BJJ Fighter Database

Raul Gomes Marcello is a jiu jitsu black belt under Admilson Brites of the Ribeiro JJ association, being also one of the top rooster-weights of his generation in this sport/martial art.

Ricardo Feliciano, commonly known as Pantcho is a jiu jitsu black belt under Leo Vieira, and a Checkmat team representative in competitive jiu jitsu, while being also Team Quest’s grappling head coach.

Gutemberg Pereira is a jiu jitsu black belt under Master Júlio César Pereira and one of the top representatives of Grappling Fight Team in this martial art’s international competitive circuit.

Samantha Cook is a British born Brazilian jiu jitsu black belt under Marco Canha, and one of the top Checkmat BJJ team representatives in the sport/martial art’s international circuit.

The Silver Fox is a Brazilian jiu jitsu black belt under Renzo Gracie, being one of the Gracie’s very first students in the United States. Pravec is also regarded as one of the top instructors in New Jersey having produced numerous high level grapplers, including ADCC, IBJJF and EBI medallists.

Jaqueline Amorim is a Brazilian jiu jitsu black belt under Faustino Neto (also known as Mestre Pina) and a member of the Checkmat team in the martial art’s international competitive circuit.

Aarae Alexander is a Brazilian jiu jitsu black belt under Lloyd Irvin, having also worked extensively with coach Donnie Achnick at the Team Lloyd Irvin headquarters – a team she represented throughout her competitive career.

Hugo Marques is a Brazilian jiu jitsu black belt under Alexandre Salgado and Leandro Tatu as well as a representative of the Soul Fighters team in this sport/martia art’s international competitive circuit.

Adam Ferrara is a Brazilian jiu jitsu black belt under AJ Sousa, being also one of the top representatives of the GF Team academy in the United States of America.

Donald Achnick, often referenced as Donny Achnick is a Brazilian jiu jitsu black belt under Lloyd Irvin, being also one of Team Lloyd Irvin’s (TLI) most important figures as a result of his work with the kids program of the well known academy.

Emma Xiong is a BJJ world champion and the first female grappler from China to be awarded a black belt in Brazilian jiu jitsu, a rank she received from the hands of the legendary Letícia Ribeiro.

Dante Leon is a Canadian black belt in Brazilian jiu jitsu, a rank awarded by Vitor Oliveira and Júlio César Pereira of GF Team. Dante is a world champion and pan american champion in the IBJJF circuit.

Matheus Costa is a Brazilian jiu jitsu black belt under Guto Vicente, and a representative of GF Team in Brazil and internationally. Costa is one of the top competitors in the lightweight division.

Tommy Langaker is a Brazilian jiu jitsu black belt from Norway who earned his rank directly from José Carlos of Kimura – Nova Uniao, having also worked extensively with the Mendes Brothers.

Rudson Mateus is a Brazilian jiu jitsu black belt under Caio Terra, being also one of the top representatives inside the CTA team. This reputation was earned during Mateus’ lower belt campaigns – particularly his 2017 brown belt season.

Vincent Nguyen is a French black belt in jiu jitsu, a rank achieved while training with the Mendes Brothers at AOJ in California. One of the top competitors of his generation in Europe having represented Atos and more recently GF Team.

Nathan Mendelsohn is a Brazilian jiu jitsu black belt under Cláudio França and a representative of the Coalition 95 BJJ team, but also linked to other well known academies such as Soul Fighters and GF Team.

Pablo Mantovani is a Brazilian jiu jitsu black belt under Guilherme and Guto Campos, and a representative of the Atos Jiu Jitsu Academy who also worked extensively with coach André Galvão.

Hiago Gama is a Brazilian jiu jitsu black belt under Alexandre (Gigi) Paiva, and member of the Alliance academy for whom Hiago conquered numerous titles, while competing in the rooster weight class of the sport.

Danilo Cherman is a Brazilian jiu jitsu black belt under André Pederneiras of Nova União (NU) and a pioneer for the team in the field of mixed martial arts (MMA), having fought in historic promotions such as Shooto (Japan), Fury FC (Brazil) and Cage Rage (UK).