Marcelo Garcia is a five-time IBJJF Worlds middleweight champion and four-time ADCC −77 kg champion, later inducted into both the IBJJF and ADCC Halls of Fame. His butterfly guard, arm-drag back takes, guillotine, and north-south choke became templates for attacking systems worldwide.

After retiring from regular competition in 2011 he built academies and, following a cancer fight, returned for ONE Championship grappling in 2025. Technique readers should start with butterfly guard, arm drag, and north-south choke pages.

Major Titles & Notes

5× IBJJF World Champion (−82 kg: 2004, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011)4× ADCC World Champion (−77 kg: 2003, 2005, 2007, 2011)

Signature Techniques

Butterfly guardArm dragNorth-south chokeGuillotine choke

Related Techniques

Butterfly GuardGuillotine ChokeArm DragNorth-South ChokeSingle-Leg XBack Control

Fight History

OpponentResultMethodEventDivisionStageDateSource
Leo VieiraWinSubmission (triangle choke)ADCC World Championship-77 kgFinal2011Source
Masakazu ImanariWinSubmission (north-south choke)ONE 170—Superfight2025Source

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