Bernardo Pitel is a former Brazilian Jiu Jitsu world champion, and one of the biggest names in the sport's "Pluma" division (under 64kg). Bernardo Pitel graduated as a black belt training under another illustrious BJJ figure, João Roque, having become part of Nova Uniao, an academy that taunted the light weight divisions in the late 1990's and early 2000's.