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Carlos Valente

Carlos Valente is a seventh-degree black belt under Rickson Gracie whose academy biography recalls his work as an early UFC fight coordinator.

Biography

Carlos Valente is a jiu-jitsu instructor whose career has taken him to the United States and Panama. El Siglo reported in 2013 that Valente started martial arts young and began training in jiu-jitsu with Rolls Gracie. During the visit covered by the newspaper, Valente taught Brazilian jiu-jitsu at Ground & Pound academy in Panama. According to Valente Academy, Valente is its head instructor and holds the rank of seventh-degree black belt under Rickson Gracie, with certification by the Confederation of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. The academy’s instructor biography places him among the first jiu-jitsu instructors to arrive in the United States. That same biography also gives Valente a role behind the scenes at the early Ultimate Fighting Championship events: it says he served as fight coordinator.

Sources for this profile

  • Valente Jiu-Jitsu Academy, ‘Welcome to Valente Jiu-Jitsu San Diego,’ retrieved 2026-09-13.(opens in a new tab)

    • Valente Jiu-Jitsu Academy identifies Carlos Valente as its head instructor and as a seventh-degree black belt under Rickson Gracie, certified by the Confederation of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

      Where in the source: Welcome to Valente Jiu-Jitsu San Diego — sentence beginning ‘The Head Instructor is Professor Carlos Valente’.

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    • Valente Jiu-Jitsu Academy identifies Carlos Valente as a seventh-degree black belt under Rickson Gracie, certified by the Confederation of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

      Where in the source: Welcome to Valente Jiu-Jitsu San Diego — sentence beginning ‘The Head Instructor is Professor Carlos Valente’.

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  • Redacción El Siglo, ‘Jiu-jitsu brasileño crece en Panamá,’ El Siglo, 2013-06-04.(opens in a new tab)

    • A 2013 El Siglo report says Carlos Valente began his training with Rolls Gracie after becoming involved in martial arts at a young age.

      Where in the source: 2013 report — paragraph beginning ‘Este brasileño se involucró en las artes marciales a temprana edad’.

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    • A 2013 El Siglo report says Carlos Valente taught at Ground & Pound academy in Panama; it describes him as a seventh-degree red-and-black Brazilian jiu-jitsu belt under Rickson Gracie and says he began training with Rolls Gracie.

      Where in the source: 2013 report — paragraphs beginning ‘Recientemente en Panamá estuvo el maestro brasileño Carlos Valente’ and ‘Valente tiene el cinturón negro y rojo de séptimo grado’.

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  • Valente Jiu-Jitsu Academy, ‘Professor Carlos Valente,’ retrieved 2026-09-13.(opens in a new tab)

    • Carlos Valente’s academy biography says he was among the first jiu-jitsu instructors to arrive in the United States and served as fight coordinator for the early Ultimate Fighting Championship events.

      Where in the source: Professor Carlos Valente — paragraph beginning ‘Valente was one of the first instructors to arrive in the U.S.’.

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