Jesse Finney

Jesse is the owner of Finney’s MMA and also the Head Instructor. He also is fighter with a kickboxing record of 23 - 0, and a boxing record of 8 - 2, along with his impressive MMA record of 5 - 0. He also is the Head Coach of the St. Louis Enforcers who are a part of Chuck Norris’s World Combat League.

Rob Donaker

Rob is the Vice President and General Manager of Finney’s MMA. He has been involved from the start of the gym over 10 years ago. He also heads up the class structure and creating new classes and curriculums. Rob works with the fitness kickboxing and boxing classes on a daily basis. He also works with the fighters with strength and conditioning for their upcoming fights.

Harold Petty

Harold is one of the boxing coaches for Finney’s MMA. He has been invloved with St. Louis Boxing for over 20 years, and has been involved in the training of many top boxers coming out of St. Louis.

Tom Aaron

Tom is one of the ground and jiu-jitsu trainers.He has been training MMA for only 2 ½ years and has moved his way quickly to being one of the top fighters in the Midwest. Tom comes from a wrestling background where have was a 4-year state qualifier in high school. Along with his wrestling he brings over 10 years of Tae Kwon Do training and a 2nd degree black belt. He is explosive and his quickness helps him overpower opponents and frustrates them into fighting his fight. In his amateur career he was the 2007 ISCF 8-man Tournament Champion, the ISCF National Welterweight Champion, and the Cage Championships Welterweight Champion.

Pat Benson

Pat heads up the Jiu-Jitsu training and the the classes where technique and form are mastered. Pat has over 15 years of Jiu-Jitsu and has numerous amatuer and professional MMA fights. He was an Abu Dhabi USA trials finalist, a Gracie Natioanls Champion, 3-time Missouri Grecco Champion, 2-time Misosuri Free Style Champion, and a Music City Grapplers Tournament Champion where fought to a draw with UFC fighter Hermes Franka.

Kevin Engel

Kevin one of the stand up and boxing coach for Finney’s MMA. He has been with Finney’s MMA for over 8 years. He started as a kickboxer and made his way through the amateur rankings making his way to a World Title in 2004. Along the way he won more that 4 titles. Kevin then moved into boxing where he made it to the Ringside National tournament his first year. Not to long after that he made his pro debut and stayed undefeated up until 13-0. Kevin has sinces made his way into the top 30 in the world. He gors to camp 6 weeks before each boxing match and trains with Jack Lowe, who also trains Kelly Pavlick. Kevin has trained with top fighters including Kelly Pavlick, Jermaine Taylor, and Antonio Tarver. Kevin stays true to his background and is a member of the WCL St. Louis Enforcers and who he help lead to a World Championship in 2007.

Adam Cella

Adam came into the gym for the fitness and health aspect of the training. He has been with Finney’s for over 4 years and in those years he has lost of 45 lbs, then he started to focus on fighting. Adam teaches classes kickboxing and boxing classes throughout the week. He is a 2006 IKF World Classic Tournament Champion, 2008 Golden Gloves Champion in both novice and open. He was a 2008 National Golden Gloves qualifier. He also is a member of the World Combat League’s St. Louis Enforcers.

Jimmy Donahue

Jimmy comes from a wrestling background and has made the transition into MMA starting with boxing and kickboxing and now jiu-jitsu. Jimmy is one of the instructors for the group classes at Finney’s MMA. He has been training for over 4 years and has help many fighters get their start with the basic fundamentals of boxig and kickboxing. Jimmy also has seen the top contenders in kickboxing, not only training with them, but also he has fought in the World Combat League. Jimmy has over 20 fights between MMA, Boxing, and Kickboxing and teaching what he has learned to the classes he teaches.

Booker DeRousse

Booker is one of the ground trainers at Finney’s MMA. His strong wrestling background gives him a great knowledge of control. Booker is a Strikeforce veteran and has many MMA fights in his career.

Brittany Anic

Brittany has been training at Finney’s since she was 9 yrs old. Since then she has won a US Kickboxing title and has made the transition to MMA. She teaches the Mini-Finney’s program, and has a lot of knowledge since she started training at a young age.

Michelle Jewel-Schnicker

Michelle has been in the fitness industry for over 10 yrs. She has numerous group fitness licenses and also is a certified personal trainer. She has been involved with the fitness kickboxing classes at Finney’s for a couple of years. She is an instructor in the Mini-Finney’s program and has her own children in the classes.