The Evolve Fight Team prepares for ONE FC!
ONE Fighting Championship is just around the corner! It's going to be the biggest MMA event that Asia has ever seen and it will be held in the Singapore Indoor Stadium on September 3. The Evolve Fight Team kicked off its 8 week training camp at the beginning of July. It is now towards the end of the training camp with only 2 weeks left until the big fights. The Evolve Fight Team has been training incredibly hard and everyone is in phenomenal shape for this point in the training camp. Everyone on the team is fully aware of how big this opportunity is. The media has labeled ONE Fighting Championship as the "UFC of Asia" with over 500 million viewers. For many of our fighters, it is the biggest fight of their lives. You can read about the expert predictions for the fights by clicking here. A few of our fighters are heavy underdogs in their matchups. So the training has been particularly tough. If you haven’t already done so, please be sure to support the Evolve Fight Team and get your tickets for ONE Fighting Championship by going online here. Even though the Evolve Fight Team has the highest win percentage (94%) in Asia and is widely recognized as the #1 fight team in Asia, it needs your support on the biggest night in history for our fighters!
As the Evolve Fight Team heads into the final weeks of preparation, there will be some legendary guests flying to train with the Evolve Fight Team.
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| Master Renzo Gracie |
First, MMA Legend Renzo Gracie will be flying into Singapore and will be working intensively with Kru Chatri Sityodtong to help Evolve MMA fighters Mitch Chilson, Leandro Issa, Radeem Rahman, Zorobabel Moreira, Yodsanan Sityodtong, and Eddie Ng. Kru Chatri was recently named the top MMA coach in Asia by a few of the leading MMA online magazines such as MMA-Japan, The Bleacher Report, Bloody Elbow, etc. Renzo is one of the top coaches in the world and will be working closely with Kru Chatri to lead the Evolve Fight Team. In his prime, Renzo was one of the greatest MMA fighters of his generation and faced a who’s who of opponents, including Frank Shamrock, Matt Hughes, BJ Penn and Dan Henderson. His professional career lasted a staggering 18 years. His knowledge and experience inside the cage is unrivaled. Evolve MMA is closely affiliated with Renzo Gracie because Kru Chatri received his blue belt in BJJ under Renzo Gracie while he lived in New York. (Evolve MMA is currently the only Renzo Gracie Academy for Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in Asia.) When Renzo heard that so many members of The Evolve Fight Team were going to be involved in such a prestigious and high profile event, he immediately offered to fly down to Singapore to help the team to prepare.
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| Gregor Gracie |
BJJ Champion Gregor Gracie
Second, representing Team Renzo Gracie at ONE Fighting Championship, Gregor Gracie will be doing his finishing touches of his training camp at Evolve MMA. Gregor is one of the most promising fighters of the new generation of Gracies and sports a professional MMA record of 5-1. A pioneer in Asian MMA, Renzo made huge name for himself in Japan by fighting everyone. Gregor is following in the footsteps of Renzo as he gets set to make his Asian debut against Sanda champion Wang Sai.
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| DREAM FC Lightweight World Champion Shinya Aoki |
DREAM FC Lightweight World Champion Shinya Aoki
Third, both Dream Lightweight World Champion Shinya Aoki and UFC Lightweight contender Rafael Dos Anjos will also be back training in Singapore in early August. They are both members of the Evolve Fight Team. Shinya Aoki will kick off his training camp on Monday August 8 in Singapore under the guidance of Kru Chatri Sityodtong and the rest of the world-class instructor team. He will be defending his title in Japan at DREAM FC 17 on September 24 against former WEC Champions Razor Rob McCullough. Shinya is looking to upgrade his Muay Thai aggressively under all the world champions at Evolve MMA such as Namsaknoi Yudthagarngamtorn, Attachai Fairtex, Anuwat Kaewsamrit, Orono Wor Petchpun, Kongtoranee Payakaroon, and many others.
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| UFC and Pride FC Veteran Phil Baroni |
UFC and Pride FC Veteran Phil Baroni
Lastly, representing AKA (one of the top MMA camps in the US), Phil Baroni is a UFC and Pride veteran who will be coming to Evolve MMA to finalize his training camp for his fight against UFC veteran Yoshiyuki Yoshida at ONE Fighting Championship on September 3. Baroni contacted Kru Chatri last month and graciously asked if he could train with the Evolve Fight Team for the last part of his training camp.
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| Chatri Sityodtong and some members of the Evolve Fight Team |
August will be a very busy month for Evolve MMA. If you see Gregor, Phil, Zoro, Mitch, Brodinho, Yodsanan, Eddie, Shinya, or Radeem around the place, please be sure to wish them luck in their upcoming fights. You can also expect to see tons of media at Evolve MMA this month as our fighters and coaches are asked to do tons of media interviews for the build-up into the fights. Finally, the new and expanded Evolve PoMo academy will be opening at the end of the month! It's going to be a great training month!
Evolve Mixed Martial Arts® is Asia's premier brand of MMA academies. With World Champions in Muay Thai, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Mixed Martial Arts, Boxing, and No Gi Grappling, Evolve MMA is the top martial arts training organization in Asia. It ranks among the best martial arts academies in the world.
