Ali Akbarpour
“Antaeus”
Source: sherdog.comAli Akbarpour brought a wrestling background to BJJ, developed Antaeus and combined competition with teaching and research on Iranian history.
Biography
Sources for this profile
Soheil Akbarpour, founder of Antaeus Bjj & MMA academy shines in athletics - The Times of India(opens in a new tab)
Ali Akbarpour was born in1985 in Tehran.
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His2023Times of India profile links the name Antaeus to his interest in mythology and wrestling.
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That profile describes his Doctor Takedown Antaeus YouTube project as step-by-step instruction for BJJ, MMA and wrestling takedowns.
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The article identifies him as a researcher and writer on ancient Iranian history, mythology and the Shahnameh.
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علی اکبرپور معلم اسطوره شناس و رنکینگ نخست جوجیتسو جهان - ویرگول(opens in a new tab)
In an interview reproduced on Virgool, Akbarpour describes a long wrestling background before moving into Brazilian jiu-jitsu.
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He started wrestling as a teenager in Tehran’s Nezamabad neighbourhood.
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The same profile describes him teaching the Shahnameh and Iranian mythology to primary-school children alongside historical research.
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It describes his studies in history and ancient Iranian history and names his book about Ardashir Babakan.
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Akbarpour explains that professional BJJ events allowed him to enter as an individual through an academy rather than only as part of a national team.
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He identified the2017Ramadan Cup in Abu Dhabi as his first international professional BJJ competition, in no-gi.
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He described continuing to events in Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, India and Russia as his international competition expanded.
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By the time of the2021interview he said much of his work went into teaching, developing his Antaeus academy and preparing students for competition.
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Ali "Antaeus" Akbarpour MMA Stats, Pictures, News, Videos, Biography - Sherdog.com(opens in a new tab)
Sherdog identifies Akbarpour as an Iranian athlete.
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Sherdog lists his association as Antaeus Academy.
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Sherdog records a professional MMA decision win over Isaac Toledo Dull in2019 and a knockout win over Ravindra Balhara in2022.
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Its next listed professional bout was a unanimous-decision loss to In Ho Cha in2023.
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Sherdog records his competition nickname as Antaeus.
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ADCC Istanbul Open2022 — official results(opens in a new tab)
Akbarpour won the professional adult male under83kg division at the2022ADCC Istanbul Open.
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He also won the event’s absolute open-weight division.
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Lineage
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