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One reason that the gym is so successful is because they have some of the top coaches for each of the individual disciplines; jiu jitsu, boxing, wrestling and muay thai. Ricardo Liborio is co-owner of the facility and one of the jiu jitsu instructors. In 1993 he earned his black belt under Carlson Gracie and in 1996 he claimed a Brazilian jiu jitsu world championship. The boxing instructor is Howard Davis Jr. who not only won a gold medal in the 1976 Olympic Games, but was also named Val Baker Award for most outstanding boxer during the '76 games
in a class of Sugar Ray Leonard, Michael Spinks, and Leon Spinks. The wrestling instructor is Daryl Gholar who was a college wrestler for the University of Minnesota. As an athlete Gholar was a three time United States Greco-Roman National Champion, alternate on the 1988 Olympic team and captain of the 1986 U.S. World team. When the modern Olympics celebrated 100 years of competition in 1996, Gholar was ranked number three in career wins for the U.S. at the 180.5 weight class. Mr. Gholar went on to become a successful professional fighter. As a pro fighter Gholar was the 2000 World Vale Tudo Championship, middle weight champion Â… vacating the title in 2001 when he retired from professional fighting. Daryl has been involved in mma for many years and spent 7 years living in Brazil training and coaching fighters.]]> http://c0179261.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/234399_cvr2n8u43x8m46wmcfwb_30.jpg http://www.purefight.org/rss/coverage/234399-American-Top-Team en-us Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:19:03 GMT Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:19:03 GMT http://www.purefight.org/coverage/234399-American-Top-Team/video/101533-Brown-Askren-Rolling Fri, 19 Dec 2008 21:27:00 CST http://www.purefight.org/coverage/234399-American-Top-Team/video/101533-Brown-Askren-Rolling http://www.purefight.org/coverage/234399-American-Top-Team/video/101522-ATT-wrestling-workout Fri, 19 Dec 2008 21:16:00 CST http://www.purefight.org/coverage/234399-American-Top-Team/video/101522-ATT-wrestling-workout http://www.purefight.org/coverage/234399-American-Top-Team/video/100850-The-importance-of-jiu-jitsu Thu, 18 Dec 2008 03:42:00 CST http://www.purefight.org/coverage/234399-American-Top-Team/video/100850-The-importance-of-jiu-jitsu http://www.purefight.org/coverage/234399-American-Top-Team/video/100749-Hes-a-Hitman Wed, 17 Dec 2008 20:25:00 CST http://www.purefight.org/coverage/234399-American-Top-Team/video/100749-Hes-a-Hitman http://www.purefight.org/coverage/234399-American-Top-Team/video/100738-Ben-Askren Wed, 17 Dec 2008 20:05:00 CST http://www.purefight.org/coverage/234399-American-Top-Team/video/100738-Ben-Askren http://www.purefight.org/coverage/234399-American-Top-Team/video/100709-Richie-Guerriero Wed, 17 Dec 2008 18:40:00 CST http://www.purefight.org/coverage/234399-American-Top-Team/video/100709-Richie-Guerriero http://www.purefight.org/coverage/234399-American-Top-Team/video/100691-Richie Wed, 17 Dec 2008 18:04:00 CST http://www.purefight.org/coverage/234399-American-Top-Team/video/100691-Richie http://www.purefight.org/coverage/234399-American-Top-Team/video/100688-From-BTT-to-ATT Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:45:00 CST http://www.purefight.org/coverage/234399-American-Top-Team/video/100688-From-BTT-to-ATT http://www.purefight.org/coverage/234399-American-Top-Team/video/100130-Thiago-Silva Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:35:00 CST http://www.purefight.org/coverage/234399-American-Top-Team/video/100130-Thiago-Silva http://www.purefight.org/coverage/234399-American-Top-Team/video/100091-Ricardo-Liborio Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:59:00 CST http://www.purefight.org/coverage/234399-American-Top-Team/video/100091-Ricardo-Liborio http://www.purefight.org/coverage/234399-American-Top-Team/video/99675-Daryl-Gholar Tue, 16 Dec 2008 09:30:00 CST http://www.purefight.org/coverage/234399-American-Top-Team/video/99675-Daryl-Gholar http://www.purefight.org/coverage/234399-American-Top-Team/video/99011-Butterfly-guard-sweep Mon, 15 Dec 2008 23:59:00 CST http://www.purefight.org/coverage/234399-American-Top-Team/video/99011-Butterfly-guard-sweep http://www.purefight.org/coverage/234399-American-Top-Team/video/96092-Mike-Brown Mon, 15 Dec 2008 01:16:00 CST http://www.purefight.org/coverage/234399-American-Top-Team/video/96092-Mike-Brown