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Born | 1982 (age 41–42) New York, New York, United States [1] | |||||||||||||||||
Weight | 121 lb (55 kg) | |||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Freestyle wrestling | |||||||||||||||||
Club | U.S. Army | |||||||||||||||||
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Eric Albarracin (born c. 1983), [2] is an American mixed martial arts (MMA) coach and retired wrestler and soldier.
He was a three-time university national champion, a seven-time armed forces champion and a US national team member in both freestyle and Greco Roman wrestling. Internationally, Albarracin won silver medals in the freestyle 54 kg division at the Pan American Championships [1] and at the Military World Wrestling Championships. [3] Currently, he coaches professional mixed martial arts competitors from Brazil, [4] and in this capacity participated in The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil 2, The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil 3, The Ultimate Fighter Brazil 4, The Ultimate Fighter Latin America 2, and the Ultimate Fighter 24. After that, Albarracin coached Olympic champion and former UFC Flyweight and Bantamweight Champion Henry Cejudo. [5] Albarracin was recruited to the first team he coached, Team Nogueira and received the nickname Captain America in Brazil. In addition to Cejudo, Albarracin has also coached Bellator champions Patricio Pitbull and Patricky Pitbull, UFC Flyweight Champion Deiveson Figueiredo, Paulo Costa, and The Korean Zombie . Albarracin has also assisted in the UFC title camps of champions Zhang Weili, Jiří Prochazka and Jon Jones.
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