Gianni Grippo - 8 Times BJJ World Champion

1. Gianni Grippo’s Details

2. Gianni Grippo’s Biography

Gianni Grippo is one of the top No-Gi competitors and was born on the 21st of March in 1992. Grippo is multiple times World and Pan champion. He started his Jiu-Jitsu career with Renzo Gracie Academy. Later he was promoted to Black Belt by Marcelo Garcia. Gianni Grippo is also one of the prominent members to execute the Berimbolo technique.

2.1. Son of a Triathlete

Gianni Grippo was inclined towards sports from his early childhood. His father was a triathlete and loved to participate in various games. Gianni Grippo was greatly influenced by his father to join sports and then martial arts. It was Gianni’s father who found Jiu-Jitsu suitable for his son.

2.2. Was an Athletic Child

Gianni was an athletic child so he loved to participate in various sports. His favorite one was swimming. Gianni took part in various swimming tournaments. He won the Junior Olympics in swimming for three consecutive years.

His love for sports took him to the team’s varsity roster in the starting years of high school. Gianni Grippo could not stop himself and also appeared in boxing as an amateur fighter.

2.3. Joined Renzo Gracie Academy

Gianni was introduced to Jiu-Jitsu by his father who discovered Renzo Gracie Academy through one of his friends. As Jiu-Jitsu was a very new thing, Gianni was in love with Jiu-Jitsu after his first class.

His first coach was Magno Gama who was working in Renzo Gracie Academy. Gianni Grippo’s father wanted his son to learn Jiu-Jitsu. He supported him and drove him from New York to Manhattan on a daily basis.

2.4. Decided to Take BJJ as a Profession

Until 2004, grappling was just a hobby for Gianni Grippo. Until he visited the IBJJF World Championship in Brazil. That year, Gianni watched Ronaldo Souza defeating the best fighter, Roger Gracie.

After watching one of the most interesting fights, Gianni decided to take Jiu-Jitsu as a profession. To attain his target, he also decided to leave swimming.

2.5. Joined Alliance Marcelo Garcia

Gianni Grippo started his BJJ journey with Renzo Gracie Academy. He trained there until his Brown Belt promotion. He became one of the top competitors of the generation and won the World Championship multiple times. He represented Renzo Gracie Academy in the international competitive circuit.

Later Gianni Grippo realized that he needed to train in No-Gi BJJ. This forced Gianni Grippo to leave Renzo Gracie Academy and join Alliance under Marcelo Garcia.

A lot of controversies came out after his transition. Gianni Grippo announced his change of academy via his social media post. He joined Alliance Marcelo Garcia in March 2012. After choosing Marcelo Garcia as his coach, Gianni Grippo started his journey toward excellence.

2.6. Gianni Grippo’s Training Routine

Gianni Grippo is very thoughtful about his training routine. In an interview, he mentioned that training all the time is not a way to success. Try to understand your body. If you are tired, you should give proper rest to your body. You cannot win the competition with a tired body. He mentioned that he used to do conditioning training in the early morning.

Furthermore, he mentioned that he tried to be on the mat even if he is injured. But he could not train someday, due to tiredness or any severe injury, he did not waste time. He spent his time watching videos of specific techniques.

He also thinks that BJJ is not just a physical game, it is a mind game. So a day off the mat is not a wasted day. You can learn some other things.

2.7. Gianni Grippo’s Favorite BJJ Personalities

Gianni Grippo likes John Danaher as an elite No-Gi coach. He is a person who always tries to learn and teach irrespective of the rank. John Danaher is an example that there is always something to learn even if you are one of the most reverend coaches of martial arts. He also mentioned that Roger Gracie is the best fighter of all time.

2.8. Gianni Grippo’s BJJ Pro Combats

Grippo’s Black Belt Promotion

In 2013, Gianni Grippo earned the World and Pan Champion title as a Brown Belt. After his consecutive promising victories, Gianni Grippo was promoted to Black Belt by Marcelo Garcia on the 1st of October 2013.

Multiple Times World Champion

Gianni Grippo is one of the competitors who earned the World Champion title at every belt division and became eight times World Champion. He was World Champion in 2009 as a Blue Belt.

He became Gi and No-Gi World Champion in his Purple Belt division in 2011 and World Champion in 2012 and 2013 as a Brown Belt. After his Black Belt promotion, he again secured his No-Gi World Champion title thrice.

Multiple Times Pans Champion

Gianni Grippo is ten times Pan Champion, five times in Gi, and five times in No-Gi. Gianni earned his four Pan titles in his colored belt divisions. After the Black Belt promotion, Grippo secured his Pan Champion title six times, three times in Gi, and three times in the No-Gi championship.

Prominent Member of the Berimbolo Generation

The Berimbolo technique was created by Marcel Ferreira in 1993. This technique is derived from De La Riva Guard. Later, Andre Galvao named it Berimbolo which means “scramble” in Portuguese. Some fighters are very well versed to perform Berimbolo and Gianni Grippo is also one of them.

Video Credit: @Bernardo Faria BJJ Fanatics

Top One NoGi Competitor According to IBJJF Ranking

Gianni Grippo is ranked the number one No-Gi fighter with 444.5 points and 3rd top ranked No-Gi Grand Slam fighter with 403.0 points according to the IBJJF Ranking. 

3. Gianni Grippo’s Historic Fights

3.1. Gianni Grippo Vs. Shane Hill Taylor

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Gianni Grippo faced Shane Hill Taylor in the final of the Pan No-Gi 2017. Taylor took a dynamic start and secured the top position. He did not want to give Taylor any chance. Meanwhile, Gianni strangled Taylor’s leg and altered the position. He took down Taylor in a fantastic manner and scored two points.

Taylor performed very actively and strangled one of Gianni’s legs and arms. Gianni Grippo succeeded to escape his arm but Taylor did not lose his grip on Gianni’s leg. A few next minutes passed with Gianni’s efforts to escape his leg. After a struggle of a few minutes, Gianni managed to take the top and then the standing position.

He got his leg free and then applied the guillotine but Taylor managed to escape. Taylor was fighting in a very dynamic manner but Gianni’s strong core did not allow him to take control. Taylor went for full guard. Gianni got himself free and tried to take the back of Taylor. Failing to do so, he again tried for a leg lock but it was out of time. Gianni Grippo defeated Shane Hill Taylor with points and became the 2017 No-Gi Pan Champion.

Year	Event	Opponent	W/L/D	Method	Weight	Stage
2017	Pan No-Gi	Shane Hill Taylor	W	By Points	Featherweight	Final

3.2. Gianni Grippo Vs. Marcio Andre

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Gianni Grippo faced Marcio Andre in the final of the 2018 World No-Gi Championship. This was the first-ever World Championship final Gianni reached after his Black Belt promotion. At the start of the match, Gianni Grippo managed to take the top position. He did all his efforts to take complete control of Marcio Andre.

Marcio was also super active. He took advantage of his position and strangled Gianni’s leg. After struggling for a few minutes to escape his leg, Grippo stood up to free his leg. Marcio pulled his leg and executed a fantastic takedown for two points. Meanwhile, Gianni applied full guard. Grippo strangled Marcio’s leg and Marcio quickly stood up to escape and again rescue his top position.

Gianni restored his energy and executed a dynamic performance afterward. He strangled his leg and managed to take his back. After a super athletic performance, Gianni Grippo submitted Marcio Andre with RNC to become the 2018 No-Gi World Champion. Gianni Grippo earned the title of World Champion for the first time as a Black Belt.

Year	Event	Opponent	W/L/D	Method	Weight	Stage
2018	World NoGi Championships	Marcio Andre	W	Submission by RNC	Lightweight	Final

3.3. Gianni Grippo Vs. Lucas Silva

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Gianni Grippo faced Lucas Silva in the final of 2021 World No-Gi. Both fighters were there to earn the World Champion title and their outstanding performance extended their efforts for the title. At the start of the match, Silva went for a single leg but was taken down by Grippo.

Silva strangled Grippo’s leg and Grippo countered by strangling Silva’s ankle. Grippo applied pressure on Silva’s feet to submit him with an inside heel hook but Silva resisted and also escaped his ankle from Grippo’s grip. Gianni took a few minutes to escape his leg.

Gianni secured the top position and tried to lock his leg by putting all his body weight to exert maximum pressure. When it did not work, Gianni applied Kata Gatame. Lucas Silva did not bear this Kata Gatame and got unconscious. Gianni Grippo won the World Championship final again in 2021 and became World Champion in the Lightweight category.

Year	Event	Opponent	W/L/D	Method	Weight	Stage
2021	World No-Gi	Lucas Silva	W	Submission by Kata Gatame	Lightweight	Final

3.4. Gianni Grippo Vs. Gavin Corbe

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Gianni Grippo faced Gavin Corbe in the final of the 2022 World No-Gi Championship. After his fabulous submission in his previous two World Championship finals, Gianni’s fans were very excited to see a fantastic fight. Both fighters started their fight in a sitting position and Gianni’s leg was in the grip of Corbe.

After the effort of a few minutes, Gianni escaped his leg. After escaping his leg, Gianni tried for top control. Corbe countered by the full guard. Gianni tried to escape from the full guard and in this attempt, Corbe again strangled his leg.

In the next few minutes, both fighters exchanged top positions but Corbe did not free Gianni’s leg. Gianni countered by grasping Corbe’s foot. Now it was Corbe’s turn to escape his foot. In his struggle to escape his foot, Gianni executed a fabulous takedown and scored two points.

Gianni tried his best to submit Corbe with an ankle lock but Corbe resisted at his best. Gianni scored two points for his fabulous submission attempt. At the end of the match, Gianni Grippo submitted Gavin Corbe with points.

Year	Event	Opponent	W/L/D	Method	Weight	Stage
2022	World NoGi	Gavin Corbe	W	By Points	Featherweight	Final

4. Gianni Grippo’s Main Achievements

4.1. Grippo’s Main Achievements in International Tournaments

Years	Events	Weight Division
2009	IBJJF World Championship	Light Featherweight
2011	IBJJF World Championship NO-GI	Featherweight
2011	IBJJF World Championship	Featherweight
2011	IBJJF Pan Championship	Featherweight
2012	IBJJF World Championship	Featherweight
2012	IBJJF Pan Championship	Featherweight
2012	IBJJF Pan Championship NO-GI	Featherweight
2013	IBJJF World Championship	Featherweight
2013	IBJJF Pan Championship NO-GI	Featherweight
2014	IBJJF Pans Championship	Featherweight
2015	IBJJF Pans Championship	Featherweight
2015	UAEJJF Abu Dhabi Pro	Featherweight
2017	IBJJF Pans Championship NO-GI	Featherweight
2017	FIVE Super-League	Featherweight
2017	UAEJJF Abu Dhabi Pro	Lightweight
2018	IBJJF World Championship NO-GI	Lightweight
2018	IBJJF Pans Championship NO-GI	Lightweight
2018	IBJJF Pans Championship	Featherweight
2018	Kasai Pro 4 Grand Prix	Lightweight
2021	IBJJF World Championship NO-GI	Lightweight
2021	IBJJF Pans Championship NO-GI	Lightweight
2022	IBJJF World Championship NO-GI	Featherweight

4.2. Grippo’s Achievements as Black Belt

Year	Event	Belt	Position
2014	IBJJF Pans Championship	Black Belt	1st
2015	IBJJF Pans Championship	Black Belt	1st
2015	UAEJJF Abu Dhabi Pro	Black Belt	1st
2015	IBJJF World Championship NO-GI	Black Belt	3rd
2017	IBJJF Pans Championship NO-GI	Black Belt	1st
2017	FIVE Super-League	Black Belt	1st
2017	UAEJJF Abu Dhabi Pro	Black Belt	1st
2017	IBJJF European Open	Black Belt	2nd
2017	IBJJF World Championship	Black Belt	3rd
2018	IBJJF World Championship NO-GI	Black Belt	1st
2018	IBJJF Pans Championship NO-GI	Black Belt	1st
2018	IBJJF Pans Championship	Black Belt	1st
2018	Kasai Pro 4 Grand Prix	Black Belt	1st
2018	UAEJJF Abu Dhabi Pro	Black Belt	2nd
2019	IBJJF European Open	Black Belt	3rd
2020	IBJJF Pans Championship NO-GI	Black Belt	3rd
2021	IBJJF World Championship NO-GI	Black Belt	1st
2021	IBJJF Pans Championship NO-GI	Black Belt	1st
2022	IBJJF World Championship NO-GI	Black Belt	1st

4.3 Grippo’s Achievements as Color Belt

Year	Event	Belt	Position
2009	IBJJF World Championship	Blue Belt	1st
2011	IBJJF Pan Championship	Purple Belt	1st
2011	IBJJF World Championship	Purple Belt	1st
2011	IBJJF World Championship NO-GI	Purple Belt	1st
2012	IBJJF Pan Championship	Brown Belt	1st
2012	IBJJF Pan Championship NO-GI	Brown Belt	1st
2012	IBJJF World Championship	Brown Belt	1st
2013	IBJJF World Championship	Brown Belt	1st
2013	IBJJF Pan Championship	Brown Belt	1st

5. Gianni Grippo’s Professional Record Break Down

5.1. Gianni’s Professional Record Break Down

305 Matches	228 Wins	69 Losses	8 Draw
By Points	122	24	0
By Advantages	16	16	0
By Submission	68	7	0
By Decision	18	20	0
By Penalties	0	1	0
By EBI/OT	4	1	0
Draw	0	0	8

5.2. Method of Submission

Method	68 Wins	7 Losses
Choke from Back	23	1
Kata Gatame	8	0
Short Choke	6	0
Bow and Arrow	3	0
Choke	2	0
Toe Hold	1	0
Cross Choke	1	0
RNC	8	1
Submission	7	0
Armbar	5	2
Inside Heel Hook	2	0
Ezekiel	1	0
Kneebar	1	1
Triangle	0	1
Arm in Ezekiel	0	1

6. Gianni’s Fight History

Year	Competition	Opponent	W/L	Method	Weight	Stage
2014	European	Unknown	W	Choke from back	70KG	4F
2014	European	Rafael Mendes	L	Pts: 5x0	70KG	SF
2014	Pan American	Zachary Adamson	W	Points	70KG	R1
2014	Pan American	Isaque Paiva	W	Pts: 5x0	70KG	4F
2014	Pan American	Samir Chantre	W	Pts: 2x0	70KG	SF
2014	NY Summer Op.	Steven Barrett	W	Cross choke	ABS	4F
2014	NY Summer Op.	Eliot Kelly	W	Pts: 11x2	ABS	SF
2014	NY Summer Op.	Rodrigo Freitas	W	Referee Decision	ABS	F
2014	NY Summer Op.	Steven Barnett	W	Choke from back	76KG	SF
2014	NY Summer Op.	Rodrigo Freitas	W	N/A	76KG	F
2014	FIVE	D. Hemmings	W	Pts: 2x0	70KG	SPF
2014	WP Montreal	Leo Saggioro	L	Referee Decision	70KG	F
2014	WP Montreal	Otavio Sousa	L	Pts: 0x0, Adv	ABS	SF
2014	NY Spring Open	Tiago Almeida	W	N/A	ABS	SF
2014	NY Spring Open	AJ Agazarm	W	Pts: 4x0	ABS	F
2014	Copa Podio	M. Andre	D	---	77KG	GP
2014	Copa Podio	Gilbert Burns	L	Armbar	77KG	GP
2014	Copa Podio	Fernando Vieira	D	---	77KG	GP
2014	Copa Podio	Victor Silverio	D	---	77KG	GP
2014	World Pro.	Osvaldo Moizinho	W	Pts: 2x0	70KG	R1
2014	World Pro.	Leo Saggioro	L	Adv	70KG	SF
2014	World Pro.	S. Franceschini	W	Armbar	70KG	3PLC
2014	World Champ.	S. Franceschini	W	Points	70KG	RDS
2014	World Champ.	Vugner Silva	W	Choke from back	70KG	RDS
2014	World Champ.	Rafael Mendes	L	Choke from back	70KG	4F
2014	SF Open	Osvaldo Moizinho	W	Pts: 2x0	70KG	F
2014	SF Open	Osvaldo Moizinho	L	Referee Decision	ABS	SF
2014	No-Gi Pan Am.	Osvaldo Moizinho	L	Pts: 2x2, Adv	70KG	SF
2014	No-Gi Pan Am.	Garry Tonon	W	Pts: 6x4	ABS	R1
2014	No-Gi Pan Am.	Mauro Santiago	W	Pts: 0x0, Adv	ABS	4F
2014	No-Gi Pan Am.	Jackson Sousa	L	Pts: 2x0	ABS	SF
2014	NoGi Worlds	Yukito iosada	W	Pts: 5x0	67KG	4F
2014	NoGi Worlds	Osvaldo Moizinho	L	Referee Decision	67KG	SF
2014	World Expo	Augusto Mendes	L	Referee Decision	ABS	SPF
2014	Las Vegas Open	Vitor Paschoal	W	Points	70KG	SF
2014	Las Vegas Open	Samir Chantre	L	Adv	70KG	F
2014	Las Vegas Open	Nathan Mendelsohn	W	Points	ABS	SF
2014	Las Vegas Open	Ranieri Paiva	W	N/A	ABS	F
2014	NYC Pro	Jonathan Thomas	W	Referee Decision	70KG	4F
2014	NYC Pro	Osvaldo Moizinho	W	Referee Decision	70KG	SF
2014	NYC Pro	Joao Miyao	L	Pts: 6x4	70KG	F
2014	Copa Podio	Joao Miyao	L	Pen	70KG	SPF
2015	European	Guilherme Neves	W	Bow and arrow	70KG	4F
2015	European	Guilherme Neves	W	Bow and arrow	70KG	SF
2015	European	Marcio Andre	L	Adv	70KG	F
2015	SF Open	Darragh O'Conaill	W	Points	ABS	4F
2015	SF Open	Magid Hage	L	Referee Decision	ABS	SF
2015	SF Open	Rodrigo Freitas	W	Pts: 6x4	76KG	F
2015	Pan American	Mayko Borges	W	Choke from back	70KG	4F
2015	Pan American	Osvaldo Moizinho	W	Pts: 6x4	70KG	F
2015	NY Spring Open	Brian Mahecha	W	Points	70KG	SF
2015	NY Spring Open	Paulo Miyao	L	Adv	70KG	F
2015	World Pro	Isaque Paiva	W	Pts: 0x0, Adv	65KG	F
2015	Boston Spring Open	Paulo Miyao	L	Pts: 9x2	70KG	F
2015	World Champ.	Leo Saggioro	W	Referee Decision	70Kg	4F
2015	ADCC	Gabriel Marangoni	W	Pts: 2x0	66KG	R1
2015	ADCC	Rubens Charles	L	Pts: 3x0	66KG	4F
2015	Polaris 2	Tom Barlow	W	Inside heel hook	70KG	SPF
2015	No-Gi Pan Ams	Michael Wacker	W	Pts: 13x0	70KG	4F
2015	No-Gi Pan Ams	Mayko Araujo	W	Choke from back	70KG	SF
2015	No-Gi Pan Ams	Paulo Miyao	L	Referee Decision	70KG	F
2015	No-Gi Pan Ams	Rodrigo Freitas	W	Referee Decision	ABS	4F
2015	No-Gi Pan Ams	Garry Tonon	L	Pts: 6x6, Adv	ABS	SF
2015	No-Gi Worlds	Geoffrey Villareal	W	Choke from Back	67KG	8F
2015	No-Gi Worlds	Isaque Paiva	W	Pts: 15x10	67KG	4F
2015	No-Gi Worlds	Augusto Mendes	L	Pts: 2x0	67KG	SF
2015	IBJJF NY Pro	Paulo Silva	W	N/A	70KG	SF
2015	IBJJF NY Pro	Kim Terra	L	Referee Decision	70KG	F
2016	Polaris 3	Bruno Frazatto	D	---	70KG	SPF
2016	NY Spring Open	Darson Hemmings	W	Pts: 4x4, Adv	76KG	SF
2016	NY Spring Open	Masahiro Iwasaki	W	Pts: 2x0	76KG	F
2016	World Pro	Wanki Chae	W	Pts: 4x4, Adv	69KG	R1
2016	World Pro	Rafael Mansur	L	Pts: 0x0, Adv	69KG	8F
2016	Respect Pro	Brian Stuebner	W	Choke from back	65KG	SF
2016	Respect Pro	Gabriel Martins	W	Choke from back	65KG	F
2016	World Champ.	Jordy Peute	W	Armbar	64KG	R2
2016	World Champ.	Hiago George	L	Pts: 4x0	64KG	4F
2016	Rollmore SPC	Felipe Simplicio	W	Ezekiel	70KG	SPF
2016	No-Gi Pan Ams	Vinicius Soares	W	Submission	73KG	SF
2016	No-Gi Pan Ams	Rodrigo Freitas	W	Pts: 4x0	73KG	F
2016	No-Gi Worlds	Marcus Wilson	W	RNC	73KG	R1
2016	No-Gi Worlds	Marcio Andre	L	Pts: 2x2, Adv	73KG	4F
2016	NY BJJ Pro	Bruno Frazatto	W	Pts: 4x2	70KG	SF
2016	NY BJJ Pro	Joao Miyao	L	Pts: 2x0	70KG	F
2017	European Open	Wanki Chae	W	Pts: 5x2	70KG	8F
2017	European Open	Tiago Bravo	W	Pts: 4x2	70KG	4F
2017	European Open	Isaque Paiva	W	Pts: 10x8	70KG	SF
2017	European Open	Rubens Charles	L	Pts: 5x0	70KG	F
2017	F2W 25	Samir Chantre	W	Referee Decision	N/A	SPF
2017	UAEJJF NY Pro	Gabriel Goulart	W	Points	77KG	R1
2017	UAEJJF NY Pro	Jomari Guarin	W	Points	77KG	4F
2017	UAEJJF NY Pro	Alex Oliveira	W	Points	77KG	SF
2017	UAEJJF NY Pro	Johnny Tama	W	Submission	U77KG	SF
2017	UAEJJF NY Pro	Francisco Tavares	W	Submission	U77KG	F
2017	Pan American	Jamil Hill-Taylor	L	Referee Decision	70KG	8F
2017	F2W 30	Osvaldo Moizinho	W	Referee Decision	70KG	SPF
2017	NY Spring No-Gi	Juan Galarza	W	N/A	73KG	RR
2017	NY Spring No-Gi	Joao Alves	W	Pts: 2x2, Adv	73KG	F
2017	NY Spring No-Gi	Nicolas Penzer	W	RNC	ABS	SF
2017	NY Spring No-Gi	Tex Johnson	W	Points	ABS	F
2017	World Pro	Daisuke Shiraki	W	Pts: 2x0	69KG	4F
2017	World Pro	Isaac Doederlein	W	Pts: 2x2, Adv	69KG	SF
2017	World Pro	Tiago Bravo	W	Pts: 8x0	69KG	F
2017	World Champ.	Italo Lins	W	Pts: 9x4	70KG	8F
2017	World Champ.	Osvaldo Moizinho	W	Pts: 6x6	70KG	4F
2017	World Champ.	Leo Saggioro	L	Referee Decision	70KG	SF
2017	F2W 38	Dustin Akbari	W	Armbar	75KG	SPF
2017	FIVE Super League	Wallace Santos	W	Referee Decision	70KG	4F
2017	FIVE Super League	Leo Saggioro	W	Referee Decision	70KG	SF
2017	FIVE Super League	Jamil Hill-Taylor	W	Referee Decision	70KG	F
2017	Boston SM. Open	Y. Kakizawa	W	N/A	76KG	SF
2017	Boston SM. Open	Alexandre Molinaro	W	N/A	76KG	F
2017	Boston SM. Open	Alexandre Oliveira	W	N/A	ABS	SF
2017	Boston SM. Open	Keenan Cornelius	L	Armbar	ABS	F
2017	Washington Open	Athaide Junior	W	N/A	76KG	SF
2017	Washington Open	Jamil Hill-Taylor	W	Points	76KG	F
2017	San Diego Pro	Thiago Macedo	W	Choke from back	70KG	SF
2017	San Diego Pro	Hiago George	W	Pts: 2x0	70KG	F
2017	Atlanta SM Open	Silvio Duran	W	Choke	70KG	F
2017	Atlanta SM Open	Breno Bittencourt	W	Points	ABS	SF
2017	Atlanta SM Open	Horlando Monteiro	L	Referee Decision	ABS	F
2017	No-Gi Pan Am.	Nicolas Renier	W	Short choke	67KG	SF
2017	No-Gi Pan Am.	Jamil Hill-Taylor	W	Pts: 2x0	67KG	F
2017	No-Gi Pan Am.	Josh Bacallao	L	Pts: 0x0, Adv	ABS	4F
2017	F2W 51	Justin Rader	W	Referee Decision	70KG	SPF
2017	BJJ NY Pro	Kevin Mahecha	L	Pts: 6x6, Adv	70KG	4F
2017	Kasai Pro	Enrico Cocco	D	---	70KG	RR
2017	Kasai Pro	Celso Vinicius	D	---	70KG	RR
2017	Kasai Pro	Edwin Ocasio	D	---	70KG	RR
2017	Kasai Pro	Garry Tonon	W	Pts: 6x4	70KG	3RD
2017	No-Gi Worlds	Brandon Walensky	W	Short choke	67KG	R1
2017	No-Gi Worlds	Thiago Augusto	W	Short choke	67KG	4F
2017	No-Gi Worlds	Pablo Mantovani	L	Pts: 2x0	67KG	SF
2018	European Open	Sergio Calderon	W	Submission	70KG	R1
2018	European Open	Brian Mahecha	W	Choke from back	70KG	4F
2018	European Open	Isaque Paiva	W	Pts: 7x6	70KG	SF
2018	European Open	Marcio Andre	L	Pts: 4x2	70KG	F
2018	Atlanta W. Open	Dainis Hu	W	Choke from back	76KG	4F
2018	Atlanta W. Open	Kyle Briere	W	N/A	76KG	SF
2018	Atlanta W. Open	Gilson Nunes	W	Pts: 4x4, Adv	76KG	F
2018	Continental Pro	Athos Miranda	W	N/A	77KG	RR
2018	Continental Pro	Alexandre Molinaro	W	Choke from back	77KG	RR
2018	Pan American	Joe Scovel	W	Pts: 11x2	70KG	8F
2018	Pan American	AJ Agazarm	W	Pts: 0x0, Adv	70KG	4F
2018	Pan American	Osvaldo Moizinho	W	Pts: 2x2, Adv	70KG	SF
2018	Pan American	Jamil Hill-Taylor	W	Pts: 2x2, Adv	70KG	F
2018	Chicago Sp. Open	John Lawrence	W	Choke from back	76KG	4F
2018	Chicago Sp. Open	Marcelo Costa	W	Points	76KG	SF
2018	Chicago Sp. Open	Alexandre Molinaro	W	Points	76KG	F
2018	Washington SPO	Cesar Cardoso	W	Points	76KG	SF
2018	Washington SPO	Johnny Tama	W	Points	76KG	F
2018	Boston Sp. Open	Tiago Ribeiro	W	N/A	70KG	SF
2018	Boston Sp. Open	Matheus Gonzaga	W	Points	70KG	F
2018	Boston Sp. Open	Josh Presley	W	N/A	ABS	4F
2018	Boston Sp. Open	Cesar Casamajo	W	N/A	ABS	SF
2018	Boston Sp. Open	Rodrigo Freitas	W	Points	ABS	F
2018	King of Mats	Celso Vinicius	L	Pts: 0x0, Adv	69KG	RR
2018	King of Mats	Tiago Bravo	W	Pts: 2x0	69KG	RR
2018	King of Mats	Thiago Barreto	W	Pts: 0x0, Adv	69KG	RR
2018	King of Mats	Wanki Chae	W	Pts: 13x2	69KG	RR
2018	King of Mats	Isaque Paiva	W	Pts: 8x6	69KG	SF
2018	King of Mats	Leo Saggioro	L	Referee Decision	69KG	F
2018	World Pro	Abdullah Nabas	W	Submission	69KG	4F
2018	World Pro	Krzysztof Flak	W	Submission	69KG	SF
2018	World Pro	Paulo Miyao	L	Pts: 2x2, Adv	69KG	F
2018	Brasileiro	Richard Duarte	W	Choke from back	70KG	R1
2018	Brasileiro	Raphael Cadena	W	Bow and arrow	70KG	4F
2018	Brasileiro	Isaque Paiva	W	Points	70KG	SF
2018	Brasileiro	Rafael Mansur	L	Referee Decision	70KG	F
2018	World Champ.	Silvio Duran	W	Pts: 9x0	70KG	R2
2018	World Champ.	Osvaldo Moizinho	L	Pts: 4x2	70KG	4F
2018	Boston SMO	Pedro Fernandes	W	N/A	76KG	SF
2018	Boston SMO	Felipe Simplicio	W	Choke from back	76KG	F
2018	Boston SMO	Rodolfo Neves	W	N/A	ABS	SF
2018	Boston SMO	Diego Sampaio	W	Pts: 4x2	ABS	F
2018	Kasai Pro 3	Jon Calestine	L	Referee Decision	68KG	SPF
2018	Las Vegas Open	Eric Ingram	W	Choke from back	76KG	4F
2018	Las Vegas Open	Alexandre Molinaro	W	Pts: 10x0	76KG	SF
2018	LV NG Open	Rafael Domngos	W	Points	73KG	4F
2018	LV NG Open	Paulo Silva	W	N/A	73KG	SF
2018	LV NG Open	Alexandre Molinaro	W	Points	73KG	F
2018	Washington SU.O.	Diego Bispo	W	Choke from back	76KG	F
2018	No-Gi Pan Am.	Steven Barrere	W	Pts: 22x0	73KG	8F
2018	No-Gi Pan Am.	Jeff Cummings	W	Referee Decision	73KG	4F
2018	No-Gi Pan Am.	Matheus Gonzaga	W	Pts: 0x0, Adv	73KG	SF
2018	No-Gi Pan Am.	AJ Agazarm	W	Pts: 9x0	73KG	F
2018	Grand Slam LA	Rafael Mansur	W	Referee Decision	69KG	4F
2018	Grand Slam LA	Thiago Macedo	W	Pts: 0x0, Adv	69KG	SF
2018	Grand Slam LA	Paulo Miyao	W	Pts: 2x0	69KG	F
2018	Miami FO	Kevin Mahecha	W	Choke from back	76KG	SF
2018	Miami FO	Brian Mahecha	W	Toe hold	76KG	F
2018	Kasai Pro 4	Ethan Crelinsten	W	Pts: 9x2	65KG	R1
2018	Kasai Pro 4	Kim Terra	W	Pts: 8x0	65KG	R2
2018	Kasai Pro 4	Augusto Mendes	D	---	65KG	R3
2018	Kasai Pro 4	Paulo Miyao	W	Pts: 3x2	65KG	F
2018	GrappleFest 3	Ross Nicholls	L	Referee Decision	80KG	SPF
2018	No-Gi Worlds	Masahiro Iwasaki	W	Pts: 0x0, Adv	73KG	R1
2018	No-Gi Worlds	Daniel Seth	W	Pts: 10x2	73KG	4F
2018	NoGi Worlds	Rodrigo Freitas	W	Pts: 11x0	73KG	SF
2018	NoGi Worlds	Marcio Andre	W	RNC	73KG	F
2019	European Open	Leon Larman	W	Choke	76KG	R2
2019	European Open	Lars Friberg	W	Points	76KG	4F
2019	European Open	Levi Jones	L	Pts: 4x2	76KG	SF
2019	US Continental	Enrique Galarza	W	Pts: 5x0	77KG	SF
2019	Boston Sp. Open	Steven Barerre	W	N/A	76KG	SF
2019	Boston Sp. Open	Rodrigo Alonso	W	Choke from back	76KG	F
2019	World Champ.	Felipe Linhares	W	Pts: 2x2, Adv	70KG	R2
2019	Third Coast	Edwin Najmi	L	Points	75KG	SPF
2019	Las Vegas Open	Emilio Hernandez	W	Pts: 8x2	70KG	4F
2019	Las Vegas Open	Richar Nogueira	L	Pts: 6x4	70KG	SF
2019	Las Vegas NGO	Russel White	W	Submission	67KG	SF
2019	Las Vegas NGO	Emilio Hernandez	W	RNC	67KG	F
2019	No-Gi Pan Am.	Richard Alvarez	W	Kata Gatame	67KG	4F
2019	No-Gi Pan Am.	Emilio Hernandez	L	Pts: 2x0	67KG	SF
2019	ADCC	Richard Alarcon	L	Pts: 4x0	66KG	R1
2020	European Open	Gabriel Sousa	L	Pts: 6x4	70KG	R1
2020	Atlanta WO	Charles Murdock	W	N/A	76KG	4F
2020	Atlanta WO	Jeff Cummings	W	Points	76KG	SF
2020	Atlanta WO	Pablo Lavaselli	L	Referee Decision	76KG	F
2020	Atlanta WO	Angelo Claiborne	W	Points	ABS	R1
2020	Atlanta WO	Joseph Watson	W	Points	ABS	4F
2020	Atlanta WO	Brian Beaury	W	Points	ABS	SF
2020	Atlanta WO	Max Gimenis	L	Arm in Ezekiel	ABS	F
2020	Miami WO	Andre Nagaishi	W	N/A	76KG	SF
2020	Miami WO	Francis Quinn	W	Choke from back	76KG	F
2020	Miami WO	Angelo Claiborne	L	Adv	ABS	4F
2020	F2W 153	Samuel Nagai	L	Referee Decision	70KG	SPF
2020	Pan American	Josh Murdock	W	Choke from back	70KG	8F
2020	Pan American	Thiago Macedo	L	Pts: 4x0	70KG	4F
2020	Atlanta Open	Gabriel Silva	W	Pts: 13x0	70KG	SF
2020	Atlanta Open	Emilio Hernandez	W	Choke from back	70KG	F
2020	No-Gi Pan Am.	Edward Allen	W	RNC	67KG	R1
2020	No-Gi Pan Am.	Windson Ramos	W	Pts: 4x2	67KG	4F
2020	No-Gi Pan Am.	Gabriel Sousa	L	Referee Decision	67KG	SF
2021	Dallas Open	Edmaicon Silva	W	Choke from back	70KG	4F
2021	Dallas Open	Brian Mahecha	W	Pts: 8x6	70KG	SF
2021	Dallas Open	Richar Nogueira	L	Pts: 2x0	70KG	F
2021	Dallas NGO	Alexander Le	W	Armbar	73KG	4F
2021	Dallas NGO	Thiago Abud	W	Pts: 8x2	73KG	SF
2021	Dallas NGO	Ali Monfaradi	W	Pts: 4x2	73KG	F
2021	Orlando Open	Daniel Diniz	W	Referee Decision	70KG	SF
2021	Orlando Open	Danilo Moreira	W	Referee Decision	70KG	F
2021	Orlando NGO	Luan Andrei	W	Short choke	73KG	SF
2021	Orlando NGO	Mauricio Bobadilla	W	Pts: 12x0	73KG	F
2021	EUG 1	Johnny Tama	W	Pts: 4x2	70KG	4F
2021	EUG 1	Andy Murasaki	L	Triangle	70KG	SF
2021	No-Gi Pan Am.	Thiago Gaia	W	Injury	73KG	8F
2021	No-Gi Pan Am.	Andrew Alexander	W	Kata Gatame	73KG	4F
2021	No-Gi Pan Am.	Deandre Corbe	W	Pts: 8x2	73KG	SF
2021	No-Gi Pan Am.	Johnny Tama	W	Pts: 4x2	73KG	F
2021	Miami Open	Mauricio Gomez	W	Points	76KG	4F
2021	Miami Open	Kevin Mahecha	L	Referee Decision	76KG	SF
2021	Miami Open	Jorge Escudero	W	Points	ABS	4F
2021	Miami Open	Thiago Cintra	L	Points	ABS	SF
2021	Miami NGO	Damion Orlanday	W	Pts: 9x0	73KG	4F
2021	Miami NGO	Orlando Castillo	W	Pts: 4x0	73KG	SF
2021	Miami NGO	Mauricio Gomez	W	Pts: 10x2	73KG	F
2021	Miami NGO	JZ Cavalcante	W	Pts: 10x0	ABS	4F
2021	Miami NGO	Jorge Escudero	W	Pts: 2x2, Adv	ABS	SF
2021	Miami NGO	Diego Ramalho	W	Referee Decision	ABS	F
2021	Emerald City	Ellis Karadag	W	Inside heel hook	65KG	R1
2021	Emerald City	Raul Rosas	W	EBI/OT	65KG	4F
2021	Emerald City	Damien Anderson	W	EBI/OT	65KG	SF
2021	Emerald City	Kennedy Maciel	W	EBI/OT	65KG	F
2021	F2W 182	Samir Chantre	W	Referee Decision	70KG	SPF
2021	No-Gi Worlds	Josh Murdock	W	Kata Gatame	73KG	8F
2021	No-Gi Worlds	Deandre Corbe	W	Kata Gatame	73KG	4F
2021	No-Gi Worlds	Fabio Caloi	W	Pts: 2x0	73KG	SF
2021	No-Gi Worlds	Lukete Silva	W	Kata Gatame	73KG	F
2021	EUG No-Gi	Damion Anderson	W	Pts: 6x3	70KG	4F
2021	EUG No-Gi	Liam Hill	W	Pts: 13x2	70KG	SF
2021	EUG No-Gi	Diego Oliveira	L	Referee Decision	70KG	F
2021	ADCC EC Trials	Ara Muradyan	W	Pts: 8x0	66KG	R1
2021	ADCC EC Trials	Anthony Birchak	W	Short choke	66KG	R2
2021	ADCC EC Trials	John Marsh	W	Short choke	66KG	R3
2021	ADCC EC Trials	Isaac Cordova	W	Pts: 6x0	66KG	R4
2021	ADCC EC Trials	Elijah Tagalog	W	Pts: 3x0	66KG	4F
2021	ADCC EC Trials	Keith Krikorian	L	RNC	66KG	SF
2021	ADCC EC Trials	Deandre Corbe	W	Pts: 2x0	66KG	3RD
2021	JJ CON NG	Anthony Yong	W	Armbar	73KG	4F
2021	JJ CON NG	Andrew Alexander	W	Pts: 15x4	73KG	SF
2021	JJ CON NG	Damion Oranday	W	Kata Gatame	73KG	F
2021	JJ CON NG	Joao Marco	W	Pts: 4x2	ABS	4F
2021	JJ CON NG	Stephen Martinez	L	Points	ABS	F
2022	F2W 191	Mauricio Gomez	L	Referee Decision	76KG	SPF
2022	Emerald City	Jordan Holy	W	EBI/OT	70KG	4F
2022	Emerald City	Kieran Kichuk	L	EBI/OT	70KG	SF
2022	ADCC WC Trials	Joey Diehl	W	RNC	66KG	R1
2022	ADCC WC Trials	Jason Arreola	W	RNC	66KG	R2
2022	ADCC WC Trials	Dominic Mejia	W	Referee Decision	66KG	R3
2022	ADCC WC Trials	Pedro Serrano	W	Kneebar	66KG	8F
2022	ADCC WC Trials	Deandre Corbe	W	Pts: 2x0	66KG	4F
2022	ADCC WC Trials	Josh Cisneros	L	Kneebar	66KG	SF
2022	No-Gi Pan	Giovanni Marcelo	W	Kata Gatame	67KG	R1
2022	No-Gi Pan	Gustavo Estebam	W	Pts: 15x7	67KG	4F
2022	No-Gi Pan	Adam Benayoun	L	Pts: 8x8, Adv	67KG	SF
2022	N. Haven FO	Chris Kriebel	W	N/A	70KG	SF
2022	N. Haven FO	Yuta Shimada	L	Pts: 6x6, Adv	70KG	F
2022	NHaven FNGO	Luan Gomes	W	N/A	67KG	SF
2022	NHaven FNGO	Christopher Kriebel	W	N/A	67KG	F
2022	No-Gi Worlds	Jackson Douglas	W	Pts: 2x0	ABS	R1
2022	No-Gi Worlds	Michael Perez	L	Pts: 2x0	ABS	8F
2022	NoGi Worlds	Emilio Hernandez	W	RNC	67KG	4F
2022	No-Gi Worlds	Anthony Oliveira	W	Kata Gatame	67KG	SF
2022	No-Gi Worlds	Gavin Corbe	W	Pts: 8x6	67KG	F
2023	Toro Cup	Gabriel Sousa	L	Points	70KG	F

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