From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

Trevor Wittman

American martial arts coach (born 1974)

Summary

American martial arts coach (born 1974)

Field	Value
name	Trevor Wittman
birth_date
birth_place	Denver, Colorado, U.S.
children	2
occupation	Owner and trainer, ONX Sports
university	Colorado Institute of Art
spouse
url

Trevor Wittman (born March 5, 1974) is an American boxing and mixed martial arts coach. He is the founder of ONX Sports, a combat sports equipment company based in Golden, Colorado.

Training career

Compelled to retire from boxing at 21 years old after being diagnosed with a hyperinflated lung, Wittman transitioned to training boxers in the Denver metropolitan area. He founded T's K.O. Fight Club in Wheat Ridge, Colorado in March 1998. The business broadened its scope to include other combat sports such as mixed martial arts, eventually resulting in Wittman closing T's K.O. Fight Club and establishing the Grudge Training Center facility in Wheat Ridge in 2009. Grudge relocated to Arvada, Colorado in 2013. Having developed experience working with and making training equipment for fighters, in 2015 Wittman founded ONX Sports, a combat sports equipment company. To focus more attention on ONX Sports, Wittman closed down Grudge in November 2016, though he continues to train a few select fighters, including Rose Namajunas, Justin Gaethje, and Kamaru Usman.

Personal life

Wittman wrestled at Berlin High School, after which he moved to New Jersey, then to Colorado, where he attended the Colorado Institute of Art. Wittman married his wife Christina in 2005, and has a son and a daughter.

In 2021, it was reported that Wittman was diagnosed with Dupuytren's contracture, limiting his mobility. He has also lived with benign paroxysmal positional vertigo.

Notable fighters trained

Mixed martial arts

Aspen Ladd
Michael Bisping
Kamaru Usman
Rose Namajunas
Justin Gaethje
Stipe Miocic
T.J. Dillashaw
Donald Cerrone
Cory Sandhagen
Georges St-Pierre
Neil Magny
Matt Mitrione
Roy Nelson
Tyler Toner
Gerald Harris
Pat Barry
Tyler Stinson
Luke Caudillo
James McSweeney
Todd Duffee
Jon Madsen
Jared Hamman
Ed Herman
Justin Salas
Brandon Thatch
Rashad Evans
Shane Carwin
Melvin Guillard
Brandon Girtz
Nate Marquardt
Duane Ludwig
Cody Donovan
Alvin Robinson
Bobby Lashley
Keith Jardine
Paul Buentello
Justin Wren
Kevin Burns
Mike Wessel

Boxers

Manuel Perez
Verno Phillips
Juan Carlos Candelo
DeAndrey Abron
DaVarryl Williamson

Awards

World MMA Awards
- 2017 The Shawn Tompkins Coach of the Year
- 2019 – July 2020 The Shawn Tompkins Coach of the Year
- 2021 The Shawn Tompkins Coach of the Year
Voting period for 2019 awards ran from January 2019 to July 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Subsequently, the voting period for 2021 awards ran from July 2020 to July 2021.
MMAjunkie.com
- 2021 Coach of the Year
Yahoo! Sports
- 2020 Trainer of the Year
- 2021 Coach of the Year
Combat Press
- 2021 Coach of the Year

References

Mulei, Alessandro. (2009-08-26). "T's KO Fight Club". Five Knuckles.
Luevanos, Fernando. (2008-10-28). "Grudge Training Center". Sherdog.
Newman, Kyle. (13 April 2024). "Denver fighter Justin Gaethje sees a win at UFC 300 as springboard toward another shot at lightweight belt". The Denver Post.
(21 October 2010). "Famed trainer credits teacher with putting him on the right path". The Berlin Citizen.
(8 March 2012). "Mixing up martial arts". Boulder Weekly.
(15 October 2005). "You oughta know: Boxer/trainer Trevor Wittman". The Denver Post.
"Home".
"Home".
(April 19, 2021). "UFC 261 Countdown: Usman vs. Masvidal 2".
Mularski, Morgan. (4 November 2021). "How Trevor Wittman prepared Kamaru Usman, Rose Namajunas, Justin Gaethje and himself for UFC 268". [[ESPN]].
(22 March 2010). "Coach Trevor Wittman says Paul Buentello tapped out mainly due to pain from his dislocated finger".
"World MMA Awards 2018 Results". [[MMA Fighting]].
(December 27, 2020). "Amanda Nunes, Israel Adesanya, Jorge Masvidal pace major winners at World MMA Awards". [[MMAjunkie.com]].
(December 10, 2021). "2021 World MMA Awards Results". mmafighting.com.
Dan Tom. (January 5, 2022). "MMA Junkie's 2021 Coach of the Year: Trevor Wittman". [[MMAjunkie.com]].
read, Kevin IoleSenior boxing/MMA columnist·4 min. (2020-12-28). "Best of 2020: Yahoo Sports MMA Awards".
Kevin Iole. (December 29, 2021). "2021 MMA Awards: Best of the rest including top prospect, coach, submission and KO of the year". [[Yahoo! Sports]].
Matthew Petela. (February 1, 2022). "Combat Press 2021 MMA Awards: Coach of the Year – Trevor Wittman". combatpress.com.

Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

boxers-from-denver american-boxing-trainers mixed-martial-arts-trainers 1974-births living-people american-male-boxers 20th-century-american-sportsmen

Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about Trevor Wittman — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report