MIKE BROWN DEFEATS WEC CHAMPION URIAH FABER!!

Man, what a night!!

Mike pulled off one of the biggest upsets in mma by beating an incredible champion in Uriah.

Everyone on our team knows how tough Mike Brown is, and to watch him pull it off on the biggest stage, in the biggest fight of his life , is truly an amazing experience to be a a part of. It is a a little clicheish, but this could not have happened to a nicer guy. If you know Mike and been around him you know what I’m talking about. Mike has put his life into fighting, and his body has all the battle scars to prove it. We are all just so happy for him. 

I know everyone has been asking, Mike tore the cartilage in his ribs, not sure exactly at what point he did this in the fight, and not sure he even knows.

Much respect to Uriah Faber, who is a great great fighter and champion. Uriah and his camp are true class acts. He deserves a lot of credit for what he has achieved as champ and has our utmost repsect. 

Also, need to congratulate Carmelo Marrero. He stepped up short notice and gutted out a hard fought win over a very tough Steve Steinbeiss. We knew going in Steve has very good stand up and comes from a tough camp. Nice win for Carmelo who hung tough and pulled out the win. Congrats buddy!

And to Rafie Dias, who despite losing showed tremendous heart. Rafie was another guy who stepped up on a weeks notice to fight up a weight. Rafie showed he has the skills and heart, and hope he gets his chance to prove it at 145#’s. Keep your head up!

Mike put everthing he had into this fight. Dreams do come true!! We did it Mike Brown!!!

Mike didn’t get a chance but I know he wanted to thank his main sponsors TAPOUT and CHAMPION NUTRITION.  Those guys really stepped up for him and he is thankful!

We are proud of all our fighters performance!  Way to represent guys!

AMERICAN TOP TEAM
ATT 4 LIFE!!!

OLYMPIC WRESTLER JOINS AMERICAN TOP TEAM!

Olympian and 2x NCAA Champion Ben Askren has officially joined American Top Team!

We are very excited that Ben has joined our team and we look forward to working with this outstanding athlete. Ben already has a great (wrestling) base from which to work from and has taken to BJJ very quickly.  He will head down to the main academy in Coconut Creek, FL. mid December to train with us, and also be training out of ATT Missouri with Wade Rome and crew of monsters.  He has a very bright MMA career ahead of him

Welcome to the family Ben!
American Top Team

ATT 3-0 & Tournamanet Champion in WVR Segoku MMA in Japan!

ATT’s Santiago Sengoku Middleweight Tournament Champion!

2008-11-01

Jorge “Jorginho” Santiago went to Japan with his eye on another Grand Prix Tournament Championship and he delivered!

Jorge first took on Sayir Baradurzada. Jorge ended this fight quick with a beautiful rolling heel hook to end the bout at 1:10 into the fight!

Jorge then prepared to face Kazuhiro Nakamura in the finals later that night.

Nakamura was up the first two rounds controlling the fight, but round three saw Jorge come out agressive. Jorge established his jab and then landed a big overhand right that dropped his opponent. Jorge quickly went in for the finish as he dropped heavy strikes on Nakamura untilt he ref put a stop to this one at 49 seconds into round three!

Jorge walks away as Sengoku Middleweight Grand Prix Tournament Champion!

Jorginho is on a tremendous streak staying undefeated in ’07 and ’08 and reeling off 8 straight wins and finishing every one of them. Inspiring performance by Jorginho!

Also on the card competing was Jorge “Gamebred” Masvidal. Jorge was fighting a lightweight tournament reserve match against Seung Hwan Bang where he used his superior stand up skills to win a unanimous decision. Keep your eye on this exciting 155# as we  have some big things planned for ’09!

Also, great job by El Tigre who works with Jorge on his stand-up out of Young Tigers Gym in Miami.

Great job guys – way to represent!