Team Quest

Team Quest
Est.	1999[1]
Founded by	Dan Henderson ; Randy Couture
Primary trainers	Heath Sims ; Dylan Fussell ; Bryan Harper ; Scott McKendry ; Luiz Pedro ; Cody Isaacson
Past titleholders	Randy Couture Light Heavyweight Champion (UFC 2003-2004, 2004-2005) 205 lb (93 kg; 14.6 st), Heavyweight Champion (UFC 1997, 2000-2002, 2007) 222 lb (101 kg; 15.9 st) ; Dan Henderson Welterweight Champion (PRIDE FC 2006-2008) 183 lb (83 kg), Middleweight Champion (PRIDE FC 2007) 205 lb (93 kg) ; Evan Tanner Middleweight champion (UFC 2005) 185 lb (84 kg) ; Tarec Saffiedine Welterweight Champion (Strikeforce 2013) 170 lb (77 kg) ; Ed Herman Lightweight Heavyweight Champion (SportFight 2005 Relinquished) 205 lb (93 kg) Gabe Ruediger Lightweight Champion (WEC 2004–2005) 155 lb (70 kg)
Prominent fighters	Dan Henderson (UFC, Strikeforce) ; Chael Sonnen (Bellator, WEC, UFC) Matt Lindland (UFC, Strikeforce) ; Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou (Strikeforce) Ed Herman (UFC, Strikeforce)
Training facilities	Gresham, Oregon; Hemet, California ; Chiang Mai, Thailand
Website	Team Quest Portland Team Quest San Jacinto

Team Quest is a mixed martial arts training camp founded by Randy Couture and Dan Henderson with facilities located in Gresham, Oregon; Murrieta, California; Encinitas, California; Redding, California; Hemet, California; and Chiang Mai, Thailand. Notable fighters that have trained at the Oregon facility are Matt Lindland, Dave Jansen, Nathan Coy, and Chael Sonnen.[2]

The Portland, Oregon location is led by Coach Matt Lindland, Olympic Silver Medalist, UFC veteran and former coach of the USA Olympic Wrestling Team.

The California facility hosts teammates, former two division PRIDE & Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Champion Dan Henderson, as well as Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou, Krzysztof Soszynski, and Jesse Taylor. The majority of fighters at Team Quest come from a background in wrestling.

The Redding location in Northern California is headed by BJJ Black Belt Carlos Zapata and is home to Muay Thai Kru Josh Hernandez. The location was shutdown for undisclosed reasons.

Team Quest Portland's Pat Healy has spent time in China, helping MMA fighters and conducting training sessions with Legend's FC fighters. Healy has hosted some BJJ seminars in Hong Kong.

Notable members

Heath Sims
Sebastian Rodriguez
Sam Alvey
Josh Burkman
Ryo Chonan
Nathan Coy
Cyrille Diabaté
Pat Healy
Chris Leben
Ryan Healy
Dan Henderson - Last Pride Middleweight Champion, First, Last and Only Pride Welterweight Champion, 2006 Pride Welterweight Grand Prix Champion, Last Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Champion
Ed Herman
Dave Jansen
Shaun Lethco - Was a top competitor he has his golden gloves and is a 2nd degree green belt in Muay Thai
Frank Lester
Matt Lindland - 2000 Olympic Wrestling Silver Medalist, UFC Middleweight Title Challenger
Ian Loveland
Vinny Magalhaes - 2007 World No-gi Jiu Jitsu Champ, 2011 ADCC +99 kg Champ
Tyson Nam
Yushin Okami - Former UFC Middleweight Title Challenger
Mike Pierce
Tarec Saffiedine - Last Strikeforce Welterweight Champion
Fabiano Scherner
Jay Silva
Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou
Chael Sonnen - Former 2-Time UFC Middleweight Title Challenger, UFC Light Heavyweight Title Challenger, WEC Middleweight Title Challenger
Evan Tanner - Former UFC Middleweight Champion, Former UFC Light Heavyweight Title Challenger, First American to win Pancrase Neo-Blood Tournament (1998), Former USWF Heavyweight Champion (7 title defenses
Jesse Taylor - The Ultimate Fighter 25 winner
Christopher Thompson Jr
Joe Warren - 2006 60 kg Greco-Roman Wrestling World Champion
Daniel Weichel
Nate Quarry - Former UFC Middleweight title challenger
Jared Vanderaa - UFC Heavyweight Fighter, Owner of the Team Quest San Jacinto location
feather Weight Enoch Wilson, 20-10-2, (Beaverton Oregon) he has the record for the most fights in the Moda center in Portland, he now owns his own team Animals MMA Fitness and Nutrition.

References

"Team Quest MMA & Fitness". tqmma.com. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
"Black Belt Magazine: World's Leading Magazine of Martial Arts – - Black Belt". Archived from the original on July 20, 2012. Retrieved June 17, 2010.

External links

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[tqmma-1] "Team Quest MMA & Fitness". tqmma.com. Retrieved 17 January 2014.

[2] "Black Belt Magazine: World's Leading Magazine of Martial Arts – - Black Belt". Archived from the original on July 20, 2012. Retrieved June 17, 2010.