Fábio Duca Gurgel do Amaral, born in Rio de Janeiro on 18 January 1970, is a Brazilian former mixed martial artist, seventh degree coral belt Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner and coach. He began training at the age of thirteen and received his black belt at nineteen from Romero Jacaré Cavalcanti, with whom he co-founded the Alliance team in 1993. As a competitor he won the world championship four times between 1996 and 2001, and also won Brazilian national and European Open titles. He is the teacher of Marcelo Garcia, serves as president of the Professional League of Jiu-Jitsu, and wrote two instructional books published in 2007, and he is regarded as one of the leading coaches in Brazilian jiu-jitsu.
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