Head CoachesWorld-class Instruction
> Black belt Under Ricardo Vieira and Top Level Competidor
Thiago Sá Fortes Silva
- Occupation – Jiu Jitsu Professional Athlete and Coach, Black Belt 2 degrees
- Black belt Under Ricardo Vieira and Top Level Competidor
Head Coach at Team Nogueira Dubai
Competition experience
- Medalist in all the Major IBJJF tournaments, Gi and No-Gi, Brazilian National, Europeans, Pan-Ams, World’s Championship, Grand Slam UAEJJF, One Championship Grappling
- ACB_JJ pro fighter – 2017/ 18
International Experiences
- Out of Brazil since 2014, traveling whole over the world, including 26 countries, teaching seminars and competing.
- Lived in Charleston, South Carolina – USA 2015/16
- Long Beach – California – USA – 2018/19
- Currently living in Dubai since 2019
Mounir 'The Sniper' Lazzez
Mounir started practicing Muay Thai when he was 12 years-old, as well as other disciplines such as Kung Fu, Judo and MMA. Better known as “The Sniper”, this coach started practicing Muay Thai as a child as a form of self defence and to have a healthy lifestyle. He soon started training with professionals and discovered his own talent, and quickly learned that if he put hard work into training he really could be something special. “The talent was there, I just needed the hard work,” says the coach about his journey. “Discipline is the key to success,” he adds. Mounir has won several competitions and titles, one of them being the Desert Force Welterweight Champion.
He is still fighting and looking to grow as an MMA professional fighter. He is a strict coach who tries to bring into his training all that he learns outside while fighting, sharing his experience with his students.
InstructorsA Dedicated Team
• Professional Volleyball Player
• Personal Trainer
• Gym Coordinator
• Weight Management, slimming and hypertrophy
• Fitness Knowledge
• Development of adapted programs
Mejdi Garzoun
Mejdi practices and teaches boxing for fun, health and coordination. He enjoys being a coach in Team Nogueira Dubai because he believes in teaching people how to fight and become professionals, achieving something bigger than himself through his students.
“I like boxing not to fight: it’s for the spirit,” says Mejdi. He has practiced a few different martial arts and says that boxing is the one that requires the most coordination, “from upper to lower body, boxing works it all.” Having boxed for more than eight years, and competing professionally since 2007, Mejdi says ,” I win and I lose, but the most important thing for me is that I’m happy with what I have.”
“If it’s not me fighting, I hope I can help people fight and get what they want.” That is the coach’s philosophy and motivation. “I’m not the kind of person who pushes you too much to do what I want, I push you to do what you want,” Mejdi describes his approach. He wants to do for his students what he would like done for himself: he gives them the opportunity to express what their objective is and he helps them achieve it. If he believes his students have the potential to be champions, he’ll push them and let them know what they are capable of.
Amin Sharifi
Amin has been studying and training martial arts for many years. His love for martial arts started all the way back in 1997, and he has been practising and fighting competitively ever since. Inspired as a youth by Kung Fu, boxing and his brother’s competitive Taekwondo successes, Amin’s martial arts career truly began when he started training Muay Thai. He is supremely qualified as an MMA coach due to his excellent grounding in a wide range of disciplines including Taekwondo, Boxing, Muay Thai, Wrestling, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Karate. Over the years he has taught at many martial arts and fitness institutions across Dubai, and this wide experience range gives him a lot of experience which he is keen to impart on his students. He is also a personal trainer, and has been teaching fitness and conditioning across the UAE.
One of the standout areas of development for Coach Amin is his work as a pads trainer. He was the official coach of MMA fight Amit Thapa for his SFL fights and entrance to the UFC, and also put our very own Mounir “Sniper” Lazzez through his paces on the way to achieving victory in Desert Force, Phoenix 4 and Brave 16. Amin has also supported Boxing Coach Mejdi, our kickboxing and K1 Fighter champion, and most recently our MMA Head Coach and fighter Anas Mounir, also in the Phoenix 4 competition.
A competitive fighter himself, Amin has achieved notable victories in Taekwondo, and more recently has fought competitively in DFC Dubai Fighting Championship. He is looking forward to continuing to learn and achieve greater heights as a coach and pads holder for our professional fighters.
“I’m very proud of my achievements in MMA and as a coach. Mounir gave me the nickname “Pads Killer”. It’s a talent I have developed over the years, and I’m not satisfied unless the fighter is dead after a pad session with me… if they can do five rounds in five minutes they will be ready for any fight!”
RAPHAELLA STEFANY DE BRITO
With a few years of experience in gyms, coach, and consultant specializing in weight loss.
*Move will then move often – Gray Cook*
*Education And Certifications:*
Brazilian – Graduated from UNIP Universidade Paulistana
Specialized in Orthopedic and Sports Traumatology
Training and functional rehabilitation
*SPECIALTIES:*
- Specialist in obesity and weight loss
- Sports training
- Hypertrophy
- Muay thay
- Rehabilitation
- Functional training