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Jackson’s Submission Fighting
File:Jacksons mma.jpg
Est.1992
Founded byGreg Jackson
Primary trainersGreg Jackson
Current titleholdersGeorges St-Pierre Welterweight Champion (UFC 2008) 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st)
Past titleholdersRashad Evans Light-Heavyweight Champion (UFC 2009)205 lb (93 kg); The Ultimate Fighter 2 heavyweight winner (TUF 2005) 265 lb (120 kg; 18.9 st)
Diego Sanchez The Ultimate Fighter 1 middleweight winner (TUF 2005) 185 lb (84 kg; 13.2 st)
Joe Stevenson The Ultimate Fighter 2 welterweight winner (UFC 2005) 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st)
Prominent fightersGeorges St-Pierre (UFC)
Rashad Evans (UFC)
Nate Marquardt (UFC)
Keith Jardine (UFC)
Karo Parisyan (UFC)
David Loiseau (UFC)
Joey Villasenor (StrikeForce)
Jason MacDonald (MFC)
Julie Kedzie (Bodog Fight)
Shane Carwin (UFC)
Joe Stevenson (UFC)
Donald Cerrone (WEC)
Leonard Garcia (WEC)
Jon Jones (UFC)
Training facilitiesUnited States Albuquerque, New Mexico
WebsiteJackson’s Submission Fighting official website

Jackson's Submission Fighting is a mixed martial arts training camp run by Greg Jackson. The camp is based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Sherdog.com reports that fighters from Jackson's camp have a win percentage of 81%. [1] To this day, the camp has produced one world champion. Notable fighters include UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St-Pierre, UFC veteran Keith Jardine, former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Rashad Evans, and former King of Pancrase Nate Marquardt.

History

Greg Jackson was born in Washington, D.C. and moved to New Mexico at the age of 2. He grew up in a family of wrestlers.[2] Due to the rough neighborhood in which he was brought up, Jackson began training in martial arts at a young age.[citation needed] In his book, Jackson's MMA, Greg explained his introduction to the martial arts this way: "When I was seven, I started taking aikido, because my parent’s pacifistic philosophy led them to believe I should study a “non-violent” martial art. However, the kids that I would end up in fights with all came from boxing backgrounds—nobody was grabbing my wrists, or attacking me with a “chop” or karate reverse punch. In nearly every fight, I found that I quickly abandoned the decorative techniques that I learned in class and found myself grabbing and punching. As I became a little older, I dabbled in a bunch of different traditional martial arts, but the results were inevitably the same; I was unsatisfied with the relevance of everything but boxing and kickboxing. I began to formulate ideas that involved wrestling and kickboxing, but they were very rudimentary.[3]

Jackson started teaching out of the Kajukenbo school in Albuquerque at the age of seventeen. After a few years of teaching he developed a self-defense system that combined basic judo locks with wrestling and striking which he called Gaidojutsu, meaning "way of the street" in Japanese. [3] Though influenced by the first UFC in 1993, Jackson was more interested in self-defense and had no interest in competition MMA. His students convinced him to let them compete in grappling tournaments and bare-fisted events, which they won frequently. During this time Jackson met five-time kickboxing champion Mike Winklejohn, whom he credits with taking his striking to a new level. In 1995 Jackson opened his first school in Albuquerque, which he also lived in. [3]

Between 1995 and 2000, Jackson and Winklejohn trained Albuquerque police officers, SWAT, Special Forces, Emergency Response Teams, and Air Force personnel from nearby Kirtland Air Force base. [3] In 2000, Jackson's team focused on MMA events such as King of the Cage and the UFC. After his team won a Grappler's Quest tournament, Jackson met the Tapout crew. In 2005, one of Jackson's fighters, Diego Sanchez entered and won The Ultimate Fighter, which gained Jackson's Submission Fighting national attention.

Personal Notes

Greg Jackson trained "The Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin for several years and the two became good friends. Jackson attended Irwin's funeral in Australia.

Notable fighters

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Former fighter

External links

References

  1. ^ "BEST TEAM RECORDS]. Sherdog. September 15, 2007". Retrieved 2007-09-15.
  2. ^ Jim Jackson (father) Illinois State Champion 95 lbs 1966 http://www.ihsa.org/activity/wr/records/ybych1.htm Matt Jackson (brother) New Mexico State Champion 125 lbs 1994
  3. ^ a b c d http://www.amazon.com/Jacksons-Mixed-Martial-Arts-Stand/dp/0981504450/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239374630&sr=8-2
  4. ^ http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2009/5/27/889829/greg-jackson-talks-yoshida
  5. ^ http://www.411mania.com/MMA/columns/98150
  6. ^ "Fighter list". Jackson's MMA. 2008. Retrieved 2009-02-20.
  7. ^ "Diego Sanchez leaves Jackson's Submission Fighting". UFC Daily. 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-07.
  8. ^ "DIEGO SANCHEZ FINALLY EXPLAINS GREG JACKSON SPLIT". "Mr. Sunshine" Steve Cofield and CBSSports.com’s Sam Caplan. 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-08.
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