Fábio Leopoldo

Fábio Leopoldo Silva (born April 17, 1977 in São Paulo) is a former Brazilian mixed martial artist and is currently an active Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner and instructor.

Career
After graduating college with a degree in International Business, Leopoldo started his own Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu academy in São Paulo, Brazil called Gracie Morumbi. He has been the owner and primary instructor at the academy since it was established in 1999. Since then he has opened two more academies in the United States. One is in Ventura, California, and the other is in Thousand Oaks, California.

Leopoldo is a total six-time world champion in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, two-time Brazilian champion, and seven-time Pan American champion. He also recently won the gold in the IBJJF International Masters..

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu accomplishments

 * 4x World Champion (1998 - purple belt, 2000 – brown belt, 2002 – black belt, 2019 - black belt master division)
 * 2x World Champion No Gi Master Division (2013, 2018 - black belt)
 * 6x Pan American Champion (2000 – brown, 2002 weight & absolute, 2010 master, 2011 master, 2013 master, 2019 master open division)
 * 2x Brazilian National Champion (2001 – black belt, 2019 - black belt)
 * 2x World Silver Medalist (1998 – purple belt, 1999 – brown belt, 2008 – black belt)
 * 6x Pan American Silver Medalist (1996 – purple belt, 2000 – brown belt absolute, 2001 black belt absolute, 2003, 2009 weight & absolute – master, 2019 weight division)
 * Brazilian National Silver Medalist (1997 – blue belt)
 * 3x World Bronze Medallist (2001 – black belt, 2003, 2005)
 * 2x Pan American Bronze Medallist (1998 – purple belt, 2001 black belt)
 * 3x Brazilian National Bronze Medallist (1999 – brown belt, 2000 – black belt, 2005)