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Zach Maslany

Zach Maslany is a black belt under Eddie Bravo and is also a life long martial artist. He began his grappling career at age 16 after training in karate for several years. Zach attained the rank of 2nd degree black belt under Master Tiger Schulmann. He had a success as a kickboxer where we went 4-0-1 and also fought in the golden gloves going 2-1. In 2002 after a teammate dropped out due to injury Zach stepped up and fought in Reality Fighting 2 which was MMA in its early days and won the USMMA Flyweight title by TKO/head kick in Wildwood, NJ. After losing the title by triangle he decided to dive deeper into no-gi jiu-jitsu for MMA. He found Eddie Bravo and 10th Planet jiu-jitsu around the same time as co-founder of Finishers MMA and 10th Planet Bethlehem, JM Holland. Zach traveled to Los Angeles to visit friends and periodically train under Eddie. In 2011 Zach competed at one of the first sub only events at the Rochester 10th Planet training camp and even though he wasn’t ranked in jiu-jitsu he defeated two purple belts eventually losing to a brown belt in the finals. Zach and JM had already known each other for years and wanted to bring a change to the Lehigh Valley and introduce a new way of bringing across high level martial arts to the area. They officially opened up 10th Planet Bethlehem in 2012. Zach has gone from blue belt to black belt under Eddie Bravo. He has also helped to open 10th Planet Long Island, NY, 10th Planet Miami, FL and 10th Planet Newton, NJ.

Zach as a coach has helped to produce champions in MMA and Jiu-Jitsu. He has trained prolific students such as Grace Gundrum, who is widely regarded as the best female teen grappler on the planet, and welterweight EBI Combat JJ Champion and ADCC veteran Jon “Thor” Blank.

Notable Accomplishments include:

  • Veteran of Kasai Pro, Rise invitational, EBI trials, Gracie worlds, Gracie Nationals, ADCC Trials, Sapatiero and more.

  • Former Pro MMA Fighter – CFFC, Reality Fighting, USMMA Flyweight Champion 2002

  • Owner/Founder - Finishers Sub Only

  • MMA Analyst/Commentator - Maverick MMA