BJJ Athletes & Coaches

Richard Shore “Shakey”

Tillery Combat / Combat Academy

Larry Long

World Triumph Martial Arts (Tallahassee, Florida)

Christian Joseph

Trained at multiple Brazilian jiu-jitsu schools across Perth (no single academy named in source).

Daniel Mendes

High-performance MMA team led with partner Gesias Cavalcante (academy name not specified in source)

Ron Tripp

Joe Mazzulla

Trains in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (blue belt); also trains with MMA coach Eric Nicksic and visits local gyms in nearly every city the Boston Celtics travel to during the NBA season.

Artem Lobov “The Russian Hammer”

BRU Grappling

Belal Muhammad

Thang Nguyen “Bruce Lee”

Underground Jiu-Jitsu (Hawaii)

Ryan Garcia

Diego Marinho

Tristan Gracie

Roger Gracie Academy

Marcio Sarmento “Márcio Sarmento”

The Center for Human Development (Boca Raton, USA) – co-founded with Rodrigo Prujansky (est. 2026)

Lucas Gripp

Gordo Jiu-Jitsu (headquarters/matriz, Weston, Florida, USA)

Daniel Nelson

Rolly Romero

Philip Harker

Higher Performance Jiu Jitsu

Angelo Rios “Rei do Jiu-Jitsu no Vale do Aço,Lobo Solitário”

Head coach and owner of his own academy in Ipatinga, Minas Gerais (founded 2016), affiliated with professor Diego Carioca (Team Balloutta) since 2016.

Quillan Salkilld

Duane Ludwig “Bang”

Legacy Jiu-Jitsu