KENNY JOHNSON
Kenny Johnson
Age: 49
Height: 5’7”
Weight: 185
High School: Washington Park (Racine, WI) 1988
College: University of Iowa 1993
Club: BOLT Wrestling Club, Black House MMA
Overall Wrestling Record: 1268-89
MMA: 1-1
Jiu Jitsu: 79-4
Accomplishments
High School All-American
College All-American
Wrestled for Iowa under Dan Gable on Undefeated National and Big 10 Championship Teams
Trained for 7 Olympic Games
USA Wrestling NECP Gold Level Certified Coach (1 of only 40 people in the world)
Coached for 4 seasons At Northwestern University while training for the 1996 Olympics
Resident Athlete at the U.S. Olympic Training Center 1997-2000
Brown Belt in Jiu Jitsu under Rigan Machado and Ricardo Arrivabenne
(Gi and No-Gi ) Pan Am, National and World Champion
Resident Wrestling Coach at Black House
Wrestling Coach on Season 8 of The Ultimate Fighter (Noguiera vs Mir)
Wrestling Coach on Season 2 of The Ultimate Fighter (Brazil) (Werdum vs Noguiera)
Wrestling Coach on Season 1 of The Ultimate Fighter (Latin America) (Werdum vs Velasquez)
Wrestling Coach on Season 4 of The Ultimate Fighter (Brazil) (Anderson Silva vs Shogun)
Creator of the BOLT Wrestling
Instructors / Coaches
Dan Gable - Wrestling (Olympic and World Champion)
Kevin Jackson - Wrestling (Olympic and World Champion)
Bruce Burnett - (Olympic Team Coach)
Steve Fraser - Wrestling (Olympic and World Champion)
Dave Schultz - Wrestling (Olympic and World Champion)
Andy Rein - (Olympic Champion)
John Azvedo - (Olympic Champion)
Andrew Fenderson (High School Coach
Steve Case (High School Coach)
Lyle Schubel (High Scool Coach)
Sergei Belaglazov - Wrestling (Olympic Champion)
Rigan Machado - Jiu Jitsu (World Champion Considered the Greatest Jiu Jitsu Athlete ever)
Ricardo Arrivabene - 3rd Degree Black Belt
Marco Barbosa – Top BJJ Instructor in the world
Brian Popejoy - Muay Thai (World Champion)
Danny Inosanto - (Martial Arts Legend and Bruce Lee’s Coach)
Marv Marinovich - (Top Strength and Conditioning coach in the world)
Troll Subin - (Top Strength and Conditioning coach in the world)
Rafael Cordeiro - #1 Muay Thai/Striking Coach in the world
Fabio Gurgel - Fouder of Alliance Jiu Jitsu
Daniel Woirin – Muay Thai
Cobrinha –World & ADCC Champion
Wrestling
I was a resident athlete at the United States Olympic Training and have trained with or coached with almost every Olympic, World and National Champion from the U.S. in the past Thirty years.
I trained for 7 Olympics Games.
Students
I started working with Fighters in the early ‘90’s when MMA was first taking off in the U.S.
I have trained some of the greatest fighters that have ever lived including:
BJ Penn (UFC Champion, World BJJ Champion)
Anderson Silva (UFC Champion)
Rodrigo Noguiera (UFC & Pride Champion)
* Wrestling Coach - Team Noguiera on The Ultimate Fighter Season 8
Dan Henderson (Pride Champion, 2x US Olympian)
Fabricio Werdum (Strikeforce Champion)
Lyoto Machida (UFC Champion)
Rich Franklin (UFC Champion)
Shogun (Pride Champion, UFC Champion)
Ninja
Matt Linland (Olympic Silver Medalist)
Robert Drysdale (ADCC Champion, BJJ World Champion)
Rapheal Feijo (Strike Force Champion)
Andre Galvao (BJJ World Champion)
Jacare (BJJ World Champion, Strike Force Champion)
Bibiano (BJJ World Champion, Dream Lightweight Champion)
Lucas Leite (BJJ World Champion)
Leo Vieira (BJJ World Champion)
Eduardo Pamplona
Paul Daley
Dan Hardy
Ryan Bader (TUF Season 8 Champion)
Efrain Escadero (TUF Season 8 Champion)
Benson Henderson (UFC and WEC Lightweight Champion)
Jose Aldo (UFC and WEC Featherweight Champion)
Junior Dos Santos (UFC Heavyweight Champion)
Rafael Dos Anjos (Lightweight UFC Champion)
Melvin Manhoef
Andre Winner
Dean Amasinger
Vitor Belfort (UFC Champion)
Wandelei Silva (Pride Champion)
Roger Gracie (ADCC Champion, BJJ World Champion)
Victor Estima
Romulo Barral
Cobrinha (BJJ World and ADCC Champion)
Babalu
Pedapano (BJJ World Champion)
Tiago Alves
Luanna Alzuguir (BJJ 4x World Champion)
Alan Jouban
Tarec Saffadine (Strike Force Champion)
Pedro Munhoz
James Moontasari
Kevin Casey
BJJ Accomplishments
1st OTM Submission Grappling Tournament - 2006 – Long Beach, CA
1st OTM Submission Grappling Tournament - 2006 *Absolute Tournament – Long Beach, CA
1st Pan-American Jiu Jitsu Championships 2007 – White Belt
2nd Gi World Jiu Jitsu Championships 2007 – White Belt
1st No-Gi World Jiu Jitsu Championships 2007 – White Belt
1st Pan-American Jiu Jitsu Championships 2008 – Blue Belt
1st No-Gi World Jiu Jitsu Championships 2008 – Blue Belt
1st Gi Pan-American Jiu Jitsu Championships 2009 – Blue Belt
1st Gi National Jiu Jitsu Championships 2009 – Blue Belt
3rd Gi World Jiu Jitsu Championships 2010 – Blue Belt
1st Pan-American Jiu Jitsu Championships 2012 – Purple Belt
1st Gi World Jiu Jitsu Championships 2012 – Purple Belt
1st No-Gi World Jiu Jitsu Championships 2012 – Purple Belt
2nd Gi Pan-American Jiu Jitsu Championships 2013 – Brown Belt
1st Gi Masters World Jiu Jitsu Championships 2014 – Brown Belt