Club MMA

Club MMA Mixed Martial Arts Studio in Cincinnati, Ohio. Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Muay Thai, Kali and Kids MMA. KIDS, TEENS & ADULTS.
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We also have a school in Campbell County, Kentucky. Club MMA holds classes for children ages 4 and up, Teens and Adults. Specializing in MMA, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Muay Thai and Fitness, there is a class for everyone at Club MMA!

FIGHTER SPOTLIGHT: SOLOMON TOPOLSKIIf you’ve spent time at Club MMA Campbell County, there’s a good chance Coach Solomon...
09/04/2026

FIGHTER SPOTLIGHT: SOLOMON TOPOLSKI

If you’ve spent time at Club MMA Campbell County, there’s a good chance Coach Solomon has coached you, trained beside you, or made you work harder than you planned.

And the coolest part is, he grew up here.

Solomon started training MMA at 11 years old and by 13, he was already helping coach classes. Today he’s a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu purple belt, Muay Thai black sash, Focused Fight Team fighter and coach.

His first amateur fight ended with a rear naked choke in the first round. His second lasted just 34 seconds.

Two fights. Two wins. Two first round finishes.

Then on August 1st, Solomon stepped into his first title fight and went all five rounds. For the first time in his amateur career, his hand wasn’t raised.

But the response matters more than the result.

Solomon came right back to work.

That means even more when you’re a coach, because his students get to watch him live the same lessons he teaches them. Keep showing up. Keep learning. Keep working when things don’t go your way.

Solomon has spent more than half his life at Club MMA, growing from the kid learning on the mats into the coach teaching the next generation.

And he’s still learning too. Still competing. Still adding to his game.

Club MMA Campbell County gets to call him Coach. Focused Fight Team gets to call him a teammate.

And we get to keep watching his story unfold.

Coach Solomon is nowhere near finished, and we’re beyond ready to watch him step back in the cage and conquer it!

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FIGHTER SPOTLIGHT: BIG JIM MORRISThis one is pretty dang special to us.Before Jim ever decided to fight, he had already ...
09/03/2026

FIGHTER SPOTLIGHT: BIG JIM MORRIS

This one is pretty dang special to us.

Before Jim ever decided to fight, he had already become somebody we were incredibly lucky to have at Club MMA. Jim is just downright a GOOD man.

The kind of guy you’re genuinely happy to see walk through the door. The kind of teammate who makes the people around him better because of what he brings with him.

He’s served our country, built an amazing family, competed in Jiu Jitsu and become a huge part of this team on and off the mats. Through all of it, Jim has carried discipline, sacrifice and the ability to keep moving forward when things get uncomfortable, uncertain and flat out HARD.

Then he decided there was room for another chapter.

So he signed up for his first MMA fight.

There’s something really freaking cool about choosing something completely new when it would be easy to stick with what you already know you can do. Jim chose something difficult, something that requires months of preparation for a handful of minutes where there is nowhere to hide.

And he has gone all in.

The military, Jiu Jitsu and Muay Thai are all part of Jim’s story. Now MMA gets to be part of it too. But none of those things are why we think so highly of him.

We love Jim because he’s Jim. Because of how he treats people, what he brings to this team and because somewhere along the way, he stopped being someone who trains at Club MMA and simply became part of us.

September 12th will be Big Jim’s first MMA fight.

No record. No finishes to list. No history inside the cage.

And we’re perfectly okay with that, because we already know exactly who we’re sending in there, and we’re dang proud of him.

Keep your eyes on this one, we have a feeling Jim has some surprises up his sleeve!

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09/03/2026

🥋 TRIANGLE DEFENSE FOR MMA

Knowing how to defend the triangle is extremely important—especially in MMA.

When you’re throwing punches from the top, it’s easy to get aggressive and leave an opening. Your opponent can chop the back of your neck, control your posture, and start locking up the triangle.

The key is recognizing it before the triangle is fully locked.

As soon as we feel that chop and bite, we react.

➡️ Go with the energy
➡️ Pressure the knee down
➡️ Spin around the head
➡️ Clear the danger
➡️ Get back on top and start attacking

In MMA, awareness during your offense is just as important as the offense itself. Recognize the signal. React early. Escape. Get back to work.

Stay focused. Stay motivated. 👊

FIGHTER SPOTLIGHT: CHASE HAEHNLESome fighters make a lot of noise, but Chase Haehnle just goes to work.Long before he ev...
09/02/2026

FIGHTER SPOTLIGHT: CHASE HAEHNLE

Some fighters make a lot of noise, but Chase Haehnle just goes to work.

Long before he ever stepped into an MMA cage, Chase spent years learning how to grind through bad positions, stay composed and keep working until something opens up.

He wrestled through high school and college, and somewhere along the way that wrestler turned into one seriously well rounded fighter.

Three MMA fights. Three wins. Three finishes.

His debut lasted 31 seconds. His second fight ended with a rear naked choke in the first round. His third? A second round americana.

So if you’re trying to figure out exactly where you’re safe against Chase…GOOD LUCK.

The wrestling is always there, but every camp we’ve watched him add another layer. Better striking, better submissions, better transitions and better timing. He doesn’t force himself to be one kind of fighter. He just finds a way to beat you.

And underneath all of that technique is a guy who knows how to WORK.

At one college tournament, Chase lost his opening match and responded by winning five straight. FIVE. Three pins and two tech falls.

That tells you a whole lot about somebody.

Everybody eventually gets put in a bad spot. The dangerous ones are the people who don’t panic when that happens, and Chase has spent years becoming that guy.

He’s 3 and 0. He’s finished everybody they’ve put in front of him, and it still feels like we haven’t seen everything he can do yet.

Now there’s a belt waiting on the other side of one more fight.

Chase gets the chance to put everything he’s built with Club MMA and Focused Fight Team on the line for a TITLE.

Keep your eyes on this one, folks. Chase Haehnle is just getting started.

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09/02/2026

🥋 CAN YOU ESCAPE THIS SUBMISSION? | Arm Bar Defense From Guard

The biggest thing I want people to understand about the word “escape” is that an escape usually means you’re already late.

Instead of waiting until the arm bar is locked in, we need to recognize the signals of what’s about to happen.

When the person on bottom starts pulling your elbow across your body and places their foot on your hip, that’s the international signal for:

“I’m about to arm bar you.”

Recognize it early and start defending immediately.

We secure our arm with a rear naked choke-style grip, catch the leg, stack our opponent, and maintain heavy pressure. From there, we slowly work our arm free while keeping them compressed.

Once the arm is safe, don’t give the position back.

Keep the pressure. Smash into the pass.

The best submission escape is recognizing the submission before it ever gets locked in.

Stay focused. Stay motivated.

FIGHTER SPOTLIGHT: AYREECE TUBBSThere are fighters who are talented. There are fighters who work hard. And then there ar...
09/01/2026

FIGHTER SPOTLIGHT: AYREECE TUBBS

There are fighters who are talented. There are fighters who work hard. And then there are those rare guys who keep proving they’ll do whatever it takes to get better. That’s Reece.

Ayreece didn’t start his MMA career undefeated. He lost his first fight, and honestly, that might be one of our favorite parts of his story. Because he came back and won the next one. Then the next one. Then the next one.

And when he finally got his shot at a title against an undefeated opponent almost everybody picked to beat him?

It took him 42 seconds.

Four straight wins. A decision. An armbar. A first-round TKO. And a first-round guillotine to bring a championship home to Club MMA and Focused Fight Team.

But if you only know Reece from what happens inside the cage, you’re missing a huge part of what makes him special. He balances work, school, training, strength and conditioning, fight camp, weight cuts and everything else life throws at him, and still walks into the gym ready to learn, be coached and put another hard round in, usually with a smile on his face.

His fight game is so diverse it’s almost unpredictable. He can strike, wrestle, submit you, and push through every round you throw at him if that’s what it takes.

But what we’re most proud of is his heart. Reece has grown through every camp, every fight, every hard round and every lesson. He doesn’t need everything to go perfectly. He keeps showing up, keeps learning and keeps getting better and THAT is what makes him dangerous.

September 11th, Reece heads back to Louisville. Except this time, he isn’t going there to win the belt.

He’s going there to defend it.

We cannot wait to see what version of Reece shows up next. Somehow, every fight he finds another gear, another answer and another reason to remind everybody exactly why that belt is his.

Make sure you tune in. You do NOT want to miss this!

Ticket Link: https://futureoffighting.com/event/future-of-fighting-12-louisville-mma-sept-11-2026/

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We have a super fun week planned giving you a behind the scenes look at some of our fighters! BUT before we dive in, we’...
08/31/2026

We have a super fun week planned giving you a behind the scenes look at some of our fighters! BUT before we dive in, we’re starting with the guy responsible for this team being here in the first place.

Coach Jeff Robison.

Trying to fit his career into one post is honestly ridiculous…but I’m going to try! Coach started martial arts when he was SEVEN years old. He began coaching full-time in 2003, and in 2008, alongside Mrs. Abbie, opened Club MMA in a 3,000 square foot building on the west side of Cincinnati. Almost two decades later, Club MMA has grown into two locations, 1,000+ active students, an incredible staff and a fight team sending amateurs and professionals into cages, rings and competitions all over.

Somehow, that still barely scratches the surface. Coach Robison is a 3rd-degree Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt under David Meyer and John Will in the Rigan Machado lineage. A Muay Thai Kru under Master Toddy. A 6th-degree Taekwondo black belt. A Judo brown belt. And a black belt in Filipino Martial Arts, Modern Arnis and Rister Kali….yeah, read that 5 times fast.

He has spent years training in gyms around the world, and calling him “well-rounded” almost feels insulting. But what makes that knowledge matter is what he’s done with it. He built Club MMA, founded Focused Fight Team, and has coached amateurs, professionals, BKFC fighters and professional athletes.

Thousands of people have been impacted by something Coach Robison decided to build, teach or pass along, and that deserves to be talked about more.

Collecting knowledge is one thing, but spending your life giving it away is another. After 20+ years of coaching, he still obsesses over the details. That’s what our fighters get in their corner…decades of martial arts knowledge, thousands of hours of coaching, years of camps, wins, losses, mistakes, adjustments and lessons…and somebody who genuinely cares about the human being walking in and out of that cage.

September 11th and 12th, Coach Robison will be standing behind five of our guys, and we could not be more excited.

There are coaches, and then there’s Coach Robison. How lucky are we to have him!

08/28/2026

Cage Striking — Part Two 🥊

Now we’re taking our cage striking work and starting from the center of the cage.

We start with our striking and transition into the shot. Our opponent stuffs the takedown, so instead of forcing a bad position, we abandon it, come back up with the uppercut-hook, then immediately re-shot and drive them back to the fence.

As soon as we hit the cage, we attack. Knees immediately, maintain pressure, and continue building our offense.

If we get the underhook, we arm wrap behind.
If we get the overhook, we arm wrap in front.

Then we continue striking and working.

The real lesson here is learning how to transition when Plan A doesn’t work.

Striking → Shot → Stuffed → Striking → Re-shot → Cage Pressure → Striking.

MMA isn’t about one technique working perfectly. It’s about being able to transition from one opportunity to the next without stopping.

Build the patterns. Build the reactions. Keep working.

Stay focused. Stay motivated.

Takedowns

Learning martial arts at this age is about so much more than punches and kicks. It’s learning how to listen, how to try ...
08/27/2026

Learning martial arts at this age is about so much more than punches and kicks. It’s learning how to listen, how to try when something feels hard, how to keep going after a mistake, and how to be proud of every little bit of progress.

Some moments come with big smiles, some take a little extra courage, and some require a whole lot of focus. That’s all part of growing on the mats.

These are the moments we love seeing! From the smiles, the concentration, the nerves, and the little victories that remind us just how much they’re learning every time they step on our mats!

08/27/2026

Cage Striking — Build the Damage Before the Takedown

Something I think is extremely important for amateur and developing professional MMA fighters is learning that cage work isn’t always about immediately chasing the takedown.

Sometimes the best option is to control, pressure, and score.

In this drill, we’re working from the underhook and developing a consistent striking pattern:

Body shots. Head shots. Knees. Pressure. Potential arm wraps. Then back to striking.

The goal is to get comfortable holding our opponent against the cage while continuously creating offense and scoring points. As those patterns become natural, we can start adding transitions that eventually lead us into our takedowns.

Don’t rush the position. Learn how to control it, create damage, and make your opponent work.

Stay focused. Stay motivated.

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3285 Westbourne Drive
Cincinnati, OH
45248

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Monday 4pm - 10pm
Tuesday 4pm - 10pm
Wednesday 4pm - 10pm
Thursday 4pm - 10pm
Friday 4pm - 8pm
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