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4 unusual facts about Mauricio Motta Gomes


Mauricio Motta Gomes

Maurício "Maurição" Motta Gomes ( ) is a practitioner of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, one of the six people (most commonly known as the "Famous Five") to have been promoted to Black Belt by the famous Rolls Gracie prior to Gracie's untimely death.

The Famous Five was a nickname for the black belt students of Rolls Gracie.

Mauricio promoted his first UK students to black belt in 2005, Jude Samuel, Rick Young and Marc Walder.

Other Gracie Barra World Champions who subsequently came over included Carlos Lemos, Victor Estima and Lucio Rodrigues.



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