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Victor Hugo Costa Marques

Victor Hugo gave up sport in his early teens, started jiu-jitsu at 14 when his father brought him along, and went on to win gi world titles and ADCC gold.

Biography

Victor Hugo Costa Marques, known in the sport as Victor Hugo, is an ultra-heavyweight black belt from Fortaleza, Brazil. He moved to San Diego at 19 to train with Saulo and Xande Ribeiro, has won IBJJF world titles in both gi and no-gi competition, and in 2026 took the over-99-kilogram division at the ADCC World Championship. Born on May 1, 1997, in the capital of the state of Ceará, he tried football, basketball, swimming, judo and other sports without taking to any of them, and according to BJJ Heroes he felt he lacked the athleticism; by his early teens he had given up sport altogether. In July 2011 his father noticed a newly opened jiu-jitsu gym on the site of his son's old judo club. The father joined, brought him along, and the two of them started at the Day Bu Kan Academy, known as DBK, under coach Ricardo Costa. He was 14, and FloGrappling reported in 2017 that his father had wanted to keep him occupied outside school. He did not like it at first and kept going because his father pushed him to attend class. What turned that around, he told BJJ Heroes in 2019, was that jiu-jitsu did not depend on natural athletic gifts: if he put in the time, he could see himself getting better. By 2016 he had two Brazilian national titles. That year he made his first trip to the United States, for the IBJJF World Championship, and won both the purple-belt super-heavyweight division and the open class. At the same event a mutual friend, Gustavo Dias, introduced him to Saulo and Xande Ribeiro, and through Dias came the offer of a full scholarship to the Ribeiros' University of Jiu-Jitsu. He was a nutrition student then. In September 2016 he joined the Ribeiro Jiu-Jitsu team in San Diego as a professional athlete. Speaking to FloGrappling in 2017, he said he had come over the previous year for a camp before the No-Gi Worlds, stayed a few months, and returned in 2017 for the competition circuit. He described staying on with the Ribeiros as "the biggest decision of my life". It meant giving up his college studies in his third semester and leaving his family in Brazil. By June 2017 he had also completed the Ribeiro Jiu-Jitsu Association's instructor's course. As a purple belt in 2017 he won the ultra-heavyweight division and took silver in the open class at the European, Pan American and World championships, and he finished the 2016-2017 season ranked first among IBJJF purple belts. In 2017, newly promoted to brown belt, he won the heavyweight bracket of the Royal II Invitational. His semifinal against Rudson Mateus first ended with Victor Hugo declared the winner after Mateus hurt his knee; he was then called back to the mat and lost on points. Because Mateus could not continue, Victor Hugo went through to the final anyway and won it inside two minutes with a rear-naked choke. In 2019, still at brown belt, he won his weight class and the open class at the European Open, the Brazilian Nationals, the Pan American Championship and the World Championship, the run BJJ Heroes describes as the IBJJF Grand Slam. That June, Saulo and Xande Ribeiro promoted him to black belt. By BJJ Heroes' count he had won six IBJJF world titles below black belt, four in the gi and two in no-gi. Six months into his black-belt career, at the 2019 IBJJF No-Gi World Championship, he won the open class and placed third in the ultra-heavyweight division, competing for Ribeiro Jiu-Jitsu. In the open-class final he submitted Roberto 'Cyborg' Abreu with a kneebar, a lock that hyperextends the knee. In June 2020 FloGrappling described him as 23 years old and 258 pounds, credited him with submission wins over Fellipe Andrew, Abreu and Tex Johnson, and listed him second among ultra-heavyweights and fourth pound for pound among black belts. He describes his own game as "big man flow", which the IBJJF has explained as being as effective underneath as on top while moving with the mobility and cunning more often seen in lighter divisions. Competing for Six Blades Jiu-Jitsu, which BJJ Heroes describes as the association his teachers Saulo and Xande Ribeiro belong to, he won the black-belt ultra-heavyweight division at the IBJJF World Championship in 2021 and again in 2022. At the 2022 Worlds, the IBJJF later noted, he came from behind on points in the last two minutes. Before the 2023 Brazilian Nationals, the Brasileiros, in São Paulo, his first as a black belt, he told the IBJJF that since the 2022 Worlds he had given himself time to develop new skills he believed would take his game further. He had already taken Brasileiros titles at blue, purple and brown belt, and said he had wanted to compete there as a black belt ever since he first entered it as a blue belt. He also recalled being there as a spectator and feeling the energy around the event, which he called something unique. In the same preview he picked out a brown-belt open-class final, in which he was behind on points and won by submission in the last minute, as one of his favorite memories in jiu-jitsu. Looking ahead to possible matches with Victor Honório and Antonio Braga Neto in 2023, he said that to be counted among the best ultra-heavyweights the sport has seen, he had to test himself against the very best. At those Brasileiros he won both the ultra-heavyweight division and the open class, with seven wins in all, six of them by submission. He met Honório twice, beating him 2-0 on points in the ultra-heavyweight semifinal and submitting him with a choke from the back in the open-class final. The IBJJF noted that Kaynan Duarte and Nicholas Meregali had also won double gold at a major earlier in 2023. In the open class at the 2023 World Championship, the top seeds were Victor Hugo, Duarte and Erich Munis. Victor Hugo reached the semifinal with a choke from mount and a triangle, then edged Duarte, of Atos, by a single advantage, awarded for a near sweep after about ninety seconds. In the ultra-heavyweight final he caught Marcus 'Scooby' Ribeiro in a triangle and finished with a violin armlock. The open-class final was against Munis, a three-time world champion, who used a lapel guard, a guard that works with the gi's lapel, to control him and come close to sweeping him. Victor Hugo trapped both of Munis's legs and won with a kneebar, taking double gold. The IBJJF counted the win as his fourth gold medal at the World Championship. At the 2023 IBJJF Absolute Grand Prix he submitted Horlando Monteiro and Fellipe Andrew before losing the final to Nicholas Meregali on points. On February 9, 2024, he headlined Who's Number One 22 against Nicky Rodriguez. No title was at stake, because Gordon Ryan held the promotion's heavyweight belt, and Victor Hugo won by decision. The two met again as the main event of UFC Fight Pass Invitational 10 in March 2025, by which time, MMA Mania noted, Rodriguez had lost all three of their earlier matches by close decisions. The fourth went to overtime. When Rodriguez tried to wrestle for points, Victor Hugo countered with a throw, took the back and finished with a rear-naked choke. Afterward he named Gordon Ryan as the opponent he wanted next, saying that after getting past Rodriguez it was the name that made sense. On February 26, 2026, he entered the IBJJF No Gi Absolute Grand Prix. He beat Marlon Tajik 3-0 on points, submitted Javier Barter with a rear-naked choke in the semifinal, and met Pedro Marinho in the final. Marinho scored an early advantage with a duck-under into a throw and held the lead through the first half. When Marinho turned toward the referee during a miscommunication, Victor Hugo took him down and mounted. Marinho recovered guard and swept him, was swept back when he went for the legs, and Victor Hugo passed to mount again to win 15-2, taking the title and the $50,000 prize. At the ADCC World Championship he beat Jared Dopp in the over-99-kilogram division in 2019 and then lost a quarterfinal to Marcus Almeida, both on points. In 2022 he beat Dan Manasoiu before losing his over-99-kilogram quarterfinal to Gordon Ryan on points, and in the absolute division he submitted Fabricio Andrey, then lost the quarterfinal to Roberto Abreu, also on points. At ADCC 2026 in Kraków, Poland, he submitted all four of his opponents, the last of them Josh Saunders with a shoulder lock in the final, for his first ADCC world title.

Sources for this profile

  • BJJ Heroes, Victor Hugo (fighter entry).(opens in a new tab)

    • BJJ Heroes describes his teachers Saulo and Alexandre (Xande) Ribeiro as belonging to the Six Blades Association, and gives his own team or association as Six Blades.

      Where in the source: Opening sentence of the entry (his teachers) and the info block line for team or association

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    • BJJ Heroes gives his full name as Victor Hugo Costa Marques and says he was born on May 1, 1997, in Fortaleza, the capital of the Brazilian state of Ceará.

      Where in the source: Info block (full-name line) and first line of the biography section — 'May 01, 1997'

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    • BJJ Heroes says that as a child he tried football, basketball, swimming, judo and other sports without connecting with any of them, feeling he lacked the athleticism, and that he gave up sport altogether in his early teens.

      Where in the source: Biography section, second paragraph — 'judo'

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    • According to BJJ Heroes, in July 2011 his father noticed that a new jiu-jitsu gym had opened where Victor's old judo club had been; the father joined, brought Victor along, and both signed up at the Day Bu Kan Academy (DBK) under coach Ricardo Costa.

      Where in the source: Biography section, third paragraph — 'Day Bu Kan Academy (DBK)'

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    • BJJ Heroes says he did not enjoy jiu-jitsu at first and kept going because his father pushed him to attend class; in a June 2019 interview with BJJ Heroes he said what made him love the sport was that it did not demand natural athleticism, and that he could see himself improve by putting in the time.

      Where in the source: Biography section, fourth paragraph and quotation from the BJJ Heroes interview of June 2019

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    • BJJ Heroes says that in 2016, after two Brazilian National titles, he travelled to the United States for the first time to compete at the IBJJF World Championship, won the purple belt weight and open divisions, and was introduced there to Saulo and Xande Ribeiro by a mutual friend, Gustavo Dias.

      Where in the source: Biography section, fifth paragraph — 'Gustavo Dias'

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    • According to BJJ Heroes, through Gustavo Dias he was offered a full scholarship at the Ribeiros' University of Jiu-Jitsu; he was studying nutrition at the time, but chose to join the Ribeiro Jiu-Jitsu team as a professional athlete in September 2016.

      Where in the source: Biography section, sixth paragraph — 'full scholarship'

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    • BJJ Heroes says he received his black belt from Saulo and Alexandre (Xande) Ribeiro in June 2019, after six IBJJF World titles in the coloured belts, four in the gi and two in no-gi.

      Where in the source: Biography section, last paragraph — '6 IBJJF World titles'

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    • BJJ Heroes says that in 2019, as a brown belt, he won the IBJJF Grand Slam (European Open, Brazilian Nationals, Pan American and World Championship) in both his weight class and the open class.

      Where in the source: Opening paragraph and the coloured-belt achievements list — 'Grand Slam'

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    • BJJ Heroes' fight record shows that at the 2019 ADCC World Championship, in the over-99 kg division, he won his first match on points against Jared Dopp and lost in the quarterfinal on points to Marcus Almeida.

      Where in the source: Fight history table, rows with competition ADCC, weight O99KG, year 2019 (stages R1 and 4F)

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    • At ADCC 2022, according to BJJ Heroes' fight record, he beat Dan Manasoiu on points in the over-99 kg division and lost the quarterfinal to Gordon Ryan on points; in the absolute he submitted Fabricio Andrey and lost the quarterfinal to Roberto Abreu on points.

      Where in the source: Fight history table, rows with competition ADCC, year 2022 (O99KG and ABS)

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    • BJJ Heroes' fight record lists his ADCC 2026 over-99 kg run as submission wins over Heikki Jussila, Ruslan Abdulaev, Mark MacQueen in the semifinal, and Josh Saunders in the final with a shoulder lock.

      Where in the source: Fight history table, rows with competition ADCC, weight O99KG, year 2026 (stages R1, 4F, SF, F)

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    • BJJ Heroes' fight record shows that at the 2023 IBJJF Absolute Grand Prix he submitted Horlando Monteiro and Fellipe Andrew, then lost the final to Nicholas Meregali on points.

      Where in the source: Fight history table, rows with competition IBJJF GP, weight ABS, year 2023 (stages 4F, SF, F)

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    • BJJ Heroes’ fight record lists seven wins for him at the 2023 Brasileiros. In the over-100 kg division he submitted Jacson Ferreira with a short choke, beat Victor Honório 2-0 on points in the semifinal and submitted Cleyton Flores with a short choke in the final. In the open class he beat Pedro Elias (arm-in Ezekiel choke), Wellington Luis (americana) and Pedro Alex (kneebar in the semifinal), then submitted Honório with a choke from the back in the final.

      Where in the source: Fight history table (columns opponent, W/L, method, competition, weight, stage, year), rows with competition Brasileiro, year 2023: O100KG stages 4F, SF, F and ABS stages 8F, 4F, SF, F

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  • IBJJF, 'Victor Hugo On His Black Belt Brasileiro Debut' (2023 preview).(opens in a new tab)

    • Ahead of the 2023 Brasileiros in São Paulo, he told the IBJJF that since the 2022 Worlds he had given himself time to develop new skills that he believed would take his game to the next level.

      Where in the source: First quoted statement — 'develop new skills'

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    • An IBJJF preview says several of his titles came in dramatic fashion: he overcame a points deficit in the final two minutes at the 2022 Worlds, and submitted Roberto 'Cyborg' Abreu with a kneebar in the 2019 No-Gi Worlds open-class final.

      Where in the source: Opening paragraph — 'final two minutes'; 'kneebar'

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    • He describes his own game as 'big man flow'; the IBJJF explains this as playing equally well from top and bottom with the mobility and craftiness usually seen in lighter divisions.

      Where in the source: Opening paragraph — 'big man flow'

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    • Before 2023 he had won Brasileiros gold at blue, purple and brown belt, taking both the ultra-heavy and open-class titles as a brown belt in 2019. He named the brown-belt open-class final, in which he was behind on points and won with a submission in the last minute, as one of his favourite memories in jiu-jitsu.

      Where in the source: Third and fourth paragraphs, his favourite moment — 'behind the scoreboard'

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    • He said he had wanted to compete at the Brasileiros as a black belt ever since his first time competing in it as a blue belt, and that being there as a spectator and feeling the energy around the event had been something unique.

      Where in the source: Fourth paragraph, his quoted statement — 'very first time'

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    • Looking ahead to possible matches with Victor Honório and Antonio Braga Neto in 2023, he said that to be considered one of the best ultra-heavyweights the sport has seen he had to test himself against the very best.

      Where in the source: Final quoted statement — 'the very best'

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  • IBJJF, World IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship 2023, official results (final result June 4, 2023).(opens in a new tab)

    • Victor Hugo Costa Marques, representing Six Blades Jiu-Jitsu, placed first in the adult male black belt ultra-heavy division at the 2023 World IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship.

      Where in the source: Division heading for adult male black belt ultra heavy, place 1, with team column 'Six Blades Jiu-Jitsu'

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    • He also placed first in the adult male black belt open class at the 2023 World IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship, with Erich Munis dos Santos second.

      Where in the source: Division heading for adult male black belt open class, places 1 and 2

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  • IBJJF, '2023 World Jiu-Jitsu Championship Recap', Danny O'Donnell, published June 7, 2023.(opens in a new tab)

    • According to the IBJJF's recap, Victor Hugo, Kaynan Duarte and Nicholas Meregali had each won double gold at a major championship earlier in 2023, and Victor Hugo, Kaynan Duarte and Erich Munis were the top seeds in the 2023 Worlds open class.

      Where in the source: Section headed by Victor Hugo's two golds, first paragraph — 'top seeds'

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    • The IBJJF recap says his first event of 2023 was the Brazilian Nationals (Brasileiros), where he won seven matches, six of them by submission.

      Where in the source: Same section, first paragraph, sentence on the Brasileiros — 'seven fights'

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    • At the 2023 Worlds he reached the open-class semifinal with a choke from mount and a triangle, then beat Kaynan Duarte of Atos in a close semifinal decided by one advantage for a near sweep about a minute and a half in.

      Where in the source: Same section, second paragraph, semifinal against Kaynan Duarte — 'near sweep'

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    • He won the 2023 ultra-heavy final against Marcus 'Scooby' Ribeiro by submission, finishing with a violin armlock after locking a triangle.

      Where in the source: Same section, second paragraph, ultra-heavy final — 'violin armlock'

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    • In the 2023 open-class final, three-time world champion Erich Munis used a lapel guard to control him and nearly sweep him; Victor Hugo gathered both of Munis's legs and finished with a kneebar. The IBJJF called the win his fourth World Championship gold medal.

      Where in the source: Same section, end of second paragraph, absolute final — 'kneebar'; 'fourth World Championship gold medal'

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  • IBJJF, World IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship 2021, official results.(opens in a new tab)

    • At the 2021 World IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship he placed first in the adult male black belt ultra-heavy division for Six Blades Jiu-Jitsu, with Max Santos Gimenis second.

      Where in the source: Results page titled World IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship 2021; division heading for adult male black belt ultra heavy, places 1 and 2

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  • IBJJF, World IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship 2022, official results.(opens in a new tab)

    • At the 2022 World IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship he again placed first in the adult male black belt ultra-heavy division for Six Blades Jiu-Jitsu, with Gutemberg de Jesus Santos Pereira second.

      Where in the source: Results page titled World IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship 2022; division heading for adult male black belt ultra heavy, places 1 and 2

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  • IBJJF, World IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu No-Gi Championship 2019, official results.(opens in a new tab)

    • At the 2019 World IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu No-Gi Championship he placed first in the adult male black belt open class, ahead of Roberto de Abreu Filho, and third in the ultra-heavy division; both entries list his team as Ribeiro Jiu-Jitsu.

      Where in the source: Results page titled World IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu No-Gi Championship 2019; division headings for adult male black belt ultra heavy (place 3) and open class (places 1 and 2)

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  • IBJJF, 'Victor Hugo Commits to the IBJJF Absolute Grand Prix', Kaelan Crisosto, published December 29, 2025.(opens in a new tab)

    • In December 2025 the IBJJF described Victor Hugo as a Six Blades Jiu-Jitsu athlete, dated his black-belt promotion to 2019, and said he won a No-Gi World Championship in his first season at the rank.

      Where in the source: Article published 12/29/25, first and second paragraphs — 'The Six Blades Jiu-Jitsu athlete'; 'rookie season'

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  • FloGrappling, athlete profile 'Victor Hugo'.(opens in a new tab)

    • FloGrappling's athlete profile says he was born in Fortaleza, Brazil, on May 1, 1997.

      Where in the source: Athlete profile summary under the name and record — 'May 1, 1997'

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    • FloGrappling says he is a black belt under Saulo and Xande Ribeiro, that he won all four IBJJF majors at both purple and brown belt, and that he won his first black-belt No-Gi world title after six months at the rank.

      Where in the source: Athlete profile summary — 'all four of the IBJJF majors'; 'six months at the rank'

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    • FloGrappling's results list records a win by decision over Nicky Rodriguez on February 9, 2024, in the event titled 'WNO 22: Rodriguez vs. Hugo'.

      Where in the source: Results tab, 2024 table, row dated 02/09 — 'WNO 22: Rodriguez vs. Hugo'

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    • FloGrappling’s results table records two wins over Victor Honório at the 2023 Brasileiro: on points in the ultra-heavyweight division and by choke from the back in the absolute division.

      Where in the source: Results tab, 2023 table, rows dated 04/29 for the 2023 Brasileiro (IBJJF) against V. Honorio, one in each division

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  • FloGrappling, 'The #1 Purple Belt In The World Shows He's Got What It Takes At Brown Too', June 20, 2017.(opens in a new tab)

    • FloGrappling reported in 2017 that he began training at 14 at Team DBK Jiu-Jitsu under Ricardo Costa in Fortaleza, because his father wanted to keep him occupied outside school.

      Where in the source: Second paragraph — 'Team DBK Jiu-Jitsu'

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    • FloGrappling reported in 2017 that he had trained with Saulo and Xande Ribeiro in San Diego since September 2016. He told Flo that the year before he had come for a camp before the No-Gi Worlds and stayed some months, then returned in 2017 for the competition circuit, and called staying with Ribeiro Jiu-Jitsu the biggest decision of his life; the move meant leaving his college studies in his third semester and his family in Brazil.

      Where in the source: Second to fourth paragraphs, his quoted statement — 'biggest decision of my life'; 'third semester'

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    • FloGrappling's 2017 list of his purple-belt results: World Championship gold at super heavy and in the open class in 2016; gold at ultra heavy and silver in the open class at the 2017 World Championship, the 2017 Pans and the 2017 Europeans; and the No. 1 IBJJF purple-belt ranking for the 2016-2017 season.

      Where in the source: Credentials list at the end of the article — '#1-ranked IBJJF purple belt'

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    • FloGrappling reported in June 2017 that, as a newly promoted brown belt, he had won the heavyweight bracket of the Royal II Invitational. In the semifinal against Rudson Mateus he was first declared the winner after Mateus hurt his knee, was called back and lost on points, but went to the final because Mateus could not continue, and there won by rear-naked choke in under two minutes.

      Where in the source: First paragraph and the paragraph on the Royal — 'Royal II Invitational'

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    • FloGrappling also reported in 2017 that he had received a certificate of completion from the Ribeiro Jiu-Jitsu Association instructor's course.

      Where in the source: Paragraph after the Royal account — 'instructor's course'

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  • FloGrappling, 'Grappling Bulletin: Is Victor Hugo The Next Big Thing?', Hywel Teague, June 15, 2020.(opens in a new tab)

    • In June 2020 FloGrappling described him at 23 as weighing 258 lb, a gi and no-gi world champion at purple and brown belt and the 2019 IBJJF World No-Gi champion at black belt, with submission wins over Fellipe Andrew, Roberto 'Cyborg' Abreu and Tex Johnson, and listed him as the No. 2 ultra-heavyweight and No. 4 pound-for-pound black belt.

      Where in the source: Free-to-read opening paragraph (rest of the article is behind a subscription)

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  • MMA Mania, 'UFC FPI 10 video: Victor Hugo submits CJI champ Nick Rodriguez, calls out Gordon Ryan', Anton Tabuena, March 7, 2025.(opens in a new tab)

    • MMA Mania reported that Victor Hugo and Nicky Rodriguez headlined UFC Fight Pass Invitational 10 in March 2025, with Rodriguez having lost all three of their previous matches by close decisions. Their fourth match went to overtime; when Rodriguez tried to wrestle for points, Hugo countered with a throw, took the back and won by rear-naked choke.

      Where in the source: Article by Anton Tabuena, March 7, 2025, section on the main event — 'all three previous matches'; 'counter throw'

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    • After the win he said he wanted to face Gordon Ryan next, calling Ryan the name that made sense after getting through Rodriguez.

      Where in the source: Same article, his quoted statement after the match — 'that's the name that makes sense'

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  • MMA Mania, 'Duarte dethroned, injured at ADCC 2026; 14 year old girl becomes youngest ever ADCC medalist', Anton Tabuena, September 13, 2026.(opens in a new tab)

    • At ADCC 2026 in Kraków, Poland, he won the over-99 kg division, submitting all four of his opponents for his first ADCC world title; MMA Mania noted that the four-time gi world champion had now also won the most prestigious title in no-gi.

      Where in the source: Article by Anton Tabuena, September 13, 2026, section on new champions — 'submitted all four opponents'; champions list '+99 kg: Victor Hugo'

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  • Jits Magazine, 'Nicky Rodriguez And Victor Hugo Set To Headline WNO 22', Kathrine Burne, January 13, 2024.(opens in a new tab)

    • Jits Magazine reported in January 2024 that Nicky Rodriguez and Victor Hugo would meet in the main event of Who's Number One 22 on February 9, 2024, with no title at stake because Gordon Ryan held the promotion's heavyweight belt.

      Where in the source: Article by Kathrine Burne, January 13, 2024, first paragraph — 'main event of Who's Number One 22'

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  • Jits Magazine, 'IBJJF No Gi Absolute Grand Prix 2026 Full Results And Highlights', February 27, 2026.(opens in a new tab)

    • At the IBJJF No Gi Absolute Grand Prix on February 26, 2026, he beat Marlon Tajik 3-0 on points and submitted Javier Barter with a rear-naked choke in the semifinal, then won the final against Pedro Marinho to take the grand prix title and the $50,000 prize.

      Where in the source: Article of February 27, 2026, paragraph on the grand prix tournament and the results list — 'grand prix title'

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    • Jits Magazine described the final: Marinho scored an early advantage with a duck-under to a throw and kept the lead through the first half; when Marinho turned toward the referee during a miscommunication, Hugo took him down and mounted. Marinho recovered guard and swept, was swept back when he went for the legs, and Hugo passed to mount to finish 15-2 ahead.

      Where in the source: Paragraph on the final — 'duck-under'; '15-2'

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  • IBJJF, Campeonato Brasileiro de Jiu-Jitsu (Juvenil, Adulto e Master) 2023, official results (final result May 7, 2023).(opens in a new tab)

    • At the 2023 Brazilian National Championship (Campeonato Brasileiro de Jiu-Jitsu), Victor Hugo Costa Marques of Six Blades Jiu-Jitsu placed first in both the adult male black belt ultra-heavy division and the open class. Victor Hugo Honório P. da Silva of GF Team placed third in the ultra-heavy division and second in the open class.

      Where in the source: Results page titled Campeonato Brasileiro de Jiu-Jitsu (Juvenil, Adulto e Master) 2023, final result May 7, 2023; division headings for adult male black belt ultra heavy (places 1 to 3) and open class (places 1 and 2)

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