On Thursday June 28th, Professor Ben Baxter secured a silver medal in his NoGi division, overcoming UFC veteran and Nova Uniao standout Walber Barrios in the Semifinal. He fell to a tough Nick Haas, from Zenith, in the final. His tournament wasn't over however. On...
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu in Eugene was represented well by the Performance Martial Arts Academy competitors at the Ground Warrior tournament this weekend! PMAA sent 18 competitors to Salem and returned with 16 podium placings, 11 Gold medals, and a Fastest Submission Award. Congratulations to everyone...
Beginning Monday, January 8th, there will be a new schedule at the Academy. In 2018 we have added a full, 3 day per week NoGi Brazilian Jiu Jitsu program. If you're a MMA fighter, Jiu Jitsu Competitor, or someone who is just interested in trying...
On Saturday, June 24th, Performance Martial Arts Academy black belt Brent Primus will fight for the Bellator Lightweight World Championship! Primus (7-0) will face current champion, Michael Chandler (16-3), at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Brent is coming off of a win at Bellator 153...
On Friday, Augsust 29th Performance Martial Arts Academy's Brent Primus stepped into the Bellator cage, looking to keep his record unblemished and show everyone what Eugene MMA is all about. At Bellator 141 Brent faced off against the extremely talented and experienced Derek Anderson (12-1)....
In the 3rd installment of PMAA's Coach's Corner, John Butler discuses his reasons for competing and how it improved not only his Jiu-Jitsu, but his life. I haven't always been the avid competitor I am today. In fact, I was quite the opposite. I never got...
NAGA TEAM RESULTS ARE IN! Ribeiro/Lovato NW earned more team accolades at the NAGA on March 14th. The team captured 1st place in the adult gi and youth overall divisions, also came away with a third place overall team trophy. Great job to all of our competitors...
On Saturday, March 21st 2015, Performance Martial Arts Academy hosted it's 5th Grapple-A-Thon event. The recipient of the funds this time around was the Make-A-Wish Foundation. The Make-A-Wish Foundation helps children who have life-threatening illness' have an opportunity to live their dream for a day. With...
Performance Martial Arts Academy athletes and coaches had a very busy weekend! On Sunday, February 22nd John Butler, and Roma Pawelek, made their way down to the IBJJF San Francisco International Open. John submitted his way through his purple belt division finishing everyone in under two...
On Sunday, February 15th five of Performance Martial Arts Academy's youth Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu competitors made the trip down to Long Beach, CA to compete at the Youth Pan-Am Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Championship. Aiden and Cooper Birns, along with teammates Aiden Hall, Kai Kaneli'i and Milo Tandingan...
