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Thanks to @theassemblync.bsky.social for giving me the opportunity to tell the full story about how neo-Nazi terror came to our doorstep, and how their harassment campaign exposes the long tentacles of the militant accelerationist community. www.theassemblync.com/media/neo-na...

In the meantime, we would like to extend a hearty fuck you to Smoky Mountain Active Club lead and professional MMA fighter Thomas Grady III of Etowah TN.

Consider this another one for your loss column. We'll be praying for you, bub. 🪤

Phil Williams' explosive report on the 122-acre compound in Eastern TN begs the question, what are these dudes training for? In our next installment, we'll examine a growing white nationalist problem in the MMA community and dig deep into Patriot Front's role in the broader Active Club network.

As bad as Thomas Grady's opsec is, his 0-6-0 record as a professional MMA fighter isn't much better. In one of his losses, he squared off against a fighter from Shelbyville BJJ Academy which, as we previously pointed out, has their own ties to Tennessee Active Club.

As “Dagda Capital” on FB, Thomas Grady advertises himself as a licensed electrician and handyman in Eastern TN. A quick search on the TN SoS website shows Dagda Capital LLC as an active business entity registered to Thomas Grady of Englewood TN. Previously, Grady operated an MMA studio in Etowah TN.

On Telegram, Thomas Grady goes by the alias “Dagda Tuatha.” In a post earlier this year on the SMAC Telegram channel, “Dagda” offered training and employment opportunities to prospective recruits. Grady previously went by “Dagda Capital” on Telegram which is the same name he uses on Facebook.

Although his face and distinctive ribcage tat was blurred in the video, we soon identified this individual as Thomas Cornelius Grady III of Etowah TN. Grady is a pro MMA fighter who represented Athens Jiu-Jitsu as recently as September 2024 and is the current lead of Smoky Mountain Active Club.

If drinking from skulls in a circle with a bunch of shirtless dudes isn’t your thing, the November 2024 “Winter Nights” event also included a bare knuckle boxing competition. In video from that event, one participant seen sparring with Elliott caught our eye in particular.

Members of TAC who were present included Kauffmann and William Allen Migala. Migala is a former member of the now-defunct NatSoc Florida and current lead of the Northwest Tennessee Active Club. Migala was hilariously dunked on by "Sarah McLachlan" after he was doxxed and fired from his job in 2023.

Fort Worth, TX-based Lone Star Active Club was represented at the November 2024 event in Tellico Plains by duckfaced potato and LSAC lead Kieran Patrick Morris as well as Josiah Daniel Buster and Graham Jones Whitson.

Seth Waggener from Wolves of Vinland and the Virginia-based Devotion Jiu-Jitsu is a frequent guest on the property Elliott once bragged is tax exempt as a place of worship. Here’s Waggener drinking from a child-sized skull in a “circle of honor ritual” during the November 2024 “Winter Nights” event.

In November 2024, Patria Gloria announced the grand opening of “Academy One” at the 122-acre compound in Tellico Plains which saw a who’s who of chuds including members of Tennessee Active Club (TAC), Smoky Mountain Active Club (SMAC), Lone Star Active Club (LSAC), and the Wolves of Vinland.

Originally from Washington state before moving to Florida in 2021, Trimboli is a network director for Patriot Front and a member of the PF Brazillian Jiu-Jitsu team Patria Gloria with Elliott and Paul Michael Gancarz.

Indeed, fellow Patriot Front member Stephen James Trimboli was also spotted in multiple posts from Athens Jiu Jitsu. Following Daily Beast's August 2024 story, Athens Jiu-Jitsu scrubbed images of Elliott from their social media, but posts showing Trimboli remain.

Ian Michael Elliott made headlines last year when it was reported he was a "friend & training partner" of an eastern TN-based Jiu-Jitsu academy. While Elliott was the only neo-Nazi named in the story, a statement from Athens Jiu-Jitsu suggested they may have been aware of "a few" bad apples.

In this installment, we will meet a few of the chuds Ian Michael Elliott has been networking with at his mojo dojo casa house in Eastern Tennessee.

Plus, meet Thomas Grady of Etowah TN, a former marine and current professional MMA fighter who currently leads Smoky Mountain Active Club. 🧵

Until then, let's welcome Tennessee Active Club's newest "chief" to the sunlight, 28-year-old William "Chase" May of Shelbyville, TN.

Sucks to be you, bud.