Best Fight gym in the San Gabriel Valley area in Kickboxing and MMA
All the trainers are experience in what they do. They have championship titles in Boxing, Muay Thai, and MMA. I go there 4 times a week for the Muay Thai then I do the MMA Fight practice. The instructor is very good and the workout is intense for fight preparation, lots of pros come to this gym to spar on Thursday nights. Mark and Allen give a great high impact muay thai workout and sensei derrick is very knowledgeable about the fight game and business. He knows so many ground submissions!!!

This gym is the real deal, if you want real Muay Thai training like Thailand this is the place to go. The MMA class is great too. The trainers are really friendly and nice. Mark, Allen, and Derrick make you feel at home. If you are in Old Town Puente this is the gym to check out.

Awesome Gym! The trainers are high quality guys who have trained fighters to several championship title shots. Mark and Allen were great and detailed on their training. Their gym also appears in http://www.ificandream.com on a reality show. Kru Mark did a lot of pad and conditioning drills with me which made me sweat about over 7 pounds off. Before the training I weight 177lbs and when the practice was over I weigh-in at 169.5lbs. I also did the MMA class last night with Sensei Dee who really knows his Muay Thai striking & submissions. He also helps out with a couple of pro MMA fighters on their Muay Thai. I was amazed on how much he moved around for a 300lbs guy. He was very agile for a guy his size. He taught a lot of different striking combos, takedowns, and submissions and their escapes. I was able to learn in one night at this place as much as learning in a month at another place. The price is reasonable too. Under $100.00 for unlimited Muay Thai and MMA training with some guys who has been in the game since the mid 80’s, can’t beat that!

I went to the Florez Muay Thai and Judo-Box MMA event on Saturday and it was really good. I am impressed with this gym and the fighters they produce. I am going to start today with the strength and conditioning class, then tomorrow take Muay Thai and the MMA class right after. The staff at the gym was really nice to me and my friends. The price is not bad either you can take unlimited classes for under $100.00 and all of the trainers Allen, Mark, and Derrick have a lot of experience fighting, training, and coaching. I recommend this gym to anyone wanting to look for a fight gym in the San Gabriel Valley area.

I am a blue belt in Judo with Sensei Derrick and trained with him for 2 years and he has been really good to me and my family. He is an awesome Judo and Sambo coach. I took his MMA class last week and made me feel sore right after, but the class was great. I plan to return after my work schedule changes back to day shift in about a month. He has a lot to teach and is very detailed on the submissions that he teaches.

I totally recommended the MMA class for anyone in the San Gabriel Valley area. Sensei Derrick normally teaches there 4 days a week, but the Muay Thai and Boxing instructors Mark, Alan, and Luis are the best at what they do if you want to learn how to box or kickbox. Come by for a free lesson and take the class with any of them.

Excellent Gym real hardcore workouts and techniques.I took 2 class’s with Derrick went threw some MMA moves i never seen before great one on one lessons.

I wish i lived closer so i could go more often.

Do you guys teach females? I want to want to learn how to box and maybe mma.

I drive by this gym all the time and it always looks busy. I past by last Tuesday night and it was a packed class with all of the students grappling then working on striking and grappling techniques. I saw on the San Gabriel Tribune website that this gym is the best in the SGV area. I am glad and impressed with the comments on here. I think I will check out the muay thai and the mma class sometime this week. If it is a under $100.00 then it’s a steal. I don’t like my current gym (UFC gym), the coach usually takes off for whatever reason and the advance student teaches the class, but he sucks showing the same stuff over and over again, then he never wants to work on any fighting techniques just exercises. Then have the nerve to take out $80.00 a month out of my checking account for showing me nothing.

I came in as an out of town guest and loved it.
Excellent gym, great instructors, and can’t beat the cost. This gym is only under $100.00 for Muay Thai, Boxing, MMA, and BJJ from trainers that are former champions. They have lots of belts and their championship gold placed all over the gym and the credentials to back it up.

I did a No Gi grappling session with sensei Derrick and learned a series of wicked submissions in 3 different positions. So many techniques that he taught that I asked him to go over it so I can record it with my iphone. Lol

– Armando Delgado
Gracie Purple Belt BJJ
Muay Thai 147lbs and 154lbs amateur golden cup champ 33-2 18 kos

I swung by last night and the gym seemed empty with like 4 or 5 people hitting the bag or shadow boxing. I meet Sensei Derrick Martinez he said it was just an open gym today and he seem like a cool guy, he was teaching a one on one jiu-jitsu class to one of the students. I watched him for 15 min working with the student and the stuff he was showing her seemed really cool. After watching I think I may join. I am curious to know how the kickboxing class is.

Anyone have a schedule of their classes? I plan to observe a kickboxing or muay thai class before I pull the trigger and sign up. Thanks

I took a free kickboxing lesson and then later on I took mma. I like it a lot, but I got hurt at work so I may not make it until after a month. I like the big man teaching mma Dee Martinez he is friendly and funny, he has trained in Thailand and Japan and he used to fight. Koo gym check it out.

My friend trains there, the gym is run by 3 coaches all have really good experience in Muay Thai, boxing, or kickboxing. One of the coaches is a black belt in Judo and a purple belt in BJJ according to my sources and research on this gym.

Alan Florez is an 8 time amateur Muay Thai kick boxing champion in 4 different weight classes. He has fought in Mexico, Russia, Canada, and all over the United States. He also was a pro boxer but not sure of any of his fight records. I’m sure he has a lot of fights under his belt. I have seen him work out and spar and he has sparred against guys that are big time in Muay Thai and MMA right now.

Mark De La Cruz is his older brother and is a 3 time heavyweight amateur champion. He also assists his brother at all the fights. He pretty much runs the gym and teaches all of the Muay Thai classes and his brother Alan basically really work with the up in comer fighters. Mark also does the conditioning for all of the fighters.

Derrick Martinez also has 3 gym smoker titles in NY and NJ in Muay Thai kickboxing. He has claim to have over 50 Muay Thai gym smoker fights and has won boxing junior golden gloves twice in NYC in 1990 and 1991 no record has been found, but I have seen him move around and he does know his stuff so I wouldn’t doubt that he was a fighter at one time. He also holds a black belt in Judo which is legit according to the Kodokan Judo in Japan and a purple belt in BJJ which I’m not sure who he trains with because he trains with CSW/ Machado BJJ and Teixeira BJJ which are 2 different camps.

They have several fighters that fight several times a month so they stay busy. If you are looking for a gym in La Puente come down. So all you have to do is meet the coaches and see for yourself if it’s for you. I checked out the gym on several occasions it seems like a nice place to train at. I hope that was helpful.

I second that above, place was dirty and the ring was nasty, people walk all over the mats with shoes what gym let people walk on the mat with shoes on thats how u get ringworm duh. they had a fat guy teaching a wrestling class, he should of been working out himself. Pal if you are going to be a trainer look like one not like you need one lol. I found no fight records of any of the trainers there I bet all of their belts are because they are paper champions probably was just given to them for showing up and beating up on a less experienced fighter come on seirous. did they buy those belts lol. Junjun was right thet have way better gyms in the area, Master Toddy gym in Pomona better priced and a real Muay Thai Kru who trained in Thailand runs it.

I called Valdez Muay Thai and sat in on a class at Master Toddy’s in Pomona. Valdez and Toddy both want contracts and charge an initiation fee. At this gym I paid my first month fee and that was it. With Valdez the longer your contract the cheaper your monthly fee. When I went to the Toddy gym the teacher did not really participate in the class besides yell out what combos he wanted the students to do. I have met Derrick and he seems like a good guy but have not taken a class from him. Alan and Mark are cool and push you while making it fun. They correct your form when you are hitting the bags or doing pad work. At Toddy Gym or Valdez they charge about 100 dollars a month. At Toddy you could come three days a week. Florez has classes running six days a week at eleven am and in the afternoon/evening and you can come to all the classes you can handle for 70 bucks. I have not tried the MMA and will possibly try it in the future. Talked to other students and they love all the classes. At this gym for 90 dollars you can take all the Muay Thai, MMA and Judo/Jui Jitsu you can handle. Looked at other gyms in the area as well and their standup does not compare to Florez.

Great gym for a reasonable price. I did the MMA class with Derek Martinez and it was cool we did a lot of drilling and some techniques. He a great instructor has a lot of knowledge about the sport. Today I will do the kickboxing class with mark he’s a pretty cool guy too.

good gym really good fighters trainers chek them out on the website TEAMFLOREZMUAYTHAI.COM
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My name is Jose Rodriguez former amateur boxer and kickboxer.  I hold a 4th degree black belt in Okinawan Kokushin Karate. I used to train at the Jerry Jones Ultimate Mix Martial Arts Academy in Nutley, NJ in the early 90’s. I fought amateur kickboxing against a guy named Derrick Martinez from NYC with the Atlantic Kickboxing Association which is not around anymore in 1994 and I lost to him by split decision and that was my only lost.  I stop fighting after my wife had kids.  My kickboxing record is 15-1-1 with 10kos.  I always remember that lost and always wanted to fight him again after watching that tape I thought I had beat him a lot of my people said I had all 3 rounds, I think they gave it to him because he comes from a Muay Thai background and the promoter hung out with him. When Kru Keo and all those guys went to Thailand the year before, he fought in Thailand? but he wasn’t able to last with me? I heard he got ko in his fight at a small gym out there against a Thai 50 lbs lighter than him lol  I thought he was slow and couldn’t match my speed; I nearly dropped him in the 3rd round when he pretty much ran from me the whole fight.  If I were to get back in shape at 175lbs almost 40 now I would still beat him.  I always wondered what happened to him, I googled him to see if he still fights or at least alive and saw a couple of videos sparring and holding pads. If this is him fighting MMA damn he did put on a lot of weight and if he is up to it I would love to fight him again since our fight was a fluke. He looks like shit in this fight seems like he got another lucky win