Tony “Gun” Bonello – Head Instructor 
Weight – 185lbs
Height – 6ft 1in
Professional MMA Record – 18 wins-1 Loss- 1 Draw
2000 – Australian Pancrase Heavyweight Champion
2001 – I.S.K.A. Light Heavyweight World Champion
2004 – “King of the Cage” Middleweight World Champion
2005 – “King of the Cage” Light Heavyweight World Champion
2006 – “King of the Cage” Heavyweight World Champion
2007 – “King of the Cage” Superfight – defeats 6 time Muay Thai World Champion “John” Wayne Parr
2008 – “King of the Cage” Superfight – defeats “King of the Cage” Heavyweight World Champion Tony “Kryptonite” Lopez
2008 – Gracie American NATIONAL Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (Gi) Black Belt Championships Gold Medalist (adult division)
2008 – Gracie American NATIONAL Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (No-Gi) Black Belt Championships Gold Medalist (adult division)
2008 – Gracie WORLD Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu No-Gi Black Belt Championships Silver Medalist (senior 1 division)
2009 – Stars in 2 episodes of MTV’S hit T.V. show “Bully Beatdown”
2009 – Gracie WORLD Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu No-Gi Black Belt Championships Silver Medalist (senior 1 division)
2010 – “King of the Cage” Superfight – defeats 309lb Super Heavy Weight Mike “Rhino” Bourke
2010 – Receives his 2nd degree Black Belt in Gracie Jiu-Jitsu from Ralph Gracie
Nathan Sells – Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Coach
Weight: 205lbs
Height: 6′1″
Nathan Sells is the very first person ever from Lubbock to be awarded a Black belt in Gracie Jiu-Jitsu from a Gracie family member. Ralph Gracie & Tony Bonello awarded Nathan his Black belt in 2010 at our Texas academy.
Nathan is also the kid’s Gracie Jiu-jitsu coach & assistant coach in the adult Gracie jiu-jitsu program.
Nathan also entered the 2009 No-Gi Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu World Championships in the adult brown belt division & placed 5th.
Nathan is also a 6 year army veteran. He received his Bachelor’s degree in political science from Texas Tech University.
Gabe Garcia – Gracie Jiu-Jitsu coach
Weight: 220lbs
Height: 6′1″
Gabe Garcia is a first degree Black belt in Gracie Jiu-jitsu under Ralph Gracie. He received his Black Belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in 2005 and has competed at the highest level in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu early in his career. Since then, he has put his BJJ skills to the test inside the Mixed Martial Art’s Cage and is a veteran of 13 professional MMA fights.
In the process of his 13 professional fights, Gabe has competed in Brazil fighting “bare knuckle” in a Mixed Martial Arts fight, he is also a veteran in the WEC organization and has competed in Japan against UFC super star Jon Fitch. Gabe has won two North American Shoot Fighting Alliance Championships and is the Oklahoma Submission Championship’s Gold Medalist.