what pro fighters have you trained with?

[Chute Boxe SP]

Originally Posted by ffejk

Shogun, Dida, Wanderlei, Jon Jones, bunch of other Chute Boxe/Kings MMA guys

Chute Boxe........HEYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!

[ffejk]

Originally Posted by Chute Boxe SP

Chute Boxe........HEYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!

Ill be down in Brasil Dec 20 - Jan 6. Mostly just hanging out and some training at Evolucao Thai w Dida... Heyyyy

[RaskeDanzig]

Not really a pro fighter but my brother's old high school wrestling coach who i'd wrestle with when i went to my brothers practices as a kid was Jay Valencia, who fought Faber in Faber's pro debut. Jay is mostly known for getting KTFO by Paulo Danatas in kotc, though.

edit:
Here's Jay vs Faber
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ue4SJ9PnfHU

[WorldBeyond]

Gustafsson and his boxing coach, Jørgen Kruth briefly, Joakim Engberg, Brandon Vera, Papy Abedi, Einemo, Dean Lister, Megumi Fujii + a few others.

[ScottBlevinsGOD]

Originally Posted by TheeFaulted

I've done lots of boxing with training with pros who are not known.

I have trained wrestling with Matt Hughes though.

Is he one of the strongest people you've ever wrestled with like everyone else says?

[Chute Boxe SP]

Originally Posted by ffejk

Ill be down in Brasil Dec 20 - Jan 6. Mostly just hanging out and some training at Evolucao Thai w Dida... Heyyyy

Nice! You´ll be in Curitiba? I am far from there but if you need anything while you are down here, hit me up. I am in Americana, São Paulo

[betyourlife82]

I once beat a guy up in Boston that looked a lot like Kenny Florian...

[T Hab]

Ivan Menjivar, David Loiseau, Firas Zahabi, and a handful of others from the Tri-Star old guard. I've trained in the same room as many of the newer guys, but not really with them (just because GSP has watched me spar doesn't mean I've trained with him IMO). Montreal isn't my home anymore, so I don't go back often enough. I've also trained with a few non-famous pro boxers.

Menjivar used to be built like a truck. He's short, but walked around at almost 190. He wasn't fat though. He was all muscle. I think he realized that the excess meat wasn't doing him any favours as he needed more speed to compete at the highest levels. When I first sparred with him, I was known as the leg kick guy around the gym. They threw me in against him because he wasn't used to leg kicks. For about two weeks I could slap him around by taking out his legs at will. Those were the days. By week three, he was used to it, and I could never touch him again. The guy learned and adapted to everything new ridiculously quickly.

I remember Loiseau coming back being upset about the Franklin decision. He bloodied Franklin with a lot of elbows and felt that the judges scorecards should have reflected that fact. For what it's worth, I see his point. He was always full of energy and brightened up the gym.

Firas is and always was a class act. Back in the early days (before he was heard of on Sherdog), he had a difficult time with Muay Thai. I remember in his first fight, he was so used to grappling that he started to go for a take-down and nearly caught a knee to the face, which was illegal under the Quebec amateur rules, but it frankly would have been his own fault. After an awkward time resisting his urges to tear his opponent's limbs off, he settled down and won. Firas did become an excellent thai boxer, but even then his best talents lay in communication. I'm not surprised that he's been so successful as a trainer. He worked hard at it and he has a natural talent for teaching.

[hell wall]

got to spar ex-pro boxer buck smith had really good head movement and good reflexes he beat me up haha http://youtu.be/2UEW49I0o_g