Sean Alvarez

Sean Alvarez started his MMA career in 1996, taking part in the "U - Japan" event. He defeated Japanese pro-wrestler Yoji Anjo via submission. He lost to Russian Sambo master Oleg Taktarov in 1997. At the same year he made debut in RINGS and held wins over Willie Peters and Wataru Sakata. After two years break he took part in KOTC 9: Showtime and lost to Eric Pele. In 2003 he made debut in UFC and loss to Wesley Correira at UFC 42.

Alvarez took part in 1998 ADCC World Championships at +99 weight category. After defeating Nader Ghaith, Brad Anderson, Simon Siasi he met Ricco Rodriguez in final match and loss by decision and won a silver medal. Next year He took part in 1999 ADCC World Championships. He defeated Garth Taylor, Ricco Rodriguez and Luis Roberto Duarte and loss to Mark Kerr and again won a silver medal. At 2000 ADCC World Championships Alvarez defeated Carlos Barreto, Ricco Rodriguez and Tito Ortiz and again loss to Mark Kerr in final match at absolute weight category and third time won a silver medal. In 2001 he won Luis Castello Branco and Marcio Cruz and loss to Jeff Monson at +99 weight category and loss to Mike Van Arsdale in absolute weight category. Alvarez then won the first ADCC North American trials in 2002, earning an invite to ADCC 2003 in the over 99 kg division.^[5] In 2003 Alvarez defeated Christoph Midoux and loss to Alex Paz.

After retirement Alvarez works as coach and organizes BJJ seminars.^{[citation needed]}