Alexandre Ribeiro

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Alexandre Ribeiro
Xande Ribeiro at 2008 Mundials.jpg
Born (1981-01-20) January 20, 1981 (age 42) [1]
Manaus, Brazil [1]
Other namesXande
ResidenceAustin, Texas, United States
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) [1]
Weight204.1 lb (92.6 kg; 14.58 st) [2]
Division 205
Fighting out of Austin, Texas, U.S.
TeamSix Blades Jiu-Jitsu [1]
Ribeiro Academy
Rank
  • 5th deg. BJJ black belt
  • Judo black belt
Years active1997–2022
Mixed martial arts record
Total2
Wins2
By knockout2
Losses0
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog
Medal record
Representing Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Submission Grappling
ADCC World Championship
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2005 California, USA −99 kg [3]
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2007 New Jersey, USA −99 kg [4]
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2009 Barcelona, Spain −99 kg [5]
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2009 Barcelona, Spain Absolute
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2011 Nottingham, UK −99 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2011 Nottingham, UK Absolute
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2017 Espoo, Finland −88 kg
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
World Jiu-Jitsu Championship
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2002 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Absolute
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2004 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil −94 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2004 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Absolute [6]
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2005 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil −100 kg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2006 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil −94 kg [7]
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2006 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Absolute [7]
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2007 California, USA −94 kg [8]
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2007 California, USA Absolute [8]
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2008 California, USA −94 kg [9]
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2008 California, USA Absolute [9]
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2010 California, USA −94 kg [10]
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2010 California, USA Absolute [10]
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2012 California, USA −94 kg [11]
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2013 California, USA −94 kg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 California, USA −94 kg
World No-GI Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2012 California, USA −97.5kg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2012 California, USA Absolute
Pan-American Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2006 California, USA -100.5 kg [12]
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2006 California, USA Absolute [12]
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2005 California, USA -100.5 kg [13]
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2005 California, USA Absolute [13]
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2002 California, USA -94.3 kg [14]
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2002 California, USA Absolute [14]
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2001 California, USA -94.3 kg [15]
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2001 California, USA Absolute [15]

Alexandre "Xande" Ribeiro (born January 20, 1981) is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner, mixed martial artist and submission wrestler. He is a two-time World Black Belt Absolute (open weight) World Jiu-Jitsu Champion, five-time World Black Belt Heavy Weight Champion, and three-time World Black Belt Pro Division Champion. [16]

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Biography

Alexandre Ribeiro was born in Manaus, Amazonas Brazil. He began training Jiu-Jitsu at the Associacao Monteiro de Jiu-Jitsu under the supervision of Binho, Guto, Yano e Lucinho Monteiro. He moved to the US in 2002 and lived in Toledo, Ohio, for five years, after which in 2007 he moved to San Diego, California, where he founded the University of Jiu-Jitsu and was the brand ambassador of Ribeiro Jiu-Jitsu.

Ribeiro lives in Austin, TX, where he teaches at his School Six Blades Jiu-Jitsu Austin and coordinate his team and affiliation schools under the Six Blades Jiu-Jitsu Team. [17]

After a long time away from competition, Ribeiro decided to make a return in 2020 and competed in several superfights. [18] This culminated in an attempt to After competing at the IBJJF World Championships in 2022, he announced his intention to retire permanently from IBJJF competition. [19] After one final competition at the 2022 ADCC world championships, Ribeiro announced that he would also be retiring from this competition format as well. [20]

Ribeiro's brother Saulo Ribeiro is also a Jiu-jitsu and submission wrestling champion. They have both won multiple ADCC and together, they hold the most titles in World Brazilian jiu-jitsu Championships. In December 2023, it was announced that Ribeiro would be the first member of the 2024 class of the ADCC Hall of Fame. [21]

Six Blades Jiu-Jitsu

in 2020, Ribeiro announced leaving Ribeiro Academy which he co-founded with his brother, starting his own jiu-jitsu academy and team based in Austin, Texas called “Six Blades Jiu-Jitsu", [22] [23] with a number of schools across the US and Brazil joining as affiliates. [24] In 2023, Six Blades Jiu-Jitsu was ranked No.8 for male athletes at the 2023 World Jiu-Jitsu Championship. [25]

Mixed martial arts record

Professional record breakdown
2 matches2 wins0 losses
By knockout20
Res.RecordOpponentMethodEventDateRoundTimeLocationNotes
Win2–0 Keiichiro Yamamiya KO (punch) World Victory Road Presents: Sengoku 8 May 2, 200930:51 Tokyo, Japan
Win1–0 Takashi Sugiura TKO (knees and punches) World Victory Road Presents: Sengoku 5 September 28, 200834:18 Tokyo, Japan

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