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Anderson Munis dos Santos

Anderson Munis won the 2024 IBJJF world title at super-heavyweight by submitting his younger brother, Erich, in the final, 11 years after they began training.

Biography

Anderson Munis dos Santos won the black belt super-heavyweight division at the 2024 IBJJF World Championship by submitting his younger brother, Erich, in the final. That year he also won the same division at the IBJJF Pan Championship. The two had started training together in 2013, when jiu-jitsu arrived in their small hometown of Panorama, in the state of São Paulo. According to BJJ Heroes, Anderson's father was a major influence on him and his brothers Alex and Erich, encouraging a love of sport and martial arts in a town with little to offer in combat sports. Erich, interviewed by the site in 2020, described their father as a very sporty man who wanted his sons to become fighters, and said the brothers signed up as soon as an academy opened in Panorama. BJJ Heroes says jiu-jitsu came to the town through the Equipe Raça team. Anderson, then in his late teens, started there with Erich, while Alex, the eldest, trained at a Nova União and Clube Feijão affiliate in nearby Três Lagoas, where he was working with their father. At blue belt the brothers decided to pursue jiu-jitsu as a career, BJJ Heroes writes. Alex's connection to Clube Feijão led to a scholarship and an invitation to train full time at Rodrigo Feijão's headquarters in Maringá. Alex and Anderson moved there first, and Erich joined them a year later. Under Feijão, BJJ Heroes says, the small-town brothers came to be seen as top prospects, a standing they earned at purple belt. The IBJJF's official results give the outline. Registered with Nova União, Anderson won the blue belt heavyweight division at the 2017 Brazilian National Championship and finished second to Erich in the open-weight class. At the 2018 Nationals the brothers took the top two places in both the purple belt heavyweight division, which FloGrappling said had 28 entrants, and the open class, with Anderson listed first each time. Still under the Nova União name, he then won the purple belt super-heavyweight division at the 2019 European Championship. The brothers were winning but struggling for money, according to BJJ Heroes. After they asked on social media for help to compete at an international tournament, a representative of Dream Art got in touch; Dream Art was then a new center set up to support professional athletes. In Erich's account to the site, he had advertised a raffle on social media to raise travel money for competitions, and the person who contacted him was Israel Bahiense, brother of the project's leader, Isaque Bahiense. Times were hard and they had been skipping important tournaments they could not afford, Erich said; Dream Art's offer let them concentrate on competing. BJJ Heroes names both Dream Art and Alliance among the teams Anderson once represented, and his IBJJF registration changed from Nova União to Alliance during 2019. Registered with Alliance, he won the purple belt super-heavyweight division at the 2019 Brazilian Nationals, where he was also third in the open class, and at the 2019 World Championship. Graciemag reported that at the Worlds he and Erich each needed five matches to win their weight divisions and won three open-class matches apiece before meeting each other in the final and closing out the division. The official results list Erich as the open-class champion and Anderson second. In March 2019 he also entered a Spyder Jiu-Jitsu Invitational grand prix in Seoul whose field mixed black, brown and purple belts. In the under-100 kg division he lost a semifinal to Cláudio Calasans on a decision and then beat Matheus Diniz on an advantage in the third-place match. BJJ Heroes says Isaque Bahiense and Gabriel Figueiró, the leaders of Dream Art, promoted him to black belt at a ceremony on September 28, 2020. JitsMagazine reported that Alex and Erich received their black belts on the same day, and that Dream Art announced the promotions on its official Instagram account. Still representing Dream Art, he won the eight-man grand prix at Big Deal Pro 3 in Florianópolis on July 10, 2021, beating Harryson Pereira, Gabriel "Blade" Oliveira and, in the final, Erberth Santos. Graciemag called the final one of the most even contests of the night; Anderson went ahead on the scoreboard with 14 seconds left. The same year, BJJ Heroes' fight record shows, he reached the 120 kg final at the Abu Dhabi Grand Slam stop in Abu Dhabi and lost it to Roosevelt Sousa by a foot lock. At the World Championship, BJJ Heroes lists losses before the semifinals to Fellipe Trovo in 2021, Fellipe Andrew in 2022 and Eric Bergmann in 2023. Andrew also beat him in 2022 at the Pan Championship, in both the 100 kg division and the open class, and at the Brazilian Nationals. In April 2023 FloGrappling reported that eight athletes were leaving Dream Art for Fratres Jiu-Jitsu, which Flo called São Paulo's newest professional team; Anderson and his brothers were among them. According to Flo, each of the eight signed a two-year contract with a team founded a year earlier, whose competition program was nine months old. Co-founder Daniel Affini told Flo that the program allows athletes to concentrate on competing instead of teaching many classes a day. Competing for Fratres, Anderson finished third in both the black belt super-heavyweight division and the open class at that year's IBJJF South American Championship. At the 2024 Pan Championship, BJJ Heroes lists his wins over Renan Cruz, Anderson Kauan and, in the semifinal, Harryson Pereira by armbar; Erich, also of Fratres, took second place in the division. The World Championship that year was, by the IBJJF's account, its biggest on record, with 352 black belt matches. Anderson beat Fellipe Trovo, who had eliminated him in 2021, then Vinicius Trator 2-0 on points and, again in the semifinal, Harryson Pereira, on two advantages. FloGrappling wrote before the final that, given new rules on closing out, it was not certain the brothers would actually fight each other. They did, and Anderson won with a kneebar, a type of leg lock. Flo noted that it was only the second time Erich had been submitted at black belt. Graciemag put Anderson on its list of 25 black belts to watch at the 2025 World Championship. There, according to BJJ Heroes, he beat Guilherme Cypriano with a toe hold in the open class before losing to Gutemberg Pereira, and, in the over-100 kg division, lost a bout that was level at 2-2 on points and decided by advantages.

Sources for this profile

  • IBJJF News, '2024 IBJJF Worlds Black Belt Results and Recap', published 06/05/24.(opens in a new tab)

    • Anderson Munis dos Santos of Fratres Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu won the adult male black belt super-heavyweight division at the 2024 IBJJF World Championship; Erich Munis dos Santos, of the same team, placed second.

      Where in the source: Results list near the end of the article, block 'ADULT MALE BLACK SUPER HEAVY', places 1 and 2

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    • IBJJF reported that its 2024 World Championship, the 28th edition, had 352 black belt matches, which it called the biggest Worlds ever recorded.

      Where in the source: Opening paragraph of the recap — '352 black belt matches'

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  • BJJ Heroes, 'Anderson Munis' fighter profile (undated; fight history includes 2026 bouts).(opens in a new tab)

    • BJJ Heroes gives his full name as Anderson Munis dos Santos and lists his team as Fratres.

      Where in the source: Fact box below the introduction — full-name line and 'Team/Association' line

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    • According to BJJ Heroes, he was born on 25 July 1995 in Panorama, a town in the state of São Paulo, Brazil.

      Where in the source: Biography section, first sentence — birth date and town

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    • BJJ Heroes says the brothers' father was a major influence, trying to instil a love of sport and martial arts in Alex, the eldest, Anderson and the younger Erich, although their small town of Panorama offered little in the way of combat sports.

      Where in the source: Biography, second paragraph — the father's influence on the brothers

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    • BJJ Heroes says jiu-jitsu reached Panorama in 2013 under the Equipe Raça banner and that Anderson joined at once, together with his younger brother Erich, while their eldest brother Alex trained at a Nova União and Clube Feijão affiliate in nearby Três Lagoas, where he was working.

      Where in the source: Biography, third paragraph — 'Equipe Raça', Três Lagoas

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    • According to BJJ Heroes, while still blue belts the brothers chose to pursue jiu-jitsu as a career; because Alex already had a connection to Clube Feijão, they applied for a scholarship with the team and were accepted at its Maringá academy, where Alex and Anderson moved first, as blue belts, while Erich stayed behind to finish high school.

      Where in the source: Biography, fourth paragraph — 'scholarship'

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    • BJJ Heroes says that under Rodrigo Feijão at Clube Feijão the brothers rose from small-town unknowns to being seen as top prospects in the sport, a standing they built through their results at purple belt.

      Where in the source: Biography, fifth paragraph — 'purple belt campaigns'

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    • On its profile page, BJJ Heroes links Anderson Munis in the past to the Dream Art and Alliance academies and says that in his first years as a professional competitor he trained closely with Rodrigo Feijão and the Clube Feijão group.

      Where in the source: Introductory paragraph above the fact box, first sentence

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    • BJJ Heroes says that although the brothers were doing well on the mats they struggled financially, and that after they used social media to ask for help to take part in an international tournament they were contacted by a representative of Dream Art, then a new training centre devoted to backing and developing professional jiu-jitsu athletes.

      Where in the source: Biography, sixth paragraph — 'make ends meet'

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    • BJJ Heroes says he kept developing after joining Dream Art and that the team's leaders, Isaque Bahiense and Gabriel Figueiró, promoted him to black belt at a ceremony on 28 September 2020.

      Where in the source: Biography, seventh paragraph — date of the black belt ceremony

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    • BJJ Heroes' fight history lists 2022 losses to Fellipe Andrew at the Pan American Championship (in both the open class and the 100 kg division), at the Brazilian Nationals and at the World Championship.

      Where in the source: Fight history table at the end of the page — 2022 rows against Fellipe Andrew

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    • BJJ Heroes' fight history lists his 2024 Pan Championship wins over Renan Cruz, Anderson Kauan and, in the semi-final, Harryson Pereira by armbar.

      Where in the source: Fight history table — 2024 Pan Championship rows

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    • BJJ Heroes' fight history lists his black belt World Championship losses to Fellipe Trovo in 2021, Fellipe Andrew in 2022 (katagatame) and Eric Bergmann in 2023 (kneebar), each at a stage the table marks earlier than the semi-final.

      Where in the source: Fight history table — World Championship loss rows for 2021, 2022 and 2023 (stages 8F, 4F, 8F)

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    • BJJ Heroes' fight history lists his wins at the 2024 World Championship as: Fellipe Trovo by disqualification, Vinicius Trator on points (2–0), Harryson Pereira in the semi-final, which the table records as 0–0 on points and decided by advantages, and Erich Munis by kneebar in the final.

      Where in the source: Fight history table — 2024 World Championship rows (stages 8F, 4F, SF, F)

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    • In 2023 Anderson Munis left Dream Art and joined Fratres together with his brothers.

      Where in the source: Biography, last paragraph — 'local rival team'

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    • BJJ Heroes lists his favourite position or technique as the lasso guard and the crowbar sweep, and his weight division as super-heavyweight (100.5 kg / 222 lb).

      Where in the source: Fact box — favourite-position and weight-division lines

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    • BJJ Heroes' fight history lists him at the 2025 World Championship beating Guilherme Cypriano by toe hold in the open class before losing to Gutemberg Pereira, and losing to Lucas Montalvao in the over-100 kg division, a bout the table records as 2–2 on points and decided by advantages.

      Where in the source: Fight history table — 2025 World Championship rows (ABS and O100KG)

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    • BJJ Heroes' fight history lists him in the 120 kg final of the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Slam in Abu Dhabi, which he lost to Roosevelt Sousa by foot lock, after a quarter-final win over Guilherme Augusto by referee decision.

      Where in the source: Fight history table — 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Slam rows (stages 4F and F)

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  • FloGrappling, 'Munis Bros Close Out Purple Belt Weight & Absolute At Brazilian Nationals', May 4, 2018.(opens in a new tab)

    • Anderson Munis was born in 1995.

      Where in the source: Second paragraph, parenthesis on the brothers' ages — 'Anderson was born in 1995'

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    • FloGrappling reported that Anderson and Erich Munis shared the top places in both the purple belt heavyweight division, which had 28 entrants, and the open class at the 2018 IBJJF Brazilian Nationals in Barueri, and described them as Nova União team members from Maringá, Paraná, training under coach Feijão.

      Where in the source: Opening paragraphs and the note on the team below the results — '28 entrants in the heavyweight division'

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  • BJJ Heroes, 'Erich Munis, Worlds Best Colored Belt: "I Was The Worst Blue Belt You Can Imagine"', interview conducted July 2020.(opens in a new tab)

    • In a 2020 BJJ Heroes interview, Erich Munis said the brothers started training together under their father's influence: their father was very sporty, wanted his sons to become fighters, and when a jiu-jitsu academy opened in Panorama they joined immediately.

      Where in the source: Paragraph with Erich's quote on starting out — 'influenced by our father'

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    • BJJ Heroes' 2020 interview with Erich Munis says Alex, who worked with the brothers' father in nearby Três Lagoas, began training at a Feijão affiliate there; that link led to an invitation to train full time at Rodrigo Feijão's headquarters in Maringá, where Alex and Anderson, the eldest siblings, went first and Erich joined 12 months later.

      Where in the source: Paragraph on the early link to Master Feijão — 'At first just Alex and Anderson'

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    • BJJ Heroes wrote in 2020 that early in their careers Erich's older brothers Alex and Anderson took the spotlight, winning numerous international titles, while Erich struggled at blue belt.

      Where in the source: Paragraph on Erich's early struggles — 'take the spotlight'

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    • In the 2020 BJJ Heroes interview, Erich Munis said Dream Art got in touch after he advertised a raffle on social media to raise money to travel and compete; the contact was Israel Bahiense, brother of project leader Isaque Bahiense. Erich said times were hard and they had skipped important tournaments they could not afford, and the offer let them focus on competing.

      Where in the source: Paragraph on the raffle post — 'saw my post'

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  • IBJJF, Campeonato Brasileiro de Jiu-Jitsu 2017, official results page.(opens in a new tab)

    • At the 2017 Brazilian National Championship (Campeonato Brasileiro), Anderson Munis dos Santos, registered with Nova União, won the adult male blue belt heavyweight division and placed second in the blue belt open class, behind Erich Munis dos Santos.

      Where in the source: Categories 'Blue / Heavy (94.30kg)', place 1, and 'Blue / Open Class', places 1–2

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  • IBJJF, Campeonato Brasileiro de Jiu-Jitsu 2018, official results page.(opens in a new tab)

    • At the 2018 Brazilian National Championship, Anderson Munis dos Santos (Nova União) was listed first in both the adult male purple belt heavyweight division and the purple belt open class, with Erich Munis dos Santos (Nova União) second in both.

      Where in the source: Categories 'Purple / Heavy (94.30kg)' and 'Purple / Open Class', places 1–2

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  • IBJJF, European IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship 2019, official results page.(opens in a new tab)

    • At the 2019 IBJJF European Championship, Anderson Munis dos Santos, registered with Nova União, won the adult male purple belt super-heavyweight division (100.50 kg).

      Where in the source: Category 'Male / Adult / Purple / Super Heavy (100.50kg)', place 1

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  • Graciemag, 'Spyder Jiu-Jitsu: Tim Spriggs and Matheus Lutes win GPs in South Korea', 02/03/2019.(opens in a new tab)

    • At a Spyder Jiu-Jitsu Invitational grand prix in Seoul on 2 March 2019, which mixed black, brown and purple belts, Anderson Munis reached the semi-finals of the under-100 kg division, lost there to Cláudio Calasans on a decision, and then beat Matheus Diniz on an advantage in the third-place match.

      Where in the source: Results list, 'Under 100kg' — semifinal and '3rd place' entries

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  • IBJJF, Campeonato Brasileiro de Jiu-Jitsu 2019, official results page.(opens in a new tab)

    • At the 2019 Brazilian National Championship, registered with Alliance, Anderson Munis dos Santos won the adult male purple belt super-heavyweight division and placed third in the purple belt open class.

      Where in the source: Categories 'Purple / Super Heavy (100.50kg)', place 1, and 'Purple / Open Class', place 3

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  • IBJJF, World IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship 2019, official results page.(opens in a new tab)

    • At the 2019 IBJJF World Championship, registered with Alliance, Anderson Munis dos Santos won the adult male purple belt super-heavyweight division and placed second in the purple belt open class, which Erich Munis dos Santos won.

      Where in the source: Categories 'Male / Adult / Purple / Super Heavy (222.00lb)', place 1, and 'Male / Adult / Purple / Open Class', places 1–2

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  • Graciemag, '2019 Worlds: Thalison Soares shines at brown; Munis bros. close out purple absolute', 01/06/2019.(opens in a new tab)

    • Graciemag reported that at the 2019 Worlds the Alliance purple belts Erich and Anderson Munis each fought five times on the way to gold in their weight divisions, Anderson at super-heavyweight, and that in the open class each won three matches before they met each other in the final, closing out the division.

      Where in the source: Photo caption and third paragraph, on the purple belts — 'friendliest of finals'

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  • Graciemag, 'Rodolfo Vieira, Nicholas Meregali and more confirmed for Spyder Invitational Final', 25/10/2019.(opens in a new tab)

    • Graciemag reported in October 2019 that Anderson Munis was among the fighters confirmed for the under-100 kg grand prix of the Spyder Invitational BJJ Championship Final, scheduled for 23 November 2019 in Seoul, in a field that also listed Rodolfo Vieira, Leandro Lo, Nicholas Meregali and Kaynan Duarte.

      Where in the source: List of confirmed names under 'Under 100kg' at the end of the article

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  • JitsMagazine, 'Anderson, Erich And Alex Munis All Promoted To Black Belt', Alex Lindsey, October 6, 2020.(opens in a new tab)

    • Anderson Munis was promoted to black belt in 2020 by Isaque Bahiense and Gabriel Figueiró of Dream Art.

      Where in the source: Opening paragraph — 'promoted to black belt' by the Dream Art coaches

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    • JitsMagazine reported that Anderson, Erich and Alex Munis were all promoted on the same day and that the promotions were announced on Dream Art's official Instagram account.

      Where in the source: Opening paragraph and the line before the embedded post — 'on the same day'

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  • Graciemag, 'Anderson Munis vence Erberth e fatura GP do Big Deal Pro 3; confira resultados', 12/07/2021 (Portuguese).(opens in a new tab)

    • On 10 July 2021 in Florianópolis, Anderson Munis, representing Dream Art, won the eight-man grand prix at Big Deal Pro 3, beating Harryson Pereira in the quarter-final, Gabriel 'Blade' Oliveira in the semi-final and Erberth Santos in the final; Graciemag described the final as one of the most even bouts of the night, settled in its last 14 seconds when Anderson went ahead on the scoreboard.

      Where in the source: Article body and results list (Portuguese) — 'GP de oito atletas'; 'aos 14 segundos finais'

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  • IBJJF, Campeonato Sul-Americano de Jiu-Jitsu 2023, official results page.(opens in a new tab)

    • At the 2023 IBJJF South American Championship (Campeonato Sul-Americano), representing Fratres Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Anderson Munis dos Santos is listed third in both the adult male black belt super-heavyweight division and the black belt open class.

      Where in the source: Categories 'Black / Super Heavy (100.50kg)' and 'Black / Open Class', place 3

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  • IBJJF, Pan IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship 2024, official results page.(opens in a new tab)

    • At the 2024 IBJJF Pan Championship, Anderson Munis dos Santos of Fratres Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu won the adult male black belt super-heavyweight division (222 lb), with Erich Munis dos Santos of the same team second.

      Where in the source: Category 'Male / Adult / Black / Super Heavy (222.00lb)', places 1–2

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  • Graciemag, 'Mundial 2024: Gabi mantém reinado; Erich Munis vence em sua 3ª final de absoluto', 02/06/2024 (Portuguese).(opens in a new tab)

    • Graciemag's report on the 2024 World Championship stated that in the super-heavyweight final Anderson Munis submitted his brother Erich with a leg lock.

      Where in the source: Results list, 'Superpesado' line (Portuguese) — 'finalizou Erich no leglock'

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  • FloGrappling, '8 Top Athletes Leave Dream Art to Join Fratres Jiu-Jitsu', Mayara Munhos, Apr 25, 2023.(opens in a new tab)

    • FloGrappling reported on 25 April 2023 that eight athletes had announced they were leaving Dream Art and that all eight planned to join Fratres Jiu-Jitsu, which it called the newest professional team in São Paulo; they included Erich Munis and his brothers Alex, Anderson and Dione Munis.

      Where in the source: Subheading and third paragraph — 'his brothers Alex, Anderson, and Dione Munis'

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    • According to FloGrappling, each of the eight athletes signed a two-year contract with Fratres, whose team had been founded a year earlier and whose competition programme was nine months old; co-founder Daniel Affini told Flo the programme lets athletes dedicate themselves to competing instead of having to teach many classes a day.

      Where in the source: Paragraphs quoting Daniel Affini — '2-year contract'

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  • Graciemag, '25 faixas-pretas para ficar de olho no Mundial de Jiu-Jitsu 2025', 30/05/2025 (Portuguese).(opens in a new tab)

    • Graciemag named Anderson Munis among 25 black belts to watch at the 2025 World Championship, listing him in the ultra-heavyweight (pesadíssimo) group.

      Where in the source: Name list under the heading 'Pesadíssimo'

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  • FloGrappling, IBJJF black belt Worlds finals full results and match links (2024 World Jiu-Jitsu IBJJF Championship), Joe Gilpin, Jun 2, 2024.(opens in a new tab)

    • Anderson Munis won the 2024 IBJJF World Championship super-heavyweight final against his brother Erich Munis with a kneebar.

      Where in the source: Finals section, super-heavy paragraph — 'win with a shocking kneebar'

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    • FloGrappling reported that Anderson reached the 2024 Worlds super-heavyweight final by beating Harryson Pereira on two advantages in the semi-final, and wrote beforehand that, given new rules around closing out, it was uncertain whether the brothers would actually fight each other in the final.

      Where in the source: Semi-final section, Anderson Munis vs Harryson Pereira paragraph — 'new rules around closing out'

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    • FloGrappling wrote that Anderson's kneebar in the 2024 final was only the second time Erich Munis had been submitted at black belt.

      Where in the source: Finals section, same super-heavy paragraph as c47, second sentence

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