Marcelo Garcia (wrestling)

Marcelo Garcia (wrestling)

"For other persons named Marcelo Garcia, see Marcelo García."

Marcelo 'Marcelinho' Garcia (b. 1983) is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu competitor and submission grappler. Garcia is a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu under Fabio Gurgel of Team Alliance. Garcia has five world championship titles in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, two of them as a black belt (in 2004 and 2006). He also has many submission grappling titles, including ones from the prestigious ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship. At ADCC, Marcelo has won the 66-76 kg division three times in a row (2003/2005/2007) [http://www.adcombat.net/adnet/Wrestling/ShowResultsDetails.asp?ShowYear=2003&Weight_Class=66%2D76&Level=1&] [http://www.adcombat.net/adnet/Wrestling/ShowResultsDetails.asp?ShowYear=2005&Weight_Class=66%2D76&Level=1&] [http://www.adcombat.net/adnet/Wrestling/ShowResultsDetails.asp?ShowYear=2007&Weight_Class=MU76&Level=1&] , been awarded the most technical fighter twice (2003 and 2007), and won the best fight award in 2005. In 2005, he also finished in third place in the absolute (open weight) division and in 2007 finished second in the absolute division [http://www.adcombat.net/adnet/Wrestling/ShowResultsDetails.asp?ShowYear=2005&Weight_Class=ABS&Level=2&] [http://www.adcombat.net/adnet/Wrestling/ShowResultsDetails.asp?ShowYear=2007&Weight_Class=MABS&Level=1&] .

At K-1 HERO'S Korea 2007, Marcelo lost his MMA debut against Dae Won Kim twenty seconds into the second round by doctor's stoppage due to a cut above his eye.

Recently, it was announced that Garcia has joined up with American Top Team in Florida in order to improve his MMA skills. He will continue to fight in BJJ competitions under the Alliance team while representing ATT in future MMA events [http://www.sherdog.com/news/news.asp?n_id=10725] .

ubmission Grappling Fight Record (incomplete)

Championships

* ADCC 2003 66-76 kg Division Champion
* ADCC 2005 66-76 kg Division Champion
* ADCC 2007 66-76 kg Division Champion
* 2003 Campos Open Weight Division & Submission Wrestling Champion
* 2004 Arnold Gracie Pro Division Champion
* 2005 Arnold Gracie Pro Division Champion
* 2006 Mundial Black Belt Champion
* 2004 Mundial Black Belt Champion
* Campos Submission Wrestling 3 Champion

External links

* ADCC Highlight Video [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3610264004510647801&q=ADCC&pl=true]
* Highlight Video [http://youtube.com/watch?v=AY8JlJZBgCk]

* Citation
title = Research: Marcelo Garcia at the 2007 Abu Dhabis
url=http://thefightworkspodcast.com/2007/05/14/marcelo-garcia-at-the-2007-abu-dhabis/
access-date = 2007-05-17

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