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At American Mixed Martial Arts, train only with the highest level coaches.
Kazeka Muniz
With over 40 years of experience, Kazeka Muniz is an accomplished international freestyle wrestler, Brazilian Jiu-jitsu, MMA competitor and coach. Kazeka holds a 6th degree black belt in BJJ and a Bachelors Degree in Sports Science.
At the age of 7, Kazeka started training at ESPA Nacional in Cuba under world renown Coach Arturo Yanes.
In 1994, Kazeka started training Brazilian Jiu-jitsu helping the legendary Royce Gracie get prepared for his fights in the early UFC. In 1998, Kazeka was prompted to the rank of black belt by Carlos Gracie Jr, the head coach of the famous Gracie Barra in Rio de Janeiro.
Kazeka was on staff with the Georgian national men’s wrestling team for the 2004 Athens Olympics. As well as the Olympic Coach for the Azerbaijan men’s wrestling team in the 2012 London Olympics where the Azerbaijani team took 2 Gold medals and 1 Bronze.
Kazeka’s achievements include 2 x BJJ World Champion, Pan American Champion, 6 x Brazilian National Champion, and more.
Kazeka has coached many Olympic Wrestling and MMA athletes through the years including:
For Olympic Wrestling:
• World and Olympic Champion Alexis Rodrigues
• Olympic and European Champion Togrul Asgarov
• World and Olympic Medalist Khetag Gazumov
• World Champion Yowly Bones
• World and Olympic Medalist Livan Lopez
For MMA:
• UFC Champion Michael "The Count" Bispin
• UFC Champion Quinton "Rampage" Jackson
• UFC #1 Contender Matt "The Immortal" Brown
• UFC #1 Contender Yoel "Soldier of God" Romero
• TUF (The Ultimate Fighter) Champion Jesse Taylor
• UFC & Bellator Fighter Guilherme Vasconcelos
• Bellator Fighter Tofiq Musayev
Alexis Rodriguez
Alexis "Toto" Rodriguez, as he’s called amongst his friends and family, is considered one of the greatest heavyweights that ever competed in free style wrestling.
Alexis has over 30 years of experience in men’s free style wrestling as a competitor and coach. He trained with under world renown Coach Arturo Yanes at ESPA Nacional in Cuba.
Alexis Rodriguez is a 2 x Olympian, having won Bronze in the 2000 Sydney Olympics and placed 5th in the 2004 Athens Olympics men’s free style wrestling heavyweight division.
“Toto’s” accomplishments also include 2 x World Champion, 4 x World Cup Champion, 6 x Pan American Champion, 2 x Absolute Champion, and more!
Alex, now a retired athlete, has been the National Coach for Azerbaijan, Moroco and Cote d’Ivoire (The Ivory Coast) teams.
Alex’s international competitive and coaching expertise are unique and will enhance anyone wanting to compete at the world level.