Alvin Aguilar Martial artist
Arthur Alvin A. Aguilar is a Mixed Martial Artist, Promotor and Professor better known as Alvin Aguilar. He was born on April 28, 1974 in Bacolod, Philippines. He is the President and Founder of the first, most well-known MMA Promotion in the Philippines and the Longest Running MMA Promotion in Asia: The Universal Reality Combat Championship (URCC, 2002–present); He is also the Founder and Head Coach of the largest MMA and BJJ Team in the country: DEFTAC Ribeiro Jiu-jitsu Philippines (DEFTAC, 1996–present.) His Martial Arts journey began at the ripe age of 9, dabbling first in Karate, Arnis and Greco-Roman Wrestling. Having garnered and devoted over 30 years of his life to the study of Multiple Martial Arts forms including Sari-an, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Yaw-Yan, Pekiti, etc. He has developed his own unique fighting style specializing in grappling, knife and street fighting. He is considered a prominent personality in the Asian MMA community, known as a pioneering symbol of Philippine MMA that started the MMA and BJJ movement in South East Asia during the 1990s. He is also known for being the first home-grown Filipino Brazilian Jiu-jitsu Black belt.