Trevor Wittman (born March 5, 1974) is an American

boxing Boxing (also known as "Western boxing" or "pugilism") is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves and other protective equipment such as hand wraps and mouthguards, throw punches at each other for a predetermined ...

and

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trainer.

Training career

Compelled to retire from boxing after being diagnosed with a hyperinflated lung, Wittman transitioned to training boxers in the

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. He founded T's K.O. Fight Club in

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in March 1998. The business broadened its scope to include other combat sports such as mixed martial arts, eventually resulting in Wittman closing T's K.O. Fight Club and establishing the

Grudge Training Center Grudge Training Center (GTC) was a mixed martial arts training center founded by coach Trevor Wittman in 2009. Originally located in Wheat Ridge, Colorado, GTC relocated to Arvada, Colorado in 2013. The gym was an affiliate of Jackson's Submissio ...

facility in Wheat Ridge in 2009. Grudge relocated to Arvada, Colorado in 2013. Having developed experience working with and making training equipment for fighters, in 2015 Wittman founded ONX Sports, a combat sports equipment company. To focus more attention on ONX Sports, Wittman closed down Grudge in November 2016, though he continues to train a few select fighters, including

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, and

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Personal life

Wittman wrestled at Berlin High School, after which he moved to New Jersey, then to Colorado, where he attended the Colorado Institute of Art. Wittman married wife Christina in 2005, and has a son Terrence and a daughter Marissa.

Notable MMA fighters trained

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* Roy Nelson *

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* Pat Barry *

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* Cody Donovan *

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Boxers trained

* Manuel Perez *

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* Juan Carlos Candelo *

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* Garret Ratt *

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Awards

World MMA Awards The World MMA Awards are awards presented by ''Fighters Only'' magazine to honor exceptional performance in various aspects of mixed martial arts. Winners are presented with the ''Fighters Only silver statuette''. The World MMA Awards are divided ...

**2017 The Shawn Tompkins Coach of the Year **2019 – July 2020 The Shawn Tompkins Coach of the Year **2021 The Shawn Tompkins Coach of the Year *Voting period for 2019 awards ran from January 2019 to July 2020 due to the

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. Subsequently, the voting period for 2021 awards ran from July 2020 to July 2021. *

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**2021 Coach of the Year *

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**2021 Coach of the Year *Combat Press **2021 Coach of the Year

References

External links

Trevor Wittman
on Myspace * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wittman, Trevor Boxers from Denver American boxing trainers Mixed martial arts trainers 1974 births Living people American male boxers