Midtown Grappling Academy is an Alliance Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu affiliate.

Located in the historic Midtown neighborhood of Memphis, MGA boasts one of the largest mat spaces with the largest volume of jiu jitsu competitors. MGA also pays homage to the Professor Alex’s jiu jitsu lineage through Professor Marcelo Garcia.

We live by the credo that “Iron sharpens iron”, and stepping into MGA, you will notice high level talent teaching and training here daily.

We provide conditioning for our athletes and encourage them to compete around the world.

Whereas some gyms may offer one no-gi class a week, MGA boasts two full days dedicated to no-gi. Also, we are the only school in the area offering early morning classes so you can train before the day starts.

Alex is the first grappler in Memphis to compete at IBJJF and to become IBJFF World Champion (No Gi brown belt absolute as a light weight) and 2x Pan Ams

He has worked and help develop other gyms in the area before opening his own in 2016. Since then, this Brazilian from Rio de Janeiro, who is a black belt under the legendary Marcelo Garcia and currently has competed and won titles at the Black Belt level:

3 x No Gi IBJJF Pan Ams Champion

Nationals Champion

Boise (absolute)

Nashville Open

2 x bronze medalist at the Rio International Open (2017, 2023).

Most importantly, Alex is still an active competitor providing battle proven jiu jitsu skills.

MGA is proud to represent the 13 x World Champion team, Alliance Jiu-Jitsu, where legends have made their name like: Marcelo Garcia, Lucas Lepri, Bernardo Faria… as well as number one ranked athletes like Felipe Andrew. With such a rich roster of competitors, MGA welcomes high level talent to teach throughout the year. Signup with our newsletter for updates on these special seminars.