I’ve known Ed for 8 years. He helped me get signed with American Top Team. He is one of the most well rounded MMA Trainers I know. Consider this, Ed Clay could compete at a professional level in ANY of the sports that are needed to be an MMA fighter. He's a black belt in BJJ, pro level Thai Boxer, college level wrestler, and most people don't know this, but his boxing is probably his biggest strength. His dedication to his students is admirable and his no nonsense, no BS approach to training has made him highly respected nationwide. I would recommend anyone to train at Nashville MMA as I have done a number of times over the years!
Jeff “The Snowman” Monson UFC & Pride Veteran Abu Dhabi World Champion
If you want to train real Mixed Martial Arts in the Nashville area, you
might as well train with one of the best trainers in the country. He has
been a part of my training camps over the years and I can tell you that Ed
Clay is one of the most well rounded MMA trainers around. Whether you want
to train BJJ, Muay Thai, Boxing, or wrestling, Ed has extensive background
in everything. Ed was doing real MMA before people knew what real MMA was!
I can't imagine living in Nashville and not training with him...There is
no other choice but Nashville MMA!
Brandon “The Truth” Vera UFC Heavyweight Contender
StrikeForce will be in Nashville on April 17th at the Bridgestone Center. Nashville MMA has three guys fighting. Dustin Ortiz, Dustin West and Josh Shockman all Gameness fighters will be fighting that night. Come on out and support the guys tickets are being sold at Nashville MMA.
NMMA has 12 students going to the Pan Ams on April 7th-12th. Please follow us at rcasias01.wordpress.com as we will be updating with blogs from the guys and videos.
Coach Shawn Hammonds will be competing this next weekend in Europe at IBJJF tournament. Shawn has been training hard and is ready to represent NMMA.
Coach will also be making his MMA debut on February 20th here in Nashville at the Tennessee Fairgrounds. You don't want to miss this buy your tickets directly from Coach.
This weekend Coach shawn and Coach Ray took up over 20 guys to compete at Ego in Louisville. NMMA completely dominated the tournament coming home with a 1st place team trophy in the GI and 3rd place in the No GI. Most of the guys have been training for less than a year. Again guys we are very proud of you and your accomplishments over this past year competing.
Nashville MMA took 13 competitors to New York this past weekend to compete at the 2009 No Gi Pan Ams. Coach Shawn was very proud of all the guys as they trained very hard and it showed as the team did well. below is our results:
Coach shawn: 1st place black belt
Spider: 3rd place in open and weight class black belt.
Ray Casias 2nd in open division and 1st in weight class black belt.
Cory Robison: 1st place brown belt.
David riley: 3rd place purple belt.
Jim Casey: 1st place in both weight division and open division purple belt.
Warren Gracie: 1st place purple belt.
Rachel Casias: 2nd place blue belt.
Dave Herman: 2nd place blue belt.
Dustin Ortiz: 3rd place blue belt.
Kenny degenhart, chris vining, and lance patrick all competed and did well. We are proud of all our members.
Judo Bill and Floyd Naughton competed last weekend in Brazil at the Master,Senior Worlds. Both guys closed out the Senior Two Blue belt Open Divisions Splitting the Championship. Bill and FLoyd both Placed it their wieght divisions. We at NMMA couldn't be any prouder of these two guys. Way to represent Team Lloyd Irvin and NMMA. You can see their picture on our photos page.
Judo Bill was awarded his purple belt today from Coach Shawn. Congrats Bill you deserved this belt and we look forward to you winning a world championship at Purple Belt.
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