Meet the Instructors

  • Blake Grice, Owner & Founder

    With over 20 years martial arts experience, Blake is a Muay Thai instructor under Arjan Scott Hicks (Sit Quan Tong Muay Thai). Blake has been active in the Mixed Martial Arts/Muay Thai scene since 2000. In addition to having a dozen fights himself, he is one of the top MMA and Muay Thai referees in the world regularly working shows such at Bellator, The UFC and PFL.

    Blake is a 5x Ironman Finisher and a 3x Ironman 70.3 finisher.

    Blake is an ABC Referee and Judge Trainer.

  • Alex Ninan, BJJ Coach

    Alex Started his BJJ journey over 15 years ago, under Alliance black belt Rafael Rosendo Dos Santos. Alex earned his black belt from Rafa in 2017 and leads all of ECMMA's Jiu-Jitsu classes for kids and adults. Alex travels with all BJJ competitors and also corners our MMA fighters.  Alex is a world class grappler and has built an amazing program here in Anderson, SC.

  • Sarah Williams

    Sarah Williams is a long time member and coaches our 5pm Fitness Classes Monday through Thursday! A competitive athlete, wife and soon to be mom, Sarah is ready to help you in your fitness journey.

  • Dustin Swilling

    A 15 year member and former fighter, Dustin coaches our Wednesday Muay Thai Class and assists Ben every other night. Dustin is headed to Thailand soon to train for 2 months.

  • Leigh Ann Grice

    CF Level 1 trainer and owner of Electric City MMA, Leigh Ann coaches our Friday 5p class and Sunday mobility class. She is a 2 time fittest of the state qualifier and has been doing CrossFit for 13 years

  • Ben Gromelski

    A member of 10 years, Ben coaches all of the kids Muay Thai classes and leads our beginner adult Muay Thai program. Ben was promoted by Arjan Scott Hicks in 2021.