Coach Pabs is Harlem native, who started training Jiu-Jitsu in 2007 under under Ailson (Jucão) Brites in NYC. Moving to the VSJJA to train under Vitor (Shaolin) Ribeiro in late 2008, in a 9 year stretch Coach Pabs was promoited from white to brown belt, where he competed in every rank and diffrent weight divisions, while simultaneously serving as a coach and assistant at a VSJJA affiliate in the Bronx. In 2018 Pabs relocated to the Lotus Club franchise in Queens, teaching and training for a span of three years in which he was promoted to black belt. Now, Pabs train with his long-time friends Alex Ecklin and Van-Allen Flores at Masterskya, as well as heading his own Jiu-Jitsu project named Outpost.