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From 1998 to 2003 he was a professional boxer where he obtained an undefeated boxing Record of 8–0 with 6 knockouts. A detached retina brought an abrupt end to his boxing career. Parillo took a two-year break and began to train others full time. [3] [2] [4] Pat Tenore, founder of RVCA, and friend of Parillo, was sponsoring MMA fighter, B.J. Penn.
Cesar Gracie Jiu-Jitsu is a mixed martial arts and Brazilian jiu-jitsu gym based in Pleasant Hill, California. The gym features professional fighters who have competed in many major promotions, such as the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) , PRIDE Fighting Championships , DREAM , and Strikeforce .
In 1995, Mendez defeated Conrad Pla (founder of Tristar Gym) via split decision to win the vacant ISKA Light Heavyweight Championship. [2] [5] In 1996, Mendez became exposed to Mixed Martial Arts (MMA), when local UFC fighter Brian Johnston sought out Mendez to help him improve his kickboxing ability. That exposure led other fighters like to ...
Rafael Cordeiro (born June 1, 1973) is a Brazilian mixed martial arts (MMA) coach and founder of MMA Gym, Kings MMA. He is best known for training multiple MMA world champions. He is best known for training multiple MMA world champions.
The American Kickboxing Academy (AKA) is a martial arts gym based in San Jose, California. It is one of the pioneering schools of mixed martial arts (MMA). There are two locations in San Jose, AKA headquarters and their sister academy in South San Jose. In 2014 AKA opened AKA Thailand Gym in Phuket Thailand.
Other co-founding members of the gym are BJJ coach Alex Schild and strength and conditioning coach Andrew Wood who were also coaches at Tiger Muay Thai. [2] [4] [5] All four were part of the team that coached UFC Featherweight Champion, Alexander Volkanovski. [4] [5] The gym officially opened for April 2022 after some delay.
Muñoz began his amateur MMA career in 2014 after competing across various BJJ organizations, compiling a 3–0 record, finishing all his bouts in the first round. After going pro the next year, Muñoz captured his biggest title in Jiu Jitsu in 2016, winning the SJJIF World Jiu-Jitsu Championship title in his weight class.
Yuri Simões (born June 18, 1990) is a Brazilian grappler, BJJ practitioner and mixed martial artist who has competed in the ONE Championship. [3] He is a three time ADCC World Champion in two different weight divisions.