Agustin Climent
Agustín Climent built a teaching career with his brother Jorge, from apartment classes in Argentina to Alicante’s Climent Club.
Biography
Sources for this profile
David Jurado, Agustín Climent biographical profile, Sportlife Athletes, October 5, 2023(opens in a new tab)
Agustín Climent was born on June 9, 1980, in Buenos Aires.
Where in the source: Biografía, first paragraph.
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He is described as Spanish-Argentine, with grandparents from Alicante.
Where in the source: Biografía, first paragraph, Hispano-Argentino.
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He began judo at four and later explored rugby, boxing and capoeira.
Where in the source: Biografía, childhood and capoeira paragraphs.
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At seventeen he began BJJ with Freddy Sukata at the Sukata brothers’ academy.
Where in the source: Biografía, paragraph naming Freddy and Mario.
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He qualified as a yoga instructor and started MMA at nineteen.
Where in the source: Biografía, paragraph after capoeira/BJJ.
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His teaching developed across different Alicante gyms before the brothers built their multi-discipline academy.
Where in the source: Biografía, Spain move and2008teaching paragraphs.
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Climent Club, current named instructors page(opens in a new tab)
He currently teaches MMA and grappling at Climent Club.
Where in the source: Named AGUSTIN CLIMENT instructor card.
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Lucas Crisafulli, own Jorge Climent interview about the brothers, TN, April 3, 2024(opens in a new tab)
His older brother Jorge followed him into jiu-jitsu, and they developed their training together.
Where in the source: Los inicios en el deporte, Jorge’s account of Agustín starting first.
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In Argentina they taught from their apartment, converting the living room into training space.
Where in the source: Los inicios en el deporte, paragraph beginning Al mismo tiempo.
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They also worked as bicycle couriers before moving to Spain after Argentina’s economic crisis.
Where in the source: Apartment/work paragraph and La crisis del2001 section.
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In Alicante they supported themselves by cleaning cars and doing removals while seeking places to teach.
Where in the source: La crisis section and Pioneros section, first answers.
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They had to explain unfamiliar grappling techniques to people encountering the sport for the first time.
Where in the source: Pioneros en su mundo, answer beginning Buscábamos dónde dar clases.
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Climent Club, official About page(opens in a new tab)
Agustín and Jorge founded Climent Club in Alicante.
Where in the source: About introduction and brothers’ migration/gym paragraphs.
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IBJJF, European Championship 2006 original official results(opens in a new tab)
He won the adult black-belt light-feather division at the 2006 IBJJF European Championship.
Where in the source: Adult / Black / Male / Light Feather, first-place Augustin Climent, Sukata Alicante.
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IBJJF, current public certified-black-belt registry, Climent name search(opens in a new tab)
The IBJJF registry identifies him as Agustin Climent Tommasi and certifies him as a BJJ black belt.
Where in the source: Certified Black Belts: search Climent; exact name row.
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His listed IBJJF certification is third-degree black belt under Mario Sukata Internacional (arg).
Where in the source: Same named row, Graduation and Academy columns.
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Climent Club, Agustín Climent return-to-MMA report, July 14, 2018(opens in a new tab)
In 2018 the club documented his return to an MMA bout against Zaurbek Dryaev.
Where in the source: Club report, opening and named WFT8 video-link description.
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Climent Club, current BJJ teaching programme and Agustín Climent profile(opens in a new tab)
The club also names him as its BJJ teacher for beginners and experienced students.
Where in the source: Profesor Agustín Climent section.
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His advertised method combines explanation, purposeful repetition and application in specific sparring situations.
Where in the source: Profesor section and Cómo son nuestras clases.
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The programme emphasises control, transitions, escapes and submissions with individual corrections.
Where in the source: Profesor Agustín Climent paragraph.
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Celes Piedrabuena, own Agustín Climent interview, Mundo Deportivo, March 1, 2024(opens in a new tab)
His long coaching relationship with Ilia Topuria began when Topuria was a teenager.
Where in the source: Answer beginning Lo conozco desde que tiene15años.
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He described caring for Topuria like a son after years of shared training and competitions.
Where in the source: Same answer about years of work and the championship.
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He emphasised Topuria’s wrestling and jiu-jitsu as well as the boxing visible to wider audiences.
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For the 2024 UFC title fight he recalled planning the pressure and pacing of each round in advance.
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He said Topuria’s self-belief gave the coaching team a sense of calm.
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After that title he reported growth from about fifty initial students to roughly three hundred and discussed finding larger premises.
Where in the source: Answer about the title’s effect on Climent Club.
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His son Leo was part of the next generation developing at the gym.
Where in the source: Answer about other potential UFC fighters, Leo generation.
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Alejandro Moya, own Agustín Climent interview article, Radio Cartagena / Cadena SER, April 3, 2025(opens in a new tab)
By 2025 he and Jorge were also organising WAR MMA events.
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He wanted closely matched contests and described clarity of purpose and consistency as essential to a fighter.
Where in the source: Card discussion and final coaching-principle sentence.
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Lineage
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Open lineage