Xtreme Couture Mixed Martial Arts

Xtreme Couture Mixed Martial Arts is an American mixed martial arts training organization headed by former UFC Champion and former co-founder of Team Quest, Randy Couture. Xtreme Couture was founded with the flagship gym in Las Vegas. Since then, the franchise has spread to other cities in the United States and Canada. Xtreme Couture Las Vegas is one of the largest gyms (over 24,000 square feet (2,200 m2)), most recognized brands and MMA gyms in the world where many past and current top MMA fighters train.[1]

Xtreme Couture Mixed Martial Arts
Est.2006
Founded byRandy Couture
Primary trainersRandy Couture (Head Trainer)
Ray Sefo
Eric Nicksick
Dennis Davis (Team Coach)
Current titleholdersRyan Bader The Ultimate Fighter 8 winner

205 lb (93 kg) Bellator Light Heavyweight and Heavyweight World Champion

Miesha Tate - Former UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion
Vinny Magalhaes Light Heavyweight champion (M-1 Global) 205 lb (93 kg)
Michael Chandler Lightweight champion (Bellator) 155 lb (70 kg)
Past titleholdersRandy Couture Heavyweight champion (UFC) 265 lb (120 kg); Light heavyweight champion (UFC) 205 lb (93 kg); Hall of Fame (UFC)

Vitor Belfort heavyweight champion (UFC) 265 lb (120 kg); UFC 12 Heavyweight Tournament Winner 265 lb (120 kg)
Forrest Griffin Light Heavyweight champion (UFC) 205 lb (93 kg); The Ultimate Fighter 1 winner 205 lb (93 kg; 14.6 st); Hall of Fame (UFC)

Alistair Overeem Heavyweight champion (Strikeforce) 265 lb (120 kg); interim Heavyweight champion (Dream) 265 lb (120 kg); K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 champion 220 lb (100 kg)
Jay Hieron Welterweight champion (IFL) 170 lb (77 kg); Bellator Welterweight Tournament Winner 2011 170 lb (77 kg)
Guram Gugenishvili heavyweight champion (M-1 Global) 265 lb (120 kg)

Amir Sadollah The Ultimate Fighter 7 winner 185 lb (84 kg)
Prominent fightersRandy Couture (UFC)
Tyson Griffin (UFC)
Forrest Griffin (UFC)
Jay Hieron (Bellator)
Evan Dunham (UFC)
Martin Kampmann (UFC)
Vinny Magalhaes (M-1 Global)
Amir Sadollah (UFC)
Ryan Bader (Bellator)
Alistair Overeem (UFC)
Training facilities Las Vegas, Nevada
Wellington, Florida
Astoria, New York
Toronto, Ontario
WebsiteXtremeCoutureMMA.com

Instructors

The 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

Several fighters are affiliated with Xtreme Couture,[4] these include:

Awards
  • MMAjunkie.com
    • 2020 Coach of the Year (Eric Nicksick; tied with Tyson Chartier)[5]

See also
  • List of Top Professional MMA Training Camps

References
  1. Canadian Press (2008-06-01). "First Xtreme Couture gym in Canada opens". The Toronto Star. Retrieved 2008-10-18.
  2. "Team XC". Xtreme Couture Mixed Martial Arts. Retrieved January 13, 2021.
  3. Marc Raimondi (December 17, 2017). "Longtime MMA head coach Robert Follis dies". mmafighting.com.
  4. "Randy Couture Fighter". .xtremecouture.tv.
  5. Dan Tom (January 5, 2021). "MMA Junkie's 2020 'Coaches of the Year': Tyson Chartier and Eric Nicksick". MMAjunkie.com.
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