List of Top Professional MMA Training Camps
This is an list of notable present professional training camps and gyms in Mixed Martial Arts (MMA).[1]
Most professional MMA fighers in the UFC, Bellator and other Mixed Martial Arts promotions join a professional fight camp or training gym to help them prepare for fights. Training at a top camp can be a big advantage to fighters, as not only to they have access to multi-disciplinary coaching, but they can also train against the other top fighters at the camp and nominate members of the camp as corner men. By training a group of elite fighters together, they will all learn from each other's skill sets and can support each other living the disciplined fighter lifestyle. Before a fight, a fighter will undergo an intensive training regime of several weeks, often culminating in a dramatic weight cut to make the required fighting weight, and the other members in the fighting camp are an important part of this process.[2]
Currently the intense rivalries between the top fighting camps and the fighters training there is an under-reported part of professional MMA. Occasionally there will be a high-profile split or conflict between members of a camp, particularly when two closely matched fighters are in the same weight class. For example, one of the current top MMA teams the Blackzillians was formed[3] when former UFC light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans left Jackson-Wink MMA, in an acrimonious split relating to head coach Greg Jackson's support for up and coming contender Jon Jones' title shot when Evans was injured.[4]
References
- ↑ "Sherdog's Top 10: Training Camps". Sherdog.
- ↑ "What It Takes to Be a UFC® Fighter".
- ↑ "Sherdog's Top 10: Training Camps". Sherdog.
- ↑ "Rashad Evans reflects on 2012 split with Jon Jones and Jackson-Winkeljohn, says Jones was one of his favorite training partners". mmatorch.com.
- ↑ "Sherdog's Top 10: Training Camps". Sherdog.
- ↑ "Alliance MMA". Alliance MMA.
- ↑ Sean Smith. "Ranking the 10 Best Camps in MMA Right Now". Bleacher Report.
- ↑ "AMC Instructors".
- ↑ Sean Smith. "Ranking the 10 Best Camps in MMA Right Now". Bleacher Report.
- ↑ "Fighters". American Kickboxing Academy.
- ↑ "Pro MMA Fighters - American Top Team Main Academy".
- ↑ "BlackZilians - Team".
- ↑ "Jackson Wink MMA Academy". Jackson Wink MMA Academy.
- ↑ "The Master Rafael Cordeiro". Kings MMA.
- ↑ "Nova União".
- ↑ "Fighters". SBG Ireland.
- ↑ "Serra BJJ Academy". serrabjj.com.
- ↑ "Team Alpha Male - Iron sharpening Iron".
- ↑ Sean Smith. "Ranking the 10 Best Camps in MMA Right Now". Bleacher Report.
- ↑ "Fighters". Tristar Gym.
- ↑ "Pro MMA Fight Team - Team Couture".