Fellipe Trovo - BJJ Black Belt Champion

Felipe Trovo is a committed young black belt Jiu Jitsu fighter under the supervision of André Ushirobira. He started his career in the middle of his teenage years and competed in various state, national, and international level events. IBJJF Pans Championship, CBJJ Brazilian Nationals, IBJJF São Paulo Open, and IBJJF World Championship are worth mentioning here.

Fellipe Trovo was born on February 9, 1995, in Ribeirão Preto which is the eighth largest administrative division in the northeastern region of Sao Paulo state in Brazil. Felipe had a great interest in sports like football and swimming during his childhood and pre-adolescent period and had never heard of Jiu-Jitsu. For the very first time, in the middle of his teenage, he heard of a jiu-jitsu academy that was opened in his neighborhood. He thought of joining it and went for his very first class and gradually developed an interest in it. His academy name was André Ushirobira‘s gym from where he started his training. Coincidently, on the week he joined the academy, it yearly organized an internal tournament on the week of his joining. He decided to take part in that tournament and signed the competition. Besides only having a week for the competition, his tremendous hard work and dedication resulted in achieving his first belt which increased his interest and pursuing BJJ as a full-time career. He was a great fan follower of Rômulo Barral and worked under his coaching instructions at Gracie Barra Northridge to excel and succeed in BJJ skills.

Fellipe focused on developing and enhancing jiu-jitsu skills at the gym by putting time and effort into training regularly for five to six hours daily. He followed a strict training regime, staying focused and avoiding distractions. Eventually, all his hard work paid off, and had achieved various medals at state, national, and international levels. He fought for 3 hard years in the brown belt division. And finally got promoted to black belt in 2017.

Fellipe Trovo is a devoted, dynamic, and promising competitor in jiu-jitsu athletes. In December 2017, a 22-year-old boy was promoted to BJJ black belt .

Trovo began his BJJ black belt journey by competing in various national and international tournaments. At BJJ black belt, he achieved first place in IBJJF American Nationals, IBJJF American Nationals NoGi, IBJJF Las Vegas Open, IBJJF Las Vegas Open NoGi, and IBJJF Mexico City Open. He is influenced by Michael Jordan saying:

Fellipe Trovo is only 29 years old and is currently an active BJJ grappler. Along with competing in national and international tournaments, Trovo is traveling worldwide, and attending multiple seminars and tournaments. Trovo also had his crucifix DVD available regarding control defense at an online BJJ fanatics store.

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Trovo is famous for his techniques of open guard and crucifix position. He has a professional record of 89 wins and 47 losses. His majority wins are via his favourite technique rear naked choke and triangle choke.

In IBJJF Pan No-Gi 2022 Black Belt Super-Heavy Quarter Final Fellipe Trovo Faced Keenan Cornelius. Both Fighters tried to get a submission and at the end of the intense No-Gi fight, Trovo won the fight by 7 points. 

In the 2023 European Open event, the intense match took place between two strong jiu-jitsu fighters, Felipe Trovo and Fellipe Andrew. It was a thrilling competition between both competitors. Andrew attacked the legs of his opponent by applying the technique of the Botinha and got the victory.

In the year 2022 at a Pan American event, a thrilling grappling fight occurred between Fellipe Trovo and Lucas Lisboa. Lisboa and Trovo tried to apply submission and in the end, Trovo won the match via BJJ’s signature technique rare naked choke.

Fellipe Trovo vs Rodrigo Freitas / Orange County Open 2019

Adam Wardzinski v Fellipe Trovo / San Diego Open 2022

Fellipe Trovo v Keenan Cornelius / Pan No-Gi 2022

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