Wikipedia:GazZe Santinio

SanTana Giovanni Pinkney, also known as YerGazZe known mononymously as GazZe, is an American Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner, social comedian, and philosopher. Pinkney became a Jiu-Jitsu fighter at the age of 13 and began training under a gym named Apex MMA Covington. While training in BJJ, he began professionally fighting on October 23, 2021 at the Newbreed Jiu-Jitsu Federation's Crystal Cup in Suwanee, Georgia. His first opponent was Noah Ingram, who was training under Team Mongoose and competed in his first tournament as well. Pinkney, after dominating his first match, obtained his first ever gold medal while still at the age of 13. He would go on to his second match on December 4, 2021 in the Newbreed Winter Classics. After dominating the first two minutes of the match against Ayla Girardi, going 6-0, he would subsequently fall from a sweep and a takedown, as well as Girardi taking mount, which would give her four more points, making Pinkney fall to defeat for the first time in his career. He would then go on to fight Ethan Peal, in which he also loses due to penalty points and an extra point given to Peal due to the cause. He currently still trains under Apex MMA with fellow black belt Joshua Wentworth, who becomes his mentor and guides him with personal training acquaintances.

= Early Life = Pinkney was born in 2007-2008 inside of a Emory hospital in Atlanta, Georgia. During the period of his mom being pregnant with him, she recalled spitting every time he would move inside her stomach. As a toddler, he became a fan of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and even had a birthday party with that same theme. On March 23, 2014, he began making YouTube videos by uploading stop-motion videos with his toys he enjoyed playing with. After he was finished making the video, he was very excited to publish it, even stating that he told everyone about the video he made. After he made the video, he went on to publishing the video, but due to his young age at the time, he was denied posting the video and subsequently got his channel deleted by the YouTube Algorithm. A year later, he made a new account, while posting the same content he did a year from then. After not seeming to find success on YouTube, he began to watch videos of WWE and being inspired by wrestlers such as John Cena, Roman Reigns, Randy Orton, and Dean Ambrose. In 2017, he began a new channel by the name of "Nevaeh Pinkney" which is the name of his older sister. He posted wrestling-like videos, consisting of him slamming and hitting his stuffed animals, in which he greatly enjoyed.

= Education = While Pinkney grew up, he began learning new ordinary things in life. When he turned 5, he attended Callaway Elementary School, in which he would stay for 5 years until eventually graduating from 5th grade in May 2019. In 2017, during his 3rd grade year, Pinkney had trouble understanding and learning from everything his teacher subjected him with. He would try and ask the teacher for guidance, but due to his bashful mentality, he would instead try to figure out ways for him to understand better. During the same period of time, Pinkney would procrastinate on work and eventually ended up with 40+ assignments to work on and if he doesn't finish all of the work, his average would drop down horrendously. After completing all assignments, he would eventually give the papers to the teacher for completion. Pinkney stated: "It was one of the most motive and mentally stressful things I've ever attempted in all of my years of life". Pinkney would then move on to take the Final Exam, also know as the Georgia Milestones Assessment System (GMAS). After failing poorly, he would then be given a second chance by going to summer school and attending for a month. While completing his one month at summer school and surprisingly passing his test, he would go onto his fourth grade year, in which he achieves all 90+ grades, now being considered an honor student. He would also go on to get the Student of The Month (SOTM) award and consistent AB Honor Roll awards in both semesters of the year. After achieving fourth grade, he would go onto fifth grade, in which he graduates, making his first year into Middle School. He first attends Kendrick Middle School in August 2019 and would be released from school in March 2020 due to the outbreak of COVID-19, which results to him working online. While working online, he successfully goes his seventh grade year with AB Honor Roll as well as a 2x Student of The Month. He now attends Memorial Middle School in Conyers, Georgia, while still an A Honor Roll student and has been picked for best effort in his entire class.

= Artist Career = In 2018, Pinkney began a rapping career by the name of "Pablo 38." As he began rapping on his phone, his older sister, Nevaeh gained inspiration from his work, which led to both making a song together from established beats and samples of songs. As his rapping came to an end, his sister continued rapping as she goes by the name "Vaehteezy", which was given by her uncle as he likes calling her "Teezy". During his first year as a rapper, he would make his first song by the title "Stoner Remix", which is a song similar to Young Thug's Stoner that was released in 2014. He would go on to make songs based on already produced beats from his YouTube channel and would eventually hit 100 views on his first song, Stoner. Three years later, Pinkney would return to his rapping career, but this time having a new flow of rapping called "Scam rapping", which is based from Detroit rapper Teejayx6. His first song is named "Krispy Water" that features a rapper by the name of Jelli C, which is actually him but in a higher pitch of voice. In November 2021, he and other fellow artist by the names of James D Pterodactyl and Tyler Maglasang, also know as Nothingbutmags, established a band by the name of Horizon Front. After recording their first song the same month, they would go on to release it onto all platform devices by the title of "No Stoppin" in which Pinkney is one of the rappers in the song. He currently produces beats as he states that he only makes beats whenever he's heard of a song that he cannot find the name of, so he intends to make a sample or something close to the song.

= Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu career = Pinkney became first inspired by Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) in July 2021. After watching clips and videos from previous fights, he would become inspired by watching videos of younger children, mainly around 9–12 years of age, fight in competitive Pankration matches, in which he did not notify at the time. In 2016, Pinkney had a fear of UFC 2, a fighting game made by EA Sports. He became obsessed with the fear ever since it came out and tried certain ways of getting rid of this fear by watching good movies, listening to music, or walking outside and talking to himself about why he has this fear of a game, in which he states was the "graphics of the game was the scariest part." On July 15, 2021, he would began practicing in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) under Apex MMA Covington, which was a city from where he lives. On the same day of his arrival, he met MMA fighter, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner, former amateur wrestler, and gold medalist Talamii Scott, or as the gym calls him "Montez". During his first day at the gym, he was taught basic fundamental movements of BJJ, in which he would show his father how to perform the moves and what it means. While still training in BJJ, he questions if he can go professional and compete against others in tournaments, in which he realizes "practice makes perfect." On October 23, 2021, he competed in his debut match against Noah Ingram in Suwanee, Georgia. Before his match, he felt very nervous due to worrying about his opponent's weight, since Ingram was 130 lbs and Pinkney was only 123 lbs at the time. He recalled saying his best motivation was his father, as he showed him that "Whatever he does, you do back. Nothing is going to stop you from being successful in this competition."

When his match started, he immediately shot for a takedown, taking Ingram to the ground and bumping his head towards the mat, in which Pinkney escaped from full guard and immediately came up, attempting to go for a knee-on-belly position. After the slam, the referee stepped in to check on Ingram and checking his neck and the back of the head to make sure any serious damage has caused him to not compete. During that moment, Pinkney told himself that he felt "violent" during the moment and was very concerned about Ingram as well. As the match went on, Ingram clinched in guard with Pinkney and both started hand-fighting, when Pinkney attempted to score another takedown by grabbing his leg, in which Ingram denied as he stayed clinched in guard trying to take Pinkney down. When Pinkney came for another shot takedown, Ingram denied the takedown by sprawling out and trying to take Pinkney onto his back, but instead, he came up and dragged Ingram to the ground. As Ingram attempted a headlock choke, Pinkney escaped and trapped his legs around Ingram, as well as pulling his head back, forcing himself alongside Ingram to go to back mount. While in back mount, he trapped his arm around Ingram's neck, and performing a rear naked choke. When adding pressure, he continued to hold Ingram in back mount, forcing him to tap out, winning his first match at the event. He fought him the second time at the event, and winning via guillotine choke. After winning both matches, going undefeated in both, he was given his first ever gold medal at an event and first gold medal in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. After successfully winning both matches at his first event, he would go on to compete in his second tournament in the Newbreed Winter Classics in Emerson, Georgia. When he heard who he was fighting against, he felt confident in himself and even saying the match would be "easy". His first fight would be against Ayla Girardi, who at the time only fought in one event and loss in both gi and no-gi jiu-jitsu.

Once the match started, Pinkney was coming towards Girardi and grabbing her to lock into clinch, in which Girardi played a strategic way by disengaging and waiting to shoot a takedown on Pinkney. In the first two minutes of the match, Pinkney took advantage by pulling the back of her neck and being able to take back mount, shoot a takedown before eventually being countered, and grabbing her leg, taking her down as a takedown. After shooting for a takedown, Pinkney eventually became exhausted and would slowly get up from the ground, making Girardi have the advantage towards him. After sweeping and taking down Pinkney, she gained two points as a takedown and four points as taking mount on Pinkney. After taking mount, Pinkney turned Girardi over, forming them into full guard and sitting there until the ben rang, making Pinkney lose for the first time in his career. The score was 9-6, but both were tied 6-6. Once the mistake was never checked at, it made Pinkney's second match come to confusion.

After losing his second match in his career, he would go on to fight Ethan Peal, who trains at Atos Atlanta Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. When the match started, both circled and looked for an opportunity to shoot onto each other. As Pinkney's coach, Joshua Wentworth, commanded him to shoot for a takedown, he wanted to trick Peal by not going for a takedown, in which he regrets later on. After going for a takedown, the both start to hand-fight in full guard, which would remain this way the entire match. During their hand-fight, Pinkney was given penalty points due to striking towards the face and slapping his opponent, who was eventually granted two points plus penalty points, which makes this is second loss in his career, now going 2-1-1. The score became 2-2, giving Peal additional points. After both of his tournaments, he would take a one month break and cover up from having upper backbone pain. He would eventually return in March 2022.

= Photography & Filmography = Pinkney began filming YouTube content in 2014, but began acting in December 2020 on his YouTube account by the name of "GazZe-Santinio X". He began posting comedic-like videos, consisting of him playing as multiple characters in a video and using different personas to resemble different people. He stated these kinds of videos as "skits", which are the name of the videos from different creators. On August 19, 2020, he gained his first 100 subscribers on YouTube, and eventually posting a YouTube special due to this achievement. On December 9, 2020, he gained his first 200 subscribers and made a playlist on his channel, which consist of him hitting his next 100 subscribers. On February 10, 2021, he gained his first 300 subscribers on YouTube, as well as gaining his first 400 subscribers a month later. On December 31, 2021, he hit his first 500 subscribers on YouTube after making an unprecedented fall from YouTube. His current YouTube channel, now by the name of just GazZe, was created February 15, 2020, which was the same day his previous channel by the name of "Fager Hanzider", was deleted due to YouTube's Algorithm of young age.

While on YouTube, Pinkney has recorded videos with different creators such as MakinWaves, GhostGod (Formerly Frankyonyoutube), James D Pterodactyl, etc. Due to living across the state from other creators, he decides to record his separate scenes with himself in the video first, and would tell the creator to send their recorded clips to him so he will be able to edit the video. Pinkney currently has not featured in any movies, but has thought of featuring in a young teen established movie or a young adult-like movie and can play as the very shy, but smart and sensible son of a grumpy father. Pinkney has also recorded videos with his sister, Nevaeh Pinkney, or better known online as Vaehteezy. She has featured in a few of Pinkney's videos, including a "House Tour Vlog" that was posted April 6, 2021. Before posting vlogs and "skits" on his channel, he would create videos of him playing different games, in which his first video, literally titled "My first video", was a video of him playing Fortnite, a battle royale game made in 2017, with another player by the name of "KillJasonn". During the video, talking is heard by Pinkney as the type of microphone he was using did not support the Playstation 4, but instead, was a microphone for recording music. Also during the video, the player by the name of Matthew Avila, or known online as "KillJasonn" (Now MaviFPS), was heard "trash-talking" or "roasting (slang terms)" Pinkney due to him being first introduced to the game and not being as experienced as Avila was.

Pinkney recalled saying his brother, Andrew Avila, wagered him in a game of Fortnite for $20. Pinkney stated: "Even though I still didn't feel the momentum of giving money to him, I still wanted to play since I didn't have anyone to play with during the time. I really enjoyed it, as I learned a few moves and fundamental movements from the gameplay. I didn't really care about the money, I only cared about people finally having the chance of playing with me, competition or no competition, I still respected my opponent, even with all the toxicity that I've been through a day later, I still would thank them for the time they had with me." After the wager, in which Pinkney eventually lost, he would have to go to school the next day and pay Avila, due to the both knowing each other from school, and at the time, Kendrick Middle School in Riverdale, Georgia. When Avila saw Pinkney, he asked for the money they bet on, in which Pinkney responds with: "To be honest, and I really love being honest, but I only wanted to play with you because I had no other person to play with during the time. I really would enjoy playing with someone, especially from school, and the opportunity to be able to do that. I only said we could do a wager so I would get you to play with me, but I"m very sorry for lying to your face."

After Avila heard what Pinkney had to say after the loss, he would go on to say that it was an excuse for his loss and regardless, Pinkney would have to pay the $20 they still had to bet on. Due to the toxic attitude of Avila, Pinkney decided not to give his money to him and would instead save it for school fortunes. As Avila kept attacking, Pinkney came in contact with more people at the time, in which made him more popular towards people. Pinkney personally felt bad for committing such an act, but he would eventually tell his teacher of the act, and Avila, along with other boys, would get a warning for "death threats" and "mean comments". While Pinkney was being shamed for the act, Avila called it a "scam" and would try to report Pinkney to the police. Avila, along with his other two friends that pick up on Pinkney quickly, would verbally bully Pinkney by bringing up negative comments about his mother, singling him out of an activity during lunch, and make fake real-life situations and accuse Pinkney of committing it. During one point of this period, Avila was sitting by Pinkney and would shove him because he "said something wrong", in which Pinkney only restated that he was trying to compliment him. After the outbreak of coronavirus in March 2020, Pinkney would be glad that he does not attend the school for several reasons, but would miss going to the school for its activities and the friends he made, as he still knows them from today.

Pinkney did not try to reach for revenge or any kind of suffering towards Avila for this act as he states: "I do not believe in revenge. If someone puts an act towards you that hurts you very much or messes you up in a way, always use that moment as an acquaintance and try to work pass it. If you keep trying to retaliate, at the end of the day, your life is still the same, so there won't be any true meaning when trying to hurt someone back from what they have done to you. You always have to let things go because if you don't, it won't have any meaning to it anymore." After the bullying was over, Avila would eventually apologize and say that he was "joking". Pinkney did not take them as jokes as he eventually cried during lunch due to the words that were said, and eventually had to step outside and talk to the teacher.

= Philosophy = Pinkney became inspired by Aristotle, Pythagoras, and Bruce Lee' s philosophy based on how they see effects in life. After reading biographies of different philosophers from around the world, he began making his own philosophy of success, now by the name of The Art of Trinity, or El árte de Trinidad" in Spanish. Based on The Art of Trinity (AOT), he states:

"There are three ways of life: Competitiveness, penalized, and central lives". The meaning of a competitive life is to go through all tempered challenges of life and work hard to get everything in your way out of your way, giving positive connotations. The meaning of a penalized life is to have a destructive and wild life with ignorance and procrastination. This also defines an unhealthy life and less fortuned life, having low determination of being accepted by father god himself. A central life is a life that has positive characteristics and negative characteristics. The word "Trinity" means "three", representing all three types of lives. Using AOT alongside GazZe's philosophical thoughts can be shown in churches, community centers, sport events, auditoriums, schools, hospitals, and the body of nature.

While in the process of creating AOT, Pinkney has three main achievements based on its establishment:


 * To help others think of different ways of life and how it works.
 * To persuade others of challenging themselves and thinking past their problems to success.
 * To make others feel happy about the way of life they choose or believe is right, instead of subjecting themselves to hatred or opinions based on other's beliefs.

The meaning of the symbol is to state how life can go based on your decisions. The biggest lines from the left end and the right end both means competitiveness, which is the highest point of life and success mark. The lowest points, being represented as the smallest lines, show how life can get very difficult, unsatisfactory, and destructive, which stands for a penalized life.

= Personal Life = Pinkney currently lives in Conyers, Georgia. He lives in the same neighborhood as his friend, Nolland Muong, in which he met during his eight grade year. He also made an icon of himself, resembling the Art of Trinity, in which he designed himself. He uses the sign in popular culture such as sports, media, and a signal to representing how he feels in moments without necessarily showing the emotion in person. He currently still trains under Apex MMA Covington and still fights as a white belt due to him fighting in no-gi. On his Instagram, he creates photos and design them by a title with no context or real meaning. He currently attends Memorial Middle School as an A honor roll student and was given six achievements after the first semester ended in December 2021.

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