- BJJ Black Belt 6th Degree · #1 World Ranked 2024
RODRIGO
ANTUNES
"The mat doesn't lie." Neither does the record.
4×
World Champion
44-2
2022 season record
#1
World Ranked 2024
6th°
BJJ Black Belt
- Athlete · Professor · Entrepreneur
More than a champion — a builder.
Rodrigo Antunes has spent over three decades proving that elite performance and world-class teaching are not mutually exclusive. A 6th-degree black belt and 4-time world champion, he competes at the highest levels while shaping the next generation inside the academy.
His background is singular: Brazilian Navy Special Forces instructor, Judo black belt under Gokor Chivychian & Gene LeBell, Luta Livre black belt under Hugo Duarte, CSW certified under Erik Paulson — and an MBA in Business Administration. On the mat, his weapons are guard and leg locks: 44 wins in 46 fights in a single season.
- IBJJF Pan American Champion — Gi & No-Gi
- IBJJF Worlds No-Gi Champion
- 3× IBJJF European Champion
- F2Win Belt Holder — Heavyweight & Mid-Heavyweight
- UFC Grappling Belt Champion
- US Martial Arts Hall of Fame — Ambassador
- Metamoris Veteran · EBI Veteran
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Proven on the world stage.
Worlds No-Gi Champion
4× International Master Champion
Pan American Champion
3× European Champion
Belt Holder — 2 Divisions
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Rodrigo's complete guard playbook - the system that earned him a #1 world ranking. Sweeps, attacks, transitions.
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The full leg lock game from entry to finish. Heel hooks, kneebars, reaping mechanics - no-fluff, competition-tested.
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44 wins in 46 flights. What mental frameworks make that possible - straight from the athlete who built it.
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