HAKEEM CONTINUES HIS STREAK WITH HIS 3RD CONSECUTIVE UFC WIN!

CHAMPION’S CREED’S “MEAN” HAKEEM DAWODU’S UFC WIN! Cornered by Champion’s Creed’s Head MMA Coach Brian Bird, Hakeem continues his streak with his 3rd consecutive UFC Win! Mean Hakeem (10-1-1) won via TKO in the…

The UFC Gym Calgary, formerly in SW Calgary, recently closed. Even though fitness is reported as being a $26 billion dollar industry, tough economic times in Calgary have possibly affected the closure of the gym,…

The warrior guided by the spirit serves humanity; the warrior without, serves the ego. – Sensei Soke Behzad Ahmadi Champion’s Creed believes in giving back. Many of their key members have done some volunteering….

TRAIN AS MUCH OR AS LITTLE AS YOU LIKE Take one, two, or six classes a week; it’s all up to you and your schedule. You can take a class in Jiu-Jitsu, switch over…

OUT OF THE RUT AND INTO THE SHOW If something can be labelled as a gateway fighting style to MMA, it was Muay Thai kickboxing for Calgary-based MMA featherweight fighter, Hakeem Dawodu. Training at…

Photo Courtesy of Cage.Side.Photography A COACH IN YOUR CORNER LEADS THE FIGHT Brian Bird has many roles as a coach, from making sure the fighter has his blood work done to problem solving. A…

MEET “MEAN” HAKEEM DAWODU, A PROTÉGÉ OF COACH BRIAN BIRD FROM CHAMPION’S CREED GYM Follow his journey to the UFC and see what happens along the way to the ‘BIG SHOW’. The ups, the downs,…

DAWODU’S READY FOR MMA’S BIGGEST STAGE “I think that they were just trying to keep me humble,” says “Mean Hakeem” Dawodu, the multi-decorated Muay Thai kickboxer of his experience at Calgary’s Champion’s Creed gym,…

Champion’s Creed Martial Arts is making headlines again as one of their top athletes—mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter Hakeem Dawodu—signed a four-fight contract with the UFC on November 26, 2017. SINCE OPENING IN 2000,…

THE RISING TIDE RAISES ALL SHIPS, INCLUDING NEWLY INKED UFC FIGHTER DAWODU I was always telling myself that if I got into a fight and someone knocked off my tooth, I would put in…