Even before his UFC 136 loss to Frankie Edgar, Gray Maynard was talking openly about his intention to leave Xtreme Couture, his long-time training camp. At the time Maynard said it was not because he was frustrated with the coaching he got in Las Vegas, but rather a desire to see other places and learn new things from other coaches.
Steve Cofield got some of Maynard’s former Xtreme Couture teammates to dish the dirt about the move. Here’s Frank Trigg:
“Gray just was not prepared. It was really one of those deals where a coach within his staff just would not pay attention any other coaches. He was getting really upset if any other coach tried to explain to him ‘hey, this is how hard I’m going to push Gray in my session. You need to back off in your session so he can recover. [Maynard] wasn’t prepared. It’s ultimately up to one coach that didn’t pay attention.”
John Gunderson opened up too:
“The last fight Gray wasn’t mentally prepared or physically prepared for that fight. I don’t think he trained hard enough and he knows that. I think if Gray really put the time in and the work in, Gray could finish him.”
Cofield reports that Randy Couture, who’d been away from the camp for much of 2011 cleaned house upon his return. Two coaches, Gil Martinez and Ron Frazier, left the camp. Martinez was Maynard’s head trainer going into UFC 136.
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