Blackzilians

History

Owned by Glenn Robinson, Blackzilians, started when MMA fighters Jorge Santiago, Danillo Villefort, Yuri Villefort, and Gesias Cavalcante left American Top Team. The name 'Blackzilians' was coined when Strikeforce Middleweight Danillo Villefort was looking through their management's website and pointed out to Robinson that every fighter was Black or Brazilian.
It was reported on September 20, 2018, that Glenn Robinson, Blackzilians founder, had died of a suspected heart attack.
As of 2017, the Blackzilians as a gym is considered defunct. Many of its members have left to join Combat Club, now Kill Cliff Fight Club which is considered a successor to the Blackzilians.

Henri Hooft, head and striking coach
Greg Jones, Wrestling coach
Neil Melanson, head grappling coach. His style is heavily influenced by the Hayastan school which mixes Catch as catch can wrestling with Judo and Sambo.
Jorge Santiago, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu coach
Notable fighters
Boxing
* Guillermo Rigondeaux
* Idel Torriente
Kickboxing
* Cosmo Alexandre
* Randy Blake
* Daniel Ghiță
* Murthel Groenhart
* Robin van Roosmalen
* Gökhan Saki
* Andrei Stoica
* Tyrone Spong
* Rico Verhoeven
Mixed martial arts
* Rashad Evans
* Anthony Johnson
* Thiago Silva
* Vitor Belfort
* Cezar Ferreira
* Eddie Alvarez
* Matt Mitrione
* Michael Johnson
* Ryan Jimmo
* Fabio Mello
* Marcus Aurélio
* Jorge Santiago
* Siyar Bahadurzada
* Gesias Cavalcante
* Guto Inocente
* Braulio Estima
* Miguel Torres
* Danillo Villefort
* Yuri Villefort
* Abel Trujillo
* Luiz Firmino
* Claude Patrick
* Ryan LaFlare
* Gilbert Burns
* Tom Niinimäki
* Volkan Oezdemir
* Alistair Overeem
* Stefan Struve
* Hans Stringer
* Kamaru Usman
*/ Beslan Isaev
*/ '''Musa Khamanaev'''