John Paul Alessio (born July 5, 1979) is a Canadian mixed martial artist who currently competes as a lightweight in the UFC. Alessio has fought for many of the major MMA promotions, including the UFC, WEC, PRIDE, KOTC, MFC and DREAM.

Alessio made his UFC debut at just 20 years old at UFC 26 on June 9, 2000 when he faced Pat Miletich. He lost the fight via armbar submission in the second round.

Alessio then signed a three-fight contract with EliteXC. However, he did not fight for the promotion before they ceased operations in October 2008.

Alessio faced Sergey Golyaev at Ultimate Glory 12 on October 16, 2010. He won the fight in the second round via kimura.

Alessio then fought Siyar Bahadurzada in the United Glory welterweight semifinals on January 30, 2011 in Charleroi, Belgium and was beaten via TKO in the first round.

On April 3, 2012 it was reported that Alessio has returned to the UFC to replace an injured Matt Wiman and face Mark Bocek at UFC 145. Allesio was defeated via Unanimous Decision (30-27 29-28 30-27).

Philip David Charles "Phil" Collins, LVO (born 30 January 1951) is an English singer-songwriter, drummer, pianist and actor best known as a drummer and vocalist for British progressive rock group Genesis and as a solo artist.

Collins sang the lead vocals on several chart hits in the United Kingdom and the United States between 1975 and 2010, either as a solo artist or with Genesis. His singles, sometimes dealing with lost love, ranged from the drum-heavy "In the Air Tonight", dance pop of "Sussudio", piano-driven "Against All Odds", to the political statements of "Another Day in Paradise".

Collins's professional music career began as a drummer, originally in a band called The Real Thing with Andrea Bertorelli, who later became his first wife. Collins played drums and shared lead vocals (with Brian Chatton) in Flaming Youth which recorded one album, (Ark II). In 1970, he took over drums for Genesis, which had already recorded two albums. In Genesis, Collins originally supplied backing vocals for front man Peter Gabriel, singing lead on only two songs: "For Absent Friends" from 1971's Nursery Cryme album and "More Fool Me" from Selling England by the Pound, which was released in 1973. Following Gabriel's departure in 1975, Collins became the group's lead singer.

Will Brooks (born in Alexandria, Louisiana on July 2, 1977) is an American visual artist, who specializes in painting and drawing. Brooks, a native of Louisiana is now a resident of Houston, Texas.

Will Brooks was born in central Louisiana of Irish, Cajun, and Choctaw ancestry. Naturally compelled to create art from an early age. Despite growing up in a rural area dominated by primarily industrial interests, Will, encouraged by parents, persisted with his dream of one day becoming an artist all throughout his public education years. He earned a full scholarship to college and pursued a degree in Fine Arts with studies extensively focused on drawing, design, painting, and printmaking. Will graduated cum laude from Louisiana Tech University in 2000.

After graduation, Will and his husband moved several times within Louisiana before finally settling in New Orleans. Seven months later, after Hurricane Katrina the couple relocated to Houston where avenues for exposure of Will's art opened up and the momentum has been built ever since. He remains involved in the community.

Nicholas Robert Diaz (born August 2, 1983) is a American mixed martial artist of Mexican descent. He is the former Strikeforce Welterweight Champion, WEC and IFC Welterweight Champion. He has competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, Pride Fighting Championships and Elite Xtreme Combat. Diaz was promoted to black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu by Cesar Gracie on May 8, 2007. Diaz trains at the Diaz brother's Cesar Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Academy in Lodi, California. Diaz holds the distinction of having never been submitted, and has been finished by strikes only once in 35 fights. He is currently ranked the #4 welterweight in the world by Sherdog, ESPN, MMAWeekly, and USA Today.

Diaz was born in Stockton , California. He is the older brother of UFC fighter Nate Diaz. He went to Tokay High School in Lodi for one year before dropping out. While a freshman, he was a member of the swimming team. Diaz has stated in the past that he is thankful his mother got him into swimming classes because swimming is one of the main reasons why his cardio is so impressive during his fights. Diaz has also said on multiple occasions that he had a hard childhood and grew up without his biological father.

Siyar Bahadurzada (born April 17, 1984) is an Afghan mixed martial artist currently fighting at welterweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. His MMA nickname is "Siyar The Great".

Bahadurzada, was born in Kabul, Afghanistan on April 17, 1984. He credits his character, fighting sense and ability to the war torn and dangerous environment in which he grew up. After 15 years his family moved to the Netherlands in 1999. It was his grandfather that gave him the name "The Killer" when Siyar beat up kids who were older than him when he was younger. Siyar began to train under Martijn de Jong at the Tatsujin dojo. De Jong is well respected in the Dutch community as an MMA authority and quickly took Bahadurzada as his top student.

Bahadurzada trains under the Golden Glory association based in the Netherlands.

A veteran of the Professional Shooto Japan organization, he is the 2008, 2009, 2010 Shooto Middleweight Champion. Bahadurzada made the transition to Japanese MMA by fighting for World Victory Road on their Sengoku events. He advanced to the semifinals of their Middleweight tournament but lost to Jorge Santiago. His most recent fights have been under the Sengoku promotion in Japan.