Uros Domanovic
“Mali”
Source: bjjee.comUroš “Mali” Domanović developed at Zerjal Team, trained in Arizona and Zürich, and cofounded Para Bellum before competing at black belt.
Biography
Sources for this profile
Uroš Domanović, public Bayt professional CV(opens in a new tab)
In his public CV, Uroš Domanović dates his start in Brazilian jiu-jitsu to September 2009.
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His CV describes childhood karate and eight years of basketball, which he stopped after a knee injury.
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Before BJJ, he also trained boxing at Red Star in Belgrade with Branko Dimić.
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His CV lists Security Studies at the University of Belgrade from September 2012.
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Alongside his sporting development, his CV records work as a fitness instructor at Green Fitness from May 2013 to June 2014.
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BJJ Eastern Europe, Uroš Domanović interview, May 2, 2012(opens in a new tab)
A friend introduced Domanović to BJJ, and he developed at Zerjal Team in Belgrade’s Vračar neighbourhood.
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He credited Jovan Žerjal’s belief in him, support and insistence on regular training as central to his early progress.
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His early training partners included Aleksandar Rajačić, Nikola Savić, Uroš Ćulić and Milan Žerjal.
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In his May 2012 interview, he recalled taking blue-belt bronze at that January’s European Championship after losing a semifinal to the eventual winner.
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At the 2012 Croatian Open, his weight-class gold came without a match because the other entrants did not appear.
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In the Croatian Open absolute division, he recalled winning three matches against heavier opponents, using two triangles and an armbar.
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During a 2011 stay at Welington “Megaton” Dias’s Arizona academy, he trained twice daily and found that corrections to small technical details changed his game.
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That American trip also included a first-round loss at the blue-belt Worlds and, by his account, Arizona Open bronze while carrying a knee injury.
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He described a guard-pulling, spider-guard game built around triangles and pursuing submissions.
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Rômulo Barral and Ronaldo “Jacaré” Souza were among the competitors he admired.
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In 2012 his ambitions were to reach black belt and then pursue European and world titles.
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BJJ Eastern Europe, Serbian belt promotions, February 2, 2012(opens in a new tab)
A February 2012 promotion report identifies Domanović’s new belt as purple, following the European Open in Lisbon.
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He was also known by the nickname Mali.
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BJJ Eastern Europe, over-under counter with Uroš Domanović, March 7, 2016(opens in a new tab)
By March 2016, BJJ Eastern Europe identified him with Frota Academy in Zürich.
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A 2016 instructional article presented his lapel-based counter to the over-under pass, finishing with an Ezekiel or triangle choke, filmed while he was visiting Kimura BJJ Academy in Belgrade.
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IBJJF, Spanish National Championship 2017 results(opens in a new tab)
At the 2017 Spanish National Championship, he won adult male brown-belt heavyweight gold and open-class silver for Frota Academy.
Where in the source: Male / Adult / Brown / Heavy (94.30kg) and Open Class podiums.
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Para Bellum Jiu Jitsu, own Smoothcomp academy profile(opens in a new tab)
Para Bellum’s own academy profile identifies Stefan Rüegg and Uroš Domanović as its founders in Zürich in 2017.
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The academy described its purpose as high-level instruction in a functional training space, focused on competition and modern BJJ.
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IBJJF, Zurich International Open 2018 results(opens in a new tab)
Representing Para Bellum, he won adult male brown-belt super-heavyweight and open-class gold at the 2018 Zürich International Open.
Where in the source: Male / Adult / Brown / Super Heavy (100.50kg) and Open Class podiums.
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IBJJF, German National Championship 2018 results(opens in a new tab)
Domanović competed as a black belt by the 2018 German National Championship.
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At the 2018 German National Championship, he took adult male black-belt open-class gold and heavyweight silver representing GF Team.
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