Murilo Bustamante

Brazil

Description

Brazilian jiu-jitsu coral belt and mixed martial artist, a black belt under Carlson Gracie; IBJJF world champion (1999), UFC champion (2002) and a founder of Brazilian Top Team.

Teachers (1)

  • Carlson Gracie
    sports_martial_artsBrazilian jiu-jitsu Probable
    Probable
    Single source.
    The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
    (1977)
    fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
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    Single source.
    visibilityFirst-hand
    “I began training in 1977 when I was 10-11 years old. My older brothers took me to train with Carlson at the Figueiredo de Magalhães academy.”
    — Drysdale, Robert. (2023). The Rise and Evolution of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu: From Vale-Tudo, to Carlson Gracie, to its Democratization info
    “He is a black-belt under Carlson Gracie”
    — Drysdale, Robert. (2023). The Rise and Evolution of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu: From Vale-Tudo, to Carlson Gracie, to its Democratization info

Lineage

Sources

“He began his vale-tudo career representing jiu-jitsu in the 1991 challenge against luta-livre at the Grajaú, became an IBJJF World Champion in 1999, and the UFC title in 2002.”
— Drysdale, Robert. (2023). The Rise and Evolution of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu: From Vale-Tudo, to Carlson Gracie, to its Democratization info

Identifiers

https://martial.is/entity/01M5H6E6RGRH22C35VGZBG23D7
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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Murilo Bustamante. In Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M5H6E6RGRH22C35VGZBG23D7 - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
BibTeX
@incollection{martialis_01M5H6E6RGRH22C35VGZBG23D7, author = {Muñoz, Frederico}, title = {Murilo Bustamante}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database}, year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url = {https://martial.is/entity/01M5H6E6RGRH22C35VGZBG23D7}, urldate = {ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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