Tiago Bravo - 4th Degree BJJ Black Belt

Tiago Bravo is a top featherweight BJJ grappler. He is famous for his outstanding skills on the mats, he procured this reputation by achieving medals in the top tournaments including the Abu Dhabi World Pro Championship, the Abu Dhabi Grand Slam, and the Brazilian No-Gi Nationals. Bravo was trained under Muzio de Angelis, who promoted him to black belt. Now he is a 4th Degree BJJ Black Belt and working as a professional BJJ coach in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Tiago Bravo was born on 30 September 1986, in Petropolis Brazil. From early childhood, Bravo developed an interest in the action movies of Claude Van Damme that created the urge to imitate the skills. In this way, he took a keen interest part in martial arts. Bravo was persuaded to karate when he was 10. Bravo's parents wanted him to work on the skills of self-defense so he entered the field of jiu-jitsu.

José Roberto gave the guidance of jiu-jitsu and promoted the young fighter to the level of orange belt. When Tiago Bravo was about to reach the blue belt he went to the well-known coach Adalberto de Souza, who was popular with the name “Buda” (Buddha in Portuguese).

Tiago Bravo was passionate and intended to evolve his grappling skills. He began training in Judo and reached the grade of purple belt. Buda promoted Bravo to the brown belt, and then he switched to the previous academy and joined Brasa Clube de Jiu Jitsu where Muzio de Angelis gave him training. On the 19 ^th of December 2009, Bravo was promoted to black belt. 

The BJJ black belt fighter is known for his amazing grappling skills. Bravo gained prestige through the medals which he got in numerous tournaments. A few of them include the Abu Dhabi Grand Slam, the Abu Dhabi World Pro Championship, and the Brazilian No-Gi Nationals.

Tiago Bravo is the Dynamic Grappler of today, he has achieved top ranks in his grappling journey. This has been done by his remarkable performance against the great BJJ fighters. He has a professional record of winning 56 fights, mostly with his favorite technique armbar. During the fight journey, he got 36 losses, some of them were by the points, advantages, or by decision. 

In 2014, at Abu Dhabi Cup a competition occurred between Tiago Bravo and Mosquito. Both grapplers used impressive techniques to drag the other on the mat. Bravo dropped down the opponent and succeeded in holding him by using the technique of rear mount back, letting the Mosquito not escape. Tiago Bravo won the match by choke.

In the event of Abu Dhabi King of Mats, Tiago Bravo, and Paulo Miyao compete with each other. Bravo held the opponent from the back, on the other side Paulo succeeded in getting up from the ground. Paulo tried a lot in applying submission techniques and secured 10 points and in the end, Miyao won the match by points. 

The event of Al-Ain International Pro Full Fight was organized in 2020. The outstanding competition was held between the two amazing grapplers Tiago Bravo’s and Mohamed Al Qubaisi. The match went on to raise interest in the grappling techniques. Qubaisi took a sound grip on the leg, and Tiago Bravo attempted the technique of heel hook and magnificently won the fight. 

Final Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Japan 2017 - Roberto Satoshi x Tiago Bravo

04 ADKOM Lightweight - Paulo miao Vs Tiago Bravo

Tiago Bravo VS. Mohamed Al Qubaisi | Al Ain International Pro Full Fight | Season 2019-2020

WPJJC 2014 - João Miyao Vs Tiago Bravo Santos - (64Kg) - Final

Final Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Japan 2017 - Roberto Satoshi x Tiago Bravo

Thiago Bravo vs Diogo Freitas Jiu jitsu

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