5. Shayna Baszler
In 2013 Shayna Baszler also decided to start training with the Glendale Fighting Club. It didn’t work out very well for her.
Before she started training at Glendale her pro-record was 15W-7L. She had some big wins under her belt as well, having defeated Alexis Davis and Roxanne Modafferi. She even managed to make it to a 2nd round with Cyborg at an EliteXC show in 2008.
Since starting to train at Glendale however, she is 0W-3L. and is now pursuing a career as a pro-wrestler. As with Duke, her career trajectory plummeted directly after starting to train at Glendale.
4. Marina “The Supernova From Moldova” Shafir
The lesser known member of the 4-Horsewomen, Shafir looked as though she was going to have a promising MMA career. She was training with some of the top women fighters in the world, and had a 5W-0L amateur record.
Her career might remind you of someone else’s. She won all of her amateur bouts via armbar, then won her pro-debut that way as well. Then for some reason she thought trying to stand-up with her opponents was a better idea. She got KO’d twice in a row and now her career is probably over. Remind you of anyone else?
In her second fight she was KO’d by Amanda Bell in 37 seconds. Her next fight after that she was KO’d by Amber Leibrock again in just 37 seconds. She hasn’t fought since. It seems unlikely she will ever fight again.
3. Travis Browne
This weekend couldn’t have gone much worse for Travis Browne. First he gets viciously KO’d by Derrick Lewis, then he gets called a “woman-beater” and has his current girlfriend called out.
When Travis Browne switched camps from Jackson-Wink to Glendale his record was 16W-2L-1D. Before UFC 181 he switched camps to Glendale, most likely to be near his new girlfriend Ronda Rousey. He also just happened to be fighting another guy who used to date Rousey, Brendan Schaub. He knocked Schaub out in the 1st round, but things have not gone well for him afterwards.
Browne’s record since leaving Jackson-Wink for Edmond is 2W-4L. Technically Edmond wasn’t in his corner for his UFC: Halifax bout, but by then the damage had already been done.
2. Ronda Rousey
Rousey’s background was judo, Edmond’s was kickboxing. He could have developed game plans for her that played into her strengths, but instead he decided to develop ones that played into his.
After dominating the division with judo flips and armbars, Edmond decided she should stand up and trade with boxing champion Holly Holm. It didn’t go well. Then he decided she should keep her hands up and box with Amanda Nunes, possibly the hardest hitter in the division. That didn’t go well either.
Edmond’s failure to develop winning, or even logical, game-plans for Rousey are the reason he is the most maligned coach in the sport. If Rousey had trained with Greg Jackson, Firas Zahabi or almost anyone else, things could have gone very different for her.
1. Edmond Tarverdyan
Nobody’s career has been more victimized by Edmond Tarverdyan’s shortcomings than his own. Even if Rousey had continued to be the most dominant champion in women’s MMA, it was still never going to work out for Edmond.
He was forced to file for bankruptcy while Rousey was champion. He was unable to turn coaching Ronda Rousey into something profitable. His shortcomings as a business man far exceed his shortcomings as a coach, which says a lot.
Sadly Edmond has let a lot of his own talents go to waste. He has a solid kickboxing pedigree, and a 2W-0L pro MMA career. Edmond fought only twice, both back in 2012. He stopped Phil Nunez with a knee at 2:18 of the first round, and earned a decision victory over Dominic Gutierrez at a show in Inglewood CA.
Considering how things have gone for the members of the Glendale Fighting Club lately, I don’t think there will be a line of up-and-coming fighters looking to train there anytime soon.
