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    Tristar Gym

    categoryGym
    calendar_month1991
    location_onMontreal Canada
    id_card language

    Description

    Mixed martial arts training centre in Montreal, Quebec, established in 1991 by Conrad Pla, Michel Lavallée, and Ron Di Cecco. Firas Zahabi purchased the gym in 2008 and serves as its head coach. Tristar Gym is associated with champions including Georges St-Pierre, Rory MacDonald, and Miguel Torres.

    Locations (1)

    • location_onMontreal Canada
      Le Triangle borough, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
      warning No sources cited

    Instructors (1)

    • Firas Zahabi
      Head instructor
      2008
      Probable
      Probable
      One secondary source (Wikipedia) states he is head coach and owner since 2008.
      The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
      fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
      Frederico Muñoz
      Researcher, Martialis
      1 source expand_more
      fact_check
      One secondary source (Wikipedia) states he is head coach and owner since 2008.
      “In 2008 he sold the gym to Firas Zahabi. Zahabi had become Georges St-Pierre's main coach after GSP's loss to Matt Serra (UFC 69). In addition to being the current owner Zahabi is also the head coach at the gym.”
      — Wikipedia contributors. (2026). Tristar Gym - Wikipedia (EN). Wikipedia (English)link history info

    Trained here (1)

    • Georges St-Pierre
      sports_martial_artsMixed Martial Arts Probable
      Probable
      Firas Zahabi's Wikipedia article confirms he was GSP's main MMA coach after UFC 69 and head coach at Tristar Gym
      The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
      under Firas Zahabi (2008)
      fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
      Frederico Muñoz
      Researcher, Martialis
      1 source expand_more
      fact_check
      Firas Zahabi's Wikipedia article confirms he was GSP's main MMA coach after UFC 69 and head coach at Tristar Gym
      “After UFC 69 where St-Pierre lost the UFC Welterweight title to Matt Serra, Zahabi became St-Pierre's main coach for the rest of his career.”
      — Firas Zahabi - Wikipedia (EN)link history

    Tags

    mma · gym · montreal · canada

    Sources

    Wikipedia contributors. (2026). Tristar Gym - Wikipedia (EN). Wikipedia (English) link history info
    “Fighting out of Montreal, Quebec, Canada”
    — Wikipedia contributors. (2026). Georges St-Pierre - Wikipedia (EN). Wikipedia (English)link history info

    Identifiers

    https://martial.is/entity/01KYYYTTW3FRAEXS9Z0V2K528W
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    Cite and reuse

    CC BY-SA 4.0expand_more
    Plain text
    Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Tristar Gym. In Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01KYYYTTW3FRAEXS9Z0V2K528W - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
    BibTeX
    @incollection{martialis_01KYYYTTW3FRAEXS9Z0V2K528W, author = {Muñoz, Frederico}, title = {Tristar Gym}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database}, year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url = {https://martial.is/entity/01KYYYTTW3FRAEXS9Z0V2K528W}, urldate = {ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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