Wallid Ismail

Brazil

Description

Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt under Carlson Gracie, from Manaus; came to Carlson's gym in 1983, beat Eugenio Tadeu in the 1991 jiu-jitsu versus luta-livre challenge and Royce Gracie in 1998, and founded the Jungle Fight MMA promotion.

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.
    (1983)
    fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
    2 sources expand_more
    fact_check
    Single source.
    visibilityFirst-hand
    “This was in 1983. Fortunately, I ended up in Copacabana and when I went around asking where the Gracies taught, I was pointed to Carlson’s gym.”
    — Drysdale, Robert. (2023). The Rise and Evolution of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu: From Vale-Tudo, to Carlson Gracie, to its Democratization info
    “He is also the founder and owner of the MMA promotion Jungle-Fight, holds a rank of black-belt under Carlson”
    — Drysdale, Robert. (2023). The Rise and Evolution of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu: From Vale-Tudo, to Carlson Gracie, to its Democratization info

Lineage

Sources

“Wallid also went on to defeat Royce in a jiu-jitsu match in 1998.”
— 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/01M5H6E6RGZMENSWHA3AF7K1WV
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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Wallid Ismail. In Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M5H6E6RGZMENSWHA3AF7K1WV - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
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@incollection{martialis_01M5H6E6RGZMENSWHA3AF7K1WV, author = {Muñoz, Frederico}, title = {Wallid Ismail}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database}, year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url = {https://martial.is/entity/01M5H6E6RGZMENSWHA3AF7K1WV}, urldate = {ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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