Fábio Leopoldo Silva (born April 17, 1977 in

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and is currently an active Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner and instructor.

Career

After graduating college with a degree in

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, Leopoldo started his own Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu academy in São Paulo, Brazil called Gracie Morumbi. He has been the owner and primary instructor at the academy since it was established in 1999. Since then he has opened two more academies in the United States. One is in

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, and the other is in

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. Leopoldo is a total six-time world champion in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, two-time Brazilian champion, and seven-time Pan American champion. He also recently won the gold in the

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Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu accomplishments

*4x World Champion (1998 - purple belt, 2000 – brown belt, 2002 – black belt, 2019 - black belt master division) *2x World Champion No Gi Master Division (2013, 2018 - black belt) *6x Pan American Champion (2000 – brown, 2002 weight & absolute, 2010 master, 2011 master, 2013 master, 2019 master open division) *2x Brazilian National Champion (2001 – black belt, 2019 - black belt) *2x World Silver Medalist (1998 – purple belt, 1999 – brown belt, 2008 – black belt) *6x Pan American Silver Medalist (1996 – purple belt, 2000 – brown belt absolute, 2001 black belt absolute, 2003, 2009 weight & absolute – master, 2019 weight division) *Brazilian National Silver Medalist (1997 – blue belt) *3x World Bronze Medallist (2001 – black belt, 2003, 2005) *2x Pan American Bronze Medallist (1998 – purple belt, 2001 black belt) *3x Brazilian National Bronze Medallist (1999 – brown belt, 2000 – black belt, 2005)

Mixed martial arts record

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Leopoldo, Fabio 1977 births Living people Brazilian male mixed martial artists Middleweight mixed martial artists Mixed martial artists utilizing Brazilian jiu-jitsu Brazilian practitioners of Brazilian jiu-jitsu Martial artists from São Paulo People awarded a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu