All-time Jiu-jitsu great Gordon Ryan is seemingly happy to stick with just grappling for now. Although Gordon Ryan is widely considered the greatest ever no-Gi grappler, many wonder how the American would do inside the cage. The five-time ADCC champion is fresh off yet another impressive win against Nick Rodriguez as part of the UFC […]
All-time Jiu-jitsu great Gordon Ryan is seemingly happy to stick with just grappling for now.
Although Gordon Ryan is widely considered the greatest ever no-Gi grappler, many wonder how the American would do inside the cage. The five-time ADCC champion is fresh off yet another impressive win against Nick Rodriguez as part of the UFC Fight Pass Invitational stretching his undefeated streak to over five years.
Wow Nicky Rod broke Gordon Ryan’s ankle. Watch the ref as Gordon’s ankle crunches pic.twitter.com/7v8BxIPayt
Talking with Ariel Helwani as part of The MMA hour, Gordon Ryan expressed his interest in competing in MMA and revealed that he did begin the preparation process at one point.
“I was actually going to start fighting in 2019. I was actually getting ready,” Ryan began. “I was sparring. I was actually getting ready. I went to a Bellator event and I was talking to some guys from Bellator. I was talking to ONE about fighting MMA and then in 2019, right in the beginning of the year, I fought Joao Gabriel Rocha and I tore my LCL. I had to have surgery on my LCL. So the second I came back from LCL surgery, the focus wasn’t MMA anymore. I was hopping into camp for ADCC because we had 2019 ADCC at the end of the year.”
Ryan would continue, saying that he is comfortable money he earns from Jiu-Jitsu is more than most UFC champions, explaining that his position is too comfortable to leave at the moment.
“So like seven months off surgery”, Ryan said. “I had to compete in ADCC so that was the focus, and then I won the Absolute so now I’m looking forward to 2021 ADCC where I have to fight Andre [Galvao] which ended up being 2022. I just kept getting roped back into jiu-jitsu like, ‘Oh, there’s something more I have to do in jiu-jitsu before I leave.’ Now I’m at a point where I don’t have to leave. I make more money than most UFC champions and there’s no reason for me to get punched in the head every day and then have to fight.” (H/T MiddleEasy)
At only 27 year-old, Ryan has plenty of time to switch over to MMA should he so choose. Such a move would be huge and with his grappling ability seemingly so far ahead of his competition at the moment, Ryan could prove to be an exciting addition to the scene.
Decorated Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu ace, Gordon Ryan has become the first in competition history to clinch gold in three separate weight divisions at ADCC, clinching the 2022 super-fight championship courtesy of a rear-naked choke win over decorated Brazilian rival, Andre Galvao in Las Vegas, Nevada over the course of the weekend. Ryan, 27, a native of […]
Decorated Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu ace, Gordon Ryan has become the first in competition history to clinch gold in three separate weight divisions at ADCC, clinching the 2022 super-fight championship courtesy of a rear-naked choke win over decorated Brazilian rival, Andre Galvao in Las Vegas, Nevada over the course of the weekend.
Ryan, 27, a native of New Jersey, managed to improve his submission grappling record to 152-9-3 over the course of the weekend in ‘Sin City’ – dispatching Heikki Jussila, Victor Hugo, Roosevelt Souza, and Nick Rodriguez, en route to his rear-naked choke win over Brazilian grappling favorite, Galvao.
With four minutes remaining following a period of dominant control, Gordon Ryan, who was 12-0 up against six-time ADCC championship victor, Galvao, managed to land a massive rear-naked choke win over the soon-to-be 40-year-old, with Ryan nabbing his fifth title under the ADCC banner, as well as capping off his undefeated weekend with the super-fight championship title.
Gordon Ryan dominated the legend in Andre Galvao to win the 2022 ADCC Super-Fight title.
Sharing the mats following years of speculation regarding a potential tangle, Ryan and Galvao have shared a distinct rivalry in that time to boot, with the two involved in a rather high-profile physical altercation last year, with the former appearing to slap Galvao during an engagement.
With the stunning submission win over Sao Paulo native, Galvao, Ryan now holds a staggering 128 separate submission wins as a professional – throughout a decorated submission grappling career.
Gordon Ryan inked a deal with ONE Championship last year
Linked with a potential debut in professional mixed martial arts, Gordon Ryan penned a multi-fight deal with the Chatri Sityodtong-led ONE Championship back in March of last year, and was open to the possibility of competing in both combat sports and submission grappling. At the time of publication, Ryan has yet to make his debut in professional mixed martial arts competition.
DOB: September 29th, 1982 Nickname: Deco Gym: Atos Jiu Jitsu Location: San Diego, TX Martial Arts Record(s): 5-2(MMA), 157-23(BJJ) Championships: 10x BJJ World Champion, 2x ADCC Champion, 4x ADCC Superfight Champion, 11x BJJ Pan Champion André Galvão’s beginning in martial arts André Galvão grew up in the Vale da Paraíba region of Brazil after being […]
DOB: September 29th, 1982
Nickname: Deco
Gym: Atos Jiu Jitsu
Location: San Diego, TX
Martial Arts Record(s): 5-2(MMA), 157-23(BJJ)
Championships: 10x BJJ World Champion, 2x ADCC Champion, 4x ADCC Superfight Champion, 11x BJJ Pan Champion
André Galvão’s beginning in martial arts
André Galvão grew up in the Vale da Paraíba region of Brazil after being born in São Sebastião, São Paulo. The first martial art that he would begin practicing is Judo under his original sensei Calasans Camargo.
Sensei Calasans would play a big part in André’s childhood. Giving Galvão his very first Gi to train in. Deco as Galvão was nicknamed would keep his interest in Judo for a few years and be successful at it.
His brother practiced Jiu Jitsu and was one of the best in the region at his rank. This would lead Deco to train under his first BJJ instructor Luis Carlos “Careca” Dagmar at 14 years old.
Careca would train André Galvão for two and realized that he could be a really special talent at Jiu Jitsu. Feeling that his small school couldn’t help André reach his potential, Careca offered to send him to a more competitive school.
André Galvão begins training with Fernando Tererê
With Careca’s blessing, Galvão was sent to train under BJJ champion Fernando Tererê. At this time,Tererê was considered one of the best in the world. Having won every major BJJ championship in Gi with a submission win over Marcelo Garcia.
Professor Careca was right that his student Deco would prosper in a more competitive atmosphere. Under Tererê, André took his game to another stratosphere.
André Galvão rips through the purple belt division
When Deco came to train with Fernando, he began competing at the purple belt level. During his time at this rank, he had done what know other BJJ competitor had done before him.
André Galvão would go on to become the first purple belt to become a grand slam champion. Winning the IBJJF World Championship, Pan Championship, and Brazilian National Championship.
This accomplishment got the Brazilian BJJ community all talking about him. In his last 9 months as a purple belt, Galvão would not lose one match in any competition he entered.
After accomplishing everything he could at the purple belt rank, Galvão was awarded his brown belt from Tererê.
André Galvão road to black belt
At the rank of brown belt, it was business as usual for Deco. He would tear though the brown belt division just like he had done when he was a purple belt.
Repeating all of championship wins in 2004 and was designated to receive his black belt. Unfortunately during this time, his instructor was dealing with some substance abuse issues.
This would push Galvão’s graduation back a few months. The other person left in charge of the academy, Eduardo Telles, would oversee Deco’s graduation.
He would take him to his original instructor Careca’s academy, where his first master could see him receive his black belt. It was an emotional experience for André with many of his family and original teammates there to see his promotion.
André Galvão early run as a black black
After being promoted in 2005, it was assumed by many that Deco would take over the world of Jiu Jitsu. Which is exactly what he did.
In 2005, he would earn double gold at the Pan Championship and cap off the year by winning another world title.
Then in 2006, he would win Pans again, but come up short of another world title. During this time this was toward the end of Galvão’s time training at Fernando’s academy.
The problems in the academy really started to become a distraction, so André moved to join Brasa Clube de Jiu-Jitsu. Here he would have a fresh start with no distractions.
André Galvão creates Atos Jiu Jitsu
After spending a year at Team Brasas, André decided that he would open his own gym. Having his own place to train and teach his students.
He and his friend Ramon Lemos founded Atos Jiu Jitsu in San Diego, California. This would be the base for what would become a dominant affiliation in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.
André Galvão’s time as an MMA fighter
Around the same time Deco would co-found Atos Jiu Jitsu, he would make the leap to competing in MMA. He would make his debut in August of 2008 in Santa Monica, California winning by armbar in the second round.
André would follow up his debut win with two more wins by armbar. Then he would suffer a close split decision loss to Jason High at Dream 10 in Japan.
His last 3 fights would take place within Strikeforce and would go 2-1. The last fight was a TKO loss to future UFC Welterweight Champion Tyron Woodley.
After this fight, André Galvão would announce his retirement from MMA and hasn’t fought since. Although he has stated that he may return to compete in the sport one day.
André Galvão becomes the ADCC king
During his 3 years as an MMA fighter, André really didn’t compete in Jiu Jitsu that much. But once he retired from fighting, he returned his attention back to Jiu Jitsu.
This time he had his goal set on winning the ADCC championship. The only major Jiu Jitsu championship that has eluded him during his career. Place 2nd once and 3rd twice in the competition.
He would spend a year specifically training to become the ADCC champion. Leading up to the event, Deco would go 12-1 in preparation for the tournament.
The 2011 ADCC took place in Nottingham, England. André would compete in the 88 kg division against some really tough competition. That included Gunnar Nelson, Palhares, and Pablo Popovitch.
He would make a clean sweep through his division to win his very first ADCC gold medal, but he wasn’t done. Deco would then win the absolute division to become a 2 division champion.
Since he won the absolute division that year, that meant that he had a superfight at the next ADCC. Facing prior absolute division winner Braulio Estima, which he won by RNC.
Galvão would continue his reign as the king of ADCC with 3 more super fight wins. Beating Cyborg Abreu(2015(, Claudio Calasans(2017), and Felipe Pena.(2019)
André Galvão wins more championships and his retirement
In between competing in the ADCC, Galvão would continue adding championships to his resume. Winning 3 IBJJF championships, 2 more Pan Championships, and 3 World Cups.
This was one of the most decorated runs in the history of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Then after beating Felipe Pena at the 2019 ADCC championship, André would announce his retirement from Jiu Jitsu competition.
Turning his attention to becoming a full time coach and continuing to grow his BJJ affiliation Atos Jiu Jitsu.
The growth of Atos Jiu Jitsu
When André Galvão first founded his Atos Jiu Jitsu academy it was just one gym. In nearly 14 years since he co-founded the academy it has become a full fledged Jiu Jitsu affiliations.
Today there are numerous Atos affiliates around the US and Brazil. Producing some of the best Jiu Jitsu athletes in the world.
As a coach, Deco has helped train world champions nearly every year since the academy was founded. Making it one of the top affiliations in the world.
Atos vs DDS
In the last few years, a bitter rivalry has formed between the Danaher Death Squad and Atos. Particularly between Galvão and current ADCC absolute champion Gordon Ryan.
At first they were friendly, going back and forth about having a match. Then it started to get personal between the two.
The conflict reached a boil point at a Who’s #1 grappling event in 2021. On two separate occasions, Ryan slapped Galvão in the face during this event. Before and after the event.
André Galvão comes out of retirement
In late 2021, news broke that André would be coming out of retirement to face Gordon Ryan at ADCC 2022.
This is a match that the BJJ community has been waiting for and hopes really does take place next year. Pitting the best from the prior generation against the best of the current generation.
André Galvão’s legacy
The legacy of André Galvão is one of the greatest achievements that any Jiu Jitsu competitor has ever accomplished. As a BJJ athlete, he has won 26 major championships in his 2 decades of competing.
On top of this, he is also an accomplished BJJ coach with over a dozen world champion students. His affiliation Atos has also become one of the premiere Jiu Jitsu affiliations in the world. Galvão’s resume is unmatched and may never be replicated again.
A video of Jiu-jitsu icon Gordon Ryan slapping Andre Galvao went viral online earlier this weekend. This altercation took the BJJ community by storm and many are left wondering what caused the rift between the two grappling stars. After submitting Roberto Jimenez via a mounted armbar at the “Who’s Number One” event, Ryan would end up […]
A video of Jiu-jitsu icon Gordon Ryan slapping Andre Galvao went viral online earlier this weekend.
This altercation took the BJJ community by storm and many are left wondering what caused the rift between the two grappling stars.
After submitting Roberto Jimenez via a mounted armbar at the “Who’s Number One” event, Ryan would end up in a scuffle with former Strikeforce fighter and fellow BJJ master, Galvao. The two crossed paths backstage with an open slap hitting the face of the Brazilian.
Ryan later got into it again with his rival only this time he explained exactly what happend.
“Ok, talk. I’m getting ready to do an interview.” Ryan said. “Sorry, the athletes have to do interviews after fights. Maybe if you fought you’d have to do interviews. I’m acting like a little kid? Yeah, that’s right. I went to shake your hand, you flipped me off. Because that’s what you do after a competition. You flipped me off.”
“Then you came up to me and pushed me and called me a pushy, and I smacked you in your f*cking mouth hand you walked away from me. So back the [expletive] up, go away, and let me do my interview. Let me do my interview. Walk away. Be respectful.” (Transcribed by BJPENN.com)
It only took a few words from Galvao to get the 3X ADCC Champion riled up and his hand was thrown in a catalyst. One thing to note from all of this: don’t get in the way of Ryan doing his interviews.
Andre Galvao has his money on Demian Maia over Tyron Woodley. Maia will challenge Woodley for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) welterweight title at UFC 214. The championship scrap will go down inside the Honda Center in Anaheim, California on July 29. Galvao once fought Woodley under the Strikeforce banner. He explained to MMAFighting.com why […]
Andre Galvao has his money on Demian Maia over Tyron Woodley. Maia will challenge Woodley for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) welterweight title at UFC 214. The championship scrap will go down inside the Honda Center in Anaheim, California on July 29. Galvao once fought Woodley under the Strikeforce banner. He explained to MMAFighting.com why […]
Chael Sonnen‘s headlining appearance at Metamoris 4 against Andre Galvao on Saturday ended pretty much how we expected: with Sonnen tapping to a far, far superior grappler.
From the opening seconds of the match — when Sonnen took Galvao to the mat with a virtually undefended single-leg takedown — Sonnen’s strategy was to remain in top position and defend whatever Galvao was throwing at him from below. Outside of a cut that Sonnen sustained near his right eye, possibly due to an early clash of heads, the American Gangster did well to keep himself out of danger for the first ten minutes of the match.
Eventually, Galvao gets tired of playing around, and sweeps his way onto Sonnen’s back (see: 13:38-14:44 in the video above). From there, Galvao is relentless in his attack on Sonnen’s neck, looking to sink a rear-naked choke despite Sonnen’s game defenses. But it’s only a matter of time before Galvao advances to checkmate, and Sonnen taps at the video’s 17:28 mark, while a pleased Anderson Silva celebrates in the crowd. Watch until the end to hear Sonnen cut the obligatory pro-wrestling style promo before exiting the building.
After the jump: The Metamoris heavyweight championship bout between Josh Barnett and Dean Lister, which Barnett won via scarf-hold choke with just ten seconds left in the match.
Chael Sonnen‘s headlining appearance at Metamoris 4 against Andre Galvao on Saturday ended pretty much how we expected: with Sonnen tapping to a far, far superior grappler.
From the opening seconds of the match — when Sonnen took Galvao to the mat with a virtually undefended single-leg takedown — Sonnen’s strategy was to remain in top position and defend whatever Galvao was throwing at him from below. Outside of a cut that Sonnen sustained near his right eye, possibly due to an early clash of heads, the American Gangster did well to keep himself out of danger for the first ten minutes of the match.
Eventually, Galvao gets tired of playing around, and sweeps his way onto Sonnen’s back (see: 13:38-14:44 in the video above). From there, Galvao is relentless in his attack on Sonnen’s neck, looking to sink a rear-naked choke despite Sonnen’s game defenses. But it’s only a matter of time before Galvao advances to checkmate, and Sonnen taps at the video’s 17:28 mark, while a pleased Anderson Silva celebrates in the crowd. Watch until the end to hear Sonnen cut the obligatory pro-wrestling style promo before exiting the building.
After the jump: The Metamoris heavyweight championship bout between Josh Barnett and Dean Lister, which Barnett won via scarf-hold choke with just ten seconds left in the match.
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Decorated Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu ace, Gordon Ryan has become the first in competition history to clinch gold in three separate weight divisions at ADCC, clinching the 2022 super-fight championship courtesy of a rear-naked choke win over decorated Brazilian rival, Andre Galvao in Las Vegas, Nevada over the course of the weekend. Ryan, 27, a native of […]
DOB: September 29th, 1982 Nickname: Deco Gym: Atos Jiu Jitsu Location: San Diego, TX Martial Arts Record(s): 5-2(MMA), 157-23(BJJ) Championships: 10x BJJ World Champion, 2x ADCC Champion, 4x ADCC Superfight Champion, 11x BJJ Pan Champion André Galvão’s beginning in martial arts André Galvão grew up in the Vale da Paraíba region of Brazil after being […]
A video of Jiu-jitsu icon Gordon Ryan slapping Andre Galvao went viral online earlier this weekend. This altercation took the BJJ community by storm and many are left wondering what caused the rift between the two grappling stars. After submitting Roberto Jimenez via a mounted armbar at the “Who’s Number One” event, Ryan would end up […]
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