Team Quest

Team Quest
Est. 1999[1]
Founded by Matt Lindland[2]
Dan Henderson
Randy Couture
Primary owners Matt Lindland
Dan Henderson[3]
Primary trainers Matt Lindland
Heath Sims
Dylan Fussell
Bryan Harper
Scott McKendry
Luiz Pedro
Cody Isaacson
Past titleholders

Randy Couture Light Heavyweight Champion (UFC 2003-2004, 2004-2005) 205 lb (93 kg; 14.6 st), Heavyweight Champion (UFC 1997, 2000-2002, 2007) 222 lb (101 kg; 15.9 st)
Dan Henderson Welterweight Champion (PRIDE FC 2006-2008) 183 lb (83 kg), Middleweight Champion (PRIDE FC 2007) 205 lb (93 kg)
Evan Tanner Middleweight champion (UFC 2005) 185 lb (84 kg)
Tarec Saffiedine Welterweight Champion (Strikeforce 2013) 170 lb (77 kg)

Gabe Ruediger Lightweight Champion (WEC 2004–2005) 155 lb (70 kg)
Prominent fighters

Dan Henderson (UFC, Strikeforce)
Chael Sonnen (UFC)
Matt Lindland (UFC, Strikeforce)

Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou (Strikeforce)
Training facilities

Portland, Oregon
Murrieta, California
Redding, California
San Jacinto, California

Chiang Mai, Thailand
Website Team Quest Team Quest San Jacinto

Team Quest is a mixed martial arts training camp founded by Randy Couture, Matt Lindland, and Dan Henderson with facilities located in Gresham, Oregon; Murrieta, California; Encinitas, California; Redding, California; San Jacinto, California; and Chiang Mai, Thailand. Notable fighters that have trained at the Oregon facility are Matt Lindland, Dave Jansen, Nathan Coy, and Chael Sonnen.[4]

The California facility hosts teammates, former two division PRIDE & Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Champion Dan Henderson, as well as Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou, Krzysztof Soszynski, and Jesse Taylor. The majority of fighters at Team Quest come from a background in wrestling.

The Redding location in Northern California is headed by BJJ Black Belt Carlos Zapata and is home to Muay Thai Kru Josh Hernandez.

Team Quest's Pat Healy has spent time in China, helping MMA fighters and conducting training sessions with Legend's FC fighters. Healy has hosted some BJJ seminars in Hong Kong.

Notable members

References

  1. "Team Quest MMA & Fitness". tqmma.com. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  2. "Bloody Elbow Exclusive: Team Quest Leader Matt Lindland Responds to Ed Herman's MMA Junkie Diatribe - Bloody Elbow". bloodyelbow.com. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  3. "Lindland Returns Fire on 'Hendo' in Team Quest Lawsuit". sherdog.com. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  4. http://www.blackbeltmag.com/archives/847. Retrieved June 17, 2010. Missing or empty |title= (help)
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 12/4/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.