APEX Championship Fighting is proud to announce that another trainer has been added for the "APEX: Auditions & MMA Camp" scheduled for the weekend of April 22nd and April 23rd in Mississauga, Ontario.  Duane “Bang” Ludwig, a multiple time world champion in Muay Thai and MMA, is joining MMA legend Carlos “The Ronin” Newton and highly regarded boxing coach Everton “Coach E” McEwen as the first three trainers named for the MMA camp.

Ludwig has an impressive MMA record of 12-4-0 with victories over Jens Pulver and Genki Sudo. Two of his victories have come in his two appearances with the UFC; most recently an 11 second KO of Canadian Jonathan Goulet. Ludwig is also a multiple time veteran of K-1 and holds a victory over Ole Larson. Not to be outdone by his MMA and K-1 success, Ludwig also sports a 47–5 record in Muay Thai, proving that that he is one of the world’s most active and successful competitors.

Known as one of the world’s top strikers, Ludwig is an excellent trainer who enjoys sharing his world championship winning techniques. Ludwig is an extremely valuable addition to the "APEX: Auditions & MMA Camp", making this training camp one of the top weekends of MMA training found anywhere.

Partial List of Ludwig’s Career Achievements (courtesy of K-1)

K-1 Middleweight North American Champion (2002) 

RING OF FIRE Welterweight Champion (MMA) (2002)  

I.M.T.C. North American Muay Thai Champion (2001) 

W.K.A. Professional Supermiddleweight Muay Thai USA champion (2000)

About the "APEX: Auditions & MMA Camp"

The “APEX: Auditions & MMA Camp” is scheduled for the weekend of April 22nd and April 23rd and to be held at the luxurious Radisson Hotel in Toronto-Mississauga. The "APEX: Auditions & MMA Camp" will consist of a two day training camp for all fighters interested in stepping up and becoming APEX fighters and/or for athletes who are looking for an intensive training regimen with some of the world’s best trainers; Carlos “The Ronin” Newton, Duane “Bang” Ludwig and Everton “Coach E” McEwen.

On Saturday, April 22nd, all participants will be split into groups according to their respective weights and experience. Each group will spend the entire day training with various world class trainers in multiple training rooms. Saturday’s sessions will also involve a "Lunch and Learn" seminar with the highly acclaimed Dr. Paul Biondich. Dr. Paul will discuss the real truth about popular sports supplements for MMA, explaining which supplements are detrimental to MMA athletes and which are highly recommended. Participants will also learn about the latest in injuring prevention, sports medicine treatments (for common injuries suffered by Mixed Martial Artists) and the biggest topic of all ’how to safely cut weight for a fight’.

Sunday’s sessions will be an official audition for each participant who is interested in becoming an APEX competitor. This will involve some light sparring, ground work and recorded interviews. During the entire training camp, participants will be evaluated by their respective trainers as well as a large team of evaluators including legendary manager/promoter, Monte Cox (who will also be scouting for talent for all his shows in the Midwest). Other evaluators include "Showdown" Joe Ferraro, APEX Matchmaker Alex Caporicci, Canadian National Olympic Tae Kwon Do coach Florin Fratean, the APEX team and some soon to be announced special guests.

For more information read the attached registration form or download it from: http://www.apexfighting.com/camp/APEX_Auditions_Registration_Form.pdf