MARCELO GARCIA vs ROLLES GRACIE ADCC 2007 Absolute Division 1/4 Finals

MARCELO GARCIA vs ROLLES GRACIE ADCC 2007 Absolute Division 1/4 Finals

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Marcelo Garcia, commonly known as ‘Marcelinho’, is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt under Master Fabio Gurgel, who competes for the Alliance BJJ academy. Having won 5 world jiu-jitsu tournaments and 4 times the ADCC (two of the most important tournaments in jiu-jitsu), Garcia is widely considered one of the best grapplers in the world, while his general demeanor made him one of the most beloved athletes by the BJJ community. Marcelo Garcia has also been featured in BJJHeroes top 10 Best Grapplers of All Time list.

Marcelo Garcia was born in a small town called Formiga (which means “Ant” in English) in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil (1983).

His love for Judo grew strong helped by some good tournament wins. Getting more familiar with his coach, Marcelo found that he was also a Jiu-Jitsu enthusiast, training BJJ 3 times a week in a neighboring city called Devinopolis. Eager to follow his master’s footsteps, Marcelinho asked him if he could also attend one of these Jiu-Jitsu sessions to which Fabiano agreed, and so on the next opportunity, Marcelo made it to his first-class under Rickson Gracie black belt Iran Brasileiro accompanied by his Judo instructor de Souza.

Soon Marcelo started adding Jiu-Jitsu classes to his regular training routine, making 3 trips every week to Iran Brasileiro’s academy. His first BJJ competition didn’t go as planned as he lost on the first match, but that didn’t put out his fire to compete again. He began buying BJJ magazines to learn new techniques, practicing them with his training partners.

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Always willing to compete as often as possible, when the Brazilian ADCC trials came up, Marcelo decided to sign up for the famous competition. He fought well and made it to the final, losing it by -1 point (guard pull) against Daniel Moraes. By ADCC rules, he would not make it to the final stage because he did not win the trials, but as Denis Hallman pulled out, he was called in at the last minute as a replacement. Being a huge underdog in the World’s most prestigious tournament he also ended in one of the toughest brackets in the competition, pairing up against Renzo Gracie and Vitor Ribeiro. He defeated both and won the final reaching the pinnacle of Submission Wrestling, with the competition’s earnings Marcelinho offered his father a 2000 Ford Focus to replace his ancient 1984 Volkswagen.

His successful run at both BJJ and Submission Wrestling continued as he won both the World Championships, Submission de Campos and ADCC once again. Having won every major title in submission grappling and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Marcelinho engaged in a new challenge, trying his chance on a career as a fighter in the world of mixed martial arts (MMA) j
In December 2011 Marcelo Garcia awarded his first two black belts to Josh Waitzkin and Alexander Meadows. The Marcelo Garcia New York Academy has since become one of the top grappling schools in the world with a wide variety of world champions in all belt divisions.

Rolles Gracie, sometimes called Rolls Gracie Junior, is a Brazilian jiu jitsu black belt and former UFC fighter with an extensive grappling curriculum, with wins at the IBJJF Pan American Championship (No Gi) and the Brazilian National Championship. Rolles is also the son of arguably the biggest jiu jitsu figure of all time, Rolls Gracie.

Rolles was born July 14, 1978 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Rolles first contact with the family tradition of Jiu Jitsu came through his father and grandfather (Gracie Jiu Jitsu founder Carlos Gracie). After his father passed away in 1982, Rolls (a 6 year old child) took time of training. He returned to grappling years later, in 1996, picking up where he left off with his uncle Rilion Gracie‘s help. Rillion was his father’s younger brother who opened up his arms to Rolles at his academy in Santa Catarina, South of Brazil. He also cross trained with his other uncle Carlinhos Gracie at Gracie Barra Rio de Janeiro.


In 2004 Rolles moved to New York City to work with his older cousin Renzo Gracie, helping him with his classes while improving his all around game in preparation for an MMA career he craved for. Under the Renzo Gracie banner he initiated his MMA career, in 2007 in the IFL (International Fight League), later moving on to fight in China for the Art of War promotion.


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