De'Alonzio Jackson

De'Alonzio Jackson, known as DJ Jackson, born on 31 October 1988 in Maryland, is an American Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner and mixed martial artist based in Thailand. He began in wrestling at DeMatha Catholic High School, started Brazilian jiu-jitsu with Team Lloyd Irvin, where his coach Lloyd Irvin noticed him and entered him into competition early, and earned his black belt in 2012 in less than four years. He is a multiple world champion in Brazilian jiu-jitsu across IBJJF, ADCC, Pan American, Brazilian National and COPA de Bangkok competitions and the first African-American world Brazilian jiu-jitsu champion. He fought four times in MMA between 2015 and 2016 and won all four fights, two of them by submission, and since 2019 he has coached Brazilian jiu-jitsu and mixed martial arts in Thailand, where his students have won international medals at events such as the Siam Cup BJJ and COPA de Bangkok.