06/05/2026
HUGE congratulations to VALEDICTORIAN Trey! Beautiful speech as your aunty and I watched you give it and receive that diploma! Words can’t express how proud we are my man! 
Go chase those dreams! Achieve those goals! The sky is the limit!!
Congratulations, Trey!
Trey will be attending Grand Canyon University to study Government with an emphasis in Legal Studies.
05/16/2026
Wrestling coach and one of the best training partners ever making it to the TOUGHEST show yet!
🇺🇸 on this year
05/11/2026
An amazing fundraiser is going on and it’s ALMOST OVER! 4 days left and whoever wins is gonna get some sick prizes!
My little nephew is playing baseball and they are such a great group of players!
There are right now only 50 TICKETS LEFT!! Contact me for information! Let’s get some tickets and win some prizes! Most of all, let’s help these kids and their team!
01/28/2026
Another little throwback! It has dawned on me that fighting is something I love so much! Training, putting in the hard work, and competing. I also love to share the little knowledge I have with others. This is who I called “LITTLE ONE!”
One of my students who was like a silent ninja! He never really would talk; his skills spoke louder than words. He is now all grown up! 😭 Jake is someone who was always willing to learn, improve, and was a natural! From teaching him to do cartwheels on both sides to throwing kicks and punches to grappling nonstop, photos like this make me want to give coaching and teaching one more go 🫣
Can’t thank Training Grounds for not only being my first ever sponsor, but for being a great gym! Best gym out there and greatest sponsors I have!
01/24/2026
I will share a little about me! A few years ago I opened my own martial arts gym. It was called Onca Preta MMA (in Portuguese) translated to Black Jaguar MMA. Before that, I coached at another gym and at the Ferndale School District. I coached kids, adults, privates, and did personal training/coaching to MANY students! I have now seen them all GROW up! 🥹❤️
Avery is one I can recall from the very start. My favorite quote from him when he was little was “COACH D! I wanted to share that my feet smell like broccoli 🥦!” I was like “DUDE! What in the world?! Wash your feet and shower!” 😂
SO many kids would “call me out” and it was NONSTOP rolling and battling them! As a coach and athlete, my goal is to teach them everything but also watch them develop the skills that work for THEM! I will give out as many tools from my tool box and they can pick what tools work for them. Today, Avery is CRUSHING IT IN WRESTLING! Seeing him use martial arts and growing is what makes my time as a coach worth it. 🥹
To all my students who are now TEENAGERS 🤯 I love you all and I’m VERY grateful and blessed to have shared the SMALL amount of knowledge. Keep chasing those dreams! Coach D is watching and cheering you all on! ❤️
01/10/2026
Teammate and Wrestling coach Christian Strong is out here making a statement! The champ defends his belt! Be ready!!
🇺🇸 (9-1) vs .bomaye786 🇦🇫 (11-4)
Part of the triple Mainevent headlined by 3 world title fights on Feb 19th
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BFL86 Takes Place Thursday February 19th on . BFL86 will feature 3 world title fights. The entire main card will be streamed exclusively on . The professional undercard bout will be streamed on UFC FIGHT PASS YouTube channel with over 600,000 subscribers. The prelims will be shown at select sports bars across 🇨🇦.