Biography
Ítallo Vilardo is a Brazilian jiu jitsu black belt under the illustrious Leonardo Castello Branco, well known in the grappling and mixed martial arts (MMA) circuits as one of the leading strength and conditioning experts in those fields. A former judo and jiu jitsu competitor who's been around combat sports since the mid 1980s, Vilardo based his training methods on his own experiences as well as years of research, being behind the success of numerous contact sports figures such as Felipe Costa, Caio Terra, Queixinho, Luan Carvalho, João Gabriel Rocha, Rodrigo "Comprido" Medeiros, Raphael Abi-Rihan, to name a few.