Marcelo Garcia (grappler)

Marcelo Garcia
Garcia at BJJ Worlds 2011, Long Beach, CA
Born	(1983-01-17) January 17, 1983 (age 34) Formiga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Residence	New York City, New York
Nationality	Brazilian
Team	Alliance Jiu Jitsu
Rank	3rd degree black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Website	https://www.mginaction.com/
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog
Medal record Representing  Brazil Grappling ADCC 2003 Sao Paulo, Brazil -77 kg 2005 California, USA -77 kg 2005 California, USA Absolute 2007 New Jersey, USA -77 kg 2007 New Jersey, USA Absolute 2009 Barcelona, Spain -77kg 2011 Nottingham, UK -77kg Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu World Championship 2003 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil -82 kg 2004 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil -82 kg 2004 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Absolute 2006 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil -82 kg 2006 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Absolute 2009 California, USA -82 kg 2010 California, USA -82 kg 2011 California, USA -82 kg Pan American Championship 2007 California, USA -82 kg Brazilian National Championship 2004 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil -82 kg 2004 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Absolute 2006 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil -82 kg 2006 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Absolute World Cup 2009 Abu Dhabi, UAE -75 kg 2009 Abu Dhabi, UAE Absolute

Marcelo "Marcelinho" Garcia (born January 17, 1983) is a Brazilian grappler and jiu-jitsu competitor widely considered to be one of the best grapplers and arguably the best pound for pound submission grappler in the world. Garcia is a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu under Fabio Gurgel of Team Alliance.

Garcia has five world championship titles in Brazilian jiu-jitsu as a black belt in the middle-weight category. He has many submission grappling titles, including the prestigious ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship. At ADCC, Marcelo has won the 66–76 kg division four times (2003/2005/2007/2011), been awarded the most technical fighter twice (2003 and 2007) and won the best fight award in 2005. In 2005, he finished in third place in the absolute (open weight) division and in 2007 finished second in the absolute division. In ADCC 2009, Marcelo finished second in his weight division, losing by points to Pablo Popovitch, whom he had defeated in the two previous finals.

At K-1 HERO'S Korea 2007, Marcelo lost his MMA debut against Dae Won Kim twenty seconds into the second round by doctor's stoppage due to a cut above his eye. It was announced that Garcia has joined up with American Top Team in Florida in order to improve his MMA skills. He will continue to fight in BJJ competitions under the Alliance team while representing ATT at MMA events.

In September 2008, Marcelo opened up a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu school in Pembroke Pines, a city in South Florida located between Miami and Ft. Lauderdale. In September 2009, Marcelo opened an academy in New York City. In addition, Marcelo has teamed up with child chess prodigy Josh Waitzkin to create MGinAction, an online training database that includes recorded instruction from Marcelo's classes in addition to Marcelo's daily sparring sessions.

Mitsuyo "Count Koma" Maeda → Carlos Gracie, Sr. → Helio Gracie → Rolls Gracie → Romero "Jacare" Cavalcanti → Fabio Gurgel → Marcelo Garcia