Kings MMA

Kings MMA is a mixed martial arts (MMA) gym located in Huntington Beach, California,[3][4][5] headed by coach Rafael Cordeiro.[6][7][8] A successful mixed martial artist in his native Brazil, Cordeiro moved to the United States in 2008, he was previously affiliated with and was an instructor in the pioneer MMA gym Chute Boxe. In 2010, he founded the Kings MMA gym.[9]

Kings MMA
Est.2010[1]
Founded byRafael Cordeiro
Primary trainersRafael Cordeiro
Ricardo Testai[2]
Current titleholdersNone
Past titleholdersWanderlei Silva Middleweight Champion (Pride 2001-2006) 205 lb (93 kg; 14.6 st)
Mauricio Rua Light Heavyweight Champion (UFC 2010) 205 lb (93 kg; 14.6 st)
Lyoto Machida Light Heavyweight Champion (UFC 2009) 205 lb (93 kg; 14.6 st)
Fabrício Werdum Heavyweight Champion (UFC 2015-2016) 236 lb (107 kg; 16.9 st)
Rafael dos Anjos Lightweight Champion (UFC 2015-2016) 155 lb (70 kg; 11.1 st)
Training facilitiesHuntington Beach, California, United States
Websitehttp://www.kingsmma.com/

Coach Cordeiro and Kings MMA have been nominees for the 2014 World MMA Awards "Best coach of the year" and "Best gym of the year", respectively.[10] Cordeiro had won the 2012 and 2016 coach of the year awards.[11][12] Kings MMA is one of the top professional MMA training camps.

Notable fighters

Mixed martial arts

Awards
  • Combat Press
    • 2015 Coach of the Year - Rafael Cordeiro[13]
    • 2015 Gym of the Year[14]

See also

References
  1. History — Kings MMA
  2. Kings MMA Huntington Beach
  3. "All in the Family: Rafael Dos Anjos and Kings MMA". Fightland.
  4. "Sherdog's Top 10: Training Camps". Sherdog.
  5. "UFC 180: Fabricio Werdum Training at Kings MMA". UFC. 14 September 2018.
  6. "One-on-One with Rafael Cordeiro". Sherdog.
  7. "FN Video: Fight News Now: Cordeiro on Kings MMA & Chute Boxe". fightnetwork.com.
  8. "UFC title hopeful Rafael dos Anjos wants to follow Fabricio Werdum's path". MMAjunkie. 9 December 2014.
  9. https://www.instagram.com/p/B_0BzPRpdPI/
  10. Paul Quigley. "7th Annual Fighters Only World MMA Awards winners list". fightersonlymag.com. Archived from the original on 2016-01-05.
  11. Bryan Tucker (11 January 2013). "World MMA Awards 2012 Results". MMA Fighting.
  12. Bryan Tucker (5 February 2016). "World MMA Awards 2016 Results". MMA Fighting.
  13. Zach Aittama. "Combat Press 2015 MMA Awards: Coach of the Year – Rafael Cordeiro". Combat Press. Retrieved 30 Dec 2015.
  14. "Combat Press 2015 MMA Awards: Gym of the Year – Kings MMA". Combat Press. Retrieved 2016-01-01.


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