Team Kaobon
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| Est. | 2002 (as "Fighters and Fitness") |
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| Founded by | Colin Heron (originally founded as "Fighters and Fitness" |
| Primary trainers |
Colin Heron (Head coach) Marcelo Brigadeiro (Luta Livre coach) Shane Rigby (Wrestling coach) Andy Aspinall (Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu coach) Juddas Clottey (Boxing coach) |
| Current titleholders |
Mark Adams - BAMMA Featherweight champion Neil Adams - K-1 UK Max champion and various kickboxing/thaiboxing titles Rob Sinclair - BAMMA Lightweight champion |
| Prominent fighters |
Terry Etim (UFC) Paul Kelly (UFC) Paul Taylor (UFC) Paul Sass (UFC) Mark Adams (BAMMA Featherweight champion) Martin Stapleton (former Ultimate Fighter participant) |
| Training facilities |
 Liverpool, England Chester, England London, England |
| Website | Team Kaobon Homepage |
Team Kaobon formerly known as Fighters and Fitness[1] is a mixed martial arts team from Liverpool, England. The team is known for being the training camp of multiple English lightweight fighters based in the Ultimate Fighting Championships - the top MMA organisation - as well as domestically.
Background
Team Kaobon one of a few MMA gyms based in Liverpool, England (such as The Wolfslair and Next Generation MMA) and was formerly known as "Fighters and Fitness".[2] It has been home to many MMA fighters who have competed domestically in promotions like BAMMA, as well as abroad in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. The gym has undergone changes in recent years, to which Colin Heron, the founder attributed to the growth of the sport of Mixed Martial Arts. In an interview in 2010, he stated: "Kaobon originally started out as a pure Muay Thai gym. I've been doing Thai boxing for over 30 years, teaching it since I was 15. We've always been successful. Now as MMA seems to be taking over, we've got 10 times as many MMA fighters as we do Thai boxers. The lessons here are huge. Evening classes can carry 110 people; we’re constantly updating and putting extra classes on to accommodate it. There are new people daily."[2]
Notable fighters
The following notable fighters have been associated with Team Kaobon
- Mark Adams - BAMMA veteran and BAMMA Featherweight champion
- Terry Etim - UFC
- Paul Kelly - UFC veteran
- Paul Sass - UFC fighter and holder of 7 consecutive triangle choke victories
- Martin Stapleton - former contestant on The Ultimate Fighter: US vs. UK
- Paul Taylor - UFC veteran
References
- ↑ "Welcome to Team Kaobon". kaobon.com. Retrieved August 2, 2010.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Kaobon: A fight team in a fight town". sherdog.com. April 6, 2010.
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