Mehdi Bagheri
Wrestling Head Coach
Mehdi is Monarchy’s Wrestling Head Coach, but he also assists in coaching BJJ, Wrestling oriented MMA classes and strength and conditioning.

Mehdi began training in wrestling at the age of 8 in his home country of Iran. Before joining Monarchy he was training for the Iran National Grappling Championship with the Iranian National Grappling Team. In addition to being a Monarchy coach he is also part of the Monarchy Professional fight team.
He has competed in 7 professional MMA professional fights. He also has a BJJ Black Belt and is an active BJJ competitor with 15 gold medal finishes, including 1 gold at the ADCC pro division, 2 gold medals at Dumau in Singapore, and a 5th place finish in the BJJ World Championships.
Mehdi brings 20 years of fundamental wrestling experience to Monarchy and how those skills can be incorporated into mixed martial arts combat sports.
His path in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu:
- Purple Belt – Since 2017
- Brown Belt – Since 2020
BJJ/NOGI Tournaments Results:
- 1st Place – Dumua Championship division, Singapore 2018
- 1st Place – Adcc Absolute Division, Singapore 2018
- 1st Place – Adcc Advanced Category, Singapore 2018
- 5th Place – Uaejjf : World Pro Championship, Abu Dhabi 2018