Tiago Rocha is a Brazilian jiu jitsu black belt under Fábio Gurgel, and a former student of Elan Santiago. A member of the multiple time world champion team Alliance, Tiago Rocha's own accomplishments spread wide both as an athlete and instructor, having produced important competitors such as Fernando Andrade Reis, Renata Marinho, and João Paulo Ferreira from his Minas Gerais based academy.