Amaury Bitetti

Amaury Bitetti is a Brazilian former mixed martial arts fighter and promoter who holds the rank of 7th degree black and red coral belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu. The article calls him one of the best BJJ competitors of all time, a two-time open weight world jiu-jitsu champion and the first ever winner of that category, and a two-time Brazilian national champion. He trained under the late Carlson Gracie from the age of five at the Carlson Gracie Academy in Rio de Janeiro and won the World Jiu-Jitsu Championship absolute division in 1996 and 1997, then the Brazilian National Championship in the under 94 kg division in 1998 and 2000 and a bronze at the 1999 worlds. His first fight was a walkover at the 1991 Desafio event between jiu-jitsu and Luta Livre fighters, he made his debut in the 1995 Desafio vale tudo tournament, and after competing in MMA he founded the fight organisation Bitetti Combate.