Rodolfo Vieira (BJJ)

Rodolfo Vieira
Born	(1989-09-25) September 25, 1989 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Other names	The Black Belt Hunter
Residence	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Nationality	Brazilian
Division	Super Heavyweight (-100kg)
Team	GF Team
Rank	black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

Rodolfo Vieira

Medal record
Representing  Brazil
Grappling
ADCC
	2015 São Paulo	-99kg
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
World Championship
	2011 California, USA	-94kg
	2011 California, USA	Absolute
	2012 California, USA	-94kg
	2013 California, USA	-94kg
	2013 California, USA	Absolute
	2014 California, USA	-100kg
	2014 California, USA	Absolute
World Cup
	2009 Abu Dhabi, UAE	-92kg
	2011 Abu Dhabi, UAE	-92kg
	2011 Abu Dhabi, UAE	Absolute
	2012 Abu Dhabi, UAE	-94kg
	2012 Abu Dhabi, UAE	Absolute
	2013 Abu Dhabi, UAE	-94kg
	2013 Abu Dhabi, UAE	Absolute
	2014 Abu Dhabi, UAE	-100kg
	2014 Abu Dhabi, UAE	Absolute
Pan American Championship
	2011 California, USA	-94kg
	2011 California, USA	Absolute
European Championship
	2012 Lisbon, Portugal	-94kg
	2012 Lisbon, Portugal	Absolute

Rodolfo Vieira Srour (born September 25, 1989, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is a four time Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ) World Champion and a six time World Cup champion.^[1][2] Rodolfo's Jiu-Jitsu style displays a very diverse set of skills, allied with a fast pace guard passing style, great cardio and huge physical prowess, making him the most dominant Heavyweight in Jiu-Jitsu's recent years by completely dominating most of his fights. He is highly regarded for his guard passing skills. His recurrent matches with Marcus Almeida are among Jiu-Jitsu's most famous rivalries.

Background

Born in Rio de Janeiro, Rodolfo started training under Arlans Maia when he was 13, because he felt overweight. A few years later he joined the Gama Filho team (now Grappling Fight Team) under Julio Cesar Pereira, as a purple belt, where he would go on to receive his brown and black belts.

Career

Rodolfo first made an impression on the international scene in 2009, by winning the World Cup Brazilian north trials as a brown belt in a mixed brown and black belt division. He went on to win his division World Cup with a victory over two-time world champion Braulio Estima, whilst he was still a brown belt, this earned him the nickname "black belt hunter". After promotion to black belt, injury sidelined him throughout most of 2010. He returned in 2011 at the black belt division, first winning his division and the absolute at the Pan American Championships then repeating the feat at the World Cup and then the World Championships, he faced Bernardo Faria in five out of the six finals. Vieira would go on to compete at the 2011 ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship, after defeating Joseph Lee Blaize and Antonio Peinado, he lost by heel hook to Dean Lister, in the semi-finals. In 2012 after winning double gold at the European Championships and the World Cup again, he went on to the World Championships. He suffered a defeat to Marcus Almeida in the quarter-finals of absolute division, he went on to defeat Xande Ribeiro to win his weight class for a second time. In 2013 he competed in the Copa Podio in Brazil, where he won his weight division and the absolute. He then competed at the World Cup, where he won his weight division but came second in the absolute again losing to Marcus Almeida. At the World Championships, Vieira retained his title in the -94 kg weight class but lost to Almeida in the final of the absolute. In 2014 in an effort to defeat Marcus Almeida Rodolfo put on more weight and moved up to the -100 kg weight class, at the 2014 World Cup he won his weight class defeating Luiz Panza in the final, but again was defeated by Marcus Almeida in the absolute final, however the match was much closer than their last previously contested matches.

Grappling Record

Result	Opponent	Method	Event	Division	Type	Year
Loss	João Gabriel Rocha	Referee Decision	ADCC World Championship	Absolute	Nogi	2015
Win	Rafael Lovato Jr.	Points (5-0)	ADCC World Championship	Absolute	Nogi	2015
Win	Benson Henderson	Submission (kimura)	ADCC World Championship	Absolute	Nogi	2015
Win	Felipe Pena	Referee Decision	ADCC World Championship	-99 kg	Nogi	2015
Win	Xande Ribeiro	Points	ADCC World Championship	-99 kg	Nogi	2015
Win	Cassio Silva	Points	ADCC World Championship	-99 kg	Nogi	2015
Win	Adam Sachnoff	Submission (armbar)	ADCC World Championship	-99 kg	Nogi	2015
Loss	Marcus Almeida	Points (0-2)	World Championship	Absolute	Gi	2014
Win	Bernardo Faria	Submission (armbar)	World Championship	Super Heavyweight	Gi	2014
Win	Leo Nogueira	Submission (arm-triangle choke)	World Championship	Super Heavyweight	Gi	2014
Win	James Puepolo	Submission (choke)	World Championship	Super Heavyweight	Gi	2014
Win	Harlan Berk	Submission (choke)	World Championship	Super Heavyweight	Gi	2014
Win	Bernardo Faria	Submission (wrist lock)	World Championship	Absolute	Gi	2014
Win	Alexander Trans	Submission (choke)	World Championship	Absolute	Gi	2014
Win	Sean Roberts	Submission (choke)	World Championship	Absolute	Gi	2014
Win	AJ Agazarm	Submission (choke)	World Championship	Absolute	Gi	2014
Loss	Marcus Almeida	Points (0-2)	World Cup	Absolute	Gi	2014
Win	André Galvão	Submission (ezequiel choke)	World Cup	Absolute	Gi	2014
Win	Leandro Lo	Submission (bow & arrow choke)	World Cup	Absolute	Gi	2014
Win	Luiz Panza	Submission (choke)	World Cup	Absolute	Gi	2014
Win	Luiz Panza	Submission (armbar)	World Cup	Super Heavyweight	Gi	2014
Win	Lucio Rodrigues	Points (7-0)	World Cup	Super Heavyweight	Gi	2014
Win	Antonio Braga Neto	Submission (armbar)	World Cup	Super Heavyweight	Gi	2014
Win	Luke Costello	Submission (bow & arrow choke)	World Cup	Super Heavyweight	Gi	2014
Win	Leandro Lo	Submission (choke)	Copa Podio	Absolute	Gi	2014
Win	Travis Stevens	Submission (choke)	Copa Podio	Absolute	Gi	2014
Draw	Leandro Lo	Draw	Copa Podio	Absolute	Gi	2014
Win	Alan Belcher	Submission (choke)	Copa Podio	Absolute	Gi	2014
Win	Faisal Alkitbe	Submission (choke)	Copa Podio	Absolute	Gi	2014
Win	Alexandre Souza	Submission (armbar)	Copa Podio	Absolute	Gi	2014
Win	Braulio Estima	Decision (split)	Metamoris II	Superfight	Gi	2013
Loss	Marcus Almeida	Points (2-6)	World Championships	Absolute	Gi	2013
Win	Nivaldo Lima	Submission (choke)	World Championships	Heavyweight	Gi	2013
Win	Leo Leite	Submission (choke)	World Championships	Heavyweight	Gi	2013
Win	Yuri Simoes	Points (8-0)	World Championships	Heavyweight	Gi	2013
Win	James Puopolo	Submission (choke)	World Championships	Heavyweight	Gi	2013
Win	Leo Leite	Submission (armbar)	World Championships	Absolute	Gi	2013
Win	João Rocha	Submission (armbar)	World Championships	Absolute	Gi	2013
Win	Antonio Peinado	Submission (armbar)	World Championships	Absolute	Gi	2013
Win	Lucas Sachs	Submission (armbar)	World Championships	Absolute	Gi	2013
Win	Ricrado Abreu	Advantages (3-0)	Copa Podio	Superfight	Gi	2013
Win	Leo Leite	Submission (armbar)	Copa Podio	Superfight	Gi	2013
Loss	Marcus Almeida	Points (2-7)	World Cup	Absolute	Gi	2013
Win	Claudio Calasans	Points (9-0)	World Cup	Absolute	Gi	2013
Win	Pedro Peres	Submission (bow & arrow choke)	World Cup	Heavyweight	Gi	2013
Win	Roberto Alencar	Points (11-0)	World Cup	Heavyweight	Gi	2013
Win	Rodrigo Ribeiro	Submission (triangle choke)	World Cup	Heavyweight	Gi	2013
Win	Pedro Henrique	Submission (ezekiel choke)	World Cup Brazilian Trials	Heavyweight	Gi	2013
Win	Leo Nogueira	Advantages (3-1)	Copa Podio	Absolute	Gi	2013
Win	Alexandre Souza	Submission (armbar)	Copa Podio	Absolute	Gi	2013
Win	Xande Ribeiro	Advantages (6-0)	Copa Podio	Absolute	Gi	2013
Win	Keenan Cornelius	Points (10-0)	Copa Podio	Absolute	Gi	2013
Win	Leo Nogueira	Points (9-0)	Copa Podio	Absolute	Gi	2013
Win	Alexandre Ceconi	Submission (choke)	Copa Podio	Absolute	Gi	2013
Win	Kim Terra	Submission (armbar)	Rockstrike	Absolute	Gi	2012
Win	Gilmar Oliveira	Submission (choke)	Rockstrike	Absolute	Gi	2012
Win	Tarsis Humphreys	Points (16-0)	Rockstrike	Absolute	Gi	2012
Win	Luciano Gonçalves	Submission (armbar)	Rockstrike	Absolute	Gi	2012
Win	Luis Roberto Pereira	Submission (armbar)	Rockstrike	Absolute	Gi	2012
Win	Enrico Wesley	Submission (choke)	Brazil. Teams	Heavyweight	Gi	2012
Win	Kinter Moura	Submission (armbar)	Brazil. Teams	Heavyweight	Gi	2012
Win	Xande Ribeiro	Advantages (4-0)	World Championships	Heavyweight	Gi	2012
Win	Alexandre Ceconi	Submission (choke)	World Championships	Heavyweight	Gi	2012
Win	Fabiano Souza	Submission (armbar)	World Championships	Heavyweight	Gi	2012
Win	Alan Salgado	Submission (cross choke)	World Championships	Heavyweight	Gi	2012
Loss	Marcus Almeida	Points (7-8)	World Championships	Absolute	Gi	2012
Win	James Puopolo	Submission (choke)	World Championships	Absolute	Gi	2012
Win	Diego Vivaldi	Submisison (cross choke)	World Championships	Absolute	Gi	2012
Win	André Galvão	Points (4-2)	World Cup	Absolute	Gi	2012
Win	Bernardo Faria	Submission (cross choke)	World Cup	Absolute	Gi	2012
Win	Marcus Almeida	Submission (bow & arrow choke)	World Cup	Absolute	Gi	2012
Win	Roberto Alencar	Submission (armbar)	World Cup	Heavyweight	Gi	2012
Win	Marcelo Bernardo	Submission (armbar)	World Cup	Heavyweight	Gi	2012
Win	Cristiano Carioca	Submission (choke)	World Cup	Heavyweight	Gi	2012
Win	Luiz Panza	Submission (armbar)	World Cup Brazilian Trials	Heavyweight	Gi	2012
Win	Luís Felipe	Submission (armbar)	World Cup Brazilian Trials	Heavyweight	Gi	2012
Win	Pedro Borges	Submission (armbar)	World Cup Brazilian Trials	Heavyweight	Gi	2012
Win	Otavio Countinho	Disqualification (knee reap)	World Cup Brazilian Trials	Heavyweight	Gi	2012
Win	Bernardo Faria	Points (7-0)	European Championship	Absolute	Gi	2012
Win	Roberto Tussa	Submission (ezekiel choke)	European Championship	Heavyweight	Gi	2012
Win	Paulo Tarcisio	Submission (choke)	European Championship	Heavyweight	Gi	2012
Win	Gabriel Kitober	Submission (choke)	European Championship	Heavyweight	Gi	2012
Win	Lucio Rodrigues	Submission (ezekiel choke)	European Championship	Absolute	Gi	2012
Win	Victor Estima	Submission (triangle choke)	European Championship	Absolute	Gi	2012
Loss	Dean Lister	Submission (heel hook)	ADCC World Championship	-99 kg	Nogi	2011
Win	Antonio Peinado	Points (5-0)	ADCC World Championship	-99 kg	Nogi	2011
Win	Joseph Lee Baize	Submission (armbar)	ADCC World Championship	-99 kg	Nogi	2011
Win	Bernardo Faria	Points (9-0)	World Championship	Absolute	Gi	2011
Win	Bernardo Faria	Points (3-0)	World Championship	Heavyweight	Gi	2011
Win	Rafael Lovato Jr.	Points (20-2)	World Championship	Heavyweight	Gi	2011
Win	Gybson Sá	Submission (armbar)	World Championship	Heavyweight	Gi	2011
Win	Dustin Denes	Points (26-0)	World Championship	Heavyweight	Gi	2011
Win	Marcus Almeida	Submission (armbar)	World Championship	Absolute	Gi	2011
Win	Sérgio Moraes	Submission (armbar)	World Championship	Absolute	Gi	2011
Win	Claudio Calasans	Submission (armbar)	World Championship	Absolute	Gi	2011
Win	Antionio Braga Neto	Submission (choke)	World Championship	Absolute	Gi	2011
Win	Matt Jubera	Submission (triangle choke)	World Championship	Absolute	Gi	2011
Win	Bernardo Faria	Points (3-0)	Pan Championship	Absolute	Gi	2011
Win	Bernardo Faria	Points (8-0)	Pan Championship	Heavyweight	Gi	2011
Win	Diego Herzog	Submission (armbar)	Pan Championship	Heavyweight	Gi	2011
Win	Leo Nogueira	Advantages (4-0)	Pan Championship	Heavyweight	Gi	2011
Win	Marcus Almeida	Submission (Choke)	Pan Championship	Absolute	Gi	2011
Win	Antonio Peinado	Submission (choke)	Pan Championship	Absolute	Gi	2011
Win	Dan Simmler	Submission (cross choke)	Pan Championship	Absolute	Gi	2011
Win	Rafael Mendes	Referee Decision	World Cup	Absolute	Gi	2011
Win	Rafael Lovato Jr.	Points	World Cup	Heavyweight	Gi	2011
Win	Rafael Mendes	Referee Decision	Nogi World Cup	Absolute	Nogi	2011
Loss	Rafael Lovato Jr.	Points	Nogi World Cup	Heavyweight	Nogi	2011
Win	Alexandre de Souza	Points (14-0)	Pan Championship	xxx	Gi	2010
Win	Antonio Peinado	Advantages (2-0)	World Cup	-92 kg	Gi	2009
Win	Braulio Estima	Advantage (1-0)	World Cup	-92 kg	Gi	2009
Loss	André Galvão	Points (0-8)	ADCC 2009 Brazilian Trials	-88 kg	Nogi	2009
Win	Ricardo Seixas	Submission (guillotine choke)	ADCC 2009 Brazilian Trials	-88 kg	Nogi	2009

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