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As any regular reader of his blog (or even friends of mine) could tell you, I’m a huge mixed martial arts fan. I’ve recently decided that I actually enjoy the sport enough to try it, and I’ve realized that I’m horribly out of shape and I get very bored running on a treadmill, so I am enrolling at a local mixed martial arts school.

There are actually two schools I am considering: Miletich Fighting Systems and Westside Mixed Martial Arts. MFS is located in Houston, and of course it’s Miletich. Westside is located in Katy, about 5 minutes from my house, and has one of the finest MMA facilities in the United States (supposedly it’s only behind Xtreme Couture, Throwdown and the original MFS school in terms of facilities).

I have an introductory BJJ lesson in the next few days at both schools, and I’ll make my decision. Right now, I’m leaning towards Westside simply because of the incredible facility and the location to my house, plus the dedicated trainers for each art. Either way, I’ll simply be jumping into jiu-jitsu training for a long while before moving on to the other facets of MMA.

I’ll keep you posted. I will probably turn my experiences into a series of columns for Inside Fights, so stay tuned.