Xtreme Couture Mixed Martial Arts is an Americanmixed martial arts training organization headed by formerUFC Champion and former co-founder ofTeam Quest,Randy Couture. Xtreme Couture was founded with the flagship gym inLas Vegas. Since then, the franchise has spread to other cities in theUnited States andCanada. Xtreme Couture Las Vegas is one of the largest gyms (over 24,000 square feet (2,200 m2)) andmost recognized brands and MMA gyms in the world, where many past and current top MMA fighters train.[1]
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| Est. | 2007; 18 years ago (2007) |
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| Founded by | Randy Couture |
| Primary trainers | Randy Couture Ray Sefo Eric Nicksick (Head Coach) Dennis Davis (Team Coach) |
| Current titleholders | Magomed Ankalaev |
| Website | www |
Instructors
editThe Las Vegas location features several MMA Instructors, including:Ray Sefo (Striking),Neil Melanson (Grappling *catch/sambo/BJJ), Dennis Davis (MMA/Grappling), Tim Lane (Striking/Conditioning), Kui Gonsalves-Kanoho (MMA/Striking), Patrick Begin (Grappling), & Kyle Griffin (Wrestling). Previous coaches included Gil Martinez, Brian Keck and Ron Frazier.[2]
Xtreme Couture's long-time head coach Robert Follis died in December 2017.[3]
Notable fighters
editSeveral fighters are affiliated with Xtreme Couture,[4] these include:
- Magomed Ankalaev - CurrentUFC Light Heavyweight Champion[5]
- Sean Strickland - FormerUFC Middleweight Champion
- Francis Ngannou - FormerUFC Heavyweight Champion
- Jiri Prochazka FormerUFC Light Heavyweight Champion
- Miesha Tate - Former Women's Bantamweight Champion (Strikeforce,UFC)
- Randy Couture - (UFC,RINGS)
- Amir Sadollah - (winner ofThe Ultimate Fighter 7,UFC)
- Evan Dunham (UFC)
- Frank Trigg - (PRIDE Fighting Championships,World Victory Road,Rumble on the Rock,UFC,BAMMA)
- Forrest Griffin - (KOTC,The Ultimate Fighter 1,UFC)
- Vitor Belfort - (UFC)
- Heath Herring - (PRIDE Fighting Championships,UFC)
- Jay Hieron - (IFL,UFC,Strikeforce,Affliction Entertainment,Bellator)
- John Alessio - (UFC,KOTC,PRIDE FC,WEC,Dream,MFC)
- John Gunderson (UFC)
- Martin Kampmann - (UFC)
- Mike Pyle (fighter) - (IFL,Elite Xtreme Combat,World Victory Road,Affliction Entertainment,UFC)
- Ray Sefo - (K-1,Strikeforce)
- Ryan Couture - (UFC,Strikeforce)
- Vinny Magalhaes (The Ultimate Fighter 8,M-1 Global,UFC)
- Kevin Lee (fighter) - (UFC,The Ultimate Fighter: Team Edgar vs. Team Penn)
- Tim Elliott – (UFC,The Ultimate Fighter: Tournament of Champions)
- Justin Jaynes - (UFC)
- Marvin Vettori - (UFC)
- Amir Albazi - (UFC)
- Javid Basharat - (UFC)
- Farid Basharat - (UFC)
- Magomed Ankalaev - (UFC)
Awards
edit- MMAjunkie.com
- 2020 Coach of the Year (Eric Nicksick; tied with Tyson Chartier)[6]
- 2021 Gym of the Year[7]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^Canadian Press (2008-06-01)."First Xtreme Couture gym in Canada opens".The Toronto Star. Retrieved2008-10-18.
- ^"Team XC".Xtreme Couture Mixed Martial Arts. RetrievedJanuary 13, 2021.
- ^Marc Raimondi (December 17, 2017)."Longtime MMA head coach Robert Follis dies". mmafighting.com.
- ^"Randy Couture Fighter". .xtremecouture.tv.
- ^Binoy, Kevin (3 March 2025)."Is Magomed Ankalaev Really Part of Team Khabib Nurmagomedov?".The SportsRush.
- ^Dan Tom (January 5, 2021)."MMA Junkie's 2020 'Coaches of the Year': Tyson Chartier and Eric Nicksick".MMAjunkie.com.
- ^Nolan King (January 7, 2022)."MMA Junkie's 2021 Gym of the Year: Xtreme Couture".MMAjunkie.com.