The Work: Tristar Gym

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Go behind the scenes of coach Firas Zahabi's legendary Tristar Gym in Montreal, and learn how Canada's top MMA talent like Georges St-Pierre, UFC title contender Rory MacDonald, and hopeful Kajan Johnson develop their skill sets.
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[@maukasmauno]

This documentary makes it seem like tristar is a meat head kind of gym. Couldn't be futher from the truth. Firas is the most anti meathead guy out there

[@fightlandtv]

Go behind the scenes of coach Firas Zahabi's legendary Tristar Gym in Montreal, and learn how Canada's top MMA talent develop their skill sets.

[@calom4823]

I realy like Tristar Gym but calling it Legendary is kinda soon sir , Firas still one of the smartest trainer in MMA .

[@dbc1987dbc]

Bobilator Realitywall The gym's produced a legend, therefore it was good use of the word legendary by fightland.

[@calom4823]

Trevor Harris Im a fan of tristar by the way , i just think they are awesome great fighter and trainer in there but common not legendary GSP still alive he not a legend lol .

[@janusmagus]

I like tristar and wanted to watch this all the way through. The ridiculous / amateurish editing made it unwatchable.

[@Toddry]

Rory is a champ now. Crazy.

[@thinglizzy2718]

Rory is on a losing skid now, that’s even crazier.

[@ekarifky2894]

Rory is retired now. crazy.

[@MohamedHassan-ni6un]

Fast forward to 2019 ... no one is arguing now that Tristar Gym is a Legend! #CoachFiras

[@DojKim]

This was already well after GSP joined the gym and an established gym no need to fast forward smh

[@Mattyfoshoable]

This is what I've been looking for on KZbin.

[@treroney4720]

As an amatuer MMA fighter and kickboxer, tristar is my favorite. I've never trained there but desperately want to one day. Firas the genius, George the legend and Rory the pathological mastermind. Ever other gym while high level comes off as braggy and self entitled

[@lucifermma5473]

Forever one of my fav videos

[@calom4823]

GJ on promoting the young blood who work Hard !

[@RINSD]

awesome stuff!!!

[@gustum1]

Good stuff, thanks!

[@davdiaz24]

Well Done!

[@hongkyjie417]

You should definitely go to straight blast gym in ireland and go behind the scenes of coach John Kavanagh

[@hercules8879]

great video

[@wabbling1]

I heard Major Lazor - Get Free courtesy this video 7 years ago . What a beautiful video.. Relatable regular humans training and looking for a scrap .. I literally grew up on this track. Looking back, now I'm married, holding my two year old son in my arms and dancing to this track... Life is a trip...

[@MAILApOIKA11123]

Beautiful comment man, seriously

[@SamAfshinpour]

I love this

[@mescnick]

lets go champ.

[@MrChancho93]

Firas teaching twisters :)

[@nativeamerican7424]

Right on

[@GearsDemon]

I like Kajan but i've only seen him fight a few times and he has gotten dropped hard on TUF and in his only UFC fight. IDK how great his chin is. His TUF loss was a hard one to watch.

[@courtneywilliams6376]

+GearsDemon won two since then and looked good :)

[@Compufighter]

The cool song at the end is Major Lazer - Get Free,

[@hunterholistichealth]

I wanna train there.

[@tylerjoyner9865]

did anyone else see that guy stab the bull in the neck what the f***

[@michaelcarroll955]

bullfighting is some bullsh*t

[@EMAN-tx7lp]

I love the editing style reminds me of Oliver stone a little bit

[@tweedle634]

that james polonda guy became quite a success outside of fighting good for him

[@tehjargonz0r]

fuck yeah Cloud Nothings. And Firas is a legend.

[@RyanPs3gamer123]

glad to say i train at this gym

[@Mayushii3]

Cloud Nothings

[@vltp005]

god i used to work 15second away from that orange julep thing holy...

[@Suitmyselff]

Who is the Aussie fighter

[@dimitriost7694]

I whant to go there

[@DavidVega-tc8hi]

This documentary is ight just go to Firas and the gyms KZbin channel and you’ll see how legendary this gym actually is they are even managing to bring back Kevin lee from his little fall

[@CarlosXXI]

F**k!!! I'm so jealous!!! Greetings from Spain ✌️😉

[@hansramaekers8495]

When was this video shot ? Did i hear it correctly they talked about the bj penn fight with rory ?

[@mikemugs7]

It was uploaded to vice close to a year ago i believe. They just wanted to move it too fightland

[@ryanthemadhatter]

Yeah...this looks like some old footage cobbled together for a 'new' video. In the video, Rory is 23. today (10/9/14) he's 25.. The footage of Kajan looks old too. Kajan, when he's listing the massive head injuries he's sustained in the cage doesn't list having his jaw broken twice.

[@MartialArtist991]

the intro gave me a seisure.

[@YellowPlagueProductions]

Rory sounds so different here compared to now. He might have some brain damage...

[@gustum1]

Great, thanks!

[@mark4386]

Can we please bring this series back?

[@michaelleonard5744]

Kill or Be Killed. And I Kill Every Time. Period. Love You Fighting Family.

[@bilalrashid6226]

What's the song at 16:19

[@Compufighter]

+Bilal Rashid Major Lazer Get Free

[@OOWEEHUZDAT2300]

The condit vs McDonald 2 should happen

[@John-me4se]

🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️💪💪💪

[@Lorendrawn]

Drugs stop at 0:37

[@Bethlehem0BC]

Ahh yes the Aus guy is the classic just bleed guy

[@heno86]

Jesus who's breaking eye sockets in sparring..

[@AxelArmentaMMA]

Probably over time the bone got damage and the last shot did it

[@marm6499]

Great gym and great coach in firas zahabi. But man those clips in between wtf vice. Show the real mix martial arts not some weird violent clips like stabbing a bull in the head...

[@mmareviewer.2372]

Great gym. The intro was a bit too much for me but thank you for sharing the video. I train hard also but I cannot work well with coach due to my learning impairments.

[@Listenman33]

What happened to James Polonda? Fought last in 2014. Sounds like that superstar dream never worked out.

[@deekay7594]

You're just a low esteem Debbie downer lol

[@Kaydeezable]

Why do they show flashes of the bull getting stabbed ....

[@Ethiokarate1]

Metaphors

[@mellonhead9568]

Firas train me please

[@MrHeadshot1982]

Lets go Canada.

[@jameldean4212]

Fucking epilleptic montage, Vice really isn't worth shit anymore

[@nakedsnake6076]

fk thesse images

[@bbeaks]

probably never gonna watch another vice sports video out of fear that itll have those annoying fucking screeches this video did

[@snooggy9297]

Why you gotta show those poor bulls?

[@onalyd]

I think the official name is "Tri-stall Gym"

[@TheCardinalBrand]

Ah shut up. I'll love to see you fight Rory or Alex Garcia and see what happens.

[@onalyd]

River Cardinal I'd use the GSP tactic and wrestle-stall them for the 3 round decision

[@aricohen8827]

Yup. They've definitely earned that nickname. Firas zahabi, if you're reading this.. Sir, I want to tell you that I believe you to be one of the coolest guys on the planet, and one of the great minds and tacticians in the game, but I truly believe you might be significantly hurting the innate and unique talent of every fighter you get a hold of, and here is why: People think firas is great because his fighters are all doing very well.. But, the true logic is that they'd be in the stratosphere with a less safe style. He ruined gsps early greatness. Then he took a maniac and killer in rory, and killed every last creative and killer instinct in him. Rory would have been the champ a long time ago if it weren't for faras. There's a long LONG list of fighters who had that IT factor for greatness, and he molded them into a fighter who is at much less risk of error, but who also have MUCH less ability to do great things that will be true to their talents. And the sad part is that he get a hold of the handful of the greatest fighters... The ones who have that IT quality and are destined for greatness and he completely sterilized them with way to much point, and run the clock safely tactics. And it's getting his fighters in trouble rather them furthering their success. His use of the jab is being given way to much emphasis, and it holding his fighters back and ge5ing them into trouble with true talented fighters. Ones that would his fighters would win, is they were given more rope. And freedom FROM game plan, and his all present and uniform strategies. It's so sad and painful to watch these kids lose the one quality that made them great to begin with. Firas... If you or anyone at your camp is reading this, know that I think you're probably one of the smartest men in all of MMA. And a super cool guy for sure. But you are making an unwise choice to keep these guys leashed up. Even if they had lost one or Maybe two fights because they got "caught' or something.. They would still have won the rest in a Much greater and more significant fashion that would make them loved AND successful. And YES the odds of their success would be greater as well if you gave them some room to FIGHT using THEIR INSTINCTS that got them on your radar to begin with. They were KILLING everyone when you picked them up. But you've seen their performances slowly change and level out. It's not due to the level of Competition though. They would have dominated their respected divisions because they would improve their NATURAL abilitys with you wisdom and guidance. But you're calculations are wrong about what wins fights firas. These kids you've brought in would have been even greater. That being said, I WOULD agree with your training technique and strategy with fighters who were one tiny level lower. Even lower but tanked fighters. But those guys that are monsters and could be a future goat, you need to trust IN THEM. Because the true TALENTS AND GREATS need to be allowed to be GREAT!! they WILL get the job done THAT way, all the true greats do. They are their OWN men, and need that freedom to use their INSTINCTS To be great. And in the end, if they lose, they lose, but so have ALL the greatests. Tyson wouldn't have been tyson, fedor wouldn't have been fedor, Silva wouldn't have been Silva, jbj, conor, etc... They either have all lost or will lose at one point. But they will forever be remembered for the WAY they fought. And just look at the legacy those guys have left or will leave!! Trust in those guys, firas. The ones who can be on this list. Let them create INSIDE the octagon. They have something YOU DONT. something only a few people in history will ever have. Trust in them more. They got to your gym to get better at what THEY do good NATURALLY already. Please don't kill that in your fighters and future fighters. Cheers, and thanks for all the amazing videos you've uploaded. You're a truly awesome guy.

[@jschnabes13]

Good god, stop rambling sir...and by all means go take over Tristar Gym and let's see how well that goes buddy!

[@FrodeFalch]

Those fuckings Bull fighters clips... Why? Bad taste

[@AliMoradiTehrani]

Devout Muslim Coach

[@BostonsF1nest]

Lol besides Rory none of these guys even fight anymore

[@aricohen8827]

Firas zahabi, PLEASE read this!! Or pass this to him if you can. Sir, I want to tell you that I believe you to be one of the coolest guys on the planet, and one of the great minds and tacticians in the game, but I truly believe you might be significantly hurting the innate and unique talent of every fighter you get a hold of, and here is why: People think firas is great because his fighters are all doing very well.. But, the true logic is that they'd be in the stratosphere with a less safe style. He ruined gsps early greatness. Then he took a maniac and killer in rory, and killed every last creative and killer instinct in him. Rory would have been the champ a long time ago if it weren't for faras. There's a long LONG list of fighters who had that IT factor for greatness, and he molded them into a fighter who is at much less risk of error, but who also have MUCH less ability to do great things that will be true to their talents. And the sad part is that he get a hold of the handful of the greatest fighters... The ones who have that IT quality and are destined for greatness and he completely sterilized them with way to much point, and run the clock safely tactics. And it's getting his fighters in trouble rather them furthering their success. His use of the jab is being given way to much emphasis, and it holding his fighters back and ge5ing them into trouble with true talented fighters. Ones that would his fighters would win, is they were given more rope. And freedom FROM game plan, and his all present and uniform strategies. It's so sad and painful to watch these kids lose the one quality that made them great to begin with. Firas... If you or anyone at your camp is reading this, know that I think you're probably one of the smartest men in all of MMA. And a super cool guy for sure. But you are making an unwise choice to keep these guys leashed up. Even if they had lost one or Maybe two fights because they got "caught' or something.. They would still have won the rest in a Much greater and more significant fashion that would make them loved AND successful. And YES the odds of their success would be greater as well if you gave them some room to FIGHT using THEIR INSTINCTS that got them on your radar to begin with. They were KILLING everyone when you picked them up. But you've seen their performances slowly change and level out. It's not due to the level of Competition though. They would have dominated their respected divisions because they would improve their NATURAL abilitys with you wisdom and guidance. But you're calculations are wrong about what wins fights firas. These kids you've brought in would have been even greater. That being said, I WOULD agree with your training technique and strategy with fighters who were one tiny level lower. Even lower but tanked fighters. But those guys that are monsters and could be a future goat, you need to trust IN THEM. Because the true TALENTS AND GREATS need to be allowed to be GREAT!! they WILL get the job done THAT way, all the true greats do. They are their OWN men, and need that freedom to use their INSTINCTS To be great. And in the end, if they lose, they lose, but so have ALL the greatests. Tyson wouldn't have been tyson, fedor wouldn't have been fedor, Silva wouldn't have been Silva, jbj, conor, etc... They either have all lost or will lose at one point. But they will forever be remembered for the WAY they fought. And just look at the legacy those guys have left or will leave!! Trust in those guys, firas. The ones who can be on this list. Let them create INSIDE the octagon. They have something YOU DONT. something only a few people in history will ever have. Trust in them more. They got to your gym to get better at what THEY do good NATURALLY already. Please don't kill that in your fighters and future fighters. Cheers, and thanks for all the amazing videos you've uploaded. You're a truly awesome guy.

[@aricohen8827]

+Dwefqweav Fffewqfeerg just look.. It's like I predicted. You guys pick up the greatest prospects with the most out if this world talent who are on a tear.. And look what you. Turn them into?!? Just this month, you've DESTROYED two more of the sports great prospects. You reshaped Sage Northcutt into a losing fearful fighter, and just yesterday, you've proven to kill Tom breezes potential as well. Turning him into another timid defensive stalling and insecure fighter. Had they had NO trainer at all, both would have won their fights this month convincingly.. Because they have it in them naturally.. But leave it to YOU guys, to suck all the life out of each of them. Turn them into the most boring fighters on the roster, And destroy their careers. Like I said.. It's not too late firas... Your theory of what wins fights, and what makes great fighters is flawed. You're fighters MINDS are over anylizing or something, because your approach is either too cognitive, or simply not a good one. Tom breezes odds were like - 1000!!?! And look what you've done with him. He was completely paralyzed. It's clear, you're doing SOMETHING wrong!!! You yelling at Tom breeze to "stay calm" "take your time" etc etc.... It's killing them. They respect you, and they can't just use their athletic instincts.. They're become soooo neutered by your coaching. They take ZERO chances. Which means they are pretty much limited to circling the cage, being defensive and to hoping their jab with run the clock?!?!? And look how that's working out for you firas?!?!? Roy could take out BJ in that fight? Roy was the most beast talent we've seen in a decade.. And you turned him into a flaccid non champion. How many more "1st round draft picks" and elite prospect will you rob the fans of and destroy? No other camp around trains their fighters with that type of defensive and cautious mentality. None of them. And they have champions in their camps. YOU happen to have the GREATEST fighters, but strip them of their natural talents. To anyone reading this.. Pay attention to the fighter when you see Tristar and firas in the corner. You're guaranteed a defensive stall fest, with a fighter who has been trained, to neutralize his opponent, but instead, neutralizes himself. EACH AND EVERY TIME. NEVER FAILS. THAT'S TRISTAR!!!

[@obliviox]

Dude you dont know shit about fighting you think you know better than one of the best coaches in the world? Its easy to look from a distance and say this and that but you dont know the details and intricacies that go into fighter development and to blame firas for their performances is unfair the fighter has freedom to fight however they like he is just a guide to guide them to victory

[@Lorendrawn]

There's nothing stopping you from opening your own gym and taking on TriStar yourself if you believe in your philosophy.

[@Lorendrawn]

Ari Cohen's 4-star gym composed entirely of ferocious people who turn their ferocity up to 81. Like a room full of clones of Carlos Condit. Wheee..

[@wardog0327]

This comment was cringey as fuck!