Eric Albarracin

Captain Eric Albarracin (born c. 1983),[2] is a retired American wrestler who was a 3X University National Champ, a 7X Armed Forces Champ and an US national team member in both Freestyle and Greco Roman. Internationally, Eric 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 Latino América 2, and the Ultimate Fighter 24. After that Albarracin trained Olympic champion and former UFC Flyweight & Bantamweight Champion Henry Cejudo.[5] Albarracin was recruited to the first team he coached, Team Nogueira in Brazil which included Rodrigo Minotauro Nogueira, Minotouro Nogueira, Anderson Silva, & Júnior Dos Santos, Rony Jason, Patricio and Patricky Freire. It is in Brasil where he received the nickname Captain Americas. Eric now coaches at the Pitbull Brothers and Fight Ready. In addition to Triple C, Captain Eric’s fighters include , two division Bellator world champion Patricio “Pitbull” Freire, Patricky Freire, who has the most knockouts in Bellator History and is also a Bellator Lightweight Champion. Patricio and Patricky Freire , AKA The Pitbull Brothers, are the first brothers in MMA history to be world champions simultaneously. Eric also trains UFC Flyweight Champion Deveison “Deus de Guerra” Figuereido. Albarracin trains UFC Middleweight contender Paulo Costa, & UFC featherweight contender Korean Zombie . Captain Americas has also participated in UFC title camps of UFC Champion Zhang Weili, UFC Champion Jiří Prochazka & UFC Champion Jon Jones.

Eric Albarracin
Eric Albarracin (left) in 2007
Personal information
Born1982 (age 40–41)
New York, New York, United States[1]
Weight121 lb (55 kg) Height 5 ft 4 in
Sport
SportFreestyle wrestling
ClubU.S. Army
Medal record
Representing the  United States
Pan American Championships
Silver medal – second place1997 San Juan54 kg
Military World Wrestling Championships
Silver medal – second place2000 Camp Lejeune54 kg

Albarracin is a former U.S. Army Captain, and was the Officer-in-Charge of Modern Army Combatives, a hand-to-hand combat system.[6]

References
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  1. Gary Abbott (May 25, 1997) Tobin wins gold at Pan American Freestyle Wrestling Championships, May 25. themat.com
  2. Sharon Robb (August 20, 2006) No Kids In This Sandbox. Sun-Sentinel
  3. "Turkey Wins CISM Wrestling Titles, U.S. Grapplers Finish Second". U.S. Department of Defence. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
  4. John Morgan (January 14, 2015) Wrestling coach Eric Albarracin: Forget Jon Jones; Patricio 'Pitbull' is coming. MMA Junkie
  5. Coach Mike R (February 4, 2013) Olympic Gold Medalist Henry Cejudo Comes To MMA, Why He'll Make A Big Splash, And Why He May Not. bloodyelbow.com
  6. Captain Eric Albarracin wins gold at US Armed Forces Wrestling Tournament. defenselink.mil. March 27, 2007


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