Mata-Leao Combat Sports

Mata-Leao Combat Sports Top Rated Martial Arts & Fitness Academy specializing in BJJ & Muay Thai Kickboxing🥊🥋 Portland OR

Mata-Leao Combat Sports is a Mixed Martial Arts training facility located in SE Portland, Oregon. We offer training in Mixed Martial Arts, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Muay Thai Kickboxing, Submission Wrestling and Self-Defense. Our curriculum is ran by highly trained black belts that are extremely passionate in the arts of helping others achieve their goals. Wether on the road to achieving a higher belt

in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu or strengthening your overall fitness conditioning, our environment is well suited for your success.

09/03/2026

🥋 TESTIMONIAL THURSDAY 🥋

Meet Carly Jeffers! 🙌

What keeps her coming back to Mata Leao? Two things: the new techniques she gets to learn every single week, and the friendships she’s built along the way.

That’s the magic of this place — you’re constantly growing your skills while building a real community around you. 🔥

Want to experience it for yourself? DM us “TRIAL” and let’s get you started.

08/31/2026

Here’s a slick Achilles ankle lock that I love to do off the leg drag pass.

The key to pulling this off, is trapping their hip with the knee on the ground pushing into their hip. This stops them from sitting up and pulling on your arm to defend. It’s quick.
If they extend their leg to defend by stiff legging, you can sometimes get a lateral knee bar or just spin into a regular knee bar. 💪🏼💥

Had the honor of promoting 3 new black belts and 2 new brown belts last night — a first for Mata Leao Combat Sports.Cong...
08/29/2026

Had the honor of promoting 3 new black belts and 2 new brown belts last night — a first for Mata Leao Combat Sports.

Congratulations to Ben Glick, Shane Montes, and Jeff Mueller on earning your black belts. Years of hard work, dedication, and showing up for this community — you’ve earned every stripe.

And congratulations to Brandon Moya and Brian Coffield on your brown belts. Your growth on the mats says everything about what you’ve put in.

This community has never been stronger. Grateful for every one of you who shows up, puts in the work, and makes this art and this way of life what it is. Thank you for your dedication and your friendship. 🥋

08/22/2026

Triangle Armbar

Here’s a quick instructional on how I like to set up a sneaky Triangle Armbar or choke from topside turtle position.

The finish can be either the triangle choke or the armbar. This is a powerful submission as you are utilizing your legs to pull them into the position.

08/21/2026

This is what learning looks like: messy, tiring, and full of second attempts.

We’re not trying to raise kids who breeze through everything. We’re raising kids who know how to push through the hard part
— on the mats and off.

That’s what we’re building here, one rep at a time.

08/14/2026

Shoutout to Vess Zarghami for sharing his story with us. Vess earned his blue belt back in the early 2000s, then had to take a long hiatus as life happens to all of us.

A couple years ago, he walked back through our doors with an incredible will to keep training and chase down his black belt.

At 56 years old, Vess is hands down one of the toughest guys — if not THE toughest — his age that we’ve ever had on our mats. He’s an amazing training partner and an even better friend. 💪

We can’t wait to wrap that black belt around your waist, Vess. Keep up the great work — excited to see what’s next in your journey! 🔥

This our 2026 Adult Class Schedule.
08/10/2026

This our 2026 Adult Class Schedule.

08/06/2026

Every black belt on our mats started as a white belt who felt completely lost in their first class — including us. Muay Thai, BJJ, wrestling, it doesn’t matter. Nobody walks in “ready.” They walk in willing, and we take it from there.

That’s the whole job of a coach: meet you exactly where you are and build you up from there, one class at a time.

So if you’ve been putting it off waiting to feel ready — stop waiting. Come train. We’ll get you ready.

📍 Mata Leao Combat Sports, Portland
👉 Link in bio to grab your trial

08/04/2026

Knee Shield to Knee Tap

In this video, Coach Jeff breaks down a sweep from half guard — though it’s really more of a wrestle-up from the knee shield position.

This isn’t just a solid sweep on its own — it’s a gateway. Once you land it, you’re set up for a ton of follow-up attacks: back takes, inverted armbars, rolling armbars, calf slicers, deep half guard entries, kneebars, and more. The number of options this position opens up is huge. 🔥

Drilling this one in class this week — come get some reps in!

Address

1115 SE Stephens St
Portland, OR
97214

Opening Hours

Monday 12pm - 9pm
Tuesday 7am - 9pm
Wednesday 12pm - 9pm
Thursday 7am - 9pm
Friday 5pm - 9pm
Saturday 12pm - 3pm
Sunday 12pm - 2pm

Telephone

+15032083160

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