Fabricio Medeiros
“Bicudo”
Source: sherdog.comFabricio “Bicudo” Medeiros took his teaching from Niterói to Florida while continuing to compete and win World Master titles.
Biography
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BJJ Heroes, Fabricio Bicudo.(opens in a new tab)
His childhood interest in jiu-jitsu grew after neighbourhood football friends began attending classes; he started in 1986.
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Carlinhos Andrade taught him through the junior coloured belts; he later joined Associação Oriente under Amélio Arruda Câmara.
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He moved to Carlson Gracie’s academy, where he trained around Ricardo Libório, Bebeo Duarte and Renato Tavares, whom he regarded as his principal teacher.
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After Tavares moved abroad, Medeiros trained wrestling with Flavio Cabral in Niterói and worked on jiu-jitsu with local friends.
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Friends brought him back to Copacabana to train with Ricardo Vieira at Fight Zone, Checkmat’s headquarters.
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Moving to the United States reunited him with Renato Tavares and his association.
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The profile identifies pressure passing as his preferred approach.
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Sherdog, Fabricio Medeiros profile3531.(opens in a new tab)
Fabricio Medeiros is listed under the nickname Bicudo, with Niterói as his hometown.
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He is known as Bicudo.
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His birth date is recorded as 9 December 1975.
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His documented professional MMA record begins with a win over Fabio Alves at Meca 6 on 31 January 2002.
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Sherdog records a rear-naked-choke win over Renato Cianfa at Ring of Fire 5 on 10 November 2012.
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RT Martial Arts PSL, Professor Fabricio Bicudo Medeiros.(opens in a new tab)
His academy dates his promotion by Renato Tavares to 2001.
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He is a black belt.
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His academy lists him as a fifth-degree black belt.
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RT Martial Arts PSL, Home.(opens in a new tab)
RT Martial Arts in Port St.Lucie, Florida, presents him as its jiu-jitsu instructor.
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Graciemag Newsroom,16February2021, Fabricio Bicudo interview.(opens in a new tab)
In 2021 he said he was born in Niterói, grew up in São Gonçalo and had spent much of his life training and teaching in Niterói.
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He moved to the United States in 2016 and taught at RT Martial Arts in Florida.
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He described welcoming newcomers, making friends and building a community as central to his academy.
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He said weekend meals and gatherings with students helped connect training, teachers and families.
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He taught that progress depends on training partners, so students should help one another develop rather than treat competition as an entirely individual pursuit.
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Reflecting on his move, he said time away from family had been difficult, while seeing his work bear fruit was rewarding.
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Fabricio Bicudo / Checkmat BJJ,2010archive.(opens in a new tab)
His 2010 Checkmat blog advertised his regular classes at Academia Niterói Swim.
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In September 2010 he described joint no-gi preparation for the Brazilian Nationals with visiting Checkmat Ilha do Governador teammates.
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An April 2010 post thanked the jiu-jitsu community and seminar participants for helping a friend affected by a landslide and asked for further support.
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Graciemag,13May2022, Fabricio Bicudo celebrates IBJJF Pan title.(opens in a new tab)
Discussing his 2022 Pan title, he said confidence helped him compete more aggressively and deal with Robert Schuster’s dangerous guard in the final.
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He identified managing his thoughts as the main lesson he took from that title, despite his years of competition experience.
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He said he enjoyed the World Master event for the chance to meet friends and share the mats with longstanding figures in the sport.
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IBJJF official 2016 World Master results.(opens in a new tab)
He won gold in men’s Master 3 black-belt lightweight at the 2016 World Master Championship, representing Carlson Gracie.
Where in the source: FullMale/Master3/Black/Light(162.60lb)category; 2ViniciusCesareModernelCanevari;3RonnieGlenHulsey/SuyanLopesQueiroz.
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IBJJF official 2018 World Master results.(opens in a new tab)
He won gold in men’s Master 3 black-belt lightweight at the 2018 World Master Championship, representing Renato Tavares Association.
Where in the source: FullMale/Master3/Black/Light(168.00lb)category; 2CarlosAlbertoMaiaFilho;3JoseCarlosHissaGranja/SuyanLopesQueiroz.
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IBJJF official 2022 World Master results.(opens in a new tab)
He won gold in men’s Master 4 black-belt lightweight at the 2022 World Master Championship, representing Renato Tavares Association.
Where in the source: FullMale/Master4/Black/Light(168.00lb)category; 2SuyanLopesQueiroz;3HirokazuTakamoto/JacksonEMcVicker.
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IBJJF official 2020 Pan No-Gi results.(opens in a new tab)
He won gold in men’s Master 3 black-belt lightweight at the 2020 Pan No-Gi Championship, representing Renato Tavares Association.
Where in the source: FullMale/Master3/Black/Light(162.60lb)category; 2DanielPinheiroBreves;3MarlondRLoorVera.
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IBJJF official 2021 Pan results.(opens in a new tab)
He won gold in men’s Master 4 black-belt lightweight at the 2021 Pan Championship, representing Renato Tavares Association.
Where in the source: FullMale/Master4/Black/Light(168.00lb)category; 2JacksonEMcVicker;3HemersonRicardoNavarro/SuyanLopesQueiroz.
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IBJJF official 2022 Pan results.(opens in a new tab)
He won gold in men’s Master 4 black-belt lightweight at the 2022 Pan Championship, representing Renato Tavares Association.
Where in the source: FullMale/Master4/Black/Light(168.00lb)category; 2RobertHSchuster;3JacksonEMcVicker/LuisEduardoGonçalvesFraga.
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IBJJF official 2023 Pan results.(opens in a new tab)
He won gold in men’s Master 4 black-belt lightweight at the 2023 Pan Championship, representing Renato Tavares Association.
Where in the source: FullMale/Master4/Black/Light(168.00lb)category; 2RonaldoAndradeRocha;3KevinSCYang/MarceloRicardoReisPagliuso.
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IBJJF official 2026 Pan results.(opens in a new tab)
He won gold in men’s Master 5 black-belt lightweight at the 2026 Pan Championship, representing Renato Tavares Association.
Where in the source: FullMale/Master5/Black/Light(168.00lb)category; 2JoséMarivanAlvesFeitosa;3AdrianLeeSmithson/AlexandreTeixeiraAraujo.
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IBJJF official 2026 World Master results.(opens in a new tab)
He won silver in men’s Master 5 black-belt lightweight at the 2026 World Master Championship, representing Carlson Gracie Team.
Where in the source: FullMale/Master5/Black/Light(168.00lb)category; 1SuyanLopesQueiroz;3JacksonEMcVicker/WagnneyFabianoSdosSantos.
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IBJJF,2010BrazilianNationalNoGiresults.(opens in a new tab)
He won the men’s master 1 black-belt lightweight title at the 2010 Brazilian No-Gi Nationals for Checkmat.
Where in the source: Master1/Black/Male/Light:1Fabricio;2LuizFelipedaSilva;3BernardoMouraNeivaSantos/MarcioCelioLimaOliveira.
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