Finney’s mission has always been to provide a dynamic training and fitness facility with state of the art equipment, professional instructors and high-level training. Whether a person is looking to get in better shape, have some fun with a new activity, learn a new skill, or even pursue a fighting career, Finney’s MMA is the perfect fit. There is a place at Finney’s to make everyone, from the absolute beginner trying a martial art for the first time, to the seasoned fighter with years of experience, feel comfortable as well as challenged. Every single class is led by several instructors who are either amateur or professional fighters, and are constantly training to improve their own skills so that they can better serve their students. With more than 55 hours of training classes each week, and over 3000 sq/ft of mat space, boxing ring and MMA cage space, Finney’s is unparalleled in the St Louis area.
Jesse Finney leads an incredible instruction staff that includes 9 professional MMA fighters, and 3 Strikeforce veterans amongst its 14 total instructors. Finney’s offers unrivaled training in every area, from its boxing and kickboxing program, to its jiu-jitsu program led by 5 American Top Team instructors, to its functional strength training and conditioning program. Boxing and kickboxing is offered 5 days a week, and is open to all skill levels with both mid-day and evening classes. Jiu-jitsu is also offered 5 days a week, with beginner and advanced, and gi and no gi classes both at mid-day and in the evening as well. Strength and conditioning classes are available 3 days a week in the mornings and at mid-day. And MMA classes are held 7 days a week, in the mornings and in the late afternoon/evenings.
In addition to its outstanding training program, the Finney’s MMA facility offers 20,000 sq/ft of useable space, complete with full health club amenities. This covers everything from free weight and resistance training areas, state of the art cardiovascular machine areas, and group fitness classes, to free daycare, personal training and a sports rehab facility complete with massage, ultrasound, electric stimulation and chiropractic services. Finney’s tirelessly seeks to be the most complete fitness and training facility in the area. The ultimate goal is to teach discipline, patience, hard work and dedication, while showing all its members that anyone can achieve great things. No one with a dream they want to reach and the drive to succeed in that pursuit will ever be turned away from the Finney’s family.

Last Saturday, August 28th, Battles For Fame delivered an exciting and action-packed night of amateur boxing, kickboxing and MMA once again. Every seat in the house was filled for the event, making it one more in the long list of successful sell-outs at the Viking in St Louis. This night, the fans were treated to some truly great action. The fight card was stacked with 10 fights, including a grappling exhibition featuring Finney’s MMA amateur Chadd Vogt. On this night, both fighters seemed equally matched and the bout ended in a draw, with both fighters leaving everything they had in the cage. The night also saw 3 unanimous decisions, 3 TKOs, a submission and a KO, both of which came less than 1 minute into the first round. The final match of the night featured another of Finney’s MMA amateur fighters, Luke Foster, in MMA action. Luke was victorious via rear naked choke less than 30 seconds into the first round. The fans were certainly not left wishing for more action on this night. Next up, will be the Extreme Fight Party, September 11th at the Stratford Inn in Fenton, MO. This will be another opportunity for MMA fans in the area to experience live boxing, kickboxing and MMA action inside the cage, including several of Finney’s MMA’s amateur fighters competing for Extreme Fight League titles.

Finney’s MMA would like to welcome MMA standout Luis “Sapo” Santos to its family. Sapo, as he is most known, moved from Brazil to the U.S. in 2009 to open up new opportunities for himself in the MMA indusry. He began his career at age 18 and has had more than 40 fights in the 12 years since then. His current record stands at an astounding 39-5. Sapo is a Nogueira black belt, with more than 15 years of boxing, Muay Thai and Brazillian Jiu-Jitsu training. He is excited to join the Finney’s team in St Louis and have the chance to refine his skills and fighting style even more. He will be helping with all of Finney’s classes, and fighter training program, and will be an instructor in he newly added Gi Jiu-Jistu classes.
Gi Jiu-Jistu classes will begin this week, and will be every Tuesday and Thursday at 6:30pm, and Saturday at 8:45am. To accommodate these additions, Tuesday and Thursdays 5:00pm Jiu-Jitsu classes will now be open to all levels, and will remain no Gi. Mondays and Wednesdays class schedule will remain the same.

Coming off the extremely successful, sold-out Fight Me MMA; Fight Me 1 event at the St Charles Family Arena 2 weeks ago, Shamrock Promotions is taking no time off to celebrate the success. They are busy bringing exciting mixed martial arts events to fans in the Midwest once again. This weekend hosts a trio of thrilling fights for combat sports fans to enjoy. Starting on Friday August 27th, Harrah’s Casino in Kansas City, MO will host Harrah’s Fight Night, featuring fast-paced boxing and MMA action. On Saturday August 28th, Battles For Fame returns to The Viking Hotel and Conference Center in St Louis, MO, with a full card of exciting amateur fights. And on that same night, the Route 66 Hotel in Springfield, IL proudly hosts Cage Wars, which will include boxing, kickboxing and MMA matches. It should be an exciting weekend for MMA fans in and around the St Louis area.

On August 21st, Kiko France was in St. Louis for a seminar. Along with the seminar, Kiko and Ezra Lenon promoted 3 students to Blue Belt. Kiko was amazed at the skill level of the students Ezra has in the short time at Finney’s MMA. We would like to congratulate the following students for achieving there Blue Belts; Dante Iannazzo, Jimmy Donahue, and Chadd Vogt.