Blackzilians

Blackzilians
Est. 2011
Primary trainers
  • Neil Melanson
  • Jorge Santiago
Past titleholders
Training facilities Boca Raton, Florida
Website http://www.blackzilians.com/

The Blackzilians is a defunct professional team of fighters in mixed martial arts, boxing, kickboxing, wrestling and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu located in Southern, Florida. They are most well known for being the team that includes former UFC light heavyweight champions 'Sugar' Rashad Evans and Vitor Belfort and former UFC lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez.

Founding of the Blackzilians

Owned by Glenn Robinson, the supercamp, commonly referred to as the Blackzilians, started when MMA fighters Jorge Santiago, Danillo Villefort, Yuri Villefort, and Gesias Cavalcante decided to leave American Top Team. Glenn Robinson, CEO of Authentic Sports Management, which manages these fighters, found a small gym in Boca Raton, Florida that only had 6 guys training out of it. Robinson struck a deal with Imperial Athletics to take over rent payments on the gym. Robinson then relocated the team to the world class training facility JACO Hybrid Training Center in Boca Raton. Rashad Evans met Robinson through one of his partners, John Rubenstein, and Rashad's manager at the time Jervis Cole. Robinson and Evans hit it off and Evans asked Robinson to take over as his manager. Michael Johnson was brought in as a temporary training partner for a few weeks, and he liked the atmosphere so much he never left. As they brought in training partners for up and coming fights, the trend continued. Many of the guys brought in for a training camp decided not to leave, and the Blackzilians have become a supercamp full of a number of notable MMA fighters.[1] The name Blackzilians was coined when Strikeforce Middleweight Danillo Villefort was looking through their management's website and pointed out to Robinson that every fighter (at the time) was Black or Brazilian, and the name stuck.[2]

Instructors


Notable fighters

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Glenn Robinson: The Man Behind The Blackzilians". Bloody Elbow. Retrieved 2014-01-14.
  2. 1 2 "Video: How the Blackzilians Got Its Name". Sherdog.com. 2012-08-18. Retrieved 2014-01-14.
  3. ↑ Time Till Next Fight (2013-04-03). "Two-Time Olympic Gold Medalist And Champion Guillermo Rigondeaux Joins The Blackzilians, Becomes The Team’S First Pro Boxer". BlackZilians. Retrieved 2014-01-14.
  4. ↑ Idel Torriente's profile blackzilians.com
  5. ↑ GLORY 15: Randy 'Boom Boom' Blake talks Jean-Claude Van Damme, Chuck Norris, training with Tyrone Spong, and more!
  6. ↑ Daniel Ghita moving to Florida to train with Overeem and "Blackzilian" team by Dave Walsh (liverkick.com) 24 February 2012
  7. 1 2 3 4 K-1 Champ Murthel Groenhart is Training with Alistair Overeem at Blackzillians
  8. ↑ Paul Slowinski to debut in MMA September 21 on MMA Downunder 4
  9. ↑ Andrei Stoica training at The Blackzilians
  10. ↑ "Tyrone Spong Returns to His Roots, Faces Melvin Manhoef This Weekend". MMAWeekly.com. 2012-01-27. Retrieved 2014-01-14.
  11. ↑ ""Suga" Rashad Evans - Official UFC® Fighter Profile". Ufc.com. 2013-11-17. Retrieved 2014-01-14.
  12. ↑ "Vitor Belfort Joins Blackzilians; Rashad Evans to Serve as Head Coach for UFC 152 Training Camp". MMA Fighting. Retrieved 2014-01-14.
  13. ↑ http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2013/4/23/4257552/ufc-mauricio-rua-training-cezar-mutante-blackzilians-mma-newsh. Retrieved June 13, 2013. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  14. ↑ "Belfort and the shelf life of a 'Phenom' - MMA Blog - ESPN". Sports.espn.go.com. Retrieved 2014-01-14.
  15. 1 2 3 4 5 Meet the Blackzilians: A Family of World Class Coaches and Fighters By Joshua Carey (bleacherreport.com) on December 23, 2011
  16. ↑ Imperial Martial Arts and Fitness Center (2013-11-17). "Fabio Mello | Imperial Martial Arts and Fitness Center". Imperialathletics.com. Archived from the original on 2014-01-16. Retrieved 2014-01-14.
  17. ↑ Imperial Martial Arts and Fitness Center (2013-11-17). "Marcus Aurelio | Imperial Martial Arts and Fitness Center". Imperialathletics.com. Retrieved 2014-01-14.
  18. ↑ "Siyar Bahadurzada Joins Blackzilians". 5thRound.com. 2012-06-28. Retrieved 2014-01-14.
  19. ↑ "Antes de voltar ao Strikeforce, Guto analisa duelo Belfort x Jones". TATAME. Retrieved 2014-01-14.
  20. ↑ Luiz Firmino's profile blackzilians.com
  21. ↑ Claude Patrick's profile blackzilians.com
  22. ↑ Ryan LaFlare's profile blackzilians.com
  23. ↑ Tom Niinimäki's profile blackzilians.com
  24. ↑ Volkan Oezdemir's profile blackzilians.com
  25. ↑ Beslan Isaev's profile blackzilians.com
  26. ↑ Musa Khamanaev's profile blackzilians.com
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