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The World IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu tournament held annually by the International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation. It is widely considered the most important and prestigious jiu-jitsu tournament of the year. The first edition took place in February 1996 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
3rd degree black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu [2] under Royler Gracie [3] Black belt in Japanese Jujitsu under Terry Keller and Barry Smith [4] Black belt in Modern Army Combative [2] Years active: 2001–2003, 2006–2016: Mixed martial arts record; Total: 24: Wins: 18: By knockout: 6: By submission: 8: By decision: 4: Losses: 6: By knockout: 3 ...
Rafael Mendes Godoy (born 1989 in Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brazil) is a six-time Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ) world champion at the black belt level. Rafael, along with his brother Guilherme, are 3rd degree black belts under Ramon Lemos and founders of the academy Art of Jiu-Jitsu.
The Brazilian jiu-jitsu ranking system awards practitioners different colored belts for increasing levels of knowledge and skill. [1] [2] The system shares its origins with Judo but now has its own character that has become synonymous with the art, including an informality in promotional criteria and a conservative approach to promotion in general generally resulting in a longer time to reach ...
The table below shows an approximate conversion between the Gracie jiu-jitsu ranking system and the International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation system, including striped sub-ranking within each belt. These are the two most common systems for kids belts in Brazilian jiu-jitsu. Both systems span practitioners from 4 years old through 15 years ...
The World IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu No-Gi Championship is a no-gi Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) tournament hosted annually by the IBJJF commonly held at California State University in Long Beach, California. It was most recently held December 7-9, 2023 in Las Vegas at the Las Vegas Convention Center .
At the 2023 World Jiu-Jitsu Championship, Gomes defeated Tainan Dalpra by way of tiebreaking advantages, 0x0, 2–0, in the final of the middleweight division. [3] Dalpra's loss to Gomes was his first loss at black belt. [4] Gomes was invited to compete in a superfight against Gustavo Batista at BJJ Stars 11 on September 9, 2023. [5]
Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a form of competitive combat sport, akin to boxing, muay thai, or kick boxing. MMA titles, or championship belts , are given to those fighters deemed by a promotional organization to have met a certain standard of athletic accomplishment in a specific weight class (most often by means of a championship fight ).