Information about Predators MMA and BJJ Academy Manchester

First Floor, 15 Chatley St
M3 1HU, Manchester
+447897313488

Opening hours

  • sunday: (closed)
  • monday: 17:30-21h
  • tuesday: 16:30-21h
  • wednesday: 17:30-21h
  • thursday: 16:30-21h
  • friday: 17:30-19:30
  • saturday: 10h-15h
Fitness center offering classes in mixed martial arts, kickboxing & Brazilian jiu-jitsu..

Our comment from FitFit UK about Predators MMA and BJJ Academy Manchester:

Welcome to Predators MMA and BJJ Academy in Manchester, UK, renowned as the best place to train in MMA and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Our academy boasts a friendly and encouraging atmosphere where individuals of all levels and ages can thrive. With experienced coaches like Gavin Boardman and Will Burke, you'll receive world-class instruction tailored to your needs, whether you're a beginner or an advanced fighter.

The facilities are exceptional, including a full-size MMA cage and dedicated training spaces for kickboxing and BJJ. Our diverse range of classes, encompassing gi, no-gi, fundamentals, and advanced techniques, ensures that every member finds their niche.

Many users have praised the supportive environment where everyone helps each other improve from day one. Beginners find it particularly welcoming, and many have noted how quickly they progress with supportive training partners and knowledgeable coaches. Some key highlights include:

  • Inclusive training for all skill levels
  • Regular classes running from the city center
  • A diverse community focused on growth and camaraderie
  • High-quality coaching with a personal touch

While the majority of reviews are overwhelmingly positive, a few users mentioned that their initial experiences were less than ideal, particularly concerning communication during beginner classes. We take this feedback seriously and are committed to enhancing our welcome and support for newcomers.

Experience the best MMA and BJJ training in Manchester at Predators Academy—where improvement, fun, and friendships are part of the journey!

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Predators MMA and BJJ Academy Manchester: Opinions

4.9/5 (45 Opinions)
Juan Carlos Sanchez 11 months ago

Fantastic experience: Best place for mma in Manchester , good location and top coaches always willing to give a hand . Respectful and healthy environment where everyone will try and help you get better since day 1.

Bartlomiej Wierzba 11 months ago

Fantastic experience: Fantastic place to start doing martial arts, coaches put you straight to work, no fluff, teaching you the basics.

Michel Boufarah 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: The best MMA gym in Manchester.

John Walton 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great gym. Great people.

Gromit 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Best place to train BJJ in Manchester. great range of classes, gi, no-gi, fundamentals and advanced. very encouraging and fun environment

Stephen Gray 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: My son has been training BJJ for 18 months in a place in Stockport. his session was only 45 minutes long and only do e it once a week. He has never been tapped out in his gym in over a year and dominates his opponents. We heard about predators from a friend and thought we would try it out on a Saturday between 3pm til 6pm. my son is aged 12 and was truly humbled by a 10 year old who tapped him out on numerous ouccasions. I personally believe this is the best place in Manchester for BJJ. It is such a high level of training. I would highly recommend this gym out to others

Louis Watson 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: It was my first time visiting the gym and I attended a beginner's kickboxing class. Tom ran the session and he was really professional and clearly knows his stuff. Everyone was so friendly and welcoming and would recommend anyone living in or visiting Manchester to pay a visit.

Nazanin Torabi 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Any instagram page???

Aaron Croft 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Decent place great coach showing us what to do and showed everyone how to do the moves multiple times i don't think you could learn that in 1 session like anything you will get better with time my training partner carlos was fantastic.

Mobility Hacks 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great coaches and great atmosphere. Everyone is super helpful and friendly, and they really know their stuff! Literally every ability level can train here.

C 3 years ago

Negative experience: Do not recommend for beginners at all. I am completely new to BJJ and kickboxing I tried them here and was highly disappointed. Very uncomfortable environment as soon as you walk in nobody speaks to you or greets you. When someone did they didn’t ask for my name he didn’t seem friendly. I did the BJJ session he just showed us and didn’t explain to me who is new just basically get on with it I have no idea what I am doing this made me feel very uncomfortable as I was floored and didn’t know how to land he didn’t explain the rules to the sport just unprofessional and huge lack of communication. One guy was pretty nice I think he is called Tom unsure genuine guy who was supportive. Reply: yes I had the session today.

Predators MMA and BJJ Academy Manchester
Predators MMA and BJJ Academy Manchester

I'm sorry you had a bad experience. Was your class today? I will speak to the coach of the class, it's unacceptable you weren't greeted and then supported through the class.

Nahla Halabi 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Trainers are so knowledgeable and friendly. You get to meet a new set of people and do exercise without any effort. So much fun and pretty addictive! Mood is significantly higher and even after 3 sessions I already see a difference in myself!

Seb Vaja 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Would Give 10 Stars Started 3 months ago & best decision iv ever made coach's are incredible with insane amount of knowledge Classes For All Levels & Ages Thank You Gav & Predators Team

Kye Thomas 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Trained here for 9 months whilst working in Manchester. Very friendly gym with no egos! A range of classes from beginners to advanced with fantastic coaches! Improved my game alot during my time here and was made to feel very welcome. Thanks to Gav, Chris, Will and the rest of the team for great coaching and running a top notch MMA gym!

Denis Selassie 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Quality training and great atmosphere

Miroslaw Szymanski 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Excellent session very good quality of teaching.

Mini Player 1 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Absolutely best place to learn how to become better

Kyle Barber 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great gym. Anyone know the timetable for adult lessons. Can't find it

Marek Majer 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Perfect

Junaid Ahmed 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Amazing staff and friendly atmosphere, highly recommend

FARD33N 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Would 100% recommend to any one. From the moment I stepped in I felt very welcomed and at home plus the people there were very friendly and helpful.

milad nadarlou 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Very friendly atmosphere. Heavy training

Theodor Bratosin 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Predators is an amazing gym with great coaches and encouraging environment to learn and develop both physical and mental abilities! 5 stars is just not enough to rate it!

Ben Alex Ivens 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Fantastic gym with experienced coaches you go the extra mile

Jay Compson 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Incredible gym, full of great people and great coaches. A very welcoming environment where you can hang out with your mates and beat them up. The skill levels vary so don’t be put off if you’ve never trained before. Predators will equip you with the tools you need to learn & improve.

Macarena Gonzalez 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Amazing place to train! Great coaches and friendly environment.

Jim Smith 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Predators is a amazing gym. with great coaches for all levels. I can not recommended it highly enough, it a very welcoming place. It a 5 out 5 from me.

Lee Anthony 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Absolute world class coaching and environment.

Ben Mcgreal 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: I loved this place. Best bjj gym I've been to. Everyone is friendly, we are there to learn, and everyone has that attitude. Great place. 5 stars

Sam Clayton 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: I have trained in a number MMA and Kickboxing gyms across Europe and abroad but Predators always stands out from the rest. Amazing coaching, quaility bunch of people and always a great time when I get the chance to pop in! Get down and do your free session, 100% you will not regret it. Cheers!

swiftleigh media 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Highly recommend for everyone, both men and women! Not intimating at all, it's a friendly environment, not large meatheads knocking each other about. Advanced classes are there for people who are looking to spar harder / take more advanced in BJJ, Medium sizes at great prices for beginners, great for meeting people too and you're learning in a fun environment. I take 121 lessons here, the prices are good, and you exponentially learn MMA because of the time together with the teacher. All teachers are fun, great attitudes, but can kill.. What more can you ask for! Try it you'll be hooked

Matt Fisher 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great gym, great people and a great atmosphere! Lessons catered for beginners with no previous experience all the way up to active fighters! If you’re looking for a fun way to get fit whilst learning new, effective combat techniques then look no further! City Centre location with classes starting from 17:30pm onwards so it won’t mess with your work hours!

ex trf 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Best gym ive been too, straight after work 6 days a week well worth the 1h30m journey there. Gav is a world class coach and glad to be apart of Manchester Predators

Abdullah Zafar 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Lovely environment. I felt a bit meh while going as I thought people would laugh or something but no they treat you with so much love. I come all the way from bury and man its worth it.

daro ba 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Definitely best gym in North West. So professional helpful trainer Gav has a patience to teach everyone, try and you won't regret. Strongly recommended! 5+

Isabella wax 8 years ago

Fantastic experience: Izzy/Adam : It was great Lots of fun Great lesson Can wait for next time

MoreJon Thompson 8 years ago

Fantastic experience: I luv mma

Ebrahim Motiry 9 years ago

Fantastic experience: Hi i need some information about this mma gym please

John Barlow 10 years ago

Fantastic experience: Fantastic Gym and superb coaching... Caters for all levels but would say Predators is particularity accommodating for beginners who want to learn about Mixed Martial Arts or Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.. .

Stephen 11 years ago

Fantastic experience: Excellent facility with world-class coaching. I've trained at a fair few gyms and this one is head and shoulders above the rest. The atmosphere is very welcoming and everyone's always laughing (sometimes as they punch you in the face :P). A legit gym with real talent, suitable for beginners to pro's.

David Gibson 11 years ago

Fantastic experience: This is the best gym in the country for mma/bjj instruction with two outstanding coaches in gaven boardman and will Burke they will tailer your mma bjj to suit you as an individual and they are only gym I knw that instruct people with disabilities ,I have a left leg amputation and they have adapted my fighting style and bjj style so I can hold my own on the matt and in the cage if your serious about mma you need to train under the best coaches and best training partners predators give you that but they also give you the best of both worlds if you just want to be a recreational trainer it's great too get down there and try it out you won't be disappointed

Sam Spencer 11 years ago

Fantastic experience: I have trained and sparred at quite a lot of MMA gyms around the north west, I can say with 100% confidence that Manchester Predators MMA is the premier MMA facility around. The black belt level coaching, friendly, laid back atmosphere and the helpful nature of all fighters and coaches make the gym such a success. There is none of the ego issues that many mma gyms struggle with as negative gym members either don't last very long or change their ways and become positive, friendly people. Gav Boardman and Will Burke are the best, most advanced coaches I have ever trained under. All levels are welcome in the gym, from beginners to advanced fighters. If you are a fighter, the sparring at predators is second to none. Highly recommended.

Michael Hesketh 11 years ago

Fantastic experience: I started training at predators about two years ago. I nearly didn't go through the door as I thought It would be really intimidating, how wrong I was! Predators is welcoming for all abilities. You get to train with some of the best fighters in the country and you get to learn from top quality coaches. I recommend predators to everyone!

Steve Hy 11 years ago

Fantastic experience: Definitely Manchester Best MMA gym to train at! First time I entered Predators I knew there was something special about the place. Avi Jack (Professional MMA fighter and Ex UK champion) - Showed me around the place and got me in to the cage to show me and my friend how to box and do a couple of submission moves from Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. There is a 30 day free trial offer at the club but I opted to go straight into the training as i fell in love with their training style. Gavin Boardman and Will Burke are undeniable of UK's most underrated coaches... They have regularly churned out MMA champions for example Rob Sinclair World BAMMA Champion and has been recently signed up by Bellator. UFC Brendon Loughnan, Avi Jack and FCC Champion Mike Berry as well as many top class professional and amateurs with great winning records. The head coach Gavin Boardman is a Black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and is a master at teaching his classes in a simple and understandable way. His teaching style is perfect for any beginner or expert and is broken down into sections to mold us into great ground working fighters. The Facilities are great as the place has a full size MMA cage and kickboxing rings. Everyone is welcome from season fighter to complete beginner and everyone is made welcome. The atmosphere is super friendly and no one made to feel an outcast. We all have a laugh but most of all we all train to the best of our abilities. Give Predators a go and you wont be disappointed, this gym will bring out the best within you and the coaches will understand your need whether it is to fight in competition or just to keep fit.

Paul Anderson 11 years ago

Fantastic experience: Top coaches in gav boardman n will burke..best MMA place around.

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