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Cortex MMA Located in Alexandria, Sydney, Cortex MMA is your go-to for top-tier martial arts training. Join our welcoming community and elevate your skills! 🥊💪

Our facility features elite coaches and state-of-the-art equipment for MMA, BJJ, Muay Thai, and more.

15/10/2026

Feels like Margarita Lariego is prepping the crew for Brisbane 2032 in her Thursday S&C class.
(It’s not always this intense, though!). Everyone works at their own max, and first-timers start slower.

Over 25 years in martial arts. Fought amateur in Australia, then pro in Thailand. Now she teaches traditional Muay Thai ...
14/10/2026

Over 25 years in martial arts. Fought amateur in Australia, then pro in Thailand. Now she teaches traditional Muay Thai with her own K-1 and Kung Fu flow, and builds fighters’ strength and conditioning on the side. Meet Margarita.

Just a regular day at Cortex. A bit of everything happening on the mats.More of our members coming soon.
12/10/2026

Just a regular day at Cortex. A bit of everything happening on the mats.
More of our members coming soon.

Nineteen years of grappling. Over a decade of coaching. Same jokes for most of it. Meet Sina, our Jiu-Jitsu Instructor. ...
08/10/2026

Nineteen years of grappling. Over a decade of coaching. Same jokes for most of it. Meet Sina, our Jiu-Jitsu Instructor.

We’re open Monday. Labour Day, 5 October — normal timetable, same coaches.Three days off is plenty. Come shake it off w...
04/10/2026

We’re open Monday. Labour Day, 5 October — normal timetable, same coaches.

Three days off is plenty. Come shake it off with us.

There’s no shortage of MMA myths out there.Have you heard of these ones? “You have to compete to be any good. That train...
29/09/2026

There’s no shortage of MMA myths out there.

Have you heard of these ones? “You have to compete to be any good. That training will win you any street fight. That MMA is more dangerous than boxing.”

If there’s something you’ve always wondered about training, ask in the comments.

Meet the coaches, part one: Sam Bastin. 59 fights, seven years at Tiger Muay Thai, and a corner that’s included Volkanov...
24/09/2026

Meet the coaches, part one: Sam Bastin.

59 fights, seven years at Tiger Muay Thai, and a corner that’s included Volkanovski and Dricus du Plessis. Now he’s preparing our competitors — and taking beginners who’ve never thrown a punch.

His classes move. You’re learning something new every round, the hour goes quicker than you’d think, and you walk out already planning the next one.

23/09/2026

Dug this one out of the archives. A random day at Cortex: drilling, sparring, hitting mitts, a few bad jokes between rounds.

Cortex community, got your own clips from the mat? Tag us or send them through. The good, the sweaty, the all. We want to share them.

People tend to worry about before their first class at MMA gyms, thinking:“I’ll do myself an injury.” “I’ll be sparring ...
22/09/2026

People tend to worry about before their first class at MMA gyms, thinking:
“I’ll do myself an injury.” “I’ll be sparring on day one.” “Tapping means I failed.”

Honest answers to all three — we won’t sugarcoat. It’s a contact sport BUT beginner training is built so you LEARN it without getting hurt.

17/09/2026

Grappling in boxing gloves. An oldie from the archives — nobody’s quite sure what was happening here, least of all them.

Got footage from training? Send it through and we’ll put it up. The good, the bad, and whatever this was.

Address

21 McCauley Street
Alexandria, NSW
2015

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 9pm
Tuesday 8am - 9pm
Wednesday 8am - 9pm
Thursday 8am - 9pm
Friday 8am - 9pm
Saturday 8am - 1pm

Telephone

+611300092020

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