Surf Wiki
Save to docs
general/2006-establishments-in-nevada

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

Xtreme Couture Mixed Martial Arts

Mixed martial arts training organization in Las Vegas

Summary

Mixed martial arts training organization in Las Vegas

Eric Nicksick (Head Coach) Dennis Davis (Team Coach)

USA Wellington, Florida USA Astoria, New York Canada Toronto, Ontario

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 24000 sqft) and most recognized brands and MMA gyms in the world, where many past and current top MMA fighters train.

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.

Xtreme Couture's long-time head coach Robert Follis died in December 2017.

Notable fighters

Several fighters are affiliated with Xtreme Couture, these include:

  • Magomed Ankalaev - Former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion
  • Sean Strickland - Former UFC Middleweight Champion
  • Francis Ngannou - Current PFL Heavyweight Champion; Former UFC Heavyweight Champion
  • Jiri Prochazka Former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion
  • Miesha Tate - Former Women's Bantamweight Champion (Strikeforce, UFC)
  • Randy Couture - (UFC, RINGS)
  • Edmen Shahbazyan - (UFC)
  • Amir Sadollah - (winner of The 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)
  • Daniel Zellhuber - (UFC)
  • Justin Jaynes - (UFC)
  • Marvin Vettori - (UFC)
  • Amir Albazi - (UFC)
  • Javid Basharat - (UFC)
  • Farid Basharat - (UFC)
  • Chris Curtis - (UFC)

Awards

  • MMAjunkie.com
    • 2020 Coach of the Year (Eric Nicksick; tied with Tyson Chartier)
    • 2021 Gym of the Year

References

References

  1. Canadian Press. (2008-06-01). "First Xtreme Couture gym in Canada opens". The Toronto Star.
  2. "Team XC". Xtreme Couture Mixed Martial Arts.
  3. Marc Raimondi. (December 17, 2017). "Longtime MMA head coach Robert Follis dies". mmafighting.com.
  4. "Randy Couture Fighter". .xtremecouture.tv.
  5. (3 March 2025). "Is Magomed Ankalaev Really Part of Team Khabib Nurmagomedov?".
  6. Dan Tom. (January 5, 2021). "MMA Junkie's 2020 'Coaches of the Year': Tyson Chartier and Eric Nicksick". [[MMAjunkie.com]].
  7. Nolan King. (January 7, 2022). "MMA Junkie's 2021 Gym of the Year: Xtreme Couture". [[MMAjunkie.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.

2006-establishments-in-nevada mixed-martial-arts-training-facilities
Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about Xtreme Couture Mixed Martial Arts — 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