City Kickboxing
Martial arts gym based in Auckland, New Zealand
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City Kickboxing is a mixed martial arts training gym based in Auckland, New Zealand. The gym features professional fighters who have competed in many major promotions, such as the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), Bellator, ONE Championship, and Dibella Entertainment (Boxing).
Doug Viney
Doug Viney
Chanel Niumata
Tristram Apikotoa
Mike Angove
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| Est. | 2007 |
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| Founded by | Eugene Bareman Doug Viney |
| Primary trainers | Eugene Bareman Doug Viney Chanel Niumata Tristram Apikotoa Mike Angove |
| Current titleholders | Alexander Volkanovski |
| Training facilities | Mount Eden, Auckland, New Zealand |
| Website | citykickboxing |
History
Eugene Bareman and Doug Viney founded City Kickboxing in 2007.[1] The duo hoped that having their own premises would allow them to focus more on their training but quickly found the economics of running a gym was all-consuming and soon after transitioned to training professional fighters.[2]
Notable students & alumnae
MMA
- Israel Adesanya - Former two-time UFC Middleweight Champion[3]
- Alexander Volkanovski - Current two-time UFC Featherweight Champion[4][5]
- Robert Whittaker - Former UFC Middleweight Champion[6]
- Kai Kara-France - #4 ranked UFC flyweight fighter [7]
- Dan Hooker - #6 ranked UFC lightweight fighter [7]
- Shane Young - Former UFC featherweight fighter
- Brad Riddell - UFC lightweight fighter
- Carlos Ulberg - #2 ranked UFC light heavyweight fighter
- Tyson Pedro - Former UFC light heavyweight fighter
- Kevin Jousset - UFC welterweight fighter and former HEX two-division champion
- Rong Zhu - UFC lightweight fighter
- Navajo Stirling - UFC light heavyweight fighter
- Michelle Montague - UFC Women's Bantamweight fighter, first ever Female Kiwi UFC fighter
* Champions and rankings as of September 28, 2025 after Ulberg vs. Reyes.
Boxing
- Junior Fa - former WBO Oriental interim & New Zealand national (NZPBA version) Heavyweight Champion
- Hemi Ahio - current WBC Middle East, Former IBO Oceania, two time New Zealand national (NZNBF & PBCNZ version) Heavyweight Champion
- Baby Nansen - former New Zealand national (PBCNZ version) & South Pacific (PBCNZ version) Super Lightweight Champion
Awards
After both Adesanya and Volkanovski claimed UFC championships in 2019, Bareman and City Kickboxing were named as the Coach of the Year and the Gym of the Year, respectively, by MMAJunkie.com.[8][9]
- MMAjunkie.com
- 2019 Gym of the Year[9]
- 2019 Coach of the Year (Eugene Bareman)[8]
- CombatPress.com
- World MMA Awards