Marcio Feitosa


Marcio Feitosa is a Brazilian 6th degree black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu. He has learned directly from Carlos Gracie Jr., founder of the Gracie Barra Academy in Rio de Janeiro. He has risen to the podium eight times from 1997 to 2006 at several world championships.
In 2013, Feitosa was ranked one of the Top 10 fighters of all time by the BJJ Heroes website. Throughout his career he has collected many titles such as the IBJJF World Championship, the ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship, the Brazilian Nationals and the Pan-Americans. He is one of the strongest competitors of his generation having won against fighters such as Urijah Faber, Léo Vieira, Vítor Ribeiro, Royler Gracie and Leonardo Santos.
Since the age of 15 he has been acting as a teacher, starting as an assistant instructor. He is the co-founder of the Gracie Barra Headquarters in Irvine, California and the executive director of Gracie Barra Brasil.

Early life

Marcio Feitosa was born on May 16, 1976 and raised in the Barra da Tijuca neighborhood, home for several fighters and instructors of the Gracie Family, such as Carlos Gracie Jr., Roger Gracie, Kyra Gracie and Ryan Gracie.
His father abandoned the household when he and his brother were very young.
When he was 12 years old he began studying Brazilian jiu-jitsu with Carlos Gracie Jr. at the Gracie Barra Academy, founded two years before. At the age of 15 he was invited by his master Carlos Gracie Jr. to be an assistant instructor at the academy.
Feitosa received the black belt at the age of 19. In 1996 he wrote his name in the BJJ history when he won the Pan-American Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Championship, held in the United States, and the Brazilian National Jiu-Jitsu Championship.
In the year 1997, he became a teacher in Japan, where he met Nao Takigawa. At Feitosa invitation, Takigawa moved to Brazil in 1998 to train at the Gracie Barra academy and became a black belt in 2004. The following year, Feitosa and Takigawa founded the Gracie Barra Japan, in Kobe.
From 2007 to 2009, he was a columnist for Tapout, a martial arts magazine published by SMP, Inc.
In 2015 he taught the first class ever at the brand new Gracie Barra Itaipava academy founded by actor Thiago Lacerda and Rodrigo Scott.

Instructor lineage

→ Carlos Gracie, Sr. → Carlos Gracie Jr. → Marcio Feitosa

Tournament titles

Marcio Feitosa is a black belt since 1996. He has been eight times at the World Championship finals, winning on three occasions.
YearTournamentPosition
1996Pan-American Championshiprowspan="3"
1996Brazilian National Jiu-Jitsu Championship-
1996Brazilian National Jiu-Jitsu Championship by Teams-
1997World Jiu-Jitsu Championshiprowspan="3"
1997Pan-American Championship-
1997Superfight against Royler Gracie-
1998Canada Jiu-Jitsu/Submission Open
1998World Jiu-Jitsu ChampionshipSecond Place
1998Pan-American Championshiprowspan="4"
1998Brazilian National Jiu-Jitsu Championship-
1998Brazilian National Jiu-Jitsu Championship by Teams-
1998Olympic Arena Superfight against Vítor Ribeiro Champion Pitagoras Superfight-
1999ADCC Trials Jiu-Jitsu x Jiu-Jitsu Champion World Jiu-Jitsu ChampionshipSecond Place
1999Pan-American Championshiprowspan="2"
1999Brazilian National Jiu-Jitsu Championship-
1999Brazilian National Jiu-Jitsu Championship by TeamsSecond Place
2000ADCC Trials Jiu-Jitsu x Luta Livre
2000ADCC World Sumission Wrestling Third Place
2000World Jiu-Jitsu ChampionshipSecond Place
2000Brazilian National Jiu-Jitsu Championship
2000Professional Jiu-Jitsu LeagueSecond Place
2001ADCC World Sumission Wrestling rowspan="2"
2001World Jiu-Jitsu Championship-
2001Brazilian National Jiu-Jitsu ChampionshipSecond Place
2001Arnold World Gracie SubmissionSecond Place
2002World Jiu-Jitsu Championship
2003USA X Brasil Challenge
2003World Jiu-Jitsu ChampionshipSecond Place
2003Brazilian National Jiu-Jitsu Championship
2005Pan-American Championshiprowspan="2"
2005USA X BRASIL Challenge-
2005ADCC WorldSumission Wrestling Third Place
2006World Jiu-Jitsu ChampionshipSecond Place
2007Pan-American No-Gi Championship

Mixed martial arts record

Personal life

From 2001 to 2004 Marcio Feitosa dated and was engaged to Brazilian actress Taís Araújo.

Filmography

DVD releases

Marcio Feitosa has produced and appeared on various instructional DVDs releases.
DVD TitleDirectorLengthProduction Co.YearRegion
ADCC 2001 Submission Wrestling World Championships Jeff Osborne1,020 minProgressive Arts Media2008All
Aikido to BJJ with Derek Nakagawa & Marcio FeitosaDave Contreras56 minCryo Productions2009All
Champions of Gracie BarraMito Pontual96 minTotal Extreme Productions2004All
Gracie Barra Advanced Curriculum Flavio Almeida288 minBudo Videos2010All
Gracie Barra Fundamentals Flavio Almeida480 minBudo Videos2008All
Oscar de Jiu-Jitsu Vol. 2110 minOn The Mat20061