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Renato Sobral

Born 1975-09-07

Also known as

Babalu

Description

Brazilian mixed martial artist and Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt under Carlos Gracie Jr.

Teachers (1)

  • Carlos Gracie Jr.
    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.
    “But despite his strong wrestling base, and submission skills befitting a Brazilian Jiu-jitsu black belt under Carlos Gracie Jr., Babalu was never able to break through to the major championship level.”
    — Snowden, Jonathan; Shields, Kendall. (2010). The MMA Encyclopedialink info

Lineage

Ranks (1)

  • 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 Carlos Gracie Jr.
    fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
    1 source expand_more
    fact_check
    Single source.
    “But despite his strong wrestling base, and submission skills befitting a Brazilian Jiu-jitsu black belt under Carlos Gracie Jr., Babalu was never able to break through to the major championship level.”
    — Snowden, Jonathan; Shields, Kendall. (2010). The MMA Encyclopedialink info

Sources

“Or, years before, when he competed in Akira Maeda’s Rings promotion when it featured many of the best in the world”
— Snowden, Jonathan; Shields, Kendall. (2010). The MMA Encyclopedialink info

Identifiers

https://martial.is/entity/01M6C1R005N5DENXC3XBPF0B18

Cite and reuse

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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Renato Sobral. In Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M6C1R005N5DENXC3XBPF0B18 - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
BibTeX
@incollection{martialis_01M6C1R005N5DENXC3XBPF0B18, author = {Muñoz, Frederico}, title = {Renato Sobral}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database}, year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url = {https://martial.is/entity/01M6C1R005N5DENXC3XBPF0B18}, urldate = {ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }

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