Paul McLaughlin is the founder of the IFS MMA Club. He is the manager and head coach at IFS and along with the IFS coaching team has trained over 40 MMA Champions since its inception including successfully developing fighters to World stages such as Bellator, Brave, M1 Global, King of The Cage Las Vegas, Cage Warriors, Bamma, Tuff N Uff Las Vegas, SBC in Serbia and HIT Fc in Switzerland. He now manages the IFS Fight team and the IFS gym.
Andrew Burrows is a senior MMA coach at IFS and heads up the boxing for MMA side of the training developing striking plans and drills for fighters to adjust between the stand up and takedown aspects of the sport tailored to the MMA game. As well as Boxing coach qualifications Andy also holds wrestling coaching qualifications making him the perfect man for the job.
Peter Duncan heads up the wrestling at IFS and brings a wealth of knowledge from a long career in the sport and travelling the world to many gyms putting together ideas and drills that work for MMA competition. Peter is also a former Professional MMA Champion himself.
Luke Roche is the Muay Thai Coach at IFS and was ranked number 1 in Ireland in his competition days. Luke has fought all over the world including fighting in Bangkok on a Thailand TV show where fighters took on fighters from some of the toughest prisons in the country!
Jonny Burrows is the brother of Andrew Burrows and like his brother was one of the pioneers of MMA in Ireland! Jonny looks after the No-Gi grappling side of the clubs MMA training at IFS and holds a brown belt under Gracie Barra. At IFS the fighting style incorporates a lot of wrestling so it works well with Jonnys heavy top control working on high percentage submissions, ground n pound and smoothering control.
