Trevor Wittman
Trevor Wittman (born March 5, 1974 in Denver, Colorado) is an American boxing and MMA trainer.[1][2]
Training career
Trevor is the owner of T's KO Fight Club/Gym in Wheat Ridge, Colorado.[3] Trevor also just opened up Grudge Training Center in Denver, Colorado.[4] He was one of the Trainers that Rashad Evans brought in for the UFC's show The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights.[5] In one of the episodes he chewed out fighter Roy Nelson for not taking his training seriously and challenged him with “Do you want to get knocked out again?” bringing up the heavyweights loss to Andrei Arlovski at EliteXC: Heat.[6]
On working with Shane Carwin, Trevor said, "I remember in amateur boxing days you’d get hit by the Mexican fighters and it didn’t look like they were throwing them technically correct at all, but man when they hit you, you were like, “What the heck?” He’s just born with that power man. There’s just some things you can teach to make people hit harder, but you can’t teach natural power like Shane has. He was just born genetically strong."[7]
Personal life
Trevor began boxing after training in karate and would fall in love with boxing. A lung injury from boxing forced him to retire but he now trains fighters.[8]
Notable MMA fighters trained
- Mike Wessel
- John Howard
- Matt Mitrione
- Roy Nelson
- Tyler Toner
- Gerald Harris
- Pat Barry
- Rose Namajunas
- Tyler Stinson
- Luke Caudillo
- James McSweeney
- Todd Duffee
- Donald Cerrone
- Jon Madsen
- Neil Magny
- Jared Hamman
- Ed Herman
- Stipe Miocic
- Justin Salas
- Georges St-Pierre
- Brandon Thatch
- Rashad Evans
- Shane Carwin
- Melvin Guillard
- Nate Marquardt
- Duane Ludwig
- Brendan Schaub
- Cody Donovan
- Alvin Robinson
- Bobby Lashley
- Keith Jardine
- Paul Buentello[9]
- Justin Wren
- Kevin Burns
Boxers trained
References
- ↑ Mulei, Alessandro (2009-08-26). "T's KO Fight Club". Five Knuckles. Retrieved 2010-06-26.
- ↑ Luevanos, Fernando (2008-10-28). "Grudge Training Center". Sherdog. Retrieved 2010-06-26.
- ↑ http://www.fiveknuckles.com/mma-camp/Ts-KO-Fight-Club.html
- ↑ http://www.purefight.org/speaker/2311-/video
- ↑ http://www.fighthype.com/pages/content5885.html
- ↑ http://urdirt.com/2009/10/10/trevor-wittman-says-shane-carwin-is-the-next-big-thing-guarantees-he-will-knockout-brock-lesnar/
- ↑ Bratcher, Jack (2010-04-27). "Trevor Compares Carwin to Mexican Fighters". Pro MMA Now. Retrieved 2010-06-26.
- ↑ http://www.purefight.org/coverage/234491-tsko/video/120053-trevor-wittman
- ↑ http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2010/3/22/1385753/coach-trevor-wittman-says-paul