Champion MMA Training Centre
1635 29th Street West, Saskatoon, SK | phone: (306) 261-5425
Email:championfightclub@yahoo.com

Dave “THUNDER” Lochert - Chief Instructor/Owner

  • Head Coach and Owner of the Champion MMA Training Centre
  • President & Promoter of Xtreme Cage Wars, Continental Fighting Championship and Cage Fighting Championship
  • ITF - International Tae-Jitsu Federation Representative
  • Previous Miletich Fighting Systems Saskatoon (MFS Saskatoon)
  • Two Time Canadian Breaking Champion 1997 - 1998
  • Featured on TSN and PayPerView with Team CFC, Professional UFC® style Fighters
  • P.A.K.A. Western Canadian Middleweight Muay Thai Champion
  • Degree in Fitness & Nutrition
  • 3rd Degree Tae Kwon Do
  • 6th Degree Kickboxing, Muay Thai and Tae-Jitsu
  • Canadian Black Belt Champion
  • 1988 Halifax Open Breaking Champion
  • Previously Ranked #3 in the World Kickboxing League World Ratings
  • Previously Ranked 5th in Canada by the PAKA and the World Kickboxing Association
  • Previously Ranked 10th in Canada by the International Kickboxing Federation
  • Bare-Knuckle Fighting Champion 1997 (No Rules - No Time Limit)
  • Registered WKA & CMTC Kickboxing & Muay Thai Coach
  • Dan "The Beast" Severn’s CFC2 Domination Cornerman
  • Past Canadian Delegate for the World Kickboxing League
  • ICAF (International Combative Arts Federation) Representative
  • Previous Head Coach of the Pro-Am Kickboxing Team
  • Member of the Continental Open Martial Arts Association
  • Representative for the Professional Amateur Kick-Boxing Association
  • Articles published in Black Belt Magazine, KicK Martial Arts Newsletter, Target Sports & Full Contact Newsletter
  • Certified Official with the World Kickboxing Association, Canadian Muay Thai Council, International Combative Arts Federation, Official Referees Association, Professional Amateur Kick-Boxing Association, Canadian Mixed Martial Arts Council and the Continental Fighting Championship
  • Kickboxing, Boxing, Muay Thai, Vale Tudo/Mixed Martial Arts and Tuffman Promoter
  • Promoter and Owner of the Toughest Man Challenge, How Tuff R U? and Tuffman Boxing Championships
  • Founder & President of FitKick International.
  • Member of the Black Belt Schools International and awarded the Top 200 Schools in North America award two years in a row
  • Past Head Bouncer of the California Club 1994 - 1998
  • Bouncer at various Nightclubs: Champs Nite Club, Black Sambuca, Overdrive International Niteclubs
  • SABA - Saskatchewan Amateur Boxing Association Coach / CABA - Canadian Amateur Boxing Association Coach
  • Manager and Trainer of North American, Canadian, Western Canadian, Provincial, Inter Provincial, National and King of the Cage Champions. Coached more Champion Title Holders (Amateur & Professional) than any coach in Saskatchewan
  • Trained in Kickboxing, Boxing, Muay Thai, Tae-Jitsu, White Crane Kung Fu, Ninjutsu, Judo, TaeKwonDo.




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