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    • Mario Sperry

    Brazil
    b. 1966-09-28Born 1966-09-28
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    Also known as

    Zen Machine

    Description

    Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt under Carlson Gracie (1995), ADCC and BJJ world champion, and co-founder and leader of Brazilian Top Team with Murilo Bustamante.

    Teachers (1)

    • Carlson Gracie
      swordsBrazilian jiu-jitsu Probable
      Probable
      Single source.
      The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
      fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
      Frederico Muñoz
      Researcher, Martialis
      1 source expand_more
      fact_check
      Single source.
      “A Carlson Gracie [...] black belt since 1995, Sperry is an ADCC and bjj world champion, but most notable as a co-founder and leader of Brazilian Top Team (btt) alongside Murilo Bustamante.”
      — Snowden, Jonathan; Shields, Kendall. (2010). The MMA Encyclopedialink info

    Lineage

    • Brazilian jiu-jitsuCarlson Gracie ← Carlos Gracie · 2 generations

    Ranks (1)

    • swordsBrazilian jiu-jitsu
      receipt_longBlack belt Probable
      Probable
      Single source.
      The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
      BJJ Ranking System (1995)
      granted by Carlson Gracie
      fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
      Frederico Muñoz
      Researcher, Martialis
      1 source expand_more
      fact_check
      Single source.
      “A Carlson Gracie [...] black belt since 1995, Sperry is an ADCC and bjj world champion, but most notable as a co-founder and leader of Brazilian Top Team (btt) alongside Murilo Bustamante.”
      — Snowden, Jonathan; Shields, Kendall. (2010). The MMA Encyclopedialink info

    Sources

    “A Carlson Gracie [...] black belt since 1995, Sperry is an ADCC and bjj world champion, but most notable as a co-founder and leader of Brazilian Top Team (btt) alongside Murilo Bustamante.”
    — Snowden, Jonathan; Shields, Kendall. (2010). The MMA Encyclopedialink info

    Identifiers

    https://martial.is/entity/01M6C1R005V9391TMDTC5ESGTQ
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    Cite and reuse

    CC BY-SA 4.0expand_more
    Plain text
    Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Mario Sperry. In Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M6C1R005V9391TMDTC5ESGTQ - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
    BibTeX
    @incollection{martialis_01M6C1R005V9391TMDTC5ESGTQ, author = {Muñoz, Frederico}, title = {Mario Sperry}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database}, year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url = {https://martial.is/entity/01M6C1R005V9391TMDTC5ESGTQ}, urldate = {ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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