City Kickboxing

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City Kickboxing
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Est.2007;18 years ago (2007)
Founded by Eugene Bareman
Doug Viney
Primary trainers Eugene Bareman
Doug Viney
Chanel Niumata
Tristram Apikitoa
Mike Angove
Current titleholdersNone
Training facilities Mount Eden, Auckland, New Zealand
Website citykickboxing.net.nz

City Kickboxing is a mixed martial arts training gym based in Auckland, New Zealand. The gym features professional fighters who have competed in many major promotions, such as the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), Bellator, ONE Championship, and Dibella Entertainment (Boxing).

Contents

History

Eugene Bareman and Doug Viney founded City Kickboxing in 2007. [1] The duo hoped that having their own premises would allow them to focus more on their training but quickly found the economics of running a gym was all-consuming and soon after transitioned to training professional fighters. [2]

Notable students & alumnae

MMA

* Champions and rankings as of January 3, 2025

Boxing

Awards

After both Adesanya and Volkanovski claimed UFC championships in 2019, Bareman and City Kickboxing were named as the Coach of the Year and the Gym of the Year, respectively, by MMAJunkie.com. [8] [9]

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