American Top Team
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| Est. | 2002 |
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| Founded by | Marcus "Conan" Silveira Marcelo Silveira |
| Primary trainers | Conan Silveira Ricardo Liborio Mike Brown Din Thomas Kami Barzini |
| Current titleholders | Robbie Lawler UFC Welterweight Champion (2014) Daniel Straus Bellator Featherweight Champion (2015) Will Brooks Bellator Lightweight Champion (2014) Douglas Lima Bellator Welterweight Champion (2014) |
| Past titleholders | Mike Thomas Brown WEC Featherweight Champion (2008-'09) Brian Bowles WEC Bamtamweight Champion (2009-'10) Middleweight (155 lb or 70 kg) Grand Prix champion (K-1 HERO's 2006, 2007) |
| Prominent fighters | Denis Kang Robbie Lawler (UFC) |
| Training facilities | Coconut Creek, Florida, United States |
| Website | www.americantopteam.com |
American Top Team (ATT) is one of the primary teams in mixed martial arts. It was founded by former members of Brazilian Top Team, Ricardo Liborio, Marcus "Conan" Silveira and Marcelo Silveira but there is no formal affiliation between the two teams. ATT's main academy is in Coconut Creek, Florida but has academies throughout the United States. ATT features professional fighters who have competed in many major promotions such as the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), PRIDE Fighting Championships, DREAM, K-1, Strikeforce, and Bellator.[1]
History
Ricardo Liborio, in 2001, left Brazilian Top Team to start ATT with hotel executive Dan Lambert as a partner. Lambert provided financial support and business expertise, while Liborio formed a small group of Brazilian fighters to join him in Coconut Creek. In just five years, ATT grew to a 20,000-square-foot (1,900 m2) headquarters, 20 franchises and several affiliate gyms following their system of MMA training.[2]
Notable students
- Jessica Aguilar
- Thiago Alves
- Mirsad Bektic
- Marcus Brimage
- Will Brooks
- Mike Brown
- Steve Bruno
- Roan Carneiro
- Colby Covington
- Nathan Coy
- Dan Cramer
- Yves Edwards
- Jose Figueroa
- Luigi Fioravanti
- Marcelo Garcia
- Wilson Gouveia
- Melvin Guillard
- Walt Harris
- Jason High
- Dan Hornbuckle
- Mark Hunt
- Shawn Jordan
- Denis Kang
- Bobby Lashley
- Muhammed Lawal
- Robbie Lawler
- Nik Lentz
- Valérie Létourneau
- Douglas Lima
- Hector Lombard
- Caio Magalhães
- Carmelo Marrero
- Jorge Masvidal
- Derrick Mehmen
- Cole Miller
- Micah Miller
- Steve Mocco
- Jeff Monson
- Amanda Nunes
- Valerie Letourneau
- Brad Pickett
- Dustin Poirier
- Santiago Ponzinibbio
- J.P. Reese
- Yoel Romero
- Alessio Sakara
- Shahbulat Shamhalaev
- George Sotiropoulos
- Glover Teixeira
- Din Thomas
- Ryan Thomas
- Gleison Tibau
- Attila Vegh
- Alexis Vila
- Tyron Woodley
- Rashid Magomedov
- Gasan Umalatov
Awards
- AwakeningFighters.com WMMA Awards
- 2014 Gym of the Year[3]
References
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- Official website
- Official Facebook Page
- Official Twitter
- http://www.youtube.com/americantopteam
- http://www.instagram.com/americantopteam
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