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Ricco Rodriguez

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Ricco Rodriguez, born in 1977 in San Jose, California, is an American former mixed martial artist who competed as a heavyweight from 1999 to 2019. He grew up in Paterson, New Jersey, wrestled in high school and began training Brazilian jiu-jitsu with Rigan and Jean Jacques Machado. In 1997 he became one of the few Americans to win a Brazilian jiu-jitsu world title, taking the blue belt absolute division, and he won gold at plus 99 kilograms in the first ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship in 1998. In mixed martial arts he fought for the UFC, PRIDE, EliteXC, the International Fight League and Bellator, and held the UFC and King of the Cage heavyweight titles.

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Birth Year
1977 1
Gender
Male 1
Medals or Titles Band
2-4 1
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Competed In

ADCC World Championship, Competitions
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Ultimate Fighting Championship, Competitions
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World Jiu-Jitsu Championship, Competitions
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Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Sports
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Mixed Martial Arts, Sports
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Nationality

United States

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is an American former mixed martial artist who competed in the heavyweight division
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1. Ricco Rodriguez (Wikipedia)
  • Lead, birth
    born August 19, 1977
  • Article text, gender
    He took gold in +99 kg in the first ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship in 1998.
  • Career, titles
    Ricco is a former UFC Heavyweight Champion, Mundials World Champion and also an ADCC World Champion
  • Lead, nationality united-states
    is an American former mixed martial artist who competed in the heavyweight division
  • Plays: Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Lead, sport
    began training in the art of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu with Rigan and Jean Jacques Machado
  • Plays: Mixed Martial Arts, Lead, sport
    is an American former mixed martial artist who competed in the heavyweight division
  • Competed In: Ultimate Fighting Championship, Career, ultimate-fighting-championship
    Ricco is a former UFC Heavyweight Champion
  • Competed In: ADCC World Championship, Career, adcc-world-championship
    also an ADCC World Champion
  • Competed In: World Jiu-Jitsu Championship, Career, world-jiu-jitsu-championship
    one of the small group of Americans to win a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu World Championship
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