Whether or not you are a member of the Total MMA Studios family come down and check out one of our most popular programs here at Total MMA Studios, our no gi jiu-jitsu program! The program is a great fit for beginning and advanced grapplers alike as our coaches have incorporated techniques from a variety of grappling arts in order to build a more complete grappler.

For information on trying out a free class please contact our front desk @ 714.368.3458.

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A radiant Milton Vieira could not have asked for a more perfect setting for his Ultimate Fighting Championship debut.

Vieira (13-7) will lock horns with Felipe Arantes in his homeland at UFC 147 on June 23, possibly at the Felipe Drummond Stadium in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. The 33-year-old Pride Fighting Championships veteran will carry a three-fight winning streak into his first Octagon appearance.“Miltinho,” who has fought professionally since 2001, last appeared at Strikeforce Challengers 18 in August, when he submitted Sterling Ford with a first-round brabo choke.

In this exclusive interview with Sherdog.com, Vieira discusses his training for the Arantes bout, his desire to work with muay Thai specialist Sergio Cunha and the growth of MMA in Brazil. He also touched on whether or not he actually invented the anaconda choke and his plans to put together a book on 32 ways to apply the technique.

Sherdog.com: After competing in MMA for so long, how did you greet the news that you would be fighting at a UFC event in Brazil?
Vieira: It was wonderful to hear I was fighting on this card. I have not studied Felipe yet, but it was good to hear that I’ll be fighting in the UFC.

For the full article please copy and paste the link below.

http://www.sherdog.com/news/articles/8-Questions-for-Milton-Vieira-42267

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This past Saturday 2 members of our Muay Thai competition team would see action at the Hollywood Park Casino’s “Chaos in the Casino”event. That night both Daniel “Il’est Jong” Hwang and Bogdan “The Law” Grechka would represent us proudly as both fighters would leave it all in the ring.

The night’s action would start off with Grechka. Coming back from over a year off from competition Grechka would start out slow as he would eat some combinations before settling in and landing some strikes of his own. And although Bo would end the fight dominating, the judges would award his opponent the split decision.

Bryce Krause, Total MMA’s head Muay Thai coach would go on to comment on Bo’s performance, saying “Bo fought a reat back and forth fight! Unfortunately we ran out of rounds tonight, I’m proud of his fight! He’s highly coachable and is willing to work and that’s all you’re looking for when working with an athlete. We’ll be back and better from this one.”

Shortly after Grechka’s fight Daniel “Ilest Jong” Hwang would step into the ring to face HYE fighter Ando Janoyan. From the sound of the bell both fighter would stand toe to toe and throw some heavy punches, but it would be Hwang who would get the better of the exchanges as our fighter would knock down Janoyan twice before the ref would call the fight and award him the KO victory.

An ecstatic Coach Krause would go on to say, “You know I’ve been training this kid since he was 16 (now nearly 20). He is the hardest working kid I know! My last words to him before the bell sounded were for him to earn his fight. Well he did and you know what, this fight was earned long ago by Dan’s tireless work ethic and discipline to being the best he can be. I couldn’t more proud in seeing him create his own success.”

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DATE: May 31st, June 1st, 2nd and 3rd 2012.

ADDRESS: California State University, Long Beach
1250 Bellflower Blvd.
Long Beach, CA 90840

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: 23/May/2012

ATHLETE CORRECTION DEADLINE: 24/May/2012

REGISTRATION CHECK DAY: 28/May/2012

PRICES:
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In just 2 days time submission specialist Rousimar “Toquinho” Palhares will be stepping back into the UFC cage to face fellow jiu-jitsu black belt and UFC middleweight Alan Belcher. Representing the Brazilian Top Team flag, Toquinho enters into the cage looking for his 4th win in a in a row and if victorious a title shot against champion Anderson Silva.

The while Brazilian Top team family would like to wish Toquinho the best of luck this Saturday as we all look forward to seeing his hand raised that night!!!

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The coaching staff here at Total MMA Studios would like to congratulate Scott Kelsey on his dominate performance this past Sunday at Knockout Promotions “Bad Blood” event. Scott would use his his striking ability to control the fight and score a unanimous decision victory. The whole team is proud of his performance and we all look forward to seeing him in the cage again soon.

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We would just like to thank our members Melissa Davis and Melinda Terrell for their efforts this past weekend @ the Subfighter-MMA All Women’s Tournament. Although both competitors lost going into the semi’s both showed a ton of heart and skill in each of their performances.

No matter the outcome ladies, just know you made us all proud!!!

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We would like to congratulate Brazilian Top Team member Steven Kroesen on his tournament victories this past weekend, the BTT youth member would dominate his division @ the 2012 Pankration championships and ultimately take home the gold the day.

Congratulations again Steven, you made us all proud!!!

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For the students that made it out yesterday to Coach Veldez’s wrestling seminar they had a rare opportunity to train with and learn from one of the best collegiate wrestler in California.

Covering the fundamentals of the double and single leg wrestling attacks Coach Valdez was very detailed in his approach to teaching and made sure everyone that was there that day understood the technique before moving on to the next one. Overall the seminar was great as many of the students left thrilled over the new knowledge they acquired.

The Total MMA Studios staff thanks Coach Veldez for his time and welcomes him back anytime!

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