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Alan Sanchez Perez

Alan Sanchez Perez is a 10th Planet black belt who won the 2019 IBJJF no-gi brown-belt middleweight world title and EBI 19's 170-pound tournament.

Biography

Alan Sanchez Perez, listed under the United States by the Sport Jiu-Jitsu International Federation, is a 10th Planet black belt and San Jose instructor who won the 2019 IBJJF no-gi world title at brown-belt middleweight and EBI 19's 170-pound tournament. IBJJF results supply much of the competition chronology below. His academy's account, reproduced in Adisa Banjoko's profile, says he began training in 2014 after watching the UFC. He became 10th Planet San Mateo's first blue belt and started teaching a morning class there in 2016. The San Jose academy identifies Adam Sachnoff as his black-belt teacher and lists Sanchez as a first-degree black belt. FloGrappling describes him as a 10th Planet black belt under Eddie Bravo and dates his promotion to December 2019. In IBJJF no-gi competition, Sanchez Perez won the blue-belt middleweight division at the 2016 San Jose Open. He won the purple-belt middleweight divisions at the 2017 San Jose, Spanish National and British National events. At brown belt, he took third in middleweight at the 2018 No-Gi Worlds, then won that division in 2019. His black-belt results include second place in middleweight at the 2021 Boise and Austin No-Gi Opens and second in the open class at the 2021 American National No-Gi Championship. He was second at the 2023 Santa Cruz No-Gi Open, won medium heavy and placed second in the open class at the 2024 San Jose Spring No-Gi Open, and won both divisions at the 2025 Sacramento Fall No-Gi Open. Separately from those IBJJF events, Sanchez won EBI 19's 170-pound tournament in March 2022, defeating Oliver Taza in the final.

Sources for this profile

  • IBJJF, official published results, World IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu No-Gi Championship 2018(opens in a new tab)

    • IBJJF's published results for the World IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu No-Gi Championship 2018 list Alan Sanchez Perez third in Adult / Male / Brown / Middle, competing for 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu.

      Where in the source: World IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu No-Gi Championship 2018 > Adult / Male / Brown / Middle: 1 Matheus Francisco Lutes; 2 Pedro Henrique de Oliveira e Silva Rocha; 3 Alan Sanchez Perez; 3 Andre Nascimento dos Santos Gois.

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  • Adisa Banjoko, Bishop Chronicles, 5 November 2025(opens in a new tab)

    • Banjoko's profile connects Sanchez's 2014 start in jiu-jitsu to his interest in the UFC. It identifies him as 10th Planet San Mateo's first blue belt, dates his move into morning instruction to 2016, and describes his role at 10th Planet San Jose.

      Where in the source: A Warrior Scholar > introductory account of his early training and teaching, immediately before the paragraph that introduces the conversation.

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    • Banjoko reports that FloGrappling ranked Sanchez in the top ten of two weight classes in 2022 and credits him with EBI and 2019 brown-belt No-Gi Worlds titles.

      Where in the source: A Warrior Scholar > opening biographical paragraph, between the belt-teacher mention and the account of his 2014 training start.

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    • Banjoko's introduction names Adam Sachnoff when discussing Sanchez's black belt and later places the achievement in Eddie Bravo's 10th Planet system.

      Where in the source: A Warrior Scholar > introduction: the belt-teacher sentence near the beginning, then the later paragraph introducing the conversation.

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  • FloGrappling, athlete profile page, undated(opens in a new tab)

    • FloGrappling reports Sanchez's promotion to black belt in December 2019 and describes that rank in relation to Eddie Bravo. Its athlete summary also names Fight to Win, Emerald City Invitational, Jitzking, and Submission Underground among his competition venues.

      Where in the source: Alan Sanchez > athlete summary directly above the Results tab; the closing sentence gives the promotion month.

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    • FloGrappling records four wins for Sanchez at Eddie Bravo Invitational 19 on 13 March 2022, against D. Stolfi, P. Lavaselli, O. Taza, and J. Combs.

      Where in the source: Alan Sanchez > Results > 2022 > four consecutive 03/13 W rows labeled Eddie Bravo Invitational 19, with opponents D. Stolfi, P. Lavaselli, O. Taza, J. Combs.

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    • FloGrappling records a points loss to R. Barbosa in the 2021 World IBJJF No-Gi Championship under middleweight.

      Where in the source: Alan Sanchez > Results > 2021 > 10/07 L / Points / R. Barbosa / Middleweight / 2021 World IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu No-Gi Championship.

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  • IBJJF, official published results, World IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu No-Gi Championship 2019(opens in a new tab)

    • IBJJF's published results for the World IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu No-Gi Championship 2019 list Alan Sanchez Perez first in Adult / Male / Brown / Middle, competing for 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu, with Kody Steele (CheckMat) second.

      Where in the source: World IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu No-Gi Championship 2019 > Adult / Male / Brown / Middle: 1 Alan Sanchez Perez, 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu; 2 Kody Steele, CheckMat; 3 Gabriel Castro Vieira Lima; 3 Sebastian Rodriguez Williams.

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  • IBJJF, 2016 San Jose No-Gi Open results(opens in a new tab)

    • The 2016 San Jose No-Gi Open results place Sanchez Perez first at adult male blue belt middleweight.

      Where in the source: San Jose International Open IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu No-Gi Championship 2016 > Male / Adult / Blue / Middle: 1 Alan Sanchez Perez; 2 John Joseph Z McCarl.

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  • IBJJF, 2016 American National No-Gi results(opens in a new tab)

    • At the 2016 American National No-Gi event, Sanchez Perez placed second in both adult male blue belt middleweight and the blue belt open class.

      Where in the source: American National Jiu-Jitsu No-Gi Championship 2016 > Male / Adult / Blue / Middle: 2 Alan Sanchez Perez; Male / Adult / Blue / Open Class: 2 Alan Sanchez Perez.

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  • IBJJF, 2017 San Jose No-Gi Open results(opens in a new tab)

    • At the 2017 San Jose No-Gi Open, he won the adult male purple belt middleweight division and was listed third in the purple belt open class.

      Where in the source: San Jose International Open IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu No-Gi Championship 2017 > Male / Adult / Purple / Middle: 1 Alan Sanchez Perez; Purple / Open Class: 3 Alan Sanchez Perez.

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  • IBJJF, 2017 Spanish National No-Gi results(opens in a new tab)

    • The 2017 Spanish National No-Gi results list him first at adult male purple belt middleweight and third in the purple belt open class.

      Where in the source: Spanish National IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu No-Gi Championship 2017 > Male / Adult / Purple / Middle (79.50kg): 1 Alan Sanchez Perez; Purple / Open Class: 3 Alan Sanchez Perez.

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  • IBJJF, 2017 British National No-Gi results(opens in a new tab)

    • The 2017 British National No-Gi results list him first at adult male purple belt middleweight and third in the purple belt open class.

      Where in the source: British National IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu No-Gi Championship 2017 > Male / Adult / Purple / Middle (79.50kg): 1 Alan Sanchez Perez; Purple / Open Class: 3 Alan Sanchez Perez.

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  • IBJJF, 2021 Boise No-Gi Open results(opens in a new tab)

    • At the 2021 Boise No-Gi Open, Sanchez Perez placed second in adult male black belt middleweight.

      Where in the source: Boise International Open IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu No-Gi Championship 2021 > Male / Adult / Black / Middle: 1 Ross Daniel Keeping; 2 Alan Sanchez Perez; 3 Donald Christian Stoner.

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  • IBJJF, 2021 Austin No-Gi Open results(opens in a new tab)

    • At the 2021 Austin No-Gi Open, Sanchez Perez placed second in adult male black belt middleweight.

      Where in the source: Austin International Open IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu No-Gi Championship 2021 > Male / Adult / Black / Middle: 1 Kieran Robert Kichuk; 2 Alan Sanchez Perez; 3 Michael Patrick Esquivel II; 3 Saul Viayra.

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  • IBJJF, 2021 American National No-Gi results(opens in a new tab)

    • At the 2021 American National No-Gi Championship, Sanchez Perez took second place in the adult male black belt open class, behind Fellipe Ubaiz Trovo.

      Where in the source: American National IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu No-Gi Championship 2021 > Male / Adult / Black / Open Class: 1 Fellipe Ubaiz Trovo; 2 Alan Sanchez Perez; 3 Dylan Lee Royce; 3 Joseph C. Watson.

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  • IBJJF, 2023 Santa Cruz No-Gi Open results(opens in a new tab)

    • The 2023 Santa Cruz No-Gi Open lists Sanchez Perez second in adult male black belt medium heavy.

      Where in the source: Santa Cruz International Open IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu No-Gi Championship 2023 > Male / Adult / Black / Medium Heavy: 1 Gabriel Arges de Sousa; 2 Alan Sanchez Perez.

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  • IBJJF, 2024 San Jose Spring No-Gi Open results(opens in a new tab)

    • At the 2024 San Jose Spring No-Gi Open, Sanchez Perez won adult male black belt medium heavy and placed second in the black belt open class.

      Where in the source: San Jose Spring International Open IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu No-Gi Championship 2024 > Male / Adult / Black / Medium Heavy: 1 Alan Sanchez Perez; Open Class: 1 Dory Raymond Aoun; 2 Alan Sanchez Perez.

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  • IBJJF, 2025 Sacramento Fall No-Gi Open results(opens in a new tab)

    • At the 2025 Sacramento Fall No-Gi Open, Sanchez Perez won both adult male black belt medium heavy and the black belt open class; the results list him with 10th Planet San Mateo.

      Where in the source: Sacramento Fall International Open IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu No-Gi Championship 2025 > Male / Adult / Black / Medium Heavy: 1 Alan Sanchez Perez; Black / Open Class: 1 Alan Sanchez Perez.

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  • FloGrappling, match video listing, 14 October 2021(opens in a new tab)

    • FloGrappling identifies a 2021 No-Gi Worlds match as Alan Sanchez Perez against Rodrigo Gortari Barbosa; its video page names both Alan Sanchez and Alan Sanchez perez in the tag list.

      Where in the source: Video heading: ALAN SANCHEZ PEREZ vs RODRIGO GORTARI BARBOSA 2021 World IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu No-Gi Championship; Tags: Alan Sanchez; Alan Sanchez perez.

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  • FloGrappling, match video listing, 27 June 2021(opens in a new tab)

    • FloGrappling lists a Sanchez Perez versus Fellipe Ubaiz Trovo match at the 2021 American National event; its tag list includes Black, Finals, Adult, and Open Class alongside both Gi and No-Gi tags. The IBJJF result page supplies the placement.

      Where in the source: Video heading: ALAN SANCHEZ PEREZ vs FELLIPE UBAIZ TROVO; Tags: Gi; No-Gi; Black; Finals; Adult; OPEN CLASS; Men.

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  • FloGrappling, contemporary EBI 19 report, March 2022(opens in a new tab)

    • FloGrappling's March 2022 report describes Sanchez winning the EBI 170-pound tournament against Oliver Taza in the final, after victories over Danny Stolfi, John Combs, and Pablo Lavaselli.

      Where in the source: Grappling Bulletin > standalone Sanchez paragraph between the Gordon Ryan sponsorship item and the Wellington Dias belt item.

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  • MyMMANews, Laura Kent, 13–14 March 2022(opens in a new tab)

    • Contemporaneous EBI 19 live coverage identifies Sanchez of 10th Planet San Mateo as the welterweight tournament champion.

      Where in the source: Eddie Bravo Invitational 19: The Welterweights – LIVE RESULTS > final result: Winner – Sanchez by escape time in overtime; subsequent champion announcement.

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  • 10th Planet San Jose, instructors page, undated(opens in a new tab)

    • The 10th Planet San Jose instructor page identifies Alan Sanchez as a black belt under Adam Sachnoff.

      Where in the source: Instructors > Alan Sanchez > 1st Degree 10th Planet Black Belt; Coach Alan is a Black Belt under Adam “Big Red” Sachnoff.

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    • According to the San Jose academy, Sanchez became 10th Planet San Mateo's first blue belt and began instructing a morning group in 2016.

      Where in the source: Instructors > Alan Sanchez > biographical paragraph following the competition summary and preceding his first-person teaching statement.

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    • The 10th Planet San Jose instructor page identifies Alan Sanchez as a first-degree 10th Planet black belt.

      Where in the source: Instructors > Alan Sanchez > 1st Degree 10th Planet Black Belt.

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  • Sport Jiu-Jitsu International Federation, individual athlete ranking profile, accessed 8 October 2026(opens in a new tab)

    • The Sport Jiu-Jitsu International Federation lists Alan Sanchez Perez of 10th Planet Jiu-jitsu under the United States of America on his individual athlete ranking profile.

      Where in the source: Sjjif World Accumulative Rank Nogi Alan Sanchez Perez > Alan Sanchez Perez > 10th Planet Jiu-jitsu > United States of America.

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