One Las Vegas gym, two very different eras of the cage. Belt-holding headliners sit beside grinders whose names only hardcore fight fans will recognize.
1Randy CoutureGym founder and UFC Hall of Famer who won heavyweight and light heavyweight titles, the last of them at 43.1000pts
2Mike PyleVeteran welterweight and Xtreme Couture coach whose long UFC run featured a string of stoppage wins.733pts
3Manel KapeAngolan-Portuguese flyweight and former Rizin champion who rose up the UFC rankings at Xtreme Couture.732pts
4Jay HieronWelterweight who held the IFL title and fought for top promotions as part of the gym's early core.599pts
5Francis NgannouKnockout-power heavyweight who won the UFC title in 2021 while training under Eric Nicksick at Xtreme Couture.599pts
6Frank MirTwo-time UFC heavyweight champion and submission specialist who trained at Xtreme Couture in Las Vegas.599pts
7Miesha TateFormer UFC and Strikeforce bantamweight champion who made her comeback training at Xtreme Couture.0pts
8Dan IgeFeatherweight known as "50K" for his bonus-winning knockouts, one of the gym's current core.0pts
9Sean StricklandVolatile, high-volume middleweight who upset Israel Adesanya in 2023 to win the UFC title with the Xtreme Couture team in his corner.0pts
10Forrest GriffinThe Ultimate Fighter's first winner and a former UFC light heavyweight champion, an early face of the gym.0pts
11Brad TavaresDurable Hawaiian middleweight with more than a decade in the UFC under Xtreme Couture coaching.0pts
Photo credits
- Randy Couture — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Mike Pyle — MMA Fight, CC BY 3.0
- Manel Kape — Bruno Massami, CC BY 3.0
- Jay Hieron — Mike Dunn from Sunnyvale, USA, CC BY 2.0
- Francis Ngannou — Mike Tyson, CC BY 3.0
- Frank Mir — grenwail, CC BY 2.0
- Sean Strickland — MMAnytt, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Brad Tavares — MMAnytt, CC BY 3.0
