Glory MMA & Fitness

Black belt with 19 years of jiu jitsu experience. I travel for work and have visited probably close to 100 gyms across the country. I'm gonna leave a very honest and detailed review about my experience here.First of all, I had a very weird experience where I showed up to a class, and the instructor told me that they don't usually allow drop ins. He was nice enough to allow me to train anyway, and that was much appreciated. However, not allowing drop ins is a huge red flag to me. In my years of experience, getting to train against different styles is very important to growth, and being robbed of that experience can slow down your skill growth.That being said, they clearly have some very talented people at this school. At least one person who is actively on the UFC roster was there training that morning, which tells me that this is an excellent school for getting top-tier training.There was another major concern, however - and the primary reason I'm leaving a 2 star review.While rolling, there was a kid I rolled with. I was able to start attacking some submissions, and ended up in my guard. Immediately, he puts both hands on my jaw, and with all of his strength, starts pushing my neck backwards. I could see his teeth clenching, and his eyebrows furrowed in literal rage. It was very clear he wanted to hurt me.Afterwards, he told me that I elbowed him. First of all, it's a contact sport. Sometimes, you're going to get bonked. It sucks, but it's part of the sport. That being said, he rolled extremely uncontrolled and aggressively, and that is always going to increase the likelihood that bonks happen. He confronted me multiple times on this, kept insisting that we roll over and over again, and there were points where I thought he was genuinely going to sucker punch me.He did calm down towards the end, but only after I explained to him that I was a black belt with 19 years experience. I believe he didn't know how much experience I'd had, and was upset at how well I was doing against him. We shook hands at the end, and he seemed friendly and respectfulStill, if this is the culture at this school, I strongly recommend avoiding this school unless you are the absolute most competitive MMA fighter out there. If you're simply seeking a place to casually train and learn, especially if you're a beginner, the risk of being hurt is far too high. In 19 years of training and visiting a ton of different schools, this is the only time I've ever felt like there was a real danger to my safety, and I cannot stress enough that nobody should visit a school where that is present in the school's culture.

I feel weird leaving a bad review after seeing so many good ones but I was turned away from dropping in for GloryFit (which was nowhere near full) because I needed an appointment which is not clarified anywhere on the website or social media. Actually, a lot of the social media messaging is just show up so thats confusing. You also cant pre-register on the website and no one answered the phone when I called 45 minutes ahead of time to be sure.The head coach didnt tell me why I needed an appointment, he just offered to make me one for later in the day but what is supposed to change between 9am and 4pm that makes it okay for me to be there?Idk, maybe its just my experience and its still a good gym but that felt weird and I dont want to go back now.