Dean "The Boogeyman" Lister is one of the world's best no-gi grapplers and particularly know for his leglocks.

A multiple time gold medal winner at the prestigious ADCC World Submission Grappling Championships he has also had an extensive MMA career fighting all over the world in events such as the UFC and PrideFC.

Dean "The Boogeyman" Lister Grappling Seminar

Date: Friday May 4th, 2012
Time: 6pm-8pm
Location: Leicester MMA Academy
Tickets: £25 (gym members), £40 (non gym members)

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**this is an amazing opportunity to train with a world class grappler and MMA fighter**

  • 2011 ADCC Champion
  • 2005 ADCC Super fight Champion
  • 2003 ADCC Absolute Champion
  • Black Belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
  • x2 U.S. National Sambo Champion
  • x6 UFC veteran
  • x3 PrideFC veteran
  • King of the Cage Champion
  • Assistant coach on The Ultimate Fighter season 3


Dean Lister is a black belt in BJJ and experienced submission wrestling competitor holding wins over notable names such as Saulo Ribeiro, Jean Jacques Machado, Marcio "Pe De Pano" Cruz, Nate Marquardt, Alexandre "Cacareco" Ferreira and BJJ world champion Rodolfo Vieira.

Lister was invited four times to the ADCC Championships where he won the Absolute Division championship in 2003, as well as Superfights in 2003 and 2005. In 2011 he returned to storm his division and became the -99kg ADCC Champion.

He has also fought extensively in MMA over the past 10 years, including six fights in the UFC (4 wins and 2 decision losses to top 5 ranked fighters Yushin Okami and Nate Marquardt) and four for PrideFC. In a total of 18 fights he has 9 wins by submission and has never been stopped.

Dean is also a very experienced coach and has taught at many gyms such as the Throwdown Elite Training Center in San Diego.

Dean is one of our favourite instructors and this is his third trip to our academy. Here are some videos from a previous seminar:

Positional Model:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLMgEzzdVeI

Reverse Kimura:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6ukToLdOAE

Heel Hook:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYUA8vK2PPY

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Nathan