Kill Cliff FC
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| Est. | 2017 |
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| Founded by | Henri Hooft Greg Jones |
| Primary trainers | Henri Hooft Greg Jones Jason Strout Kami Barzini Corey Peacock |
| Past titleholders | Vitor Belfort Michael Chandler Rashad Evans Robbie Lawler Luke Rockhold Logan Storley Kamaru Usman Aung La Nsang Jason Jackson |
| Training facilities | Deerfield Beach, Florida, U.S. |
| Website | Official Website |
Kill Cliff FC, officially known as Kill Cliff Fight Club (formerly known as Sanford MMA, Hard Knocks 365, and Combat Club)[1] is a mixed martial arts gym based in Deerfield Beach, Florida. It was originally founded in 2017 by Henri Hooft and Greg Jones as Combat Club and later Hard Knocks 365[1][2][3] before being rebranded to Sanford MMA in 2019 after obtaining a sponsorship deal with Sanford Health.[3] In July 2022, the gym rebranded to Kill Cliff FC.[4]
Overview
[edit | edit source]In 2017, Henri Hooft left the Blackzilians and alongside Greg Jones, founded the gym, Combat Club in Boynton Beach, Florida.[1] This was later rebranded as Hard Knocks 365 after moving the gym to Fort Lauderdale, Florida to accommodate a bigger facility.[1][2][3] Some of the fighters who were originally training at the Blackzilians would join the new gym.
In 2019, Hard Knocks 365 rebranded to Sanford MMA after obtaining a sponsorship deal with Sanford Health.[3] A new training facility was opened in Deerfield Beach, Florida as part of the deal and Sanford Health also opened a supporting clinic adjacent to the team training facility.[5]
In July 2022, the gym rebranded to Kill Cliff FC after Kill Cliff, an energy drink and CBD company acquired naming the rights to the gym.[4]
The team includes roughly 40 fighters, 25 of whom fight within the largest three MMA promotions (UFC, PFL and ONE), as well as former and current world champions.[6]
Kill Cliff FC is notable for producing former UFC Welterweight Champion, Kamaru Usman.[3]
Notable fighters
[edit | edit source]Mixed martial artists
[edit | edit source]UFC
[edit | edit source]- Kamaru Usman[3][7]
- Michael Chandler[3]
- Robbie Lawler[8]
- Luke Rockhold[9]
- Vitor Belfort[5]
- Rashad Evans[10]
- Gilbert Burns[10][7]
- Derek Brunson[3]
- Volkan Oezdemir[11]
- Vicente Luque[7]
- Michael Johnson[12]
- Stefan Struve[13]
- André Fialho[3]
- Takashi Sato[14]
- Randy Costa[15]
- Shavkat Rakhmonov[16]
- Li Jingliang[17]
- Shayilan Nuerdanbieke[18]
- Ian Garry[19]
- Rafael Fiziev[20]
- Reinier de Ridder
Bellator MMA
[edit | edit source]ONE
[edit | edit source]PFL
[edit | edit source]KSW
Kickboxers
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