Alexandre Ribeiro

Alexandre Xande Ribeiro is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner, mixed martial artist and submission wrestler born in Manaus, Amazonas, in 1981. The article credits him with two World Black Belt Absolute world titles, five World Black Belt Heavy Weight titles and three World Black Belt Pro Division titles. He began training at the Associacao Monteiro de Jiu-Jitsu under Binho, Guto, Yano and Lucinho Monteiro, moved to the United States in 2002, lived in Toledo, Ohio, for five years and in 2007 settled in San Diego, where he founded the University of Jiu-Jitsu. He now lives in Austin, Texas, where he teaches at Six Blades Jiu-Jitsu Austin and leads the Six Blades team. After returning to competition in 2020, he retired after the 2022 ADCC World Championship and then announced a return at the 2025 IBJJF European Championship. His brother Saulo Ribeiro is also a world champion.