Top 10 Best MMA Gyms in 2019 for MMA training

#9 Nova Uniao

Nova Uniao produced dominant UFC champions Jose Aldo and Renan Barao

Located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the Nova Uniao fight team was founded back in the early days of the sport by former UFC title challenger Andre Pederneiras. Since then, it has produced a tremendous number of successful fighters, including former champions in multiple promotions.

Perhaps the most impressive thing about Nova Uniao is the consistency in which the team produces great fighters. A decade or so ago the likes of Vitor ‘Shaolin’ Ribeiro, Thales Leites and Wagnney Fabiano were the standouts, before eventual UFC champions like Jose Aldo and Renan Barao grew in fame.

Today, Nova Uniao continues to produce world-class fighters, with the likes of Claudia Gadelha and Jussier Formiga coming out of the camp. With a team of coaches so used to producing incredible talent, how long will it be before Nova Uniao produces yet another MMA champion?

#10 SBG Ireland

Conor McGregor put coach John Kavanagh and the SBG Ireland gym on the map

The team that Conor McGregor put on the map with his incredible rise to fame a handful of years ago, SBG Ireland is so much more than just ‘The Notorious One’. SBG – shorthand for Straight Blast Gym – was founded by coach John Kavanagh in 2001, and with a large roster of talent, consider themselves Europe’s premier MMA team.

Outside of McGregor – who famously captured the UFC Featherweight and Lightweight titles under the guidance of Kavanagh and Owen Roddy, who has since departed the gym – SBG Ireland can boast the talents of current UFC stars such as Gunnar Nelson and Makwan Amirkhani, as well as Bellator standouts such as Dillon Danis, James Gallagher and Pedro Carvalho.

While it seems unlikely the team will produce another star on the level of McGregor any time soon, Kavanagh has been able to open multiple gyms under the SBG moniker across Ireland – meaning that more talented fighters could emerge from them into the UFC and Bellator any time soon.