Rico Chiapparelli

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Rico Chiapparelli is a native of Baltimore Maryland. He is also known as the "Baltimore Butcher." Junior National champion as a senior in high school, he then was a standout wrestler for the University of Iowa, where he was an NCAA national champion in 1987 at 177 lbs.^[1] After college, he went on to win a USA senior freestyle championship in 1989 at 180.5 lbs.^[2] Currently, Chiapparelli is a mixed martial arts, submission wrestling, and wrestling instructor, as well as an MMA coach.^{[citation needed]} Some of his notable professional fighters include Randy Couture, Frank Trigg, Vladimir Matyushenko and Mac Danzig.^[3]

References

↑ "1987 NCAA wrestling championships".
↑ "U.S. freestyle wrestling champions".
↑ "As explained by Joe Rogan at 1:21:00 on the JRE @267". 2012-09-25.

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