Dan Black has spent 20 years in the fight game — not behind a desk, but on the mats, in the ring, and in the corner. He's coached Nick Diaz, Nate Diaz, and Gilbert Melendez. He built Xavier Vigney from amateur to #3 ranked in Glory Kickboxing and Matt Baker from amateur to #5. He trains regularly with the Skrap Pack connection behind Team Black's fight team at El Niño Training Center in San Francisco. At 48 years old, he flew to Phuket and fought a Thai fighter with over 500 bouts.
That's not a résumé — that's a life in martial arts.
Team Black MMA isn't just a gym. It's a fight team with a global footprint — Pittsburg, San Francisco, and Phuket, Thailand. Whether you're chasing a world ranking or fighting the most important battle of your life against metabolic disease, Dan Black coaches with the same intensity and technical precision that drives Muay Thai in Pittsburg, CA, MMA training in Pittsburg, CA, and BJJ in Pittsburg, CA.
No contracts. No ego. Just real training that changes people.
Joined before Nick, Nate, Jake, Gilbert, or any of them. Back then it was Dave Terrell, Gil Castillo, and a room that didn't care if you got hurt. Murderers row. Survival of the fittest. That era shaped everything about how Dan Black coaches and what Team Black expects.
Built from his first amateur bout to a world-ranked professional competing at the top of Glory Kickboxing. Dan coached every step.
Second world-ranked fighter produced through the same technical system. Both Vigney and Baker are a direct result of Dan Black's coaching methodology.
Active ongoing training partnership with the Skrap Pack in San Francisco. The technical standard and competition intensity of that room comes back to Pittsburg every session.
Flew to Thailand and stepped into the ring against a professional Thai fighter with over 500 career bouts. That's not a coach who talks about fighting — that's a coach who fights.
Head coach at Team Black MMA in Pittsburg. Ongoing partnership with Lions MMA Club in Phuket. Still training. Still competing. Still on the mats.
Team Black trains regularly at El Niño Training Center in San Francisco with the Skrap Pack — one of the most respected fight teams in Northern California. Coach Dan Black has trained alongside Nick Diaz, Nate Diaz, and Gilbert Melendez. That access, that level of competition, and that technical standard comes back to Pittsburg every time he steps on our mats.
First session is on us. No contract, no pressure. Just come train and see if Team Black is the right fit.
