23/07/2025
Victory Marcelo competed Saturday evening in Australia’s top professional Jiu Jitsu promotion.
Marcelo’s opponent is a very impressive and athletic competitor who was undefeated in Subversion events being 2-0.
Marcelo put on an outstanding performance starting with a sensational Seoi-nage and controlling the 7 minute match and taking a unanimous decision.
Throughout the contest Grant fought right to the final bell and was very dangerous till the end. We greatly respect Grant and his coach and expected a very tough match.
It was an honour helping Marcelo prepare for this challenge and being in his corner for his victory along with whose experience and technical advice was extremely helpful.
Thank you for sharing the multiple hard rounds with me to get Marcelo in top shape.
Thank you for having us at your event. It was a great night and a fantastic run event. Looking forward to the next one.
18/05/2025
🥈Silver at the autumn cup. I won my semi final via submission and lost the final via submission. Thank you for the match and congratulations
Thank you to for cornering me, it was a big help and confidence boost hearing your coaching.
Thank you for preparing me and all my teammates especially
Thank you and everyone at
Thank you Emily and my boys for their support, love you guys so much.
Back to the dojo tomorrow to improve for the next challenge
29/03/2025
Black belt debut!
Master 3 Middleweight black belt silver 🥈 State Championships.
I won my semi final on points in a very tough and technical match. I lost the final via submission to the Australian champion Rodrigo who was the better athlete today and a class act on and off the tatami.
Thank you for the matches .aguileram and congratulations on an outstanding performance . I hope for many more matches with you guys and good vibes.
Thank you for coaching me and all your hard work, I’m proud to represent SJJA. Thank you to all my teammates and the coaches at
Big thank you to Felix and for all your help in the final weeks of training, you guys got me in great shape.
Thank you to all my teammates friends and family for your love and support.
Congratulations to all my teammates on stepping up today and performing.
07/12/2024
Today I was promoted to black belt rank by my head coach and friend
It’s been 14 years to reach this milestone and I’ve had an absolute blast training and competing through the ranks.
Thank you so much to all my teammates at as well as all my coaches along the way who have inspired, supported and moulded me into the martial artist I am today.
Thank you to my beautiful wife and kids for all their support and love for me to train hard and hunt and achieve my goals.
So many people I want to thank but I’ll do that in person.
But I’ve got to give a big shoutout to and who has helped me level up this year. .valori1 .andrews.77 for all the extra rounds over the past decade at SJJA helping each other to sharpen our skills.
To all my opponents who gave me the opportunity to test my skills in battle and become friends afterwards.
for being a mentor to me from day one.
It was so wonderful to see my dear friend .valori1 achieve his purple and share this moment with him.
To my son Ben, I love watching you train and it was very special having you by my side today.
I feel like I’ve barely scratched the surface and can’t wait to continue this journey for life.
Love you all.
24/11/2024
Master 2 medium Heavy brown belt champion. I had 1 match today and won via submission.
Thank you to my opponent for the match.
Big thank you to for preparing me and coaching me today, you have helped so much this year.
Big thank you to all my teammates I couldn’t do it without your help and for creating the best Jiu Jitsu academy and a fantastic place to train each week.
Thank you above all to my family, for your love and support.
I’m very proud to represent you each time I step out there.
Back to training tomorrow to continue to learn and have fun and get ready for the next year.
22/08/2024
August 17th 2024 Australian National Championships.
M3 medium heavyweight Champion (85kg)
Semi final won via points
Final won via submission.
I couldn’t have done this without my teammates
Massive thank you to he put in extra rounds with me every day at training and we prepared for victory together. Marcelo you got me in the best competition shape I’ve been in and this was my biggest competition achievement.
Thank you to my dad .hyland.790 for being there with me, I love sharing these moments with you.
Thank you to my beautiful family for all your support and encouragement to go for this goal.
Thank you
22/08/2024
June 8th 2024 NSW State Championship.
M3 Medium Heavyweight Champion.
Semi final via submission.
Final via points.
Thank you to all my training partners especially coaches and big thanks to for getting me in championship shape and advancing my game this year.
Thank you .hyland.790 for being there supporting me and my beautiful wife and boys and my clients positive energy.
05/11/2023
SJJA Cup 2023.
Had a great time at our club championship, I had 7 matches in total going 5-2.
I won masters brown belt 🥇and came 4th out of 16 in the open weight division losing the semi finals to the gun in a match we both left it all out there. Then I lost the bronze medal match to the prodigy
Congratulations to and your coach and dad on taking the title, so happy and proud of you both.
Thank you for putting on an amazing event and to all the referees and coaches and teammates for your support.
thank you so much for your coaching in preparation for this and today, hearing your voices out there made a great difference.
I loved having my dad come and watch me battle it out with our best.
Thank you to all my teammates (in particular )who sharpened me in each training session, this gold is shared with all you and my coaches.
I see you all in this medal’s reflection.
Thank you to my beautiful family and all clients at for your support and positive vibes.
Looking forward to getting back to next week to keep improving and to get ready for the next challenge.
29/04/2023
2023 M3 Medium Heavyweight NSW State Champion!
Thank you to my coaches
Huge thanks to my teammates .podcass .r who got me into great shape.
Thank you to my opponent for sharing the competition mats with me again.
Thank you to my beautiful family for the support and positive energy.
05/02/2023
🥇Grand Slam Sydney M2 brown 85kg
2 matches won via submission.
Best competition I’ve ever experienced. Thank you to my coaches and all my training partners as well as my opponent
Congratulations to on SJJA winning the team trophy!
04/12/2022
SJJA CUP M2 brown belt Heavyweight Champion
I won my final today via submission.
Thank you Paolo for the match.
Thank you to my family for the love and support, my training partners helping me get better everyday and coaches