Antonio Santiago

Originally born and raised in the Bronx NY. Enlisted in the United States Marine Corps at the age of 17 and has been serving for the last 20 years. Deployed to various countries in South East Asia as well as Kuwait, Iraq and Afghanistan. Started training Brazilian Jiu-jitsu January 2011 in Honolulu Hawaii under Gracie Barra, then trained under CheckMat in Minnesota. Moved to Texas January 2017 and has trained under Alliance for 5 years. Promoted to Brown belt under Professor Raul 'Gacho' Jimenez in January 2019, then to Black Belt in 2021 under Danny Duckworth.