Instructors at ALIVE MMA Portland

INSTRUCTORS AT ALIVE MMA

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Bill Bradley

BEFORE FOUNDING Alive Mixed Martial Arts, Bill Bradley successfully managed the Straight Blast Gym International Headquarters in Portland, Oregon. At Straight Blast, Bill was
also a full time coach of Brazillian Jiu-Jitsu, MMA, Functional Self Defense, and the Kids Classes. Now a Brazilian Top Team Jiu Jitsu Brown Belt under World Grappling Champion Marcello Salazar Bergo, Bill continues to compete into his 40's in BJJ, Submission Grappling, and Mixed Martial Arts.

Prior to training at Straight Blast, and even prior to the coining of the term “Mixed Martial Arts,” Bill combined his Judo background (Black Belt through Michigan State University) with Boxing and traditional martial arts to explore what he then called “Interdisciplinary Self Defense” and taught in a collective he organized at Reed College. Bill Bradley is the head coach and instructor at Alive MMA Portland.

Marcos Maciel

THREE TIME NATIONAL CHAMPION, Marcos Maciel, represented Brazil in the Olympics as a wrestler. Coming to us from Brazilian Top Team Boston, he is one of the best young black belts in Jiu Jitsu today and a rising star in MMA.

He is also a decorated Muay Thai fighter who competed in Thailand. For all of that Marcos is an extremely friendly and approachable coach with a special love for coaching kids.

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Chris Standing

CHRIS HAS BEEN TRAINING in MMA since 2002. He trains a large number of both amateur and pro fighters, has over 4 years experience as a senior instructor and 6 years total experience teaching the sport to others.

Chris merged his gym, the Striking and Grappling Academy (S.A.G.A.) with Alive in 2009. He teaches MMA and Kickboxing as a senior instructor and coaches the Fight Team at Alive.

Judo Jon Krohn

JUDO JON IS A PRO FIGHTER, International Fight League veteran, Fila Submission Wrestling World team qualifier '08, Judo National Champion '04, AAU Freestyle and Greco Roman Junior National Champion '91 and 92, high school state wrestling

champion, 2nd degree Kodokan Judo black belt, and a BJJ purple belt under Fabiano Scherner. Judo Jon is a senior instructor in Judo and Jiu-Jitsu at Alive.

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Trent Standing

TRENT WRESTLED IN COLLEGE and has a background in Kenpo Karate, Tae Kwon Do, and Boxing. He has an MMA record of 28-9-0-1. His record competing in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu tournaments is 7-0. He has fought in 6 states and competed in Canada.

Trent's training includes 2 Years at Team Quest training under Randy Couture, Matt Lindland, Chael Sonnen and others. He spent 2 years at Curt's Ultimate Fitness with Evan Tanner, Lodine Sincaid and Curtis Crawford. 3 Years with SAGA. He crosstrained with Desert Dogs with JT Tailor.

He specializes in teaching Mental Toughness, 'Big guy technique and adaptation', fence work and clinch, takedowns and striking, and striking from all positions.

Trent's Title's include:
Desert Brawl Super Heavyweight Champion
Desert Brawl Heavyweight Champion
FCFF Superfight Belt
FCFF Heavyweight Champion
Ultimate Cage Wars Heavyweight Champion (Montana)
Kickdown Heavyweight Champion (Denver, CO)

Trent teaches MMA and coaches the Fight Team as a senior instructor at Alive.

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John Heath

JOHN HAS BEEN GRAPPLING since the age of 15. He has an MMA record of 8-3 and holds 2 amateur Title belts; one at Welterweight and one at Middleweight. He boxed competitively for 2 years with a record of 3-1. John has also been training in

Muay Thai for the last 12 years and has fought in competitive kickboxing matches with a record of 6-0-1. John teaches Fighter's Prep classes and Boxing at Alive.

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Jana SImms

JANA SIMMS HAS BEEN TRAINING in martial arts for over twenty years. She received her black belt in Shito Ryu Karate in 1996. She taught karate at the Oregon School for Performing Arts and became the only woman ever to teach for the American

States Karate Association in Oregon. Jana won the 1998 Robokai state black belt championship and later became a professional boxer and has been coaching boxing since 2006. Jana teaches Boxing at Alive. For more information on Jana's teaching go to:
portland-boxing.com.

Molly Mc Connell

Molly McConnell

MOLLY IS A FOUR TIME Oregon Golden Gloves State Champion, a four time Washington State Golden gloves Champion, and a four time amateur national boxing champion.

Other awards include:

* 2 time Ringside amateur world champion
* First National Golden Gloves Champion from Oregon in 22 years (male or female)
* Currently ranked #1 in the world as a professional boxer
* Current holder of two professional boxing titles
* Nominated for the NIKE Harry S. Glickman Professional Female Athlete of the Year (2004)

* WBAN professional rookie of the year
* Selected twice as the WBAN professional fighter of the month (worldwide)
* Eleven years of ring experience as well as boxing training,coaching, group fitness classes and individual training
* Certified Level 2 amateur boxing coach (USA Boxing)
* Currently training both amateur and professional fighters

Molly teaches Boxing Technique at Alive.

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