The Black Eye: Five To Keep Your Eye On
By Robin Black via topmmanews
We all, quite rightly, mostly talk about the great athletes in this country, but behind the scenes of Canada’s always growing MMA business the coaches, the promoters, the media and so many other people play a huge and, sometimes, thankless role.
Every month or so, I’m going to profile five of them.
Sometimes I’m profiling them because they are involved in noteworthy activities in the coming month. Sometimes its because they did something special in the last few months. Sometimes I’ll write about them as what I like to call a “founder”, someone who has contributed great things to the sport in this country. And sometimes I’ll simply write about them because they are someone you really should know.
This is just my profile of five MMA professionals in this country. Some are friends I know very well, and some are people I’m getting to know as I write this, because I feel they will be making bigger and bigger contributions to the fight game in Canada and we should take note.
These are five MMA professionals to keep your eye on.
Owner/Instructor Zuma Martial Arts. Trainer of Sarah Kaufman, Diego Wilson, Connor Wood, and others.
One of the West Coast’s top MMA instructors, Adam needs to be profiled this month after the fantastic performance of his prized pupil, Sarah Kaufman, at Strikeforce recently.
Adam is as educated an educator that you will find. He developed as a top trainer and coach by training under some of the best MMA minds on the planet, including Erik Paulson, Greg Jackson, Bob Carver, Yorinaga Nakamura, Dan Inosanto, the Machado Brothers, and the great Marcus Soares.
In this sport, we still put a huge premium on being a BJJ Black Belt, and Adam has been one since 2008, but Adam is also a top notch instructor of both boxing and thai, and an associate instructor of Shooto and Jeet Kune Do as well.
Sarah Kaufman, one of the best female MMA fighters in history, always gives so much credit to Zugec and, by all accounts, he deserves it all. His knowledge, skilled instruction, gameplanning, cornering, and mental preparation appear world class. He has Sarah prepared physically, and she enters every fight as a mental giant.
Watch for some of Adam’s younger fighters coming up too, as they enter their fights well rounded and well prepared. Connor Wood, Nick Driedger and Diego Wilson are just a few to keep your eyes on.
Victoria is such an incredibly beautiful place. As the word continues to get out about Zugec and his skills as a coach and reputation as a great human being, do not be surprised to see the odd top fighter make a move there to train with Adam.
Congratulations to Sarah and Adam for her win over Alexis Davis in one of the greatest fights that you will ever see. All the best against Rousey for the title.
Read the whole article HERE: http://topmmanews.com/2012/03/05/the-black-eye-five-to-keep-your-eye-on/
