Ray Longo

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| birth_place = Astoria, Queens, U.S.

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| team = Serra-Longo Fight Team

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| university = St. John's University

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Ray Longo is a mixed martial arts (MMA) coach, stunt man and actor.{{cite news |title=Olympic Boxing a Sport to Watch in London |url=https://www.ufc.com/news/olympic-boxing-sport-watch-london |accessdate=20 December 2018 |work=Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC.com) |language=en}}{{cite news |title=LI's Ray Longo is the ultimate trainer |url=https://www.newsday.com/sports/mixed-martial-arts/ray-longo-who-trained-ufc-champions-chris-weidman-and-matt-serra-is-the-ultimate-trainer-1.6653202 |accessdate=20 December 2018 |work=Newsday |language=en}}{{cite news |last1=Mian |first1=Rashed |title=Ray Longo's Battle-Tested Path to Training UFC Champs |url=https://www.longislandpress.com/2017/04/08/ray-longo-trainer-ufc-champs/ |accessdate=20 December 2018 |work=Long Island Press |date=8 April 2017}} Considered one of the top coaches in MMA,{{cite news |title=Scouting report: MMA trainers break down Nurmagomedov-McGregor |url=http://www.espn.com.au/mma/story/_/id/24825988/scouting-report-mma-trainers-break-khabib-nurmagomedov-conor-mcgregor-ufc-229 |accessdate=20 December 2018 |work=ESPN.com |date=28 September 2018 |language=en}}{{cite web |title=UFC CENTRAL: Exclusive interview with Ray Longo |url=https://youtube.com/watch?v=LRoGyx8gVgY |publisher=Sportsnet (official YouTube channel) |accessdate=20 December 2018}}{{cite news |last1=Thomas |first1=Luke |title=Technique Talk: Longo, leg kicks & 'Destructions' |url=https://www.mmafighting.com/2014/1/12/5301074/technique-talk-ray-longo-deconstructs-the-destruction |accessdate=20 December 2018 |work=MMA Fighting |date=12 January 2014}} he is the head coach of the Serra-Longo fight team.{{cite news |title=Sherdog’s Top 10: Training Camps - No. 9 |url=http://www.sherdog.com/news/articles/3/Sherdogs-Top-10-Training-Camps-85079 |accessdate=20 December 2018 |work=Sherdog}}{{cite news |title=Long Island Rising: Al Iaquinta and Team Serra-Longo |url=http://fightland.vice.com/blog/long-island-rising-al-iaquinta-and-team-serra-longo |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150406020911/http://fightland.vice.com/blog/long-island-rising-al-iaquinta-and-team-serra-longo |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 6, 2015 |accessdate=20 December 2018 |work=Fightland |language=en}}{{cite news |title=Ray Longo is Building a Championship Team at LAW MMA |url=https://www.flocombat.com/articles/5055797-ray-longo-is-building-a-championship-team-at-law-mma |accessdate=20 December 2018 |work=www.flocombat.com |language=en}} He has trained and cornered four UFC Champions: Matt Serra, Chris Weidman, Aljamain Sterling and the current bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili.

Background

Longo graduated from St. John’s University in 1980 with a Bachelor of Science in Accountancy and began working full time as an accountant while training a few fighters by night.{{Cite web |last=Wells |first=Matthew |date=2019-08-08 |title=Top 20 MMA coaches of all time |url=https://fansided.com/2019/08/08/top-20-mma-coaches-time/19/ |access-date=2021-03-04 |website=FanSided |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Trainer, Mentor, and Champion {{!}} St. John's University |url=https://www.stjohns.edu/news-media/success-stories/trainer-mentor-and-champion |access-date=2024-09-15 |website=www.stjohns.edu |language=en}} After meeting Matt Serra, they formed the Serra-Longo fight team.

As a striking coach, Longo takes extra precautions regarding fighter's health,{{cite book |last1=Gelber |first1=Dr Jonathan |title=The Ultimate Guide to Preventing and Treating MMA Injuries: Featuring advice from UFC Hall of Famers Randy Couture, Ken Shamrock, Bas Rutten, Pat Miletich, Dan Severn and more! |date=2016 |publisher=ECW Press |isbn=9781770908345|language=en}} including concussions.{{cite news |title=MMA coach Ray Longo on how he looks for concussed fighters and has 'the talk' |url=https://mmajunkie.com/2017/08/mma-coach-ray-longo-concussed-fighters |accessdate=20 December 2018 |work=MMAjunkie.com |date=5 August 2017 |language=en}} He is a certified instructor of Bruce Lee's Jeet Kun Do Concepts.{{Cite web|last=Thomas|first=Luke|date=2014-01-12|title=Technique Talk: Longo, leg kicks & 'Destructions'|url=https://www.mmafighting.com/2014/1/12/5301074/technique-talk-ray-longo-deconstructs-the-destruction|access-date=2021-03-04|website=MMA Fighting|language=en}}

Longo was a 2015 World MMA Awards Coach of The Year nominee.{{cite news |title=7th Annual Fighters Only World MMA Awards winners list |url=https://www.fightersonlymag.com/world-mma-awards/7th-annual-fighters-world-mma-awards-winners-list/ |accessdate=20 December 2018 |work=FightersOnly.com |date=31 January 2015}}

References

Category:Living people

Category:Mixed martial arts trainers

Category:Year of birth missing (living people)

Category:St. John's University (New York City) alumni

External links

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