- Jiu-Jitsu for me means the path that God prepared to transform my life into a testimony of faith, courage, and will.
- Believe in your dreams because if you do you too will have the privilege of making your dreams into your reality.
- I started Jiu-Jitsu at 12 years old. At age 15 I left home and promised my mother that I would become the best in the world and that through my example I would change the entire legacy of our family's history.
- When I got to the blue belt at 18 I fulfilled my promise for the first time. But I wanted more, so at ages 18, 19, 20, 21, and 22 I became number 1 ranked in the world by the most prestigious organization of the sport (IBJJF) in light-feather weight and in pound for pound…
- in 2021/2022. I become everything that I dreamed to be in my childhood.
- This phase of my life has been the most amazing years of my career so far. With my love, Abbi, I could open my BJJ school. I achieved the honor of being promoted to a black belt from the hands of my mentors, Master Cicero Costha and Sensei Bruno Bastos, on the IBJJF Worlds podium while being the current number 1 in the world and world champion.
- At the 2022 IBJJF Worlds I had an incredible and dominant performance and finished 3/4 fights, each one in a way that the public had never seen and didn’t understand.
- That special day was when I understood why it's important to believe and thank God for everything! Today I am living proof that if God allowed you to dream it, it is because he knows that you are capable of conquering.
- If you believe, you can achieve!
- One of my biggest goals now as a black belt is to help kids and lower belts learn the fundamental concepts of jiu-jitsu that carried me from a child on the mats to a world champion.
- I firmly believe that if people at the start of their jiu-jitsu journey learn fundamental techniques that they can use to build a strong game plan it will elevate their jiu-jitsu from the start and help them build a strong base they can carry with them all the way to red belt.