Rico Chiapparelli

Rico Chiapparelli is a native of Baltimore Maryland. He is also known as the "Baltimore Butcher." Junior National champion as a senior in high school, he then was a standout wrestler for the University of Iowa, where he was an NCAA national champion in 1987 at 177 lbs.[1] After college, he went on to win a USA senior freestyle championship in 1989 at 180.5 lbs.[2] Currently, Chiapparelli is a mixed martial arts, submission wrestling, and wrestling instructor, as well as an MMA coach. Some of his notable professional fighters include Randy Couture, Frank Trigg, Vladimir Matyushenko and Mac Danzig.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "1987 NCAA wrestling championships" (PDF).
  2. ↑ "U.S. freestyle wrestling champions".
  3. ↑ "As explained by Joe Rogan at 1:21:00 on the JRE @267". 2012-09-25.


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