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That title of mine has more truth to it than y'all realize, and it's AWESOME for my personal favorite MMA promotion ONE Championship!
Rafael Dos Anjos is EvolveMMA, and Evolve is ONE FC's main partner gym.
Made weight. Easiest cut I've done. Now it's time to bring the belt to team @EvolveMMA @YODCHATRI
— Rafael dos Anjos (@RdosAnjosMMA) March 13, 2015
Interview with UFC Lightweight World Champion @RdosAnjosMMA from the Evolve Fight Team!https://t.co/SFF4zeSgwk pic.twitter.com/hwEr9IoswM
— Evolve MMA (@EvolveMMA) March 15, 2015
MMA Orient writes an article on @EvolveMMA, one of our exclusive partners in the ONE FC Networkhttp://t.co/6Ndhw2YA
— ONE Championship (@ONEFCMMA) November 8, 2011
...and RDA just ANNIHILATED UFC's Top5 P4P Ranked Superstar Anthony Pettis and Rafael Dos Anjos became Undisputed UFC LW Champion and Top10 P4P!
It is now cemented in history that ONE Championship's partner gym EvolveMMA was able to produce a UFC Champion and Top10 P4P Fighter.
"Evolve MMA is the only camp in Asia ever to produce a UFC World Champion." - @YahooSportshttps://t.co/ZsC4bRy01i pic.twitter.com/yWVqMr6eHo
— Evolve MMA (@EvolveMMA) March 15, 2015
"At his lowest point Rafael had his jaw broken in three places by Clay Guida and everyone thought his career was done but he picked himself back up, moved to Singapore with his family and trained like a beast under our world champions at EvolveMMA."
After recovering from that broken jaw, Dos Anjos went on a run which would see him win 10 of his next 12 fights culminating in this weekend’s historic win over Pettis atUFC 185 when the Brazilian put in the best performance of his career in the biggest fight of his life.
It means that EvolveMMA is now the only camp in Asia to ever produce a UFC Champion.
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EvolveMMA is proven as one of the absolute best camps in the world with their unbelievably stacked mix of Champion instructors that include the best REAL Muay Thai Champions from Lumpinee and Rajadamnern, BJJ Champions like Teco Shinzato, Wrestling Champions like Heath Sims, etc. (Those are links for further discovery!)
That's why EvolveMMA was able to turn RDA into a beast by completely improving his striking, because Evolve has access to MULTIPLE instructors like THIS...
Pornsaneh Sitmonchai the Latest Muay Thai Legend to Join Evolve MMA. @LiverKickdotcom http://t.co/uc6jESyPpB pic.twitter.com/jQUb3dD8TJ
— Evolve MMA (@EvolveMMA) February 19, 2015
From EvolveMMA's website:
Evolve Mixed Martial Arts® is Asia’s top martial arts organization. It has the most number of authentic World Champions available anywhere in the world. Our award-winning instructors are not only proven competitors at the highest levels in the world, but they have also earned instructor certifications at the highest levels from the foremost authorities. Evolve MMA consistently ranks among the best academies in the world for martial arts.
EvolveMMA is absolutely one of the best gyms in the world, and now they have a UFC Champion in their stable.
After RDA won the Title all we heard was about Pettis losing. WAAAAAH! Pettis lost! It's been infuriating to me, because the journey RDA's been on is truly one of the best EVER in MMA! ...and most media barely talked about it, like UFC is unable to make $ off it or something just because RDA's a hardnosed fighter instead of a prettyboy and he happens to be EvolveMMA/ONEFC affiliated.
I've seen most trying to sweep it under the rug and give sole credit to Cordiero and KingsMMA despite RDA himself shouting EvolveMMA to the heavens, wearing EvolveMMA shirts (in every one of his fights), constantly giving EvolveMMA credit live and on social media with tweets that get RT'd & FAV'd over +50x, the goshdamn works! Heck, RDA's even got Cordiero himself wearing an EvolveMMA shirt too! LOL
only one missing in this picture is my friend @YODCHATRI without you I wouldn't be here. Thanks for all the support pic.twitter.com/ikTs54iaXj
— Rafael dos Anjos (@RdosAnjosMMA) March 15, 2015
Chatri Sityodtong is the founder of EvolveMMA and quite intriguing story himself
I plan to throw the biggest party that Asia has ever seen for UFC Lightweight World Champion@RdosAnjosMMA to celebrate 6 years together!
— Chatri Sityodtong (@YODCHATRI) March 15, 2015
Another quote from the article quoted up above:
"Six years ago, Rafael joined Evolve MMA with nothing but empty pockets, big dreams and a warrior spirit. He was born into extreme poverty in Brazil and now he is a self-made, global success," Chatri said.
Since 2009, RDA has trained Muay Thai under the tutelage of the team at EvolveMMA under Kru Chatri Sityodtong.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_dos_Anjos
I'm proud to be on team @evolvemma big thanks to my friend @YODCHATRI for all the amazing support through my... http://t.co/sG6YdU7dEV
— Rafael dos Anjos (@RdosAnjosMMA) February 20, 2015
UFC Lightweight World Champion Rafael dos Anjos is back home at @EvolveMMA! @RdosAnjosMMA @ufc pic.twitter.com/OdlrSIMcNW
— Evolve MMA (@EvolveMMA) April 6, 2015
EvolveMMA now even has RDA himself being an instructor at Team Evolve!
Check out this awesome vid showcasing fantastic technique taught by RDA here...
#EVOLVEMMA http://t.co/ZT15JEVjvm
— Rafael dos Anjos (@RdosAnjosMMA) April 1, 2015
Yet most media outlets I've seen are basically ignoring EvolveMMA and trying to give all the credit to Cordiero and KingsMMA despite RDA himself CONSTANTLY crediting EvolveMMA over and over again. So why do you think that is? Either the media just don't know, or it's because Evolve's a ONE FC partner gym. The rising badass promotion in Asia.
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Now let's give you a lil'peek at the EvolveMMA Fight Team and see who else they're turning into beasts like RDA...
Shinya Aoki featured May 22 on the epic ONE Championship: Warrior's Quest event STACKED with some of ONE FC's best talents (Tynanes, Nastyukhin, Gafurov, etc.) Seriously, take a look at that May 22 card and tell me otherwise.
ONE Champion Shinya Aoki is one of the World's All Time Great submission artists.
Check out this awesome highlight vid of some of Aoki's greatest victories. It includes clips of his striking training at EvolveMMA and is worth a watch...
Watch this brand new highlight video of ONE FC World Champion Shinya Aoki from the Evolve Fight Team! @a_ok_i http://t.co/T9nR57Psu6
— Evolve MMA (@EvolveMMA) January 10, 2015
Now that Aoki's been training with all the beasts at EvolveMMA he's going to be even MORE formidable than he already was. Spare me ur hater drivel please because Aoki's 1-1 w/Eddie Alvarez, an elite American wrestler-based fighter, and has fought plenty of high level fighters, including his next opponent on May 22, Koji Ando, whom I saw several fans calling out ONE on different media outlets saying they were "afraid" to book that matchup, and ONE just booked it for May 22 right in their faces! HA!
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Ben Askren. That's right fans, Top P4P Fighter and Best Damn WW in the World is Team EvolveMMA.
ONE Welterweight World Champion Ben Askren arrives back home to @EvolveMMA in Singapore tomorrow! @Benaskren pic.twitter.com/paGcL9gvOS
— Evolve MMA (@EvolveMMA) April 10, 2015
Awesome work with Shinya Aoki today, he is like a boa constrictor! https://t.co/wg8VRqtA4q pic.twitter.com/mqDqU6YkOy
— Ben Askren (@Benaskren) April 13, 2015
Ben Askren's contract with ONE Championship also included a deal with EvolveMMA where he'd finish the last couple weeks of his training camps for every ONE fight at EvolveMMA as well as teach wrestling while he's there. So not only is he being trained in the striking arts by REAL Muay Thai Champions, Askren is also teaching his phenomenal wrestling to all the fighters at EvolveMMA, some of whom are fighting on Askren's next headlined event April 24.
Ben "Funky" Askren defends his ONE Title vs. Luis "Sapo" Santos (70 fight veteran, Judo blackbelt, BJJ blackbelt, and on 7 fight winstreak) at ONE Championship: Valor of Champions on April 24.
Several excellent EvolveMMA fighters are on that exciting April 24 ONE event!
Mark Streigl in the co-main is EvolveMMA and one of the world's Top Filipino fighters. Streigl is 26 years old and has an excellent wrestling background, 9 first round finishes, and victories over some good fighters (Ting, Kwon, Sarmiento, etc.)
Amir Khan is another hot prospect from EvolveMMA. 4-0 as an amateur and 2-1 ONE FC at only 20 years old, he is rated as one of Singapore's best rising prospects.
SB Nation's international freelancer James Goyder wrote excellent articles on both Mark Streigl and Amir Khan that are worth a read.
Show some love for rising ONE star @amirkhanmma from the Evolve Fight Team on April 24! http://t.co/5lTttcXnJQ pic.twitter.com/lPSGd5jFjP
— Evolve MMA (@EvolveMMA) March 29, 2015
.@MarkMugen Striegl ready to put @ONEFCMMA bantamweights on notice in Manila @EvolveMMA http://t.co/CGkeJU9Qln pic.twitter.com/YmVY76aqTL
— MMA mania (@mmamania) March 18, 2015
Other Notable Team Evolve MMA Fighters: Tarec Saffiedine, Herbert Burns, Leandro Issa, Eddie Ng, Kirstie Gannaway, etc.
Many OG notables have been to EvolveMMA too! Dan Henderson, Rich Franklin, Renzo Gracie, and Coach Greg Jackson!
I also read a rumor Top UFC fighter Frankie Edgar will finish his next training camp with EvolveMMA for his upcoming UFC Manila fight vs. Urijah Faber, another UFC fighter that's trained at EvolveMMA before.
EvolveMMA is quite simply one of the best MMA gyms in the entire world, especially for improving your striking as RDA showed, and fighters from all over the world fly in exclusively to train with the elite camp.
Excited to see all the Muay Thai Champion instructors at EvolveMMA do the same for Askren...
Had a great practice at @EvolveMMA today! Love getting to clinch up with some of the best MT fighters of all time!
— Ben Askren (@Benaskren) April 15, 2015
"My plan for ONE is to stay as champion for a long time" @Benaskren Prove it next Friday in Manila @RenzoGracieBJJ pic.twitter.com/0nNEcp1x62
— Victor Cui (@victoronefc) April 14, 2015
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ASKREN BETTER BRING HIS A-GAME BECAUSE KICKS/KNEES TO GROUNDED FIGHTERS ARE 100% LEGAL IN ONE CHAMPIONSHIP!
That creates a more dynamic environment and will add a VERY real danger and excitement to Askren's fight! The Global Ruleset makes ONE FC the most exciting MMA promotion on the planet, while EvolveMMA will continue to forge the next superstars of tomorrow!
TUNE IN to the epic ONE Championship: Valor of Champions April 24, and the epic ONE FC 27: Warrior's Quest May 22 to see what all the hype is about!
Available worldwide on ONE FC's Website, The FightNetwork in Canada, and various other TV outlets around the world.
As always, Thanks for reading my friends! Enjoy the fights!