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Cross, don't collect
We don't stack unrelated classes on a timetable. Judo, BJJ, wrestling and striking are taught as one problem seen from four angles — the same position, the same body, different tools.
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CrossFight Academy was founded by Ivan Tomasetti and Alessandro Frezza on one conviction: no single art has all the answers. Judo grips, jiu-jitsu patience, wrestling pressure, the timing of a striker — we train where they meet, exactly the way the founders built their own games.
01 Who we are
Two founders,
one bad habit.
Ivan Tomasetti and Alessandro Frezza did not come up on the same mat.
One built his base in judo and sambo before making his name in Brazilian jiu-jitsu; the other came through the Carabinieri sports centre and the national judo squad, then kept crossing over into grappling and MMA. What they shared was the habit of walking into rooms where they were not the expert — and staying until they were.
In 2017 they stopped treating that as a personal quirk and made it a school. CrossFight Academy is built on the belief that a fighter is not a style. The grip you learn in judo solves a problem in no-gi. The frames you learn in jiu-jitsu keep you alive in MMA. The footwork you steal from a striker wins you the takedown. A belt is a milestone, not a border.
We are not a franchise selling a logo. We are a team of academies that share coaches, camps, corner work and a competition calendar — and we spread across Italy, from Sicily to Gallarate.
02 The method
What cross fighting actually means
Four principles. They are the same in every academy that carries the badge, whether you walk into Monterotondo, Gallarate or Capaci.
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Coaches who still compete
Our instructors are on the podium, not just beside it — European and world medallists, national team athletes and coaches. What they teach on Tuesday, they tested on Sunday.
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Every member counts
The white belt who trains twice a week gets the same attention as the athlete flying to a World Championship. The team is judged by its whole room, not by its best result.
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One team, many mats
Shared seminars, joint training camps, cornering at competitions and open mats between affiliates. Your membership card opens more than one door.
03 The network
Where we train
Three academies carry the badge today, spread the length of the country. Same method, same standard, local character.
Headquarters
Bellator Eretum
Monterotondo · Rome · Lazio
The mother house. Judo, BJJ, MMA, Muay Thai, kickboxing and functional training under Alessandro Frezza — the room where the CrossFight method was written.
6 disciplines View AffiliatePalestra XXL
Gallarate · Varese · Lombardy
Our northern outpost. The CrossFight BJJ programme runs inside a full-size fitness club with Mauro Dal Maso and Salvatore Amoruso on the mat.
BJJ & no-gi View AffiliateAkiyama
Capaci · Palermo · Sicily
The southern engine. A competition-first ju-jitsu and grappling club with a junior programme that has produced European and world medallists.
Competition team View04 The founders
Built by people still on the mat
Co-founder · Head coach
Ivan Tomasetti
On the mat since 1990. Third-degree black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, with a competitive record built across BJJ, grappling, judo and sambo — the clearest argument the academy has for its own method. Multiple world and European titles, and still competing.
- 6×World champion (BJJ, grappling, judo, sambo)
- 13×European champion
- 3rdDegree BJJ black belt
Co-founder · Head coach, HQ
Alessandro Frezza
Former athlete of the Carabinieri sports centre and the Italian national judo squad, now a member of the Italian grappling and MMA national team. He founded Bellator Eretum Academy in Monterotondo and runs the headquarters room, where judo throws and jiu-jitsu are taught as one syllabus.
- ITANational team — grappling & MMA
- CSEx Carabinieri sports centre, judo
- HQHead coach, Monterotondo
05 What we train
Six arts, one syllabus
Not every academy runs every programme — check the academy page for its own timetable.
Brazilian jiu-jitsu
Gi and no-gi, from first day to black belt. Positional systems, competition prep, and a self-defence layer that never gets dropped.
Grappling & wrestling
Submission grappling and the takedown game that most jiu-jitsu rooms neglect. The bridge between the gi and MMA.
Judo
Traditional throwing and gripping taught by national-team coaches — the foundation both founders came from.
MMA
Where the whole idea gets tested. Striking into clinch into ground, with a cage-specific game plan for amateurs and pros.
Muay Thai & kickboxing
Stand-up as its own craft: distance, timing, damage — and as the entry to everything else we do.
Kids & juniors
Age-grouped classes built on coordination, respect and confidence. For those who want it, a real competition pathway.
Your first class is on us
Walk in with nothing. We lend the gi, you bring the willingness to be a beginner for an hour. Pick the academy nearest to you and book a free trial.