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| Est. | 1999[1] |
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| Founded by | Dan Henderson Randy Couture |
| Primary trainers | Heath Sims Dylan Fussell Bryan Harper Scott McKendry Luiz Pedro Cody Isaacson |
| Past titleholders | Randy Couture Light Heavyweight Champion (UFC 2003-2004, 2004-2005) 205 lb (93 kg; 14.6 st), Heavyweight Champion (UFC 1997, 2000-2002, 2007) 222 lb (101 kg; 15.9 st) Dan Henderson Welterweight Champion (PRIDE FC 2006-2008) 183 lb (83 kg), Middleweight Champion (PRIDE FC 2007) 205 lb (93 kg) |
| Prominent fighters | Dan Henderson (UFC, Strikeforce) Chael Sonnen (Bellator, WEC, UFC) Matt Lindland (UFC, Strikeforce) |
| Training facilities | Gresham, Oregon Chiang Mai, Thailand |
| Website | Team Quest Portland Team Quest San Jacinto |
Team Quest is a mixed martial arts training camp founded by Randy Couture and Dan Henderson with facilities located in Gresham, Oregon; Murrieta, California; Encinitas, California; Redding, California; Hemet, California; and Chiang Mai, Thailand. Notable fighters that have trained at the Oregon facility are Matt Lindland, Dave Jansen, Nathan Coy, and Chael Sonnen.[2]
The Portland, Oregon location is led by Coach Matt Lindland, Olympic Silver Medalist, UFC veteran and former coach of the USA Olympic Wrestling Team.
The California facility hosts teammates, former two division PRIDE & Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Champion Dan Henderson, as well as Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou, Krzysztof Soszynski, and Jesse Taylor. The majority of fighters at Team Quest come from a background in wrestling.
The Redding location in Northern California is headed by BJJ Black Belt Carlos Zapata and is home to Muay Thai Kru Josh Hernandez. The location was shutdown for undisclosed reasons.
Team Quest Portland's Pat Healy has spent time in China, helping MMA fighters and conducting training sessions with Legend's FC fighters. Healy has hosted some BJJ seminars in Hong Kong.
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Notable members
Heath Sims
Ryo Chonan
Cyrille Diabaté
Vinny Magalhaes - 2007 World No-gi Jiu Jitsu Champ, 2011 ADCC +99 kg Champ
Tarec Saffiedine - Last Strikeforce Welterweight Champion
Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou
Daniel Weichel
- feather Weight Enoch Wilson, 20-10-2, (Beaverton Oregon) he has the record for the most fights in the Moda center in Portland, he now owns his own team Animals MMA Fitness and Nutrition.
- Tim Welch - MMA Fighter & Coach for Sean O'Malley (Bantamweight Champion)
References
- ^ "Team Quest MMA & Fitness". tqmma.com. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
- ^ "Black Belt Magazine: World's Leading Magazine of Martial Arts – - Black Belt". Archived from the original on July 20, 2012. Retrieved June 17, 2010.