A $11 Million Company Claims 18,000 Gyms. Only 800 Checked the Box.

Mixed Martial Arts Group Limited wants you to know that business is booming.

The company — which trades on the NYSE under the ticker MMA, because subtlety is dead — just announced "frictionless self-onboarding" for its BJJLink gym management platform. They picked April 1st for the launch date. Make of that what you will.

The numbers in the press release are genuinely impressive at first glance: 145% year-on-year subscription revenue growth. 141% growth in transaction volume. $16.2 million in annualized transactions. Operations across 22 countries. UFC GYM selected BJJLink as official software for all new BJJ franchise studios. And 18,000 published gyms.

That last number needs some unpacking.

BJJLink claims 18,000 "published" gyms on its platform. The number of gyms that are actually verified — meaning they signed up, pay for the software, and use it — is 800. That's 4.4%. The other 17,200 are listings. Your gym is probably on there right now whether you asked to be or not. It's the difference between saying "18,000 restaurants use our app" and "we scraped 18,000 restaurant addresses into a database."

The revenue growth percentages are real, but MMA.INC never discloses the actual dollar amounts. 145% growth sounds like a rocketship. But 145% of $200,000 is $490,000. 145% of $2 million is $4.9 million. Without the base number, the percentage is just vibes. And that $16.2 million in "transaction volume" isn't revenue — that's total money flowing through the platform. BJJLink keeps a slice. How big a slice? They don't say.

The stock chart tells its own story. MMA went public in April 2024 at around $3. It currently trades at $0.41. That's an 87% decline. The market cap is roughly $11 million — less than what a successful gym franchise network generates in annual dues. The 52-week low is $0.35, which means the stock is currently hovering about 17% above its floor.

CEO Nick Langton, operating out of Manly, Australia (yes, really), told investors that "removing onboarding friction is a major unlock for our growth." The company also announced plans for AI-driven sales agents. Because if there's one thing the BJJ community trusts, it's a robot trying to upsell them on premium software tiers.

Here's the thing, though: BJJLink might actually be decent software.

Reviews from gym owners who use it are consistently positive. It tracks belt promotions, handles scheduling, processes payments, manages curriculum. It's purpose-built for jiu-jitsu, not a generic fitness platform with a gi icon slapped on it. Gymdesk — founded by an actual BJJ black belt — has 3,000+ facilities and is the main competitor. Zen Planner and Mindbody are the bigger generic options. BJJLink's niche focus is a legitimate advantage.

The UFC GYM deal is real. UFC GYM plans to open 45 new BJJ-specific franchise studios, and BJJLink will power all of them. That's a meaningful anchor client. Whether it translates to the kind of growth that justifies a NYSE listing and press releases that read like they're announcing the cure for cancer — that's a different question.

The gap between what MMA.INC says in press releases and what the market says about MMA.INC stock is one of the wider chasms in combat sports business right now. The press releases talk about "global ecosystem transformation" and "strategic catalysts." The stock price says $0.41.

Somewhere in between those two realities is a gym management app that some owners genuinely like, wrapped in the kind of corporate language that makes your eyes glaze over faster than a Danaher instructional on wrist control theory.

Your gym's attendance tracker doesn't need a NYSE ticker. But if it's going to have one, at least the software works.

Sources

• MMA.INC Reports 145% YoY Growth in BJJLink Subscription Revenue
• NYSE: MMA Launches Instant BJJLink Onboarding to Accelerate Global Growth
• MMA.INC Reports 141% Growth in BJJLink Transaction Volume to $16.2 Million (Nasdaq)
• UFC GYM Rolls Out BJJLink.com Software for Global BJJ Franchise Growth
• NYSE: MMA Highlights Platform Upgrades Driving 145% BJJLink Revenue Growth
• MMA Stock Price & Overview (Stock Analysis)

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