Instructors
Head Instructors
Trevor Lally(Muay Thai/Kickboxing)
Trevor Lally was born in Washington in 1973, along with his twin brother Todd. Trevor was lucky enough to start his martial arts career of kickboxing at the now famous AMC under the expert tutelage of Huru Shuminishi trainer of eight world champions, with such names as Maurice Smith, Curtis ,the Cat, Schuster, and Kim Messer just to name a few. After going undefeated in Kickboxing for two and a half years of competition, he took a break to go to school and play competitive rugby for Seattle. After two years of rugby he decided to go back to the gym after seeing a new sport called the UFC on pay per view. Again he was lucky to have in his gym Huru and the old crew plus some new faces one of which was Matt Hume a great fighter in Pancreas and the AMC Pankration Instructor.
Fighting under the AMC name Trevor’s first MMA fight took place in only three months of being back after a two year layoff, it was in Hawaii and it was in front of eight thousand people the first ever no hold barred event in Hawaiian history. The fight card consisted of big names such as Kimo who was the main event and also an AMC fighter, Todd Bjornathen (AMC), John Lewis, Orlando Veit, Joe Charles and many more. Facing a more experienced fighter from Russia (one of Gokar students) Trevor tapped him out by arm bar in around the eighth minute.
Fighting in over twelve pankration fights in Washington under the UFCF organization he only lost one fight. After that Trevor and his twin brother Todd were invited to live and compete in Japan under the Shooto organization. Living at the gym they competed in a shooto Tournament at the end of their stay both easily winning their first matches. In his second fight, Trevor faced a relatively unknown fighter at the time named Uno, the fight went back and forth for a while and the Japanese fighter, later known as Uno the Shooto Phenom, took the decision on points. From there Trevor competed in More Pankration fights. He also competed in the Abu Dhabi 98 tournament, as well as a recent win in King Of The Cage. Trevor’s current professional fighting record is 14-2, he hopes to fight more in the near future.
Gustavo Dantas (Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu)
Born in Rio de Janeiro, Gustavo has over twenty years of experience in jiu-jitsu. Gustavo received his purple belt while training with De la Riva’s black belt Fernando Cruz. Gustavo took 3rd place at the world championships 1996, in the purple/lightweight category, still training with Cruz. After this, he switched to his present team Nova Uniao, where in 1997, he got his first world championship title in the purple/feather weight category. In 1998, Gustavo took the first place again, in the brown/featherweight category.
In 1998, Gustavo got a degree in Physical Education and got his black belt from Andre Pederneiras. After that he moved to Las Vegas to teach at Lewis’s school. After a year and a half, he moved to Arizona to start a partnership with Trevor Lally at Arizona Combat Sports.
Here are some of Gustavo’s Accomplishments:
- 2009 Rickson Gracie International Cup (Black/Light/Adult)
- 2008 Brazilian National Champion (Black/Light/Master)
- 2008 South Bay BJJ Open Champion (Black/Light/Master)
- 2002 World Cup – 3rd place (Black/Super Heavy/Adult)
- 98 & 99 Joe Moreira International Championship Champion (Brown & Black)
- 98 Rio de Janeiro State champion (Brown/Feather/Adult)
- 97 & 98 world champion (Purple & Brown/Feather/Adult)
- 97 Campeonato Brasileiro por Equipes (Purple/Light/Adult)
- 96 world championships – 3rd place (Purple/Light/Adult)
MMA Record: 2-0
You can visit Gustavo’s website at http://www.gdjiujitsu.com
Assistant instructors
Jamie Varner (Mixed Martial Arts)
MMA Record: 14-2
WEC Light Weight World Champion
Steve Rosenberg (KIDS BJJ)
Steve is a black belt under Gustavo Dantas
Some of Steve’s Results:
- World BJJ Championship 2009 – 3rd place (Brown/Light)
- Pan American BJJ Championship 2009 – 1st place (Brown/light)
- U.S. Nationals 2008 – 2nd place (Brown/middle), 3rd place (Brown/Open), 2nd place (Brown/No-gi/Light) and 2nd place (Brown/No-Gi/Open)
- 5th South Bay BJJ Open 2008 – 1st place (brown/light)
- Pan American BJJ Championship 2008 – 3rd place (brown/light)
- European BJJ Championship 2008 – 2nd place (brown/middle)
- World No-Gi Championship 2007 – 3rd place (brown/light)
- 10th AZ Grappling Challenge – Super Fight Winner
- U.S. Nationals 2007 – 1st place (Brown/open) & 3rd place (brown/light)
- Colorado State BJJ Championship 2007 – 1st place (light/purple)
- BJJ Pan American Championship 2007 – 1st place (no-gi/light/purple) & 2nd place (purple belt/light)
- 2nd Arizona Open of BJJ – 1st place (Purple Belt/Light)
- NAGA Vegas – 1st place (No-gi/advanced/light) & 1st place (purple/light)
- Desert Quest 22 – 1st place (no-gi/light)
- California International Classic – 1st place (purple/light)
- 9th Arizona Grappling Challenge – 1st place (purple/middle)
- Southwest submission wrestling PRO Division (OK)- 1st place (Pro division/middle)
- The City Different BJJ Challenge (NM) – 1st place (purple/light)
- 1st Arizona Open of BJJ – 1st place (Purple Belt/Light)
- 5th International American Championships – 1st place (Purple/Light) & 1st place (Purple/Open)
- 8th Grapplers Quest West – 3rd place (No-Gi/Advanced/Light)
- 8th Arizona Grappling Challenge – 1st place (Purple Belt/Light) & 1st place (No-Gi/Light)
- U.S. Nationals 2005 – 1st place (Blue Belt/Open)
- Arizona State Championships 2006 – 1st place (Blue Belt/Light)
- No-Gi dual against ASU Pankration – Winner (0:04 seconds submission)
- Desert Quest – 1st place (No-Gi/Light)
- 7th Arizona Grappling Challenge – 1st place (Blue Belt/Middle)
- 6th Arizona Grappling Challenge – 3rd place (Blue Belt/Middle)