Marcus Silveira

Brazil
Born 1964-12-17

Also known as

Conan

Description

Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt under Carlson Gracie and mixed martial artist; co-founder of American Top Team.

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
    2 sources expand_more
    fact_check
    Single source.
    “The relative ease with which he put away Silveira, a black belt under Carlson Gracie, meant Sakuraba’s submission skills were for real.”
    — Snowden, Jonathan; Shields, Kendall. (2010). The MMA Encyclopedialink info
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    “Carlson Gracie gave him the nickname when he was still just a kid.”
    — Snowden, Jonathan; Shields, Kendall. (2010). The MMA Encyclopedialink info

Lineage

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
    granted by Carlson Gracie
    fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
    1 source expand_more
    fact_check
    Single source.
    “The relative ease with which he put away Silveira, a black belt under Carlson Gracie, meant Sakuraba’s submission skills were for real.”
    — Snowden, Jonathan; Shields, Kendall. (2010). The MMA Encyclopedialink info

Sources

“Silveira was one of the co-founders of the American Top Team, home of some of the world’s best fighters like Mike Brown and Thiago Alves.”
— Snowden, Jonathan; Shields, Kendall. (2010). The MMA Encyclopedialink info

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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Marcus Silveira. In Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M6C1R005KP4PTAMTHXAGQT0P - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
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