Mario Sperry's Profile
Mario "The Zen Machine" Sperry is considered one of the greatest Brazilian fighters of all time. An accomplished master of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, he first broke on the sport Jiu-Jitsu scene back in the early eighties. He dominated every belt division as he rose through the ranks to Black Belt.

A prodigy of the legendary Carlson Gracie, Mario was handed his black belt at the 1995 World Championships of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu were he entered and won the heavyweight black belt division defeating many of the sports greatest legends. Copying a Tiger Woods of Jiu-Jitsu story, Mario won again in 1996, 1997, 1998 becoming one of the most successful fighters in Sport Jiu-Jitsu history to date.

In late 1998, Mario Sperry became the first fighter in history to make a Gracie submit in a mach when he defeated legendary World Champion Royler Gracie in Brazil. As a Brazilian Jiu-jitsu fighter, Mario has made his mark in all forms of grappling. He is well known for his accomplishments in Submission Grappling for becoming the first World Submission Grappling Champion, a title he held for three consecutive years. As a Vale-Tudo fighter, Mario Sperry's accomplishments are known around the globe, from Australia to America. He has fought on pay per view and is a featured fighter on the Japanese no holds barred fighting event, "Coliseum".

Jiu Jitsu Acomplishiments:
  • 1994 Brazilian Heavy Weight black belt Champion
  • 1994 Brazilian Absolute black belt Champion
  • 1995 Brazilian Heavy Weight black belt Champion
  • 1995 Brazilian Absolute black belt Champion
  • 1996 World Heavy Weight black belt Champion
  • 1997 World Heavy Weight black belt Champion
  • 1998 World Absolute black belt Champion
  • 1999 World Heavy Weight second place black belt


Submission Wrestling:
  • 1998 ADCC HEAVY WEIGHT WORLD CHAMPION
  • 1998 ADCC ABSOLUTE WORLD CHAMPION
  • 1999 ADCC SUPER FIGHT CHAMPION
  • 2000 ADCC SUPER FIGHT CHAMPION


MMA Accomplishments:
  • Vale Tudo Super Fight Champion at the Titanic Duel in Brazil 1995.
  • Reality Super Fight Champion in Alabama 1996.
  • Ultimate Caged Combat Overall Championship in Sidney Australia 1997.
  • Japan's Coliseum 2000 Heavy Weight Champion (Defeated Kiromitsu Kanehara).
  • Pride Fighter from 2001 t0 2007


Coach Acomplishiments:

Mario created a great number of BJJ world champions...
In MMA, he was responsible for the creation of fighters such as: Antonio Minotauro Nogueira, Ricardo Arona, Paulo Filho, RogerioMinotouro Nogueira among others…