Coaches

The people who will be on the mat with you — and in the corner on fight night.

Tracy Hess seated in the cage corner during a fight

Tracy Hess

Owner / Head Instructor

  • ·Professional MMA fighter
  • ·25+ years of MMA experience
  • ·Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt
  • ·Head coach in the corner for Gabe Green's UFC fights
Gifted Gabe Green in the UFC octagon, gloves up

Gifted Gabe Green

Coach · UFC Lightweight & Welterweight

  • ·UFC lightweight & welterweight
  • ·Bellator veteran
  • ·CXF champion
  • ·KFL champion
  • ·Teaches across the whole schedule
  • ·No-gi jiu jitsu, wrestling, boxing, kickboxing and MMA
Maximilian Demian, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and MMA coach at Subfighter MMA

Maximilian Demian

Brazilian Jiu Jitsu / MMA

  • ·Professional MMA fighter
  • ·20+ years of MMA experience
  • ·Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt
  • ·Herb Dean certified MMA referee & judge
Jason Carbajal in a Subfighter jacket with gloves up before a fight

Jason Carbajal

Brazilian Jiu Jitsu / MMA

  • ·Professional MMA fighter
  • ·15+ years of MMA experience
  • ·Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt
Fernando Vargas ringside in red Subfighter fight shorts

Fernando Vargas

Muay Thai Kickboxing / Strength & Conditioning

  • ·Professional MMA fighter
  • ·10+ years of MMA experience
  • ·Former Knockout Promotions Amateur MMA Welterweight Champion
  • ·Former D-2 college football player
  • ·NASM certified
  • ·ISSA certified
  • ·TRX Personal Trainer certified
  • ·TRX Group Training certified
  • ·NASM-UFC MMA Conditioning certified
  • ·DB Strength & Conditioning for Combat Athletes certified
Josh Jones flexing at a Bellator MMA weigh-in

Josh Jones

Coach

  • ·Former Bellator top 10 middleweight
  • ·Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt
  • ·Coach at Subfighter MMA
  • ·Part of the corner team at Gabe Green's UFC fights

Fight night

Gifted Gabe Green in the UFC, with Tracy Hess and the Subfighter corner behind him. The same coaching you get on our mats in Lakewood.

Gifted Gabe Green landing a right hand in the UFC octagon
Gifted Gabe Green announced as the winner after a UFC bout
Gifted Gabe Green pointing to the sky after a UFC victory
Gabe Green with Tracy Hess and the Subfighter corner team inside the cage after the fight
Gabe Green and the Subfighter MMA corner team in a post-fight portrait
The Subfighter MMA corner team backstage with Gabe Green before he walks out
Tracy Hess and the Subfighter corner team with Gabe Green in the UFC locker room
Gabe Green warming up with the Subfighter MMA corner team on fight night

Event photography courtesy of UFC / Zuffa LLC. Team photos by the Subfighter staff.