Mathias Luna - BJJ Black Belt Champion

Mathias Luna is an elite BJJ black belt under Lucas Leite and Ricardo Felicaino. Throughout his avenue of jiu-jitsu , he has achieved multiple titles and performs eagerly against the best BJJ fighters vying for victory. Luna vanquished Ronaldo Junior and became the American National Champion in 2021. Mathias along with his twin brother Matheus worked hard to achieve black belts. 

Mathias Luna was born on 21, February 1995 in the capital of Brazil. His twin brother's name is Matheus Luna, and both kids were energetic and active. During school, Mathias and Matheus took part in various sports including Soccer, handball, volleyball, and basketball. Luna was prejudiced by his neighbour who was learning jiu jitsu in a social project. When Mathias was 16 he began the journey of BJJ along with his brother. 

Luna brothers started their training under the coaches Júlio e Rodrigo Salustino and Fábio Rodrigues at the local social project. Mathias and Matheus become more ambitious and determined in the sport. To flourish their aptitude they joined the Barreto Brother’s Academy. Luna went from white to purple rank under Thiago and Bruno Barreto.

In the year 2017, he became a member of the Checkmat Jiu Jitsu . Later, Matheus and Mathias moved to the United States to earn a living from a sport. Moreover, they can avail better opportunities to compete in the best tournament circuit.

Soon Mathias began to compete at the international level and secured gold medals in several events including UAEJJF Abu Dhabi Pro, IBJJF World Championship, IBJJF European Open, ROYAL III Invitational, ACBJJ American National, and UAEJJF Abu Dhabi Pro as a purple belt. In 2019, he competed in UAEJJF Abu Dhabi Pro and got a bronze medal as a brown belt. 

Mathias is emerging as one of the top BJJ athletes and earned a brown belt under Pantcho in the year of 2018. Henceforth, he joined the academy of a well-known coach Lucas Leite. On August 24, 2019, Mathias and his twin had the advancement in rank, promoted to Black Belt by Leite and Feliciano. 

Matias began his jiu-jitsu black belt expedition, competing against the top grapplers in national and international championships. Mathias's tremendous performance fetched him 1^st place in IBJJF American National in 2021 and 2023. He has a vast list of victories in the IBJJF Pan Championship, IBJJF World Championship and, IBJJF American Nationals. Mathias is among the most leading and sturdy jiu-jitsu athletes, talking about his passion he states:

Matias is an avid fighter and amazing grappler, his consistency in the sport is increasing the performance. Owing to his momentous techniques in the competition he aspired to train the young fighters in the future by building his academy. 

In the year 2018, a seven-minute exciting match was held between the top two fighters Mathias Luna and Jay Jay Wilson. It was a profound match as both of the grapplers wanted to drag the opponent on the mat. Mathias won the fight based on the points.

In the Pan Championship 2023, Mathias Luna and Enrich Munis competed against each other. Both Luna and Munis wanted to attempt submissions but were not successful in getting the tap out. Munis won the match based on the points.

In the final stage of American National 2021, Mathias Luna fights with Ronaldo Junior who is a black belt champion. The match lasted for ten minutes and both of the fighters attempted hard to put down the other. None of them secured the points till the middle of the match. After a while, both of them were able to secure equal points and Ronaldo got a penalty. In the end, Mathias won the match by the referee's decision. 

Mathias Luna v Levi Jones-Leary / Houston Open 2022

Artista Invitational 3 || TAINAN DALPRA vs MATHEUS LUNA

Mathias Luna v Piter Frank / Los Angeles Open 2022

Mathias Luna v Mair Amaral / Los Angeles Open 2023

Tommy Langaker VS Mathias Luna / European Championship 2020

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