Mário Reis
Mário Reis won the 2003 and 2004 IBJJF World Championship featherweight titles before moving into coaching.
Biography
Sources for this profile
International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation, “World Jiu-Jitsu IBJJF Championship 2003,” results archive, accessed September 13, 2026.(opens in a new tab)
IBJJF’s 2003 World Championship results list Mario Reis of Winner Behring first in Adult / Black / Male / Feather.
Where in the source: “World Jiu-Jitsu IBJJF Championship 2003”; athletes results by category; Adult / Black / Male / Feather table, first row.
Accessed:
International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation, “World Jiu-Jitsu IBJJF Championship 2004,” results archive, accessed September 13, 2026.(opens in a new tab)
IBJJF’s 2004 World Championship results list Mario Reis of Brazilian Top Team first in Adult / Black / Male / Feather.
Where in the source: “World Jiu-Jitsu IBJJF Championship 2004”; athletes results by category; Adult / Black / Male / Feather table, first row.
Accessed:
MMA Sul, “Mário Reis conta tudo sobre sua carreira,” interview, October 2008.(opens in a new tab)
In a 2008 interview, Mário Reis said he trained through purple belt with Zé Mário Sperry and received his purple-to-black-belt progression from Sylvio Behring; he said Behring’s concepts helped him become a better teacher.
Where in the source: “Mário Reis conta tudo sobre sua carreira”; response beginning “Comecei Jiu-Jitsu em 1990...” and continuing through “Até a preta foi com o mestre Sylvio Behring”.
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In the same 2008 interview, Mário Reis said that at the 2003 World Championship he submitted Fredson Paixão with a triangle and then faced Alexandre “Soca” Carneiro in the final.
Where in the source: “Mário Reis conta tudo sobre sua carreira”; response beginning “No Mundial de 2003...”, naming Fredson Paixão and Alexandre Soca.
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Tatame / R7, “Mario Reis comenta vibração com Meregali e destrincha métodos para ter sucesso como treinador,” March 20, 2019.(opens in a new tab)
A 2019 Tatame report says Mário Reis retired as an athlete, led an Alliance branch in Porto Alegre, and was responsible for developing athletes including Nicholas Meregali.
Where in the source: “Mario Reis comenta vibração com Meregali e destrincha métodos para ter sucesso como treinador”; paragraphs introducing Reis’s move from athlete to coach and his work in Porto Alegre with Nicholas Meregali.
Accessed:
BJJ Fanatics Brasil, “Mario Reis: trabalho técnico e mental,” interview feature.(opens in a new tab)
A BJJ Fanatics Brasil interview describes Mário Reis’s coaching as physical, technical and mental work with athletes, including attention to pressure and emotional intelligence in competition.
Where in the source: “Mario Reis: trabalho técnico e mental”; interview paragraphs on physical, technical and mental preparation, pressure and emotional intelligence.
Accessed:
Alliance Porto Alegre, “Alliance,” current academy biography, accessed September 13, 2026.(opens in a new tab)
Alliance Porto Alegre identifies Mário Reis as its CEO and as the current head coach of its competition team, and describes him as a two-time black-belt world champion with more than 25 years in jiu-jitsu.
Where in the source: “Alliance”; Mário Reis biography card, sentences identifying “CEO”, “head coach of the competition team”, “two-time world champion at black belt” and “more than 25 years”.
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Competition results
| Year | Event | Result | Division |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | IBJJF World ChampionshipSource: en.wikipedia.org-70 kgGiVerified | 1st place | -70 kgGiVerified |
| 2003 | IBJJF World ChampionshipSource: en.wikipedia.org-70 kgGiVerified | 1st place | -70 kgGiVerified |