Matt Hughes and his corner man Marc Fiore founded the new gym called H.I.T. Squad which looks to be almost finished. H.I.T. stands for Hughes Intensive Training.

The H.I.T. Squad features Matt Pena (boxing coach), Marc Fiore (corner man, wrestling/grappling coach), Robbie Lawler (trainer), and the nine time UFC welterweight champion Matt Hughes. The enormous facility is only a few minutes drive from downtown St. Louis. It is located at River’s Edge which is the former US Army Base facility. The team picked this location because of it’s military atmosphere. This theme will be further enhanced by adding camouflage netting and military trademarks.

The facility will be a world class training center offering complete mixed martial arts training as well as a state of the art fitness center with standard heath club rates. Aside from offering memberships to the public, H.I.T. Squad will also sign and manage up and coming mma fighters who want to compete. The crew will hold seminars twice a month and mixed martial arts camps as well.

The gym will feature 3,000 square feet of Hammer Strength weight lifting and exercise equipment and 5,000 square feet of matted grappling area which will be surrounded by octagon fencing. There will also be a boxing ring and a member’s lounge to hang out in. Basically this gym will cater to everybody from kids on up to the elderly.

The wide open spaces make it very appealing and it looks like an army could grapple on the mats all at once. If you live in or around St. Louis you should definitely head on over and check it out. Props to Matt and his crew on the one of a kind facility.

Here are the new photo’s of the gym.