American Top Team

American Top Team (ATT) is one of the primary teams in mixed martial arts. The gym was founded by Dan Lambert, who brought in former members of Brazilian Top Team Marcus "Conan" Silveira, Marcelo Silveira and Ricardo Liborio, but there is no formal affiliation between the two teams. ATT's main academy is in Coconut Creek, Florida, and there are affiliated academies throughout the United States. ATT features professional fighters who have competed in many major promotions, such as the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), PRIDE Fighting Championships, DREAM, K-1, Strikeforce, Bellator, Professional Fighters League (PFL) and ONE Championship.
In 2017, ATT also became involved in professional wrestling, and its fighters appeared as part of the American Top Team stable in events of Impact Wrestling, Major League Wrestling and All Elite Wrestling.
History
Dan Lambert founded American Top Team in 2001. He became friends with Florida-based BJJ instructor and MMA fighter Marcus "Conan" Silveira and both were soon joined by Marcelo Silveira and Ricardo Libório, one of the co-founders of Brazilian Top Team. All three Brazilian masters were former BTT and Carlson Gracie black belts. Their vision was to build a world-class training facility where MMA fighters could get all of their training under one roof, similar to the Brazilian Top Team. Although they shared founders and similar names, the ATT would not be the American branch of the BTT, but a new camp entirely. A businessman by trade and Brazilian jiu-jitsu enthusiast, Lambert oversaw American Top Team as it became one of the top MMA training facilities and martial arts academies in the world. Headquartered in Coconut Creek, Florida, American Top Team has produced numerous MMA world champions and highly notable competitors. It is widely considered one of the top MMA facilities in the world, and it won the Best Gym category at the World MMA Awards in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019. There are currently over 40 American Top Team affiliates worldwide representing the ATT banner.
In 2021, Lambert and American Top Team started to appear regularly for professional wrestling promotion All Elite Wrestling, allying with Ethan Page and Scorpio Sky, with UFC fighters Andrei Arlovski, Junior Dos Santos, Jorge Masvidal, and Paige VanZant, among others, making appearances. American Top Team had previously made minor appearances in Impact Wrestling in 2017 and 2018 as part of a storyline where ATT fighter and professional wrestler Bobby Lashley quit wrestling (in kayfabe) to focus on his MMA career.
Notable fighters
Yaroslav Amosov
Andrei Arlovski
Junior Dos Santos
Joanna Jędrzejczyk
Tyron Woodley
Omari Akhmedov
Movsar Evloev
Thiago Alves
Will Brooks
Mike Brown
Roan Carneiro
Kayla Harrison
Hayder Hassan
Kyoji Horiguchi
Jorge Masvidal
Antonio Carlos Junior
Bobby Lashley
Marcus "Buchecha" Almeida
Bo Nickal
Muhammed Lawal
Douglas Lima
Magomed Magomedkerimov
Cole Miller
Steve Mocco
Jeff Monson
Pedro Munhoz
Dustin Poirier
Santiago Ponzinibbio
Yoel Romero
Jairzinho Rozenstruik
Alessio Sakara
Thiago Santos
Shahbulat Shamhalaev
Antônio Silva
Glover Teixeira
Gleison Tibau
Albert Tumenov
Gasan Umalatov
Jussier Formiga
Renato Moicano
Mateusz Gamrot
Scott Askham
Philipe Lins
Adriano Moraes
Alexandre Pantoja
Danny Sabatello
Paige VanZant
Attila Végh
Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov
Johnny Eblen
Arman Tsarukyan
Grant Dawson
Notable Coaches
Marcus "Conan" Silveira
Mike Brown
Thiago Alves
Steve Mocco
Marcos DaMatta "Parrumpinha"
Muhammed Lawal
Artem Levin
Gabriel de Oliveira
Everton "VV" Oliveira
Anderson Franca
Katel Kubis
Luciano Dos Santos "Macarrao"
Awards
World MMA Awards
2016 Gym of the Year
2017 Gym of the Year
2018 Gym of the Year
2019 – July 2020 Gym of the Year
2021 Gym of the Year
Voting period for 2019 awards ran from January 2019 to July 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Subsequently, the voting period for 2021 awards ran from July 2020 to July 2021.
See also
List of Top Professional MMA Training Camps
References
External links
2002 establishments in Florida
Mixed martial arts training facilities
Coconut Creek, Florida