FASTEST GROWING COMBAT SPORTS AGENCY IN THE WORLD
WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO
Vanguard Worldwide Sports Mgmt is formerly known as Jackson Wink Worldwide Sports Mgmt, LLC is a Full Athlete Management Agency, Fighter Development Program, and Matchmaking Service originally originated out of the World-Renowned Jackson Wink MMA Academy located in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
The Goal of our Vanguard Worldwide Sports Mgmt Program is to select special individual athletes who have a great fighting potential and to ensure each athlete in the program works to attain specific goals intended to reach the peak of their Mixed Martial Arts career.
Each athlete selected for this program will receive the HIGHEST level of professional management. All of Vanguard staff will be involved in making sure we collectively make the right decisions pertaining to your career. We will carefully matchmake to get you the right fights and guide you through all the obstacles that you might face through your career.
We offer long term management and short term matchmaking services to accommodate athletes in different situations and scenarios. Please, submit NEW ATHLETE INTAKE FORM to be considered. SERIOUS INQUIRIES ONLY.
Notable athletes to train and compete under our tutelage: UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jon “Bones” Jones, UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Rashad Evans, UFC Welterweight Champion George “Rush” St. Pierre, UFC Female Bantamweight Champion and 18x Boxing World Champion Holly Holm, WEC and Interim UFC Welterweight Champion Carlos Condit, Invicta FC Champion Michelle Waterson, former UFC Champions Frank Mir and Andrei Arlovski, 2x Olympic Boxing Gold Medalist and 3 Division Boxing World Champion Claressa Shields, Strikeforce, Dream, and K-1 World Champion Alistair Overeem, Gina Carano, Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone, The Ultimate Fighter Champions Diego Sanchez, John Dodson, Diego Brandao, and countless other notable names of the sport.
The Vanguard Worldwide Sports Mgmt Founders are Michael "Misha" Lyubimov and Jeffrey Chavez.
Michael Lyubimov formerly the VP Of Operations and General Manager of 11 years at the World-Renowned Jackson Wink MMA Academy where he has built an amazing flow of fighters coming in and out from all over the world, while involved in all the day to day operations of a very busy MMA Camp. He is also a 2nd Degree Gracie Barra Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt under the founder of Gracie Barra Red Belt Carlos Gracie Jr. and 6x World Champion, 4th Degree Black Belt Roberto “Tussa” Alencar, and a Michael is a Premium Certified Gracie Barra Albuquerque Instructor.
Michael has successfully competed in Jiu-Jitsu and Combat Sambo tournaments for most of his life, and he has been a part of the MMA world at the highest level for over 15 years. From running one of the greatest MMA Camps in the World, to training, and managing the fighters, Michael is an excellent resource for the fighters looking to get to the next level. Michael was born in the Russian Federation and he has worked with some of the best MMA fighters like Khabib Nurmagomedov, Rustam Khabilov, Timur Valiev and many other great international fighters, and of course all the Top Talent at Jackson Wink MMA, like UFC Champions Jon Jones, Holly Holm, Carlos Condit, and so many others. Michael is also the United States Navy veteran.
Jeffrey Chavez is The Director of our Fighter Development. Jeffrey is an old school, former Olympic Level alternate Boxer who was involved is some epic boxing fights against Floyd Mayweather and many other great fighters of past decades. Jeffrey was a part of the US National Boxing Team and competed for the United States Army where he compiled an amateur record of 100-7. Jeff retired from the Army as a Chief Warrant Officer and successfully competed in professional boxing earning the 14-1 record. Jeff also has a Black Belt in Hopkido and a 2nd Degree Black Belt in Tang Soo Do.
Jeffrey has been a Boxing Coach and a Cornerman to a multitude of Boxers and MMA Fighters, as well as he was a matchmaker for multiple MMA Promotions and a manager for several Management companies, so he has a vast experience in the MMA world. Jeff has been successfully building fighters from square one and guiding them to some of the most premier MMA organizations in the world.
Jeffrey is The Founder and the Sr. Pastor Emeritus of the 1st competitive sports church in The United States. He is also responsible for co-founding the Vapor Sports Ministries, a worldwide NGO based in Alabama, which has over 15 sports based locations that help with clean water and feeding centers through Africa and Central America.
Jeffrey, amongst many other things, works to help athletes with their mental aspect of the fight game by training athletes in self affirmation.
From working with the elite level athletes to the amateurs Michael Lyubimov and Jeff Chavez have been successfully booking the right fights for our fighters, averaging in over 85% of victories secured for our athletes.
From our management originating from one of the best MMA Camps in the World and our fighters fighting worldwide in all the major organizations, majority of MMA promotions are always looking to fill their cards with our fighters, as they know we bring the quality athletes and quality fights.
Come join The Team and become a part of the fastest growing Combat Sports Management Agency in The World!
