Gabriel Rollo - The Top BJJ Black Belt Competitor

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1. Gabriel Rollo’s Details

Name	Gabriel Rollo da Silva Pontes
Nickname	Palito
Born	Santos, São Paulo, Brazil
Age	36
Date of birth	3-10-1986
Weight	76kg (167 lbs)
Weight Division	Peso Leve (76 kg/167 lbs)
Height	N/A
Foundational Style	BJJ
Career Disclosed Earnings	N/A
College University	N/A
Rank	Black Belt
Head Coach	Rodrigo Cavaca
Last Fight	Salvador Spring Open
Favorite Technique	Armbar
Lineage	Mitsuyo Maeda -> Carlos Gracie -> Carlson Gracie -> Élcio Figueiredo -> Rodrigo Cavaca -> Gabriel Rollo
Team Association	Checkmat

2. Gabriel Rollo’s Biography

Gabriel Rollo was born in a city of beautiful beaches, Santos in Sao Paulo State of Brazil on October 3rd, 1986. He won medals in many top tournaments like World and Pan Championships as well as European Championship. He is one of the few high-ranked lightweight grapplers of his generation.

2.1. Energetic Childhood

Gabriel Rollo was an extraordinarily energetic boy in his childhood. He was encouraged and enrolled in sports activities by his parents to exhaust his extra energy in a positive way. He played Karate, Judo, Capoeira, and Taekwondo from the age of six. But with time, he left other activities and was very focused on surfing.

2.2. Diverted his Ways Towards BJJ

At the age of 18, a friend of Gabriel persuaded him to join Jiu-Jitsu. Both friends chose BJJ and decided to take a chance. After joining BJJ academy, Gabriel felt Jiu-Jitsu was the game he had the desire to pursue as a career.

2.3. Interaction with Paulo Theodoro

Gabriel started his professional BJJ career with Paulo Theodoro, who also became his first coach in BJJ. Both remained together until Paulo awarded the Purple Belt to Gabriel. Paulo saw his hidden talent and wanted him to compete in tournaments.

2.4. Left Jiu-Jitsu

In 2007, Paulo Theodoro was barbarically murdered just after one week he promoted Gabriel to Purple Belt. Gabriel could not bear that loss and was disheartened. Consequently, he left Jiu-Jitsu for a while.

2.5. Joined Checkmat

Gabriel’s friend and his girlfriend (who later became Gabriel’s wife) persuaded him to join BJJ again. Gabriel Joined an academy, Cavaca Fight Trainer. Now Rodrigo Cavaca was his coach.

2.6. Interaction with Two Academies

In 2008, Rodrigo Cavaca joined forces with Checkmat. Rodrigo trained Gabriel until his Black Belt. In 2013, Rodrigo Cavaca parted his way from Checkmat to make his own academy, known as Zenith Jiu-Jitsu. Gabriel decided to be with his coach but he kept in touch with Checkmat and still represents Checkmat internationally.

2.7. Known as Palito

Gabriel Rollo is also known as “Palito”. Palito is a Portuguese term that means “toothpick”. His friends named him so because of his thin and tall body.

2.8. Promoted to Black Belt

Gabriel Rollo was promoted to Black Belt by Rodrigo Cavaca on 4th July 2010 after becoming runner-up in the World Championship.

2.9. Gabriel Rollo’s Historic Fights

Gabriel Rollo Vs. Iranslav Neoral

In this fight, Gabriel Rollo was facing Iranslav Neoral in the 2022 Curitiba Spring Open. Both fighters were executing great energies and were actively fighting.

Gabriel Rollo started with a pull to apply full guard but Iranslav escaped. Gabriel took down Iranslav and scored two points. Iranslav had a high spirit that he did not allow Gabriel to mount or strangle him from the back. Gabriel took two minutes and a lot of struggle to overcome Neoral again.

At the end of the match, Gabriel mounted Iranslav and submitted him with Mount X Choke.

Year	Event	Opponent	W/L/D	Method	Stage	Weight Class
2022	Curitiba Spring Open	Iranslav Neoral	Win	Submitted by Mount X Choke	Final	Lightweight

Gabriel Rollo Vs. Douglas Duarte

Gabriel Rollo faced Douglas Duarte in São Leopoldo Open 2022. Douglas Duarte missed chances to apply full guard, half guard, and butterfly guard successively at the beginning of the match. Gabriel Rollo tried for more than 5 minutes to overcome him and managed to apply a side mount. To defend against the pressure exerted by Gabriel Rollo, Douglas gave his back to Rollo. Rollo took this opportunity and managed to grab his lapels from the back.

At the end of the match, Gabriel Rollo Submitted Douglas Duarte with Collar Choke.

Year	Event	Opponent	W/L/D	Method	Stage	Weight Class
2022	Sao Leopoldo Open	Douglas Duarte	Win	Submitted by Collar Choke	Semi-Final	Lightweight

Gabriel Rollo Vs. Theodoro Gabriel Canal

This match was between Gabriel Rollo and Theodoro Gabriel in Sul Americano de Jiu-Jitsu 2014. At the start of the match, he successfully applied full guard. But Theodoro Gabriel actively escaped from his grip. Gabriel Rollo managed to control him from the side mount with one of Rollo’s legs strangled between both legs of Theodoro. To escape that leg, Rollo has to lose his grip on the side mount. Theodoro tried to take this opportunity but Gabriel Rollo again got control of Theodor.

At the end of the match, Gabriel Rollo turned this side mount into a back mount by taking the back of Theodoro and submitting Theodoro with Collar Chowk.

Year	Event	Opponent	W/L/D	Method	Stage	Weight Class
2014	Sul Americano de Jiu-Jitsu	Theodoro Gabriel Canal	Win	Submitted by Collar Choke	N/A	Lightweight

3. Gabriel Rollo’s Main achievements

3.1. Main Achievements in International Tournaments

Year	Event	Weight Division
2014	IBJJF South American Championship	Lightweight
2014	IBJJF Sao Paulo Open Championship	Absolute
2015	ADCC Trials	Welterweight
2022	Sao Leopoldo Open	Lightweight
2022	Curitiba Spring Open	Lightweight
2022	Vitoria Open	Lightweight

3.2. Gabriel Rollo’s Main Achievements as Black Belt

Year	Event	Belt	Position
2014	IBJJF South American Championship	Black Belt	1st
2014	IBJJF Sao Paulo Open Championship	Black Belt	1st
2014	IBJJF Rio BJJ Pro	Black Belt	2nd
2015	ADCC Trials	Black Belt	1st
2015	UAEJJF Abu Dhabi World Pro Championship	Black Belt	2nd
2015	IBJJF European Championship	Black Belt	2nd
2015	IBJJF Pan American Championship	Black Belt	3rd
2016	IBJJF Pan American Championship	Black Belt	3rd
2017	CBJJ Brazilian National Championship	Black Belt	2nd
2019	IBJJF Pan American Championship	Black Belt	3rd
2022	Sao Leopoldo Open	Black Belt	1st
2022	Curitiba Spring Open	Black Belt	1st
2022	Vitoria Open	Black Belt	1st

3.3. Gabriel Rollo’s Main Achievements as Colored Belt

Year	Event	Belt	Position
2010	IBJJF World Championship	Brown Belt	2nd

4. Gabriel Rollo’s Professional Record Breakdown

4.1. Professional Record Break

135 Matches	96 Wins	39 Loses
By Submission	36	8
By Points	38	17
By Advantages	14	8
By Decision	5	5
By Penalties	2	1
Others	1	0

4.2. Gabriel Rollo’s Submission Methods

Methods	36 Wins	8 Loses
Armbar	11	1
Bow and Arrow	2	0
Cross Choke	2	0
Paper Cutter Choke	1	0
Kneebar	1	0
Heel Hook	1	1
Submission	1	0
Choke from Back	10	1
RNC	2	1
Toe Hold	1	1
Mounted X Choke	1	0
Choke	1	0
Guillotine	1	0
Ezekiel	1	0
Foot Lock	0	1
Darce Choke	0	1
Estima Lock	0	1

5. Gabriel Rollo’s Fight History

Year	Event	Opponent	W/L	Method	Weight Division
2011	World Champ.	Ruben Nicolai	W	Choke from back	82KG
2011	World Champ.	Bruno Alves	W	Points	82KG
2011	World Champ.	Clark Gracie	L	Foot Locker	82KG
2011	No Gi Worlds	Victor Estima	L	Estima lock	82KG
2012	Brasileiro	Davi Ramos	W	Pts: 2x2, Adv	82KG
2012	Brasileiro	Gustavo Junqueira	W	Bow and Arrow	82KG
2012	Brasileiro	Murilo Santana	L	Armbar	82KG
2012	World Champ.	Kron Gracie	L	Pts: 4x4, Adv	82KG
2013	Pan American	Brent Primus	W	N/A	82KG
2013	Pan American	DJ Jackson	L	Adv	82KG
2014	World Champ.	Lucas Lepri	L	Pts: 2x0	76KG
2014	Rio BJJ Pro	Vinicius Marinho	L	Pts: 2x2, Adv	82KG
2014	South American	Theodoro Canal	W	Choke from Back	76KG
2014	King of Fights	Fabio Caloi	W	Armbar	76KG
2015	European	Sebastian Calloud	W	Armbar	76KG
2015	European	Oliver Geddes	W	Pts: 9x0	76KG
2015	European	Rafael Pereira	W	Armbar	76KG
2015	European	Michael Langhi	L	Referee Decision	76KG
2015	Gramado Trials	Matheus Alemão	W	Pts: 0x0, Adv	75KG
2015	Gramado Trials	Theodoro Canal	W	Pts: 7x0	75KG
2015	Gramado Trials	Caio Almeida	W	Pts: 4x0	75KG
2015	Pan American	Victor Matos	W	Pts: 7x0	76KG
2015	Pan American	Sergio Benini	W	Bow and Arrow	76KG
2015	Pan American	AJ Agazarm	L	Pts: 2x0	76KG
2015	ADCC SP	Renan Cineaou	W	Armbar	77KG
2015	ADCC SP	Diego Henrique	W	Kneebar	77KG
2015	ADCC SP	Thiago Gaia	W	Armbar	77KG
2015	ADCC SP	Diego Henrique	W	Points	77KG
2015	ADCC SP	Claudio Mattos	W	Pts: 0x0, Pen	77KG
2015	World Pro	Shane Kohei	W	Choke	75KG
2015	World Pro	Italo Lins	W	Points	75KG
2015	World Pro	Mario Reis	W	Pts: 3x0	75KG
2015	World Pro	Lucas Lepri	L	Choke from Back	75KG
2015	World Champ.	Andris Brunovskis	W	Choke from Back	76KG
2015	World Champ.	Michael Liera	W	Pts: 2x2, Adv	76KG
2015	World Champ.	Lucas Lepri	L	Pts: 4x0	76KG
2015	ADCC	Enrico Cocco	W	Pts: 8x0	77KG
2015	ADCC	Davi Ramos	L	Pts: 3x0	77KG
2015	Brazil Nat. Pro	Caio Almeida	L	Points	77KG
2015	Brazil Nat. Pro	Wellington Luis	W	Pts: 0x0, Adv	U77KG
2015	Brazil Nat. Pro	Paulo Miyao	L	Pts: 4x2	U77KG
2015	Desafio UK	Felipe Cesar	W	Pts: 5x2	82KG
2015	Desafio UK	Claudio Mattos	W	Pts: 2x2, Adv	82KG
2015	Desafio UK	Luciano Bernert	W	Pts: 22x0	82KG
2015	Desafio UK	Hermes França	W	Armbar	82KG
2015	Desafio UK	Lucas Valle	L	Pts: 2x2, Adv	82KG
2015	Desafio UK	Felipe Cesar	L	Pts: 4x2	82KG
2015	SP National Pro	Rodrigo Almeida	W	Armbar	77KG
2015	SP National Pro	Anderson Lira	L	Pts: 5x2	77KG
2015	SP National Pro	Wellington Luis	W	Pts: 4x2	ABS
2015	SP National Pro	Felipe Cesar	W	Pts: 2x2, Adv	ABS
2015	NoGi Worlds	Ross Nicholls	W	Pts: 6x2	73KG
2015	NoGi Worlds	Mansher Khera	L	Pts: 4x0	73KG
2016	Pan American	Christian Lopez	W	Armbar	76KG
2016	Pan American	Andris Brunovskis	W	Pts: 4x4, Adv	76KG
2016	Pan American	Francisco Iturralde	L	Pts: 2x2, Adv	76KG
2016	World Pro	Felipe Cesar	L	Pts: 2x0	77KG
2016	World Champ.	Diego Vivaldo	W	N/A	76KG
2016	World Champ.	Rafael Babosa	W	Pts: 4x4, Adv	76KG
2016	World Champ.	Michael Langhi	W	Referee Decision	76KG
2016	World Champ.	Edwin Najmi	L	Darce Choke	76KG
2016	SP BJJ Pro	Diego Vivaldo	W	Pts: 10x0	82KG
2016	SP BJJ Pro	Caio Almeida	W	Pts: 11x2	82KG
2016	SP BJJ Pro	Stefano Correa	W	Referee Decision	82KG
2016	One Challenge	Unknown	W	Points	75KG
2016	One Challenge	Rodrigo Caporal	W	Points	75KG
2016	One Challenge	Bruno Barbosa	W	Points	75KG
2016	Sao Paulo Open	Marco Queiroz	W	Choke from Back	76KG
2016	Sao Paulo Open	Djalma Junior	W	Pts: 5x0	76KG
2016	Sao Paulo Open	F. Nascimento	W	Armbar	76KG
2016	Sao Paulo Open	Julio Anjos	W	Referee Decision	76KG
2016	BJJ Rio Pro	Sandro Vieira	W	N/A	82KG
2016	BJJ Rio Pro	Manuel Ribamar	W	Pts: 8x4	82KG
2016	BJJ Rio Pro	Luan Carvalho	W	Pts: 2x2, Adv	82KG
2016	Grand Slam RJ	Celso Vinicius	W	Pts: 2x2, Adv	77KG
2016	Grand Slam RJ	Wellington Eller	W	N/A	77KG
2016	Grand Slam RJ	Matheus Costa	W	Armbar	77KG
2016	Grand Slam RJ	Johnny Loureiro	W	Pts: 2x2, Adv	77KG
2016	Grand Slam RJ	Alexandre Cavaliere	L	Pts: 0x0, Adv	77KG
2017	ADCC SP Trials	Unknown	W	Referee Decision	77KG
2017	ADCC SP Trials	Felipe Cesar	L	Referee Decision	77KG
2017	ADCC RJ	Paulo Silva	W	RNC	77KG
2017	ADCC RJ	João Gabriel	W	RNC	77KG
2017	ADCC RJ	Udi Lima	W	Heel Hook	77KG
2017	ADCC RJ	Thiago Abreu	W	Guillotine	77KG
2017	ADCC RJ	Claudio Mattos	W	Pen	77KG
2017	ADCC RJ	Marcelo Mafra	L	Referee Decision	77KG
2017	Pan American	Julio Almeida	W	Cross Choke	76KG
2017	Pan American	Joao Alves	W	Pts: 7x2	76KG
2017	Pan American	Renato Canuto	L	Pts: 2x2, Adv	76KG
2017	Brasileiro	Henrique Rios	W	Choke from Back	76KG
2017	Brasileiro	Leo Carlos	W	Submission	76KG
2017	Brasileiro	Rodrigo Conceicao	W	Pts: 3x0	76KG
2017	Brasileiro	Jose Carlos	W	Ezekiel	76KG
2017	Brasileiro	Michael Langhi	L	Pts: 2x0	76KG
2017	World Champ.	Yan Lucas	L	Pts: 2x0	76KG
2017	SP BJJ Pro	Ygor Dantas	W	N/A	82KG
2017	SP BJJ Pro	Luan Carvalho	L	Pts: 5x2	82KG
2017	ACBJJ World	Magomedov Shamil	W	Points	75KG
2017	ACBJJ World	Wim Deputter	W	Referee Decision	75KG
2017	ACBJJ World	Helton Jose	L	Adv	ABS
2017	ACB JJ Worlds	Hugo Marques	L	Pts: 4x2	75KG
2017	ACB JJ Worlds	Max Gimenis	L	Heel hook	ABS
2018	World Champ.	Piter Frank	W	Pts: 6x6, Adv	76KG
2018	World Champ.	Jake Mackenzie	L	Referee Decision	76KG
2019	BJJ Stars	Celso Vinicius	W	Adv	82KG
2019	Pan American	Endres Barbosa	W	Injury	76KG
2019	Pan American	Francisco Iturralde	W	Pts: 16x4	76KG
2019	Pan American	Levi Jones	L	Pts: 2x2, Pen	76KG
2019	ADCC SP Trials	N/A	W	Points	77KG
2019	ADCC SP Trials	Servio Tulio	L	Referee Decision	77KG
2019	Brasileiro	Rodolpho Borges	W	Cross Choke	76KG
2019	Brasileiro	M.Leonison	L	Toe Hold	76KG
2020	Curitiba SO	Guilherme Silva	W	N/A	76KG
2020	Curitiba SO	Gabriel Figueiro	L	Points	76KG
2020	BJJ Stars	Caio Almeida	W	Choke from Back	N/A
2021	BJJ Stars 5	Milton Vieira	W	Armbar	81KG
2021	SA Cont. Pro	Luis Ribas	W	Pts: 9x3	77KG
2021	SA Cont. Pro	Yan Silveira	W	Pts: 1x0	77KG
2021	SA Cont. Pro	Leandro Lima	W	Pts: 2x1	77KG
2021	SA Cont. Pro	Pedro Maia	L	Pts: 3x0	77KG
2021	SA Cont. Pro	Luan Carvalho	L	Pts: 1x1	77KG
2022	Vitoria Open	Gustavo Vieira	W	Choke from Back	76KG
2022	Vitoria Open	Iranslav Neoral	W	Choke from Back	76KG
2022	Vitoria Open	Savio Freitas	W	Toe Hold	76KG
2022	Vitoria Open	Facundo Ciancio	W	Pts: 2x2, Adv	76KG
2022	SP Open	Jonas Bruno	W	Choke from Back	76KG
2022	SP Open	Luis Ribas	L	RNC	76KG
2022	Curitiba SPO	Joao Machado	W	Paper Cutter Choke	76KG
2022	Curitiba SPO	Iranslav Neoral	W	Mounted X Choke	76KG
2022	S. Leopoldo OP	Douglas Duarte	W	Choke from Back	76KG
2022	S. Leopoldo OP	Francis Quinn	W	N/A	76KG
2022	Salvador SPO	Joao Vitor	W	N/A	76KG
2022	Salvador SPO	Anselmo Santos	W	N/A	76KG
2022	Salvador SPO	Wilhiam Mateus	W	N/A	76KG