{"id":45934,"date":"2012-11-27T10:00:07","date_gmt":"2012-11-27T18:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=45934"},"modified":"2022-02-06T13:26:32","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T21:26:32","slug":"fuel-tv-premieres-training-day-the-blackzilians-nov-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/fuel-tv-premieres-training-day-the-blackzilians-nov-28\/","title":{"rendered":"FUEL TV PREMIERES  TRAINING DAY: THE BLACKZILIANS  NOV. 28"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/blackzilians.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/blackzilians.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"blackzilians\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45935\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/blackzilians.jpg 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/blackzilians-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/blackzilians-361x250.jpg 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nFUEL TV is excited to announce the premiere of  TRAINING DAY: THE BLACKZILIANS, onWednesday, November 28  (11:00 PM ET). The FUEL TV original gives viewers an all-access look at the group of elite mixed martial arts fighters that form the Blackzilians team.<\/p>\n<p>TRAINING DAY: THE BLACKZILIANS highlights founders and members of the Blackzilians including former UFC Light Heavyweight Champions  Rashad Evans  and  Vitor Belfort, UFC heavyweight  Alistar Overeem, and UFC lightweight  Michael Johnson  in exclusive interviews and following them through their training. In addition, owner Glenn Robinson and coaches Mario Sperry, Henri Hooft, and Babak  Nejadmoghaddam  are showcased working with the athletes in the South Florida gym.<\/p>\n<p>Evans  explains the goal of the group in the show: \u201cThis is where we sharpen the tools to go to war to put on the fights that you like to see,\u201d he says. \u201cThis is where we are becoming the best team in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Overeem  envisions the Blackzilians being recognized as home to the best fighters: \u201cMy prediction is in one year everyone will know we are the best team in the world. We already are, but it\u2019s going to take one year for the rest of the world to know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Blackzilians have created a unified team that thrives on the ideals of brotherhood, family and lifestyle. Their slogan  \u201cno one is better than all of us together,\u201d embodies the camaraderie and strength that the fighters feel by training with one another day in and day out. Aspiring MMA fighters get the chance to train with elite UFC champions, but they all get treated equally. \u201cMy goal is not just to create champions on the mat,\u201d says Head Coach Mario Sperry. \u201cI am here to try to make better human beings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During the show,  Johnson  explains the origin of the team\u2019s name: \u201cIt all started out like a joke. [I was with] Danillo Villefort, one of the original members. We were all siting around, like me, him, and Rashad Evans and we looked at the mat. At one point it was just half blacks and half Brazilians. So you know, nothing real racial, you know? It was all a joke. So we said why not call the team the Blackzilians?\u201d The name stuck and has represented the team since their inception in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>This is the second  TRAINING DAY  special  from FUEL TV. The first  TRAINING DAY  show featured Montreal, Canada-based Tristar Gym earlier this month. 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