Superior Fight Lab opened its doors at 425 N Dixie Highway, in Pompano Beach, with one idea behind every square foot of it: a room where Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and MMA live under the same roof, at the same standard, without either one being treated as the side program. The mats, the bags, the way the floor is laid out — all of it was put together for training first.
On opening day, the mat was already international. Athletes from the NFL, NBA, UFC, PFL, and the Olympics came through the door in Pompano Beach to see the gym open. That was not luck. SFL was born inside a world that elite sport already moves through. Opening day was the spectacle. Every day since has been the actual work.
What happens here is straightforward. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, gi and no-gi, is the foundation everything else stands on. MMA & Striking covers the rest of the room — MMA and Pro Boxing today, with space to grow as the coaching staff grows. Kids BJJ takes children from 5 to 12 and teaches them to fall, get up, and hold their ground. The Private Program is one-on-one, by appointment, for people who want the correction to be theirs alone.
The gym exists because of a standard that was built somewhere else first. Yasser Salman grew Superior Exotics almost entirely on word of mouth, until it became one of South Florida’s go-to addresses for people who live on high performance — pro athletes, celebrities, clients who fly in from Dubai. Excellence there means treating every detail like the whole world is watching. Superior Fight Lab was built to bring that same standard to people, right next door. That is what Turning Horsepower Into Humanpower means. The two businesses share an address.
On the floor, the staff is small on purpose. Edgard Dutra, head coach, holds a 5th-degree black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu — lineage Murilo Bustamante, Austregesilo Reis, Cassio Werneck — with more than twenty years bringing students up in Florida, from a first day on the mat to black belt. Sitik “Cosmonaut” Muduev runs MMA: a professional fighter out of Dagestan, the region that has reshaped the sport over the last decade, with a career built in organizations like Eagle FC and LFA. Full profiles are below.
Fewer people on the mat is a decision, not a stage we are passing through. It means the person fixing your grip is the person whose name is on the class. It means nobody trains here anonymously, and nobody gets lost in the back row.
One hour of the day, the mat belongs to the kids — first falls, first stripes, parents watching from the edge. The next, it belongs to adults training like athletes. Same mat, same standard. That is how a gym turns into a family.
Whether you have never set foot on a mat or you are getting ready for a fight, the door is the same one. What you do after you walk through it is the part we can help with.
This is Superior Fight Lab.
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Muay Thai All Levels
Muay Thai is on its way to SFL — clinch work, kicks, and striking fundamentals taught the right way. Send us a message and be first to know when it launches.
Code of Conduct
How We Train, How We Carry Ourselves
At Superior Fight Lab, the mat is a shared space. What happens here reflects who we are — as athletes, as training partners, and as people. This code is the standard we hold ourselves to, every session, because the culture of a gym is the one thing you cannot buy and install.
Mat Rules
Hygiene: Show up clean. Trim your nails. Wash your gear after every session. This is basic respect for the people you train with.
Be On Time: Get here before class starts. Warm-ups matter. Showing up late disrupts the group and shortchanges your own training.
Respect the Hierarchy: Acknowledge your coaches and the higher belts. This is not about ego — it is about honoring the people who came before you and the time they have put in.
Ask Before You Leave: Do not walk off the mat mid-class without letting your coach know. Focus and presence are part of the discipline.
No Phones on the Mat: Leave them at the edge. You are here to train. One hour of full focus is worth more than a distracted two.
Both Sides
of the Room
SFL runs two disciplines on one floor. Grappling teaches you what to do once the distance closes. Striking teaches you how to own that distance before it does. Train one and you get good at it. Train both and you start to understand why the other exists.
That is the whole idea behind the room. The takedown works because the hands sold it. The hands work because the ground does not scare you. Everything here is built to complete something else.
How the Floor Works
Grappling Side: Taps are respected the instant they happen. Position before submission, control before speed. Nobody has anything to prove in the first thirty seconds of a round.
Striking Side: Mouthguard, gloves, and shin guards for anything live. Intensity is set by the coach and matched to the partner in front of you, never to how your day went.
Where They Meet: Your training partner is the reason you improve, on either side of the room. Treat them that way, regardless of rank, size, or how long they have been coming.