Gymtops.com declares the month of November International Staph Awareness Month.

What is a Staph Infection? It’s a gang of bacteria known as Staphylococcus aureus who love to hang out at your local gym.

The Staph crew is a serious threat. Letting them into your training center will eventually get the best of your athletes.

It all starts with a small irritation on the skin or inside the nose, that can easily be passed via a training partner, dirty towel, filthy floor, clothes or training equipment used by an infected person.

A staph infection is a serious matter. If untreated can cause a deeper staph infection that can spread internally to your vital organs.

Can I get a staph infection? If Forrest Griffin, Tim Sylvia and Kellen Winslow Jr. can get it, so can you.

How do I fight Staph? Use anti-bacterial soap after each workout or training session.

Fight Soap make eco-friendly, hand crafted, sweet smelling series of soaps aimed at annihilating most nasty infections and keeping you clean. Each 3.2oz slug will set you back $5.

Keep yourself clean and make sure your gym is clean and provides a healthy environment for your well being.

St. Corona, California based  Hostility Clothing released a new walk-in shirt for Chris Leben UFC 89 bout against Michael Bisping who’s also sponsored by Hostility. “The Crippler” is available in all sizes and carries the same wild and crazy characteristics of its namesake.

Encounter UK teams up with UK’s MMA poster boy Michael Bisping to deliver a special edition UFC 89 t-shirt. “The Count” finds himself up against TUF season one bad boy Chris Leben. Encounter UK is currently the only MMA clothing range in the United Kingdom. The “Bisping 89″ shirt is available in all sizes and can be found at FightShop.com.

On one hand you have Dojo Fightgear an Oxnard, California based startup MMA apparel company. On the other a high charged MMA social network owned by “The Iceman” Chuck Liddell, Chris Greenman and Brian James called MMA Jacked. Combine those together and what you do you get? A t-shirt! Not just a t-shirt, but a damn good quality, well designed t-shirt made of eco-friendly materials. The MMA Jacked t-shirt will be a part of Dojo’s “DFG Originals” collection. DFG doesn’t sponsor any reputable fighters as of yet and their site boasts that they are actively looking to sponsor athletes. They do, however, currently sponsor the reality TV show Fight School.

Just over a year old, Eternal Unlimited has been quietly keeping pace with some of the bigger known MMA lifestyle brands by sponsoring some of the best fighetrs in the industry like Joe Stevenson, Nick Diaz, Ricardo Almeida and heavyweight Elite XC world champ Antonio Silva, and also by dropping some of the hottest products on the planet. The most recent Eternal UNLTD Holiday Line is proof that this brand has no where else to go but through the roof. The shirts run in between $40 – $50 with the hoodies being in the $50 – $70 range.

See more Eternal Unlimited Holiday Line here

RVCA, skateboard and surf culture clothing brand has updated their latest catalog to include a new signature series t-shirt for UFC champion and mixed martial arts sensation, BJ Penn. The tee entitled “BJ Penn No. 1″ is made of 100% cotton and is also available in black/white colorways. You can find the limited edition short sleeve shirt at the RVCA website.

If one of your favorite MMA athletes wasn’t in he first batch of collectibles from Round 5 MMA, maybe he’ll be in this set of life-like action figures for the crazed mixed martial art junkie. Series two include Sean Sherk, Wanderlei Silva, Anderson Silva and Rich Franklin. Available for pre-order on the Round 5 MMA website.