Tainan Dalpra - The Unbeatable Young BJJ Hero

Deivid Soares, a Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt Champion, was blessed with the future BJJ champion Tainan Dalpra on 6 November 2000 in Florianopolis, Brazil.

Tainan played a variety of sports growing up, including Soccer and Boxing, but he fell in love with Jiu-Jitsu. He grew up seeing a BJJ champ, his father Deivid Soares, that developed his love for Jiu-Jitsu in his childhood.

Dalpra's first instructor was his father, who started teaching him the true science of Jiu-Jitsu techniques at the age of 5. Then he joined Everson Avila’s Academy where he trained for 3 years with his father. After 3 years of training, Dalpra decided to join AS academy to level up his skills.

He started to participate in local tournaments. The victory from the local grounds urged him to compete at the higher levels. However, Tainan Dalpra participated in IBJJF Pan Kids Championship at the age of 13 and won the Gold Medal.

On the podium of the IBJJF Pan Kids Championship 2014, Dalpra had the opportunity to meet with the BJJ icons, Guilherme Mandes and Rafael. Both of them are not only the best coaches in the BJJ world but also run AOJ (Arts Of Jiu-Jitsu) which is one of the best kid's Jiu-Jitsu academies.

Tainan already had goals of becoming a global champion through training. After discussing his ambitions with the Mendes brothers, he enrolled in the AOJ youth scholarship program and relocated to Costa Mesa, California to pursue his aim of ranking among the world's elite grapplers.

The decision to join AOJ became fruition in 2016, and 2017. In 2016 and 2017, Tainan won every competition he entered in the juvenile division, including Pan American and World Championship, and began to draw attention to himself as an upcoming fighter.

In 2018, he won double gold in every single competition in the adult division and was promoted to the Purple Belt at the podium of the World Championship. After reaching the level of the purple belt, he never stopped because he knew it was only a small step toward his goal of becoming a multiple-time World Champion.

In 2020, after two years of stringent practice and hard training, his coach Guilherme Mendes awarded him the Black Belt on the podium of the Pan Championship. This was the second time when Dalpra awarded someone a Black Belt tBJJ belt at the podium. Tainan Dalpra celebrated this huge success by talking about his hard work in an interview.

Tainan explained that it was a very emotional moment to receive the black belt from my mentor at the podium,

Tainan ranked # 1 in the P4P ranking due to his outstanding performance.

Tainan Dalpra is now ranked as one of the best Pound-for-Pound Black Belt in the middleweight division.

Tainan Dalpra is among the rising talent of Jiu-Jitsu who almost remained undefeated on the mat. He always presented a thrilling show that is worth watching. His elite submission techniques always made him a well-rounded fighter who goes on the ground to win. Tainan won 67 Championships in his grappling career with only one loss. This impeccable record of Tainan Dalpra will surely lead him to the highest level in the grappling world of BJJ.

In the Grand Prix Championship American Double five’s BJJ national Silver Medalist Rodrigo faced the 2x World Champion Tainan.

This was the medium heavyweight debut of Tainan. Rodrigo competed against the world's best medium heavyweight. Dalpra dominated from the start and applied his elite grappling techniques with strong submission attacks.

Dalpra finished this amazing match with a strong armbar submission and Rodrigo tapped out. In the end, Rodrigo appreciates his opponent for presenting such competitive BJJ skills.

In the quarter-final of the 2022 IBJJF Pan Championship, Tainan Dalpra faced Eduardo Avelar.

Tainan Dalpra, being a proficient competitor of Jiu-Jitsu, initiated the guard in the first second of the match. He attempted to choke from the back and maintained a strong grip on his opponent.

After 2 and half minutes, Tainan succeeded in submitting his opponent with a strong Collar Choke from the Back.

Tainan Dalpra v Eduardo Avelar / Houston Open 2021

Tainan Dalpra VS Michael Liera Jr. / Dallas Open 2021

Tainan Dalpra v Andy Murasaki / World Championship 2022

Tainan Dalpra v Jonnatas Gracie / Middle Weight GP 2021

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