Alberto Mina

Alberto Mina is a Brazilian mixed martial artist and grappler, born on 2 May 1982 in Campina Grande in the northeast of Brazil. He began in judo as a small child under Roberto Fialho, moved to Brazilian jiu-jitsu in 1997, and became a black belt in both arts while teaching at the Fialho Academy. His submission grappling results include a double gold in the welterweight and open classes at a European submission championship in 2006 and two Asian Open Championship titles in 2015 and 2016. He turned professional in mixed martial arts in October 2005, built an unbeaten record of ten wins against regional opposition, and signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship in January 2014. In the welterweight division there he stopped Shinsho Anzai in 2014, beat Yoshihiro Akiyama by split decision in 2015, knocked out Mike Pyle in 2016, and lost to Ramazan Emeev in 2018 before leaving the promotion.