Male Jiu Jitsu Competitors

Ary Farias is one of the hotest prospects in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, a former student of Ronaldo Jacare and Ricardinho Vieira, now fighting for Atos Team.

The Hilo Prodigy, this UFC Champio is one of the best American BJJ Fighter of all time and has awarded his black belt in a record 3 years and 4 months.

Anderson Pereira, a Brazilian Top Team Black Belt and head instructor of BTT BJJ headquarters on Geneve, Switzerland.

Named as the “Jiu Jitsu Fighter of the Year” in 2011 by the majority of the specialized media, Rodolfo Vieira is considered by most as the number 1 grappler in the world. A World Champion (weight and absolute) and a Pan American Champion (also in his weight class as well as the absolute division), Rodolfo Vieira fights out of the GFTeam camp and he is a black belt under Master Julio Cesar Pereira. Inside this article you can have a look at an up to date grappling record, videos of the prodigy competing in a Rodolfo Vieira Wiki style format.

Denilson Pimenta, a prolific Brazilian Jiu Jitsu competitor training out of GTF Team, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Jean Kleber is the head coach of Kimura BJJ Boston and one of the best Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Black Belts to have come out of the Kimura Nova Uniao camp in Natal-RN, Brazil. A fantastic coach with experience teaching in 3 different continents (Brazil, Europe and the USA).

One of the best fighters of his generation and founder of the great Brazilian Top Team, one of BJJ’s most recognizable figures and an embassador of the sport

Roberto Abreu AKA “Cyborg” is a Brazilian born Jiu Jitsu fighter and instructor from the Nova Geracao Team, now residing in the US. Since moving to the US, Cyborg has been blowing people’s minds with his unique and revolutionary Jiu Jitsu style. His trademark position, the Tornado Guard, made famous in many fights and is one of the most coveted positions in BJJ.

Bruno Amorim, the Draculino Magalhaes Black Belt from Gracie Barra is a fierce competitor in BJJ with several titles.

Rogerio is the head BJJ instructor for all of the Tatu BJJ academies throughout the east coast of the United States. He studied in Brazil under Prof. Paulo Guimaraes and Master Jorge Pereira.

A Law enforcer and Black Belt under Tatu BJJ School, David Hertzog is one of the main instructors at the academy.

Marcello Salazar, The Barbarian. An experienced BJJ fighter who has ventured through the MMA realm. A Black belt under Murilo Bustamante.

Mestre Julio Cesar Pereira is a highly regarded BJJ instructor and a 6 grau black belt (6th dan), a former main men at the famous Gama Filho Jiu Jitsu academy and a founder of the GFTeam (Grapple Fight Team) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Today he is still seen as one of the main figures of Jiu Jitsu in Rio.

Robson Moura, also known as “Robinho”, is one of the greatest competitors in jiu jitsu’s super featherweight division, a weight class he dominated for years achieving 6 world titles in his career. After retiring (unofficially) from his competitive career, Robson Moura dedicated his full attention to his career as a grappling coach in the United States where he developed his own association RMNU (Robson Moura – Nova Uniao).

A BJJ fighter, Competing under Rodrigo Medeiros, Rafael Dallinha is an excellent coach and a avid competitor in the USA West Coast

Augusto Mendes, commonly known as “Tanquinho”, is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt under Master Francisco Mansur, being also one of the big names of …

Rafael Mendes is a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt world champion under the illustrious coach Ramon Lemos. Considered a BJJ phenom since his late teens, and acclaimed as “the king of the featherweight division” by many BJJ enthusiasts, Rafael was also one of the fighters that brought recognition to 50-50 Guard, a game he used to de-throne the former 5x world champion Rubens Charles. Rafael Mendes is also the brother of another Jiu Jitsu World Champion, Guilherme Mendes.

An ADCC World Champion and BJJ fighter, now competing in MMA, with fights in the WEC and other prestigeous orgs. Get to know Rany through this fighter Bio

an amazing fighter with numerous BJJ titles, Brazilian Bruno Frazatto is an acomplished Black Belt which has recently started fighting in MMA

Cristiano Marcello, the former Chute Boxe coach and Royler Gracie Black Belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. His story throughout BJJ and more