Lovato's School of BJJ & MMA

Lovato’s School of BJJ & MMA in Oklahoma City is inseparable from Rafael Lovato Jr., one of the most accomplished American black belts in jiu jitsu history. The academy traces its roots to 1993 as a family business started by Lovato and his father, and its official site says it has promoted more BJJ black belts than any other academy in Oklahoma. Lovato Jr. remains the owner and head instructor. The current program includes gi and no-gi jiu jitsu, fundamentals, kids training, wrestling, MMA, Muay Thai and boxing, with open mat and visitor drop-ins available. The staff includes a broader instructor team, but the academy’s defining feature is continuity: multiple generations of the Lovato family helped build the school long before Oklahoma City became a significant combat-sports market. For grapplers in Oklahoma City and Edmond, this is a destination-level academy because of the combination of history and direct access to Lovato Jr. Students are not choosing an affiliate several steps removed from a famous competitor; they are training at the academy his family has built for more than three decades.

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