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Rigan Machado
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Belt
Red
· 8°
Nationality
Brazilian-American
(South America)
Born
1966
Team
Machado Jiu-Jitsu
Generation
4
Biography
Rigan Machado is an 8th degree coral belt, one of the five Machado Brothers. He awarded black belts to six of the original Dirty Dozen and runs an academy in Beverly Hills.
Competition results
Recorded tournament results, newest first
Year
Event
Result
Division
2000
ADCC 2000
Source
3rd
male
MALE +99KG
No-gi
✓
Verified
1999
ADCC 1999
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Trained under
CG
Carlos Gracie Jr.
Students
78
AM
Alan Mohler
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4th
male
MALE -99KG
No-gi
✓
Verified
AC
Amilcar Cipili
AS
Angelo Swimmer
BS
Bart Smith
BL
Ben Lowry
BH
Bill Hosken
BB
Bob Bass
BR
Brandon Ruiz
BH
Brian Hefty
CO
Casey Olsen
CB
Chris Brennan
CH
Chris Haueter
CM
Chris McCune
CP
Chris Poznik
CO
Cindy Omatsu
DI
Dan Inosanto
DJ
David Johnson
DM
David Meyer
DN
David Novigrod
DR
David Ruiz
DC
Derek Cleveland
DM
Dimitrios Mavraganis
EM
Ellis McGehee
EP
Erik Paulson
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FV
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HF
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JK
Jeff Kunze
JK
Jim Kiser
JM
João Morais
JB
Joe Bass
JD
John Donahue
JH
John Hadeer
JM
John Morris
JW
John Will
JW
John Will (Rigan)
JG
Johnny Guerrero
KA
Keiser Antonio Esteves Girão
KS
Kevin Sullivan
LS
Larry Shealy
MS
Marcos Santos
MD
Mark Dilworth
ME
Mark Eccard
ML
Mark Lyons
MM
Mark Massey
MS
Mark Swatic
MC
Matt Cram
ME
Michael Ellefson
MP
Michael Pancer
MA
Mike Alexander
MN
Mike Nickles
NR
Nick Robinson
NS
Nick Stefan
NY
Nobuo Yogai
PT
Pat Tray
RT
Raymond Trammell
RM
Renato Magno
RM
Ricardo Medina
RH
Rich Hess
RM
Rick Minter
RW
Rick Williams
RR
Rico Rodriguez
RB
Rob Bass
RW
Robert Wunderlich
RK
Rodney King
RC
Ryan Courtney
SG
Scott Goddard
ST
Scott Tannenbaum
SS
Sean Stewart
SM
Stacey Meeks
SK
Steven Keckan
TV
Tobias Vogt
TW
Todd Wiley
TG
Travis Gambino
TG
Tyrone Gooden