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Tristar Gym

categoryGym
calendar_month1991
location_onMontreal Canada

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

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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.
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@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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