Erberth Santos de Mesquita

Erberth Santos de Mesquita, born on 17 February 1994 in Zé Doca, Brazil, is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu competitor, a black belt under Luiz Guigo and the 2017 IBJJF World Champion in the super-heavyweight division. He moved at a young age to Boa Vista in Roraima, began training at the age of nine under the influence of his former brother-in-law, the MMA fighter Fabiano Silva, and trained in the social project of the PF Team Association. In 2016 he reached the absolute final at the World Jiu-Jitsu Championship, losing 6 to 4 to Marcus Almeida, and in 2017 he became world champion in the super-heavyweight division by defeating Bernardo Faria. That year he founded his own team in São Paulo, the Esquadrão Brasileiro de Jiu Jitsu. After defeats in 2018 at the European Championship and at ACB Jiu Jitsu he announced that he would take time off from competition to focus on his academy.