About the Philadelphia Fight Factory
Welcome to the Philadelphia fight factory website. Home of the premeire mixed martial arts gym in Philadelphia. Our goal is to offer the very best in martial arts instruction and training. We accommodate every level of experience and help you to reach your personal fitness and fighting goals. Through our training in martial arts you will shed unwanted weight, stress and improve your health by aerobic and anaerobic training. You will also improve on strength and flexibility, overall physical conditioning plus strength of mind and character as well.
Instructors:
These are some of the instructors you will see in the gym and teching classes. Class description can be found at the classes page or by clicking here..
Stephen Haigh
Stephen Haigh
Stephen started training in 1998 at the Philadelphia Sambo Club.He started
competing in 1999 in no-gi grappling and has since gone on to be a multiple
time grappling champion.Stephen started the Philadelphia Fight Factory
in 2000 with the help of Pierre Guillet,who introduced Muay Thai Kickboxing
to Stephen.In 2001 he started fighting professionally and has fought both
nationally and internationally.
Sam Oropeza
Sam Oropeza
Sam started training in Brazilian jiu-jitsu in May of 2006. In this short
time he has trained with many high level jiu-jitsu competitors and world
champions. Sam has competed in and won numerous grappling tournaments
on the east coast. In June of 2008 he received his purple belt in BJJ.
Sam continues to learn, compete, and teach jiu jitsu everyday.
Zach Makovsky
Zacks bio
Zack started wrestling at the age of 6.He wrestled at Drexel University
(NCAA-division 1) and graduated 18th on the all time drexel career wins
list.Zack also works as a strength and conditioning coach for Drexel.He
is a multiple time grappling champion as well as having a 6-1 professional
mma record.Zack has fought both nationally and internationally.
Ricky Lee
Ricky Lee
Ricky started training in 1993 and has developed an unending amount of knowledge through his years training in Boxing,Muay Thai,and Brazilian Ju-Jitsu.Ricky has fought in both Muay Thai and MMA competitions and now works as the stand-up coach for the competition team.
Steve McCabe
Steve McCabe
Steve received his Muay Thai certification under kru Billy Addison Master
Chai. Steve has over 10 years training in Muay Thai and has fought in
both Muay Thai and professional mixed martial arts.
Joe Bentz
Joes bio
Joe has been training in wrestling for over 20 years.He was an academic
all American at Kutztown University and has coached wrestling at both,youth
and highschool levels.Joe also has 15 years of judo experience and continues
to compete in judo and grappling.