”’Black House”’ (Casa Preta) is a mixed martial arts fighting team and gym based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Opened on November 27, 2006, Black House was started by former Brazilian Top Team member and black belt Carlos Barreto, Jorge Guimaraes and Rogerio Camoes. Guimaraes acted as the team’s manager and Camoes was in charge of the team’s training.

Fighters on the team included Anderson Silva, Lyoto Machida, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and former Chute Boxe Academy fighter Antonio Schembri. In addition to training fighters, the gym offered classes in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Savate, Muay Thai, Boxing and American Wrestling. The facility featured an octagon, a boxing ring and two dojos in the workout space.

== Re-branding and Re-location ==
Despite the team’s recent success in the UFC with the championships held by Silva, Machida and Nogueira, there had been much unrest due to non-competition related affairs. It appears that the team has moved or will be moving from their current location at X-Gym due to unresolvable disputes, and in a December 2007 interview Anderson Silva was quoted as stating that due to certain ‘brand problems’ the name Black House was likely to change following the move. On May 16, 2008, Silva and Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira opened the Nogueira and Silva Mixed Martial Arts Academy in Miami, Florida.

Despite these events, in a recent interview on April 23, 2009 with Sherdog Radio host Jordan Breen, Black House mega-manager Ed Soares indicated that Black House may open a new training location in Los Angeles, California. He also shed light on some of the issues that led many to believe that the team had disbanded, most notably the team management’s falling out with the owners of X-Gym, the original location and headquarters for their training camps.

== Fighters ==
* Anderson Silva (Current UFC Middleweight Champion)
* Lyoto Machida (Current UFC Light Heavyweight Champion)
* Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (Former Pride FC heavyweight champion and former UFC Interim Heavyweight Champion)
* Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
* Carlos Barreto
* Paulo Filho (Former WEC Middleweight Champion)
* Nino Schembri
* Junior dos Santos
* Andre Galvao
* Ricardo Morais
* Ronaldo Souza