Brazilian Top Team Canada

MMA Training Associations|teamname=Brazilian Top Team Canada(BTT Canada)
logo=BTTcan.jpg
founder=Fabio Holanda & Phillip Gelinas
owners=
trainer = Fabio Holanda
dateestablished=2003
titleholders= Patrick Cote (fighter) TKO Major League MMA Middle weight Champion [http://www.fabioholanda.com Fabio Holanda / BTT Canada Official Site] ]
fmrtitleholders=Patrick Cote (fighter) TKO Light heavyweight Champion convert|205|lb|kg|abbr=on|lk=on
Georges St. Pierre Welterweight Champion (UFC 2006) convert|170|lb|kg|abbr=on|lk=on
topfighters=Patrick Cote (fighter) UFC
Georges St. Pierre UFC
Fabio Holanda TKO Major League MMA
Samuel Guillet TKO Major League MMA
Stephane Dube TKO Major League MMA
schoollocations=flagicon|CAN BTT Canada, GAMMA [http://www.montrealmartialarts.com GAMMA Official site] ] Montreal, Canada (hdqtrs)
Lin Martial Arts [http://www.linmartialarts.com/index.html Lin Martial Arts] Toronto, Canada
Ronin Mixed Martial Arts, [http://www.ronin-mma.com/main.html Ronin Mixed Martial Arts] Ottawa Canada
website= [http://www.fabioholanda.com/ Fabio Holanda / BTT Canada Official Site]
[http://www.montrealmartialarts/com GAMMA Official Site]
[http://www.braziliantopteam.com/ Brazilian Top Team] |

Brazilian Top Team Canada (BTT Canada) is an association of mixed martial arts schools begun in 2003 by Philip Gelinas and Fabio Holanda, a third-degree black belt in Brazilian jiu jitsu. The organization is an offshoot of Brazilian Top Team, where Holanda trained before coming to Canada.

BTT Canada academies emphasize Brazilian jiu jitsu (BJJ), and are attended by both recreational athletes and competitive and professional martial artists. In addition to BJJ, arts such as boxing, muay thai and wrestling are taught at some schools in the network.

The association is headquartered in the Gelinas Academy of Mixed Martial Arts (GAMMA) in Montreal, where Holanda teaches and trains. Other schools in the network include Lin Martial arts in Toronto, BJJ Québec [ [http://www.bjjquebec.com/ BJJ Quebec] in Quebec City, and Ronin Mixed Martial Arts in Ottawa.

The association comprises some of the most established Brazilian jiu jitsu schools in Canada, where BJJ was all but unheard of until recent years. There are seven black belts and many brown belts at BTT Canada schools, a high number for Canadian gyms. Jiu jitsu tournaments are held at the Montreal school several times a year and all schools in the network regularly host seminars by specialists in BJJ and other styles.

Prominent BTT Canada Mixed Martial Arts Athletes

*Fabio "The Mastermind" Holanda [ http://www.sherdog.com/fightfinder/fightfinder.asp?FighterID=5999 Fabio Holanda Profile at Sherdog.com]
*Patrick "The Predator" Côté [http://www.sherdog.com/fightfinder/fightfinder.asp?FighterID=6612 Patrick Cote Profile at Sherdog.com
*Georges "Rush" St. Pierre [http://www.sherdog.com/fightfinder/fightfinder.asp?FighterID=3500 GSP Profile at Sherdog.com
* Samuel Guillet [http://www.sherdog.com/fightfinder/fightfinder_print.asp?FighterID=6605 Sam Guillet profile at Sherdog.com]
* Stéphane "Sensei" Dubé [http://www.sherdog.com/fightfinder/fightfinder_print.asp?FighterID=8330 Stephane Dube profile at Sherdog.com
*Steve Bosse [http://www.tkomma.tv/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=247&Itemid=36&lang=en Steve Bosse Fighter Page at TKO Official site]
* Tim Wadsworth

References

External links

*http://www.fabioholanda.com
*http://www.montrealmartialarts.com
*http://www.linmartialarts.com
*http://www.bjjquebec.com
*http://www.ronin-mma.com/main.html
*http://www.braziliantopteam.com