designed to perform a simple task in an indirect and overcomplicated fashion.” A picture is worth a thousand words, so check out this guy’s hat on the right. […]

Have you ever had to teach or ‘coach’ someone to do a task? Maybe it was a new coworker who didn’t quite know how your computer system works. Maybe it was a friend who needed help with a maintenance job around the house, or even a younger family member who needed your help with some […]

Hey everyone, we will be having our NJ United Mixed Martial Arts UFC 127 Party at Hooters Restaurant in Wayne, NJ this Saturday February 26th. The prelims start at 9pm, the main card fights start at 10pm. The address is 25 State Route 23 South, Wayne, NJ 07470. UFC 127 fight card is as follows: […]

Congratulations to everyone from Team Lloyd Irvin for their performances this weekend at the Abu Dhabi Pro Trials!!! Two of my good friends JT Torres and Jimmy Harbison both won 2nd place in their respective divisions.  JT submitted everyone up to the finals where he lost a close match to 2007 World Champion Lucas Lepri.  As a brown belt Jimmy beat 3 […]

Come check out our 30 Day FREE Trial at our academy in Wayne, NJ.  We offer classes in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Mixed Martial Arts, and Muay Thai kickboxing.  If you are looking to either: – Lose weight – Get in shape – Learn effective self defense – Compete in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu/Mixed Martial Arts Then […]

Muay Thai class Friday night from 6-7pm. Be there!!!

Wow, what a great night of training, and it’s only going to get better tomorrow night!!! It’s escape week at NJ United Mixed Martial Arts. We went over some important details on defensive positioning and escaping from the bottom…. And on top of that fellow Team Lloyd Irvin Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Black Belt JT Torres […]

The NJ United Mixed Martial Arts Grand Opening was a great success.  Everyone trained hard and enjoyed some good food.  We had 3 Black Belts and a brown belt on the mat training!!!

Congratulations to Richie V. on his professional MMA debut win at UCC 3 in Jersey City, NJ!!!  Richie trains his boxing with Passaic PAL’s Mike “Mickey” Skowronski and has a blue belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu from Jay Hayes.  He beat a very talented up and coming fighter in impressive fassion!!! Richie won by TKO in the 1st round, controlling the pace […]