BJJ Athletes & Coaches

Bishop Dyer

Benjamin Zarif

TFT BJJ Academy (trained under Tony Ferreira; association publicly disputed by TFT BJJ Academy via Instagram as of approximately two months after the Brighton Spring Open promotion, circa 2026)

Tearion Scott

Tinie Tempah

Tracy Cortez

Sean Strickland

Xtreme Couture

Timothy Allen Wegert

UpLevel Martial Arts (Charlottesville, Virginia) — trained from childhood; formerly CEO and master instructor; let go in 2021

Rico Chiapparelli

RAW (Real American Wrestling)

Justin McCully

L.A. Boxing, Costa Mesa, California (as of January 2001); previously trained under Allan Góes and associated with Extreme University (EU)

Mihail Kunchev

Jack Magee “Mad Hatter,Beardy Grappler”

Mad Hatters (as of July 2014)

Nathaniel Rodriguez

Jungle Jiu Jitsu (San Francisco/San Pancho, Nayarit, Mexico); student of Cassio Werneck (since 2002)

Reila Gracie

Troy Sorensen

Promoted under Mike Yackulic and Master Sylvio Behring (Edmonton, Alberta)

Robert Consulmagno

Princeton Jiu-Jitsu

Eirin Nygren

Frontline Academy

James Hardy

Phil Brooks “CM Punk”

Gracie Academy (Torrance, California) — intermittent training as of July 2015

Henrique Junior

Roger Gracie Academy, London

Drew Sullivan

Roger Gracie Academy (London) — primary off-season training as of July 2015. Instructors mentioned: Bruno Zancaner and "Junior" (full name not specified in source).