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Jose Luis Becerra “El Perro” was born September 23, 1981 in Caracas. He is a professional MMA fighter out of Venezuela and has been a Brazilian Jiu jitsu second degree black belt for six years.

When he was 14 years old he started to play tennis and began to stand out very quickly in sports. At 18, he started Brazilian Jiu jitsu and from there he devoted himself fully to the practice of martial arts.

One of the most impressive achievements is that after just four months he was awarded the blue belt. He continued to devote to practicing the sport and after a year, he was selected to represent his country to compete in the Miami Open held in Parkland. He dominated his first international event and won the gold medal for his weight class.

In 2003 he was invited and officially joined the national team of Venezuela. In 2004 he competed in the NAGA World Championship held in New Jersey and won the event after 8 matches.

Bacerra continued to compete with the national team of Venezuela from 2004 to 2007. During this time he competed in the 2007 NAGA World Cup in New York City and captured 1st place. In 2009 he competed in Wrestling to qualify for the Venezuelan national team and earned runner-up.

He fought Combat Sambo for the first time in 2012 and took 3rd in the World Cup qualifiers in Valencia. In 2011 he competed in his first professional MMA fight and won by TKO. He expanded his skills and began learning boxing, competing in two amateur boxing fights(1-1). He continued to fight MMA and in 2014 was sponsored by Adidas company.

Personal life
He have built an Academy called Fighting Dogs in Caracas It is one of the best ranking in the country. In a radio interview on 92.9 FM, one of the most listened to stations in the country, expressed his opinion against the government of his country and as a consequence begins to receive threats and decided to flee the country and now lives in New York. His most recent competitive participation was in 2018 at the IBJJF and in 2019 at the Naga World Championship again and he won first place.

He currently teaches at New York Combat Club and opened a Foundation to help children in his country by sending him food and medical supplements. The children receive boxing classes and the foundation is named José Luis Becerra Foundation