Teixeira MMA & Fitness is owned and operated by retired professional Mixed Martial Artist / former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Glover Teixeira & his wife Ingrid. "Teixeira MMA & Fitness LLC", formerly known as "Glover Teixeira MMA Training Center", opened its doors in Danbury Connecticut in 2014. This Danbury location originally served as a private Professional MMA Training Camp for Glover as he prepared for his upcoming fights. They soon decided to open the doors to share their facility with other professional fighters and athletes for their MMA Training Camps, then later with non-fighters as well, which led them to eventually rename the facility "Teixeira MMA & Fitness".
In December of 2018, Glover and Ingrid relocated their MMA Training Camp from its original location in Danbury to its new larger facility located at 32 Stony Hill Road in Bethel Connecticut. This move to a larger facility allowed them to be able to offer more to people and have the space to provide for the community.
Glover is originally from Sobrália, Minas Gerais, Brazil. He has been fighting professionally since 2002. He was the Light Heavyweight World Champion of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).
He has also competed in the WEC (World Extreme Cagefighting), Impact FC, PFC, Shooto and numerous Jiu Jitsu and grappling tournaments over the years. He currently holds a 8th Degree Black Belt in Hawaiian Kempo, a 2nd Degree Black Belt in Jiu-Jitsu, a Vale Tudo Luta Livre Black Belt under Marco Ruas of Ruas Vale Tudo and 2nd Degree Black Belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and is Level I CrossFit Certified. Glover won the 2009 Brazilian ADCC trials in the under 99kg division and took 2nd place in the 2011 Brazilian ADCC trials.
Teixeira MMA & Fitness is a world class MMA Training Camp offering a friendly community atmosphere with a competitive touch. Going into a gym can be intimidating for some people, but at Teixeira MMA & Fitness, our environment is supportive of all skill levels. This is a no-joke gym that will teach you the right way with proper techniques and disciplines. We are unique because our instructors are real Professional Athletes who live and breathe what they're teaching you. Our professional athletes are passing down their fighting skills, various techniques and training principles they’ve developed throughout the years in their careers. Since we’ve opened, our gym has become a destination for people from all over the world striving to achieve their fitness, self-defense, and learn combat sports goals from our pros. No matter what your experience level, we can help you maximize your potential. Get inspired by the professional athletes teaching your class, along with the ones training with us, like Alex Pereira (Poatan).
We celebrate fitness and the accomplishments of our members, together. Teixeira MMA & Fitness is rooted in the community with many couples sharing their fitness journey together and multiple generations of family members exercising together as well. Dads and sons, mothers and daughters, dads and daughters...families of all kinds. It’s great to see health & wellness shared across generations with us. We welcome YOU to be a part of our fitness family too!
We deliver a comprehensive Mixed Martial Arts program that combines: Adult Hawaiian Kempo, Kids Hawaiian Kempo, Cardio Kickboxing, MMA Fitness, Adult Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Kids Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Grappling, Submission Wrestling, Boot Camps, Kids Martial Arts, Muay Thai Kickboxing, Conditioning, HIIT, Tabata, Circuit Training, Fight Team, Belt Programs, NAGA accredited school, and Professional MMA Training Camp for a blend of the best fitness training.
Teixeira MMA & Fitness is a gym for EVERYONE! Mixed Martial Arts, fitness gym, personal training, fight team, community - all in one! Men, women, children, beginners, & seasoned athletes benefit from our training that delivers unique fitness and competitive mixed martial arts programs. We not only offer belt programs, but we offer fitness programs for adults and children as well.
