Firas Zahabi

In April 2021, Zahabi was involved in an incident involving the Montreal Police. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the police would regularly visit Tristar Gym to verify it was conforming to public health regulations. After sixteen visits in the past year, on April 9, Zahabi refused to allow the police to come in for the third time on that day. As a result the police waited outside the gym for hours until the issue was eventually resolved between the two parties.

Zahabi and UFC hall of famer Stephan Bonnar provided the commentary for all Titan FC events broadcast by CBS Sports in 2014.

A few years later, Zahabi met John Danaher and would frequently make trips to Renzo Gracie Academy in New York City in order to train with him. In 2011, Zahabi received his Black Belt in BJJ from Danaher himself.

In 2007, Conrad Pla the owner of Tristar Gym became too busy to run the gym so he handed it over to Zahabi to run. In 2008, the gym was sold to Zahabi and he became the new owner.

In 2000, Zahabi joined Tristar Gym where he trained in BJJ and Muay Thai. After just six months, Zahabi earned a Blue Belt in BJJ and became a part time coach at the gym.

Growing up, Zahabi and his brothers were mainly interested in American Football. It wasn't until 1998 when Zahabi turned 18, that he was exposed to martial arts. Zahabi became interested in martial arts after watching UFC 2 where Royce Gracie defeated all his opponents using Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ).

Firas Zahabi (born February 5, 1980) is a Canadian martial artist who is the owner and head coach at Tristar Gym. Zahabi is known for his work with mixed martial artist Georges St-Pierre.

Zahabi was born on February 5, 1980, in Quebec, Canada. His parents were Lebanese emigrants.