Gezary Matuda is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt practitioner from Brazil. A two-time World and Pan Champion in colored belts, she is a three-time IBJJF World Champion, a three-time Pan American Champion, and a European Open black belt Champion.
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| Born | Gezary Matuda Bandeira 12 July 1983 Curitiba, Brazil[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other names | Gezary Matuda Kubis Bandeira | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Division | Light Feather (−53.5 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fighting out of | Coconut Creek, Florida[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | American Top Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Teacher(s) | Alexandre Penão | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Trainer | Ricardo Libório | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | BJJ black belt[a] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | BJJ instructor and coach[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | gezary | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Career
editGezary Matuda Bandeira was born on 12 July 1983 in Curitiba, Brazil.[1] Matuda started training Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) in 2004, in addition to Capoeira and Muay Thai.[4] Her first BJJ teacher was Carlos ‘Penão’ Alexandre Conceição, a black belt under Carlson Gracie, from whom she received all her belts from white to purple.[2] She kept training in Muay Thai, one of her first teachers being Anderson Silva.[5] As a blue belt in 2009, she won the CBJJF South American Cup then the CBJJE World Cup.
In 2009 Matuda and her husband, ATT pro-team Muay Thai coach Katel Kubis moved to the United States.[2] Matuda began training under Ricardo Libório at American Top Team. As a purple belt she won the IBJJF Pan American followed by the 2010 IBJJF World Championship.[6] In 2011 Matuda won the Pan in the brown belt division, a year later she was promoted to black belt by Liborio in July 2012 after winning the IBJJF World Championship.[7][8]
As a black belt, she won the World Championship in 2013 and 2014. Competing at Polaris 2 Pro Grappling on 12 September 2015 in Cardiff, Wales,[9] she submitted Michelle Nicolini in 15 seconds with a flying armbar.[10] She became black belt 2015 Pan American Champion, then won silver at the 2015 World Championship facing Rikako Yuasa in the final.[11] In April 2016 at Polaris 3, her fight against Laurence Cousin ended in a draw.[12] That same year she won the 2016 World Championship for the third time as a black belt and the Pan American Championship. Facing Talita Alencar in the final of the World Championship light feather division, she won silver in 2017.[13] In 2018 she became Pan Champion for the third time and then won bronze at the World Championship.[1] Competing against Ffion Davies at Polaris 9 in March 2019 in London, Matuda was defeated via Submission.[14] At the 2019 World Championship Matuda won bronze.[15]
Championships and accomplishments
editMain Achievements (at black belt):[1]
- IBJJF World Champion (2016/2014/2013)
- IBJJF Pan American Champion (2018/2016/2015)
- IBJJF European Open Champion (2017)
- 2nd place IBJJF World Championship (2015/2017[13])
- 3rd place IBJJF World Championship (2018[16]/2019[17])
Main Achievements (at colored Belts):[1]
- IBJJF World Champion (2012 brown, 2010 purple)
- IBJJF Pan American Champion (2011 brown, 2010 purple)
- CBJJE World Cup Champion (2009 blue)
- CBJJF South American Cup Champion (2009 blue)
Instructor lineage
editMitsuyo Maeda > Carlos Gracie > Carlson Gracie > Ricardo Libório > Gezary Matuda[1]
Notes
edit- ^ under Ricardo Libório
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f "Gezary Matuda". BJJ Heroes – Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Team History, Fighter Stats, Biographies and News.
- ^ a b c "Interview with World Champion Gezary Matuda – BJJ Legends Magazine". BJJ Legends Magazine – Training Tomorrows Legends Today. 17 June 2014.
- ^ Tang, Andrea (24 January 2022). "Gezary Matuda on Chasing Passions Beyond the Competition Mats". Jiu-Jitsu Times.
- ^ "Actions Speak Louder Than Words-Gezary Matuda". Girls in Gis. 23 April 2016.
- ^ "World champion Gezary Matuda on training with mentor Anderson Silva". Graciemag. 8 February 2017.
- ^ "Pan Jiu-Jitsu IBJJF Championship 2010". Pan Jiu-Jitsu IBJJF Championship 2010.
- ^ "Gezary Matuda – Grappling". FloGrappling. 12 July 1983.
- ^ Matuda, Gezary (30 April 2021). "Articles". Jiu Jitsu X.
- ^ "Polaris 2 – Polaris Pro Grappling". Polaris Pro Grappling. 1 November 2017.
- ^ "9 of the best women in BJJ". Attack The Back. 15 October 2016.
- ^ "IBJJF 2017 World". International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation.
- ^ "Polaris 3 – Polaris Pro Grappling". Polaris Pro Grappling. 1 November 2017.
- ^ a b "IBJJF 2017 World". International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation.
- ^ "Ffion Davies vs. Gezary Matuda, Polaris 9 – Grappling Bout". Tapology.
- ^ "IBJJF 2019 Worlds Results And Memorable Moments". BJJ World. 4 June 2019.
- ^ "IBJJF World 2018". IBJJF.
- ^ "IBJJF World 2019". IBJJF.