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André Galvão
| André Luis Galvão | |
|---|---|
 André Galvão setting up a choke on his opponent at the 2007 World Jiu-Jitsu Championship. |
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| Born | September 29, 1982 [1] São Paulo, Brazil |
| Residence | San Diego, California |
| Nationality | Brazilian |
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)1’77m |
| Weight | 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st) |
| Division | Welterweight |
| Stance | Southpaw |
| Fighting out of | São Paulo, Brazil |
| Team | Black House[1] Wand Fight Team (2008)[2] Atos Jiu-Jitsu (2008-Present) Team Nogueira Team Brasa Brazilian Top Team |
| Rank | 2nd degree black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu |
| Years active | 2001-present |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 7 |
| Wins | 5 |
| By knockout | 1 |
| By submission | 3 |
| By decision | 1 |
| Losses | 2 |
| By knockout | 1 |
| By decision | 1 |
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Grappling | ||
| ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship | ||
| Gold | 2011 | -88 kg |
| Gold | 2011 | Absolute |
| Silver | 2009 | -88 kg[3] |
| Bronze | 2007 | -77 kg[4] |
| Bronze | 2007 | Absolute[5] |
| IBJJF World Jiu-Jitsu Championship | ||
| Gold | 2008 | -88 kg (black)[6] |
| Bronze | 2008 | Absolute (black)[6] |
| Silver | 2007 | -82 kg (black)[7] |
| Silver | 2006 | -82 kg (black)[8] |
| Gold | 2005 | -82 kg (black)[9] |
| Gold | 2004 | -82 kg (brown)[10] |
| Gold | 2004 | Absolute (brown)[10] |
| Gold | 2003 | -82 kg (purple)[11] |
| Gold | 2003 | Absolute (purple)[11] |
| Gold | 2002 | -82 kg (blue)[12] |
| Silver | 2001 | -82 kg (blue)[12] |
| Pan American Championships | ||
| Gold | 2011 | Medium heavy (black)[13] |
| Gold | 2008 | Medium heavy (black)[14] |
| Gold | 2008 | Absolute (black)[14] |
| Gold | 2006 | Middleweight (black)[15] |
| Gold | 2005 | Middleweight (black)[16] |
| Gold | 2005 | Absolute (black)[16] |
| Gold | 2004 | Middleweight (brown)[17] |
| Gold | 2004 | Absolute (brown)[17] |
André Luis Galvão (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐ̃ˈdɾɛ ɡaɫˈvɐ̃w̃]) is a Brazilian grappler and professional mixed martial artist. He has won the World Jiu-Jitsu Championship and IBJJF Pan American Championships multiple times and has also taken third place in the 2007 ADCC World Championship at both -77 kg and openweight. He made his mixed martial arts debut in 2008, and in 2009 he entered Dream‘s 2009 welterweight tournament. Since completing the tournament, he has fought in Strikeforce.[18] Galvão was a competitor in the 2009 ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship in Barcelona, Spain where he placed second in the -88kg class. More recently, Galvao had a standout performance at the 2011 ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship where he captured gold in both the -88kg and absolute weight classes defeating Rousimar Palhares and Pablo Popovitch, in each respective finals.
Andre Galvao is a black belt student under BJJ legend Fernando “Tererê” Augusto and now heads the Atos Jiu-Jitsu team in the United States. He is the author of the martial arts book, Drill to Win: One Year to Better Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (Victory Belt Publishing, 2010). It focuses on learning the transitional skills of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, submission wrestling, and MMA through proper diet, calisthenics, and technical drills. Beside competition he teaches Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu at his home jiu-jitsu academy, Atos San Diego.
Contents |
Mixed martial arts record
| Professional record breakdown | ||
| 7 matches | 5 wins | 2 losses |
| By knockout | 1 | 1 |
| By submission | 3 | 0 |
| By decision | 1 | 1 |
| By disqualification | 0 | 0 |
| Draws | 0 | |
| No contests | 0 | |
| Result | Record | Opponent | Method | Event | Date | Round | Time | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 5-2 |  Tyron Woodley |
TKO (punches) | Strikeforce: San Jose | October 9, 2010 | 1 | 1:48 | San Jose, California, United States | |
| Win | 5-1 |  Jorge Patino |
TKO (strikes) | Strikeforce: Houston | August 21, 2010 | 3 | 2:45 | Houston, Texas, United States | |
| Win | 4-1 | Luke Stewart |
Decision (split) | Strikeforce Challengers: Johnson vs. Mahe | March 26, 2010 | 3 | 5:00 | Fresno, California, United States | |
| Loss | 3-1 | Jason High |
Decision (split) | Dream 10 | July 20, 2009 | 2 | 5:00 | Saitama, Saitama, Japan | DREAM Welterweight Grand Prix Semi-Final Round |
| Win | 3-0 |  John Alessio |
Submission (armbar) | Dream 8 | 5, 2009 | 1 | 7:34 | Saitama, Saitama, Japan | DREAM Welterweight Grand Prix Opening Round |
| Win | 2-0 | Mikey Gomez |
Submission (armbar) | FSC: Evolution | December 14, 2008 | 1 | 3:59 | Ontario, Canada | |
| Win | 1-0 | Jeremiah Metcalf |
Submission (armbar) | JG and TKT Promotions – Fighting 4 Kidz | August 30, 2008 | 2 | 2:05 | Santa Monica, California, United States |
See also
References
- ^ a b “DREAM | 選手データ | アンドレ・ガウヴァオン [ANDRE GALVAO]“. Dreamofficial.com. http://www.dreamofficial.com/free/fighters/detail.php?id=1238055611. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
- ^ a b Sherdog.com. “Fight Finder – Andre Galvao’s Mixed Martial Arts Statistics”. Sherdog.com. http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Andre-Galvao-36876. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
Team Brasa - ^ http://www.adcombat.net/adnet/Wrestling/ShowResultsDetails.asp?ShowYear=2009&Weight_Class=MU87&Level=2&
- ^ http://www.adcombat.net/adnet/Wrestling/ShowResultsDetails.asp?ShowYear=2007&Weight_Class=MU76&Level=2&
- ^ http://www.adcombat.net/adnet/Wrestling/ShowResultsDetails.asp?ShowYear=2007&Weight_Class=MABS&Level=2&
- ^ a b “NomeFaixaIdadePesoColocacaoAcademia”. Ibjjf.org. http://www.ibjjf.org/results/2008mundial.htm. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
- ^ “NomeFaixaIdadePesoColocacaoAcademia”. Ibjjf.org. http://www.ibjjf.org/results/2007mundial.htm. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
- ^ “NomeFaixaIdadePesoColocacaoAcademia”. Ibjjf.org. http://www.ibjjf.org/results/2006mundial.htm. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
- ^ “NomeFaixaIdadePesoColocacaoAcademia”. Ibjjf.org. http://www.ibjjf.org/results/2005mundial.htm. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
- ^ a b http://www.ibjjf.org/results/2004mundial.htm
- ^ a b “mundial 2 0 0 3″. Ibjjf.org. http://www.ibjjf.org/results/2003mundial.htm. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
- ^ a b “Mundial 2002″. Ibjjf.org. http://www.ibjjf.org/results/2002mundial.htm. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
- ^ “Pan 2011″. Ibjjf.org. http://www.ibjjf.org/results/2011pan.htm. Retrieved 2011-03-27.
- ^ a b “NomeFaixaIdadePesoColocacaoAcademia”. Ibjjf.org. http://www.ibjjf.org/results/2008pan.htm. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
- ^ “NomeFaixaIdadePesoColocacaoAcademia”. Ibjjf.org. http://www.ibjjf.org/results/2006pan.htm. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
- ^ a b “Pan 2005″. Ibjjf.org. http://www.ibjjf.org/results/2005pan.htm. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
- ^ a b http://www.ibjjf.org/results/2004panamericano.htm
- ^ Morgan, John (2009-04-10). “Following current DREAM run, Andre Galvao heading to Strikeforce”. MMAjunkie.com. http://mmajunkie.com/news/14527/following-current-dream-run-andre-galvao-heading-to-strikeforce.mma. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
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