​MURILO BUSTAMANTE
BTT FOUNDER 

6th Degree Black belt under the legendary Carlson Gracie

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Former UFC Middleweight Champion, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu World Champion in 1999, 4x Brazilian National Champion,  2005 Pride FC welterweight tournament finalist. He will be at BTT Austin teaching seminars and sharing his wealth of knowlege and experience with all of us. 

Respect   |   Loyalty  |   Honor 

​RICARDO MARQUES

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 Leader of BTT Juiz de Fora. He received his black belt in 2001 from Sergio “Bolao” Souza. He has several notable black belt students that have gone on to accomplish great things in Jiu-Jitsu; 2-time Brazilian National Champion and featherweight world bronze medalist Leonardo "Cascão" Saggioro, 2x world champion Bernardo Faria and of course our own Diego Gamonal all trained by Professor Marques.

Discipline   |  consistency

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Gamonal received his black belt in 2006
from Professor Ricardo Marques of BTT Juiz De Fora.
Some of his accomplishments include:
 

• 3x World NoGi Champion 
  
• Champion – Pan Ams 
  
• 2 x Champion – Pan Ams NoGi
  
• 2 x 2nd Place Masters World
  
• 2 x 3rd place World NoGi
  
• 2nd Place Pan Ams 2019
  
• 3rd place Pan Ams
  
• Open Class Champion – Rio de Janeiro State
  
• 2 x Champion – Rio de Janeiro State
• 2nd Place Brazilian National Cup
• 2 x 3rd Place Brazilian National
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diego gamonal
​3rd degree black belt

The perfect technique is one without much effort applied at the right time in the right direction.