Greg Jackson (MMA trainer)
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| Est. | 1992 |
|---|---|
| Founded by | Greg Jackson |
| Primary trainers | Greg Jackson Mike Winkeljohn Chris Luttrell Chad LeMoine |
| Current titleholders | Georges St-Pierre Welterweight Champion (UFC 2008) 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st) |
| Past titleholders | Rashad Evans Light-Heavyweight Champion (UFC 2009) 205 lb (93 kg); Andrei Arlovski Heavyweight Champion (UFC 2005) 265 lb (120 kg; 18.9 st) Shane Carwin Interim Heavyweight Champion (UFC 2010) 265 lb (120 kg; 18.9 st) |
| Prominent fighters | Georges St-Pierre (UFC) Rashad Evans (UFC) Nate Marquardt (UFC) Keith Jardine (UFC) Karo Parisyan (UFC) David Loiseau (UFC) Joey Villasenor (StrikeForce) Jason MacDonald (MFC) Julie Kedzie (Bodog Fight) Carlos Condit (UFC) Shane Carwin (UFC) Joe Stevenson (UFC) Donald Cerrone (WEC) Leonard Garcia (WEC) Jon Jones (UFC) Andrei Arlovski (Strikeforce) |
| Training facilities |  Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| Website | Jackson’s Winkeljohn's MMA official website |
Greg Jackson is a mixed martial arts trainer, who operates the Jackson's Submission Fighting training camp in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Jackson has trained several successful fighters, including current UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre.
History
In 1992, he founded his own martial art, Gaidojutsu, which combines wrestling with basic judo locks. He then developed his art by adding techniques from other styles such as Wrestling, Grappling, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Kickboxing. His school officially turned into an MMA school in 2000.
Sherdog.com reports that fighters from Jackson's camp have a win percentage of 81%.[1] Other notable fighters include UFC veteran Keith Jardine, former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Rashad Evans, former WEC Welterweight Champion Carlos Condit, former King of Pancrase Nate Marquardt, light heavyweight prospect Jon Jones, HeavyweightShane Carwin and former UFC Heavyweight Champion Andrei Arlovski.[2]
Greg Jackson won two World MMA Awards for "Best Coach" and "Best Gym" in 2009.[3]
Greg Jackson trained "The Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin for several years and the two became good friends. Jackson attended Irwin's funeral in Australia[citation needed].
Greg Jackson was named the 12th most powerful man in MMA by Fight! magazine in 2008.[4] In 2009 he moved up to #8.[5]
In 2009 Greg released an instructional book about his fighting style called, "Jackson's MMA - The Stand Up Game."[6]
Notable fighters
- Georges St-Pierre
– UFC Welterweight champion[7][8] - Rashad Evans – Former UFC Light Heavyweight champion, The Ultimate Fighter 2 heavyweight winner
- Nate Marquardt – former 7-time King of Pancrase; UFC veteran
- Shane Carwin – Former UFC Interim Heavyweight champion
- Keith Jardine – UFC,The Ultimate Fighter 2 contestant
- Joey Villasenor – PRIDE, Elite XC veteran
- Jon Jones – UFC
- Roger Huerta – UFC veteran
- Donald Cerrone – WEC veteran
- Leonard Garcia – WEC, UFC
- Joe Stevenson – UFC veteran,The Ultimate Fighter 2 welterweight winner
- David Loiseau – UFC veteran, TKO, Elite XC veteran
- Kyle Noke
– Elite XC, Warriors Real, cast member on The Ultimate Fighter 11 - Jason MacDonald – UFC, TKO veteran
- Rolles Gracie Jr.
– UFC, AOW, IFL - Carlos Condit – former WEC Welterweight champion, UFC
- Julie Kedzie – Elite XC, BodogFIGHT veteran
- Yoshiyuki Yoshida
– UFC, Cage Force Welterweight Grand prix winner[9] - Melvin Guillard – UFC
- Aaron Riley – UFC
- Damacio Page – WEC
- Cub Swanson - WEC
- Karo Parisyan
– UFC veteran - Michelle Waterson – Strikeforce
- Clay Guida – UFC
- Andrei Arlovski
– Strikeforce, former UFC Heavyweight Champion - Brendan Schaub – runner-up on The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights
- James McSweeney
– cast member on The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights
Former fighters
External links
References
- ^ "BEST TEAM RECORDS]. Sherdog. September 15, 2007". Retrieved 2007-09-15.
- ^ Arlovski to Train with Jackson’s Academy
- ^ http://www.onlineawards.co.uk/fightersonly/2009Winners.asp
- ^ http://www.fightmagazine.com/mma-magazine/mma-article.asp?aid=110&issid=11
- ^ http://www.mixedmartialarts.com/mma.cfm?go=blogs.detail&blog=16853
- ^ http://www.amazon.com/Jacksons-Mixed-Martial-Arts-Stand/dp/0981504450/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239716362&sr=1-2
- ^ http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=news.detail&gid=79761
- ^ http://www.411mania.com/MMA/columns/98150
- ^ http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2009/5/27/889829/greg-jackson-talks-yoshida
- ^ "Fighter list". Jackson's MMA. 2008. Retrieved 2009-02-20.
- ^ "Diego Sanchez leaves Jackson's Submission Fighting". UFC Daily. 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-07.
- ^ "DIEGO SANCHEZ FINALLY EXPLAINS GREG JACKSON SPLIT". "Mr. Sunshine" Steve Cofield and CBSSports.com’s Sam Caplan. 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-08.