With 13 wins and only one loss, Thales Leites is doing very well for himself. Although his only loss came on his UFC debut to Kappman, since then, he has racked up four consecutive wins in the UFC most recently his win over Nate Marquardt, who is a top contender.
Although his BJJ is very well rounded, his top game is regarded as one of the most feared. The only worse than having a wrestler on top of you is having a heavy BJJ guy control top position on you Although he lost to Couture and Werdum back to back not too long ago, his recent steamrolling submission victory in top position over Just McCully definitely puts him back on track in MMA. In my opinion, Shinya Aoki is the best Asian submission grappler today.
He has competed in various Gi BJJ tournaments and has also competed in the ADCC tournament in his weight class and the absolute weight division despite the fact that everyone he grapples with in that division is bigger than he is.
However, what makes him remarkable is his ability to pull off his high-caliber submissions in MMA. He has 10 submission victories which have come by arm bar, gogoplata, neck crank, triangle etc Although the BJJ spotlight has traditionally been dominated by male competitors, there are some top performing females who deserve credit for their outstanding performances in the sport of BJJ.
The following are just a few names who could have easily made the list, but we went with more recent competitors. Nevertheless, we want to pay respect when its due, so with that said, here are just a few masters who deserve recognition as all-time greats in no particular order:. With BJJ growing so rapidly across the globe, the list of prominent up-and-comers is virtually endless. Nevertheless, here are some recent top performers in BJJ that will likely be big names in the future of the sport.
With a total of 32 wins and 9 losses to his name, Marques is on his way to be one of the next big names in BJJ. Soares is arguably the top up-and-coming athlete in the heavyweight division due to her back-to-back IBJJF world titles and purple and brown belt. Due to her rapid promotion to black belt from brown belt, the IBJJF blocked her from competing for a period of time in her early days as a black belt.
With more and more women competing professionally in BJJ, the fight for top female competitors will become increasingly tough. Ranking elite Brazilian Jiu Jitsu competitors is a challenging undertaking.
Nevertheless, we feel that looking at the whole of BJJ competitors, all the athletes in this article have earned their place on this list. For the up-and-coming athletes, be sure to watch out for them on the podium of the next IBJJF world championship. Marcus Buchecha Almeida.
One thing is for sure - those that do make it onto the best-of-all-time list are on the list for good reason. Get ready to learn from the BJJ greats what it takes. A top BJJ fighter has spent massive amounts of training at an elevated level that combines conditioning with strength training and traditional BJJ drills and rolling. As Malcolm Gladwell pointed out, a true expert puts in 10, hours. Champions are not created overnight and becoming a champion requires an evolved mindset that is unmatched and strong.
To be a champion, there is simply no other way of living. As the sport of BJJ continues to evolve, it is difficult to find an unbiased and accurate way of depicting the best BJJ fighters ever. Gracie is known for his willingness to commit to the submission and for being a submission specialist overall.
With the Gracie blood running in his veins, he quickly got bit by the BJJ bug and began winning several championships as a blue belt, earning his place on the top BJJ champions list. Wins: 76 Super-Pesado. Losses: 7. Originally from Sao Paulo, Almeida started out wanting to be a soccer player.
Studying underneath the infamous Rodrigo Cavaca, he soon became one of the most feared athletes in his division. Wins: Pesadissimo. Losses: Rominho is all about the strong gi game and training with the gi in preparation for all events. Wins: Meio Pesado.
Losses: 41 Losses. When it comes to the ground game, Diaz is just an octopussy that can submit you from anywhere. The two, had their rematch 5 months later, which McGregor won via decision. Now, we are excepting a trilogy fight, which will be one the biggest fights in the history of the UFC.
He is a former UFC Middleweight champion and holds the record for the longest title reign in UFC history with 2, days as the champion. His champion era began in and lasted all the way to In that span of time, he defended the title for the second-best ever number of 10 times and won 16 times in the process.
His ground game is usually underrated. In his incredible career, he has submitted some of the best grapplers in his era; including Olympic wrestler Dan Henderson, Brazilian jiu-jitsu blackbelt Travis Lutter, and Olympic alternate Chael Sonnen. Anderson Silva truly is one of the all-time greats. Mackenzie Dern is one of the most decorated female Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioners of all time. Dern started her jiu-jitsu journey at the age of 3 and has a black belt in BJJ under Wellington Dias who is a direct apprentice of the Gracie family.
During her BJJ career, Mackenzie amassed a record of 1 draw. She is one of the most decorated women BJJ fighters of all time. Dern is a former world No. In , she started her MMA career. She won all of her first 5 fights 3 of them by submission , which secured her the invite from the UFC. She is an up-and-coming fighter ready to show her Jiu-Jitsu skills at the highest level. When he steps inside the Octagon, there is a huge chance that it will finish with a submission by Oliviera.
Out of his 29 career wins, 19 have come from a submission, which is something we can rarely see. He has the highest finishes-per-win percentage in the UFC history To even better represent how good Charles Oliviera is at BJJ, I have to give you the statistic that he makes a submission attempt every 5,36 minutes, meaning, he makes an attempt almost once per round, which is an unbelievably high number.
Charles has submitted his opponents with rear-naked chokes, inverted triangle armbar, anaconda chokes, kneebar, reverse calf slicer, triangle choke, guillotine chokes. No other fighter in UFC history has a diversity of different submissions like Oliviera has.
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