Coach Doug Fournet

Doug is a longtime Judoka & Sambist having competed on the US team for FILA worlds (Sambo and grappling), FIAS (Sambo), and the American Sambo Association's Team American Sambo (Sambo and Grappling). He is also a Battle of Brooklyn veteran, World Combat Games veteran (Sambo), and veteran of several mixed martial arts fights. Most recently Doug brought home gold and bronze medals at the Belgium Sambo Open in 2013 and gold from the 2010 British Sambo Open and 2011 Dutch Sambo Open. Doug also took 3rd place the FILA grappling worlds in Turkey. Doug is the first ever recipient of the first ever Master of Sport International Class by the American SAMBO Association. Doug currently coaches at UFC Gym in Baton Rouge.