MMA Lab

We try with our little one a free trial to see if she is confortable with this sport. Great place with very nice guys. The staff treats everyone friendly. Nice people there.

Best MMA gym around. I first started going in 2010, quit in 2013, so I was there for almost 3 years. I had the opportunity to watch it grow into a huge and successful gym, especially after Crouch and Benson took over. They really made some very positive changes which has attributed to their success. Very family oriented and huge training rooms. Spent one year in BJJ with John Crouch, great coach and he really has a gift when it comes to the application of hand to hand combat. Spent about 2 years with Rick Roufus learning kickboxing/​Muay Thai (Rick is no longer there) but he was an awesome coach as well. And Jarett Aki has insane strength and cardio programs and he knows how to work with and around injuries as they occur. They had me in the best shape of my life and I watched many people come in completely out of shape and transform into lean machines in a matter of months. Definitely recommend The Lab, there’s really no other place like it in AZ.

Great facility and great coaches! Top notch for sure! My 11 year old son has been going to MMA Lab for the last three months and loves it! It is a very relax environment and they treat the kids very well.

Great place. My son and I have been doing bjj there for two years. Best instructors who care and very supportive staff. Always smiling!

The lab is an excellent training facility all around. The staff treats everyone with respect regardless of their skills (my skills need work). The training is great and there’s even individual coaching if necessary. The prices are great overall. Every time I’m at the MMA Lab, I feel like I’m at home with family.

5 years ago we walking in the doors and was told our family is your family welcome to the family. And that is how it has been ever since. The coaches express the same patience and care with everyone no matter the skill level. I couldn’t imagine a better second home.

I came in on a weekday to check out the Lab. We were greeted by a very nice guy named Ben. He gave my 7 year old and I a tour of the facility and answered all of my questions. My son is autistic and sadly, he was assaulted in kindergarten, while at public school. The LAB is giving him confidence and teaching him to responsibly defend himself. The instructors are skilled and patient. I later found out that the nice guy who gave us our tour was Ben Henderson, the UFC and WEC champion. This is an awesome facility filled with talented and humble people. You can’t go wrong here.

The coaches are great, the prices are very competitive as they have a tier for all your price ranges and interests. The attention to detail and professionalism is stellar.
A great gym for a first timer or someone experienced in martial arts. They offer weight training, yoga, wrestling, jiu-​jitsu, grappling, kickboxing, muay thai, it really is an all around gym. You see young children to adults train here.
Great, clean facility. Professional staff. Reasonable prices. I recommend this gym as a great place to work out or train!

Love it here. Great gym to be at. Everyone from John Crouch and Benson Henderson on down the line treat everyone with the highest respect. A gym should be a welcoming atmosphere and the MMA Lab excels at bringing that to you.

This place is a good family gym, but they mean business when it comes to working out. Jarret Aki is a world class trainer!

This place is amazing. The level of instruction and knowledge the coaches have here is amazing. They even have great strength and conditioning classes. There is good sense of community there with everyone being friendly. There are kids classes so entire families go to the gym, which I like a lot even though I didn’t have one while I was there. They have something for everyone, from children, to complete beginners and out of shape, to professional athletes.

I can’t testify in comparison to other martial arts school because this is the only place I’ve been. I do know that the people who run the place have integrity and have balanced a tough minded activity with a family atmosphere. The instruction is first rate with the coaches of champion fighters and many times the fighters themselves doing the instruction. Some of the classes can be crowded but I have been to different classes at different times and feel like I am still getting quality instruction and attention no matter what time and who is teaching.

If you’re looking to get in shape, learn self defense, or even aspire to fight professionally. THIS IS THE SPOT! I’ve been here for about 4 years now. Everyone is like a big family, friendly atmosphere, no egos.

So far I have tried both the Muay Thai and Jiu-​Jitsu. Both classes were fun and a great workout. Despite it being a group class, the instructors do a good job of giving individual attention as needed.
Most of the classes have a decent size group attending with a nice mix of students. As someone who was absolutely new to the sport, the classes didn’t go so fast as to make me feel over-​whelmed nor so slow as not to be a challenge and a workout.
Prices are about average from what I’ve seen for small gyms/​martial art places.