Team Kaobon
{{short description|Mixed martial arts team from Liverpool, England}}
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{{MMA Training Associations|teamname=Team Kaobon
|image = Team Kaobon.jpg
|imagesize=205px
|founder= Colin Heron (founded as "Fighters and Fitness"
|owners=
|trainers= Colin Heron (Head coach)
Marcelo Brigadeiro (Luta Livre coach)
Shane Rigby (Wrestling coach)
Andy Aspinall (Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu coach)
Juddas Clottey (Boxing coach)
|dateestablished = 2002 (as "Fighters and Fitness")
|titleholders= Mark Adams - BAMMA Featherweight champion
Neil Woods - K-1 UK Max champion and various kickboxing/thaiboxing titles
Rob Sinclair - BAMMA Lightweight champion
|fmrtitleholders=
|topfighters=Darren Till (UFC)
Tom Aspinall (UFC)
Terry Etim (UFC)
Paul Kelly (UFC)
Paul Taylor (UFC)
Paul Sass (UFC)
Mark Adams (BAMMA Featherweight champion)
Martin Stapleton (former Ultimate Fighter participant)
Mike Grundy (UFC)
|schoollocations= Liverpool, Chester, London
|website=[http://www.kaobon.com/index.html Team Kaobon Homepage]
|}}
Team Kaobon, which was formerly known as Fighters and Fitness{{cite web|url=http://www.kaobon.com/index.html|title=Welcome to Team Kaobon|publisher=kaobon.com|accessdate=August 2, 2010}} is a mixed martial arts team from Liverpool, England. "Team Kaobon" is well known for being the training camp of multiple English lightweight fighters based in the Ultimate Fighting Championships - the top MMA organization - as well as domestically.
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Background
Team Kaobon, one of a few MMA gyms based in Liverpool, England (such as the MMA Academy and Next Generation MMA), and was formerly known as "Fighters and Fitness".{{cite web|url=http://www.sherdog.com/news/articles/Kaobon-A-Fight-Team-in-a-Fight-Town-23692|title=Kaobon: A fight team in a fight town|publisher=sherdog.com|date=April 6, 2010}} It has been home to many MMA fighters who have competed domestically in promotions like BAMMA, as well as abroad in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. The gym has undergone changes in recent years, to which founder, Colin Heron, attributed to the growth of the sport of mixed martial arts.
Notable fighters
The following notable fighters have been associated with Team Kaobon
- Terry Etim - UFC
- Paul Kelly - UFC veteran
- Paul Sass - UFC fighter and holder of 7 consecutive triangle choke victories
- Paul Taylor - UFC veteran
- Darren Till - UFC Middleweight
- Tom Aspinall - UFC Heavyweight
- Mike Grundy - Former UFC Featherweight
See also
References
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Category:Mixed martial arts training facilities
Category:Sports organisations based in Liverpool