Ronaldo Junior - Jiu-Jitsu World Champion 2018-2019

Table of content

1. Ronaldo Pereira’s Details 2. Ronaldo Pereira’s Biography 2.1. How he started 2.2. First Session 2.3. First Trainer 2.4. Early Training 2.5. World Championship Opportunity 3. Ronaldo Pereira’s Championships and Accomplishments 4. Ronaldo Pereira’s Main Achievements 5. Ronaldo Pereira’s Main Achievements (Belts) 6. Ronaldo Pereira’s Professional Record Breakdown 6.1. Submission Methods W/L 6.2. Ronaldo Pereira’s Fight History

1. Ronaldo Pereira’s Details

Name	Ronaldo Pereira de Souza Junior
Pro MMA Record	N/A
Nickname	Ronaldo Junior
Date of Birth	28.08.1996
Nationality	American
Born	Rio de Janeiro
Height	5’10 ft
Weight	155 lb
Stance	Wrestling
Last fight	N/A
Weight Class	Meio Pesado (88.30 kg / 195.0 lbs)
Rank	Black Belt
Career Disclosed Earnings	N/A
Fought out of	San Diego, California
College/University	N/A
Trainer/Coach	Andre Galvao
Team	Atos JJ
Foundation Style	Blitz Balling, Toreada Pass
Lineage	Carlos Gracie -> Reyson Gracie -> Osvaldo Alves -> Luis Dagmar -> André Galvao -> Ronaldo Júnior

2. Ronaldo Pereira’s Biography

2.1. How he started

Ronaldo Junior used to play soccer for fun when he was younger but it wasn’t until 2007 that he discovered jiu-jitsu. At the time, a nearby gym was offering a free lesson to any student who brought a friend to a trial session, a marketing approach that prompted one of Ronaldo’s friends to persuade him to sign up at the facility.

2.2. First Session

Ronaldo attended his first lesson in sweatpants and an old Gi top provided by the coach and immediately fell in love with martial art/sport.

2.3. First Trainer

“Profeta”, Ronaldo’s first trainer, immediately noticed the talent possessed by Pereira and encouraged his parents to support their son in martial arts as he had a future in being a professional grappler.

2.4. Early Training

Ronaldo began training at Teresopolis’s premier jiu-jitsu club, a historic Academia Pitbull directed by Adilson “Bitta” Lima. It was there that he first began his ascent up the jiu-jitsu ladder of success.

In his time at the Pitbull Academy, Ronaldo Junior earned both his blue and purple belts.

2.5. World Championship Opportunity

In 2017, Pereira was given the opportunity of a lifetime by Andre Galvo, who invited him to train with the World Champion Team.

Being awarded a full scholarship to train with the best at the Atos Jiu-Jitsu Academy’s headquarters was an honor.

As soon as he received his blue belt from “Profeta”. Junior’s success increased significantly in June 2019 after two successful attempts at the IBJJF World Championship. He was then promoted to a black belt by Coach Galvo.

3. Ronaldo Pereira’s Championships and Accomplishments

National

Brazilian Nationals
Pan Americans

International

World Champion
IBJJF World Champion 2018
UAE Jiu-Jitsu Federation’s (UAEJJF) Abu Dhabi World Pro.

Record/Medals

Heavyweight Champion
Pan Ams
World Pro
NOGI Worlds
NOGI Pan Ams
Gi/No-Gi Brazilian National

4. Ronaldo Pereira’s Main Achievements

Position	Event	Year
3rd	IBJJF Pan Championship	2021
1st	IBJJF Pan Championship	2020
1st	IBJJF American Nationals	2020
1st	IBJJF Pan Championship	2020
3rd	IBJJF European Open	2020
1st	UAEJJF Grand Slam,MIA	2020

5. Ronaldo Pereira’s Main Achievements (Belts)

Position	Belt	Events	Year
1st	Brown	IBJJF World Championship	2019
1st	Brown	IBJJF Pan Championship	2019
1st	Brown	UAEJJF Abu DHabi World Pro	2019
1st	Brown	CBJJ Brazilian Nationals	2019
2nd	Brown	IBJJF European Open	2019
3rd	Brown	IBJJF Pan CHampionship	2019
1st	Purple	IBJJF World Championship	2018
1st	Purple	IBJJF Pan Championship	2018
1st	Brown	IBJJF World Championship No-Gi	2018
1st	Purple	IBJJF Pan Champion	2018
1st	Brown	IBJJF American Nationals	2018
1st	Brown	IBJJF American Nationals No-Gi	2018
1st	Purple	Royal Invitational III	2018
2nd	Purple	IBJJF Pan Championship	2018
3rd	Purple	IBJJF World Championship	2018
3rd	Brown	IBJJF World Championship No-Gi	2018
3rd	Brown	IBJJF Pan Championship	2018
1st	Purple	Royal Invitation II	2017
2nd	Purple	IBJJF Pan Championship	2017
2nd	Purple	IBJJF Pan Championship No-Gi	2017
3rd	Purle	IBJJF World Championship No-Gi	2017
2nd	Purple	IBJJF Pan Championship No-Gi	2017
1st	Purple	CBJJ Brazilian Nationals No-Gi	2015

6. Ronaldo Pereira’s Professional Record Breakdown

Professional Record Breakdown
78 Matches	64 Wins	14 Losses
By Submission	33	2
By Points	26	5
By Decision	2	3
By Advantages	2	1
By Penalties	0	2
By DBI/OT	0	1

6.1. Submission Methods W/L

Submission Methods W/L
Methods	33 Wins	2 Losses
Choke from back	10	0
Armbar	10	0
Triangle	7	1
Submission	2	0
Bow and Arrow	1	0
Estima Lock	1	0
Inside heel hook	0	1
Ezekiel	1	0
Toe Hold	1	0

6.2. Ronaldo Pereira’s Fight History

Year	Event	Opponent	W/L/D	Method	Stage	Weight Class
2022	Austin Wo	Arthur Detanico	W	Pts:8x0	F	ABS
2022	Austin Wo	Clay Mayfield	W	Ezekiel	SF	ABS
2022	Austin Wo	Antonio Zuazo	W	Pts:13x0	4F	ABS
2022	Austin Wo	William Durkee	W	Triangle	F	88KG
2022	Austin Wo	Patrick Goncalves	W	Triangle	SF	88KG
2021	World Champ	Tainan Dalpra	L	Pts:8x4	4F	82KG
2021	World Champ	Guthierry Barbosa	W	Pts:7x2	8F	82KG
2021	Pan American	Tainan Dalpra	L	Injury	SF	82KG
2021	Pan American	Eduardo Avelar	W	Choke from back	4F	82KG
2021	Pan American	Sebastian Guevara	W	Armbar	8F	82KG
2021	Phoenix Open	Jake Watson	W	N/A	F	88KG
2021	Phoenix Open	Miha Perhavec	W	Armbar	SF	88KG
2021	American Nats	Mathias Luna	L	Pts:2x2,Pen	F	82KG
2021	American Nats	Eduardo Avelar	W	Choke from back	SF	82KG
2021	American Nats	Thiago Graca	W	Armbar	4F	82KG
2021	Boise NGO	Antonio Zuazo	W	Pts:16x0	F	ABS
2021	Boise NGO	Joshua Bacallao	W	Pts:12x2	SF	ABS
2021	Boise Open	Austin Baker	W	Pts:2x0	F	ABS
2021	Bois Open	Antonio Zuazo	W	Choke from back	SF	ABS
2021	WNO 6	Craig Jones	L	Inside heel hook	SPF	88KG
2020	American Nats	Lucas Valle	W	Pts:6x0	F	82KG
2020	American Nats	Andre Gois	W	Armbar	SF	82KG
2020	American Nats	Enrique March	W	Pts:14x2	4F	82KG
2020	No Gi Pan America	Paulo Gabriel	W	Pts:2x0	SF	79KG
2020	No Gi Pan America	Stephen Simms	W	Pts:0x0,Adv	4F	79KG
2020	No Gi Pan America	Jeferson Guaresi	W	Pts:4x2	8F	79KG
2020	No Gi Pan America	Chad Hardy	W	Pts:5x)	R1	79KG
2020	Atlanta Open	Gilvan Costa	W	Armbar	SF	ABS
2020	Atlanta Open	Francisco Cuneo	W	Triangle	4F	ABS
2020	Atlanta Open	Matheus Oliverira	W	Armbar	F	88KG
2020	Houston Open	Cameron Graves	W	Choke from back	SF	ABS
2020	Houston open	Pedro Rocha	W	Pts:22x2	F	88KG
2020	Foley Open	Alexander Lane	W	Pts:6x4	sF	ABS
2020	Foley Open	Diego Herzog	W	Pts:7x2	4F	ABS
2020	Pan American	Jackson Nagai	W	Pts:6x2	F	82KG
2020	Pan American	Lucas Valente	W	Pts:15x2	SF	82KG
2020	Pan American	Felipe Cesar	W	Pts:0x0,Adv	4F	82KG
2020	Pan American	Dylan Whyte	W	Choke from back	8F	82KG
2020	Grand Slam MIA	Guthierry Barbosa	L	Pts:1x0	F	85KG
2020	Grand Slam MIA	Felipe Silva	W	Pts:4x3	sF	85KG
2020	Grand Slam MIA	Kevin Cuervo	W	Triangle	4F	85KG
2020	Grand Slam MIA	Vinicius Wong	W	Triangle	R1	85KG
2020	Austin Open	Johanatha Alves	W	Pts:10x8	F	85KG
2020	Austin Open	Rodrigo Tatu	W	Triangle	SF	ABS
2020	Austin Open	Matheus Rocha	W	Choke from back	4f	ABS
2020	Austin Open	Rodrigo Tatu	W	Choke from back	F	ABS
2020	Austin Open	Alexander Scott	W	Choke from back	SF	82KG
2020	F2W150	Marcio Andre	L	Referee Decision	SPF	82KG
2020	WNO	Vagner Rocha	L	Referee Decision	SPF	86KG
2020	San Jose Open	Daniel Speirn	W	Pt:7x4	F	8
2020	San Jose Open	Hector Beltran	W	Points	SF	82KG
2020	San Jose Open	Micheal Trasoo	W	Triangle	4F	82KG
2020	European Open	Tommy Langaker	L	triangle	SF	82KG
2020	European Open	Lucas Valle	W	Pts:4x2	4F	82KG
2020	European Open	Rodrigo Caporal	W	Armbar	R1	82KG
2020	F2W 135	Jake Watson	L	Referee Decision	SPF	85KG
2019	F2W 117	Sergio Rios	W	Referee Decision	SPF	88KG
2019	Subversiv 2	Kyle Chambers	L	EBI/OT	SPF	83KG
2019	Fresno Open	Jeffrey Preston	W	Choke from back	SF	82KG
2019	Fresno Open	Victor Araujo	W	Armbar	F	82KG
2019	Fresno Open	Cole Franson	W	Armbar	4F	ABS
2019	Fresno Open	Kauan Barboza	W	Choke from back	SF	ABS
2019	Fresno Open	Hygor Brito	W	Pts: 2x0	F	ABS
2019	Marianas Open	Inseong Jang	W	Submission	SF	85KG
2019	Marianas Open	J. Souza	W	Submission	F	85KG
2019	Marianas Open	Kaynan Duarte	L	Pts: 2x0	SPF	ABS
2019	Grand Slam LA	Manuel Ribamar	L	Pts: 0x0, Adv	R1	85KG
2019	F2W 126	Matheus Luna	W	Referee Decision	SPF	84KG
2019	Long Beach Open	Vinicius Wong	W	Bow and arrow	SF	82KG
2019	Long Beach Open	Breno Bittencourt	W	Injury	F	82KG
2019	Long Beach Open	Gabriel Araujo	W	Estima lock	4F	ABS
2019	Long Beach Open	Horlando Monteiro	W	Armbar	SF	ABS
2019	SJJIF Worlds	Mathias Luna	W	Pen	4F	88KG
2019	SJJIF Worlds	Carlos Souza	W	Pts: 7x0	SF	88KG
2019	SJJIF Worlds	Gabriel Almeida	L	Pts: 2x0	F	88KG
2019	SJJIF Worlds	Carlos Souza	W	Pts: 2x0	SF	ABS
2019	SJJIF Worlds	Otavio Sousa	W	Pts: 2x0	F	ABS
2019	NoGi Worlds	Marcos Martins	L	Points	R1	85KG