Fabio Clemente

Fabio was born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and started his athletic career with the sport of rowing. Fabio dedicated most of his teenage years to the sport and eventually represented Brazil as a member of their rowing team.

At the age of 18 Fabio, whose father was a Black Belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, was encouraged by his close friend to try the sport. Fabio’s athletic ability translated quickly into success in Jiu Jitsu and after only 3 months of training and having learned just 4 techniques he won the first national Brazilian Jiu Jitsu tournament.

This early success motivated Fabio to continue his training with his friends the Machado brothers. Eventually the Machado’s moved to California and it became more difficult for Fabio to train with them regularly. Fabio’s career as a photographer took him to Europe and New York but he would still make trips to California to train with the Machado’s, where he after winning the Pan American championships twice he received his black belt.

Since then Fabio has been teaching Jiu Jitsu in New York city for over 10 years. In addition to his teaching Fabio also competes in the top tournaments and has won the Gold medals in the Pan American Championships the past 2 years. He has also created some amazing competitors and teachers.

Major Titles:
Pan American Champion Super Heavyweight 2007
Pan American Champion Open Weight 2006
Pan American Champion Super Heavyweight 2006
Master World Championships 3rd place Super Heavyweight 2005
Master World Championships 3rd place Super Heavyweight 2003
Master World Championships 3rd place Heavyweight 2000
Pan American Champion Heavyweight 1996
Pan American Champion Heavyweight 1995

Babs Olusanmokun

Babs was born in Lagos, Nigeria. He has also lived in France and Brazil, amongst other places, and speaks a few languages. He started training with Professor Fabio Clemente in 1995. After two years of training he became a student instructor with Professor Clemente. He competes and found early success in Jiujitsu. He was given the Blackbelt by Professor Clemente in 2005. He now teaches at his home dojo, Alliance Jiujitsu NYC, and he also teaches at Beverly Hills Jiujitsu with Professor Marcus Vinicius, and at the new MMA gym PKG when he is in Los Angeles. Babs still actively competes and he is always looking forward to new challenges.

Major Titles:
USA Grappling 2007 Champion
Pan-American 2006 Silver Medalist Blackbelt (Master)
Pan-American 2005 Bronze Medalist Blackbelt (Master-Open Class)
NY State Brazilian Jiujitsu Federation 2005 Blackbelt Superfight Champion
Copa Atlantica Bronze Medalist Brownbelt
Tri-State Ground Control Classic 1999 Champion
New York City Grappling Challenge 1997 Champion (1st submission grappling tourney in the TriState area)

Lucas Lepri

Major Titles:
2008 Grapplers Quest Pro Division Champion
2008 GQ Copa Atlatica Black Belt Champion
2008 Pan-Am Black Belt Lightweight 2nd place
2008 Mundial Black Belt Lightweight 2nd place
2007 Mundial Black Belt Lightweight 1st place
2007 CBJJE Black Belt Lightweight 1st place
2007 CBJJE Black Belt Absolute 1st place
2007 DEEP X No-Gi Superfight Champion
2006 Brasiliero Brown Belt Lightweight 1st place
2006 Pan-Am Brown Belt Lightweight 3rd place
2006 Pan-Am Brown Belt Absolute 3rd place
2005 Mundial Brown Belt Lightweight 2nd
2004 Mundial/CBJJO Purple Belt Lightweight 2nd
2002 Mundial/CBJJO Blue Belt Featherweight 1st