Nino Schembri
Antônio "Nino" Schembri is a Brazilian mixed martial artist. He is a former member of the Chute Boxe Academy and currently trains with Black House. Schembri is highly accomplished in sport BJJ, having won the 1996 Brazilian National Championship in the absolute division world championships in his weight class back to back in 1997/1998.
Schembri is sometimes nicknamed "Elvis" because he is an Elvis fan and used to mimic some of Elvis’s dance moves to celebrate his victories.
Today, Schembri teaches at his own gym located in Lawndale, California.
Schembri has a unique style of Jiu-Jitsu with focus on submission and creative attacks.
At 1999 Pan-American he had phenomenals wins and became known as "El Nino", in analogy to the natural phenomenon El Niño.
