Pro MMA Fighter Derek Gauthier Is Here

2 Pro Fighters: Derek Gauthier and Muay Thai LEGEND Namsaknoi

Norman (Derek's trainer), his son Kevin & Derek

A picture from Derek doing what MMA Fighters do, borrowed from his website.

For three weeks MMA fans might be interested in knowing that Canadian Pro MMA Fighter Derek Gauthier is training here, along with his trainer, Norman (of SparMAX) and his trainer's son, Kevin. Really nice folks, too.

He came here to work on his stand-up because his groundwork doesn't need any help, it sounds like. So he ended up at our gym, and as a bonus he gets to work privately with Namsaknoi, easily one of the greatest Muay Thai fighters who has ever lived, who just happens to be at our gym for two weeks. Derek's trainer said he has a big fight coming up, so this is ideal training for him here in the tropics.

TKO Extreme says this about Derek:

TKO Championship Fighting has officially announced that undefeated welterweights Derek Gauthier and Yannick Galipeau will meet at TKO 32: Ultimatum.

Derek Gauthier made his mixed martial arts debut at Ring Xtreme Challenge 1 on September 2007 against Joseph Paiquet (0-2). Gauthier scored a knockout victory at 2:34 of the first round.

Two months later, Gauthier appeared at Ring Xtreme Challenge 2 where he scored a TKO victory over Kris Parti (0-2) in just over one minute.

Yannick Galipeau made his respective mixed martial arts debut at TKO 31: Young Guns where he scored a TKO victory over Josh Bitner (0-1) in just under a minute.

I'd send you to his website, but it's all in French.......Still, it's at http://www.derekgauthier.com/ if that works for you, LOL! You can probably google him and find out more about him in English, I know MMA fighting is quite popular even though I don't know a ton about it -- but Derek sounds like he's off to a great career start based on his record, and I wish him the best!