By Jiu Jitsu on March 20th, 2010

Alexandre “Pulga” Pimentel (Nova Geração)

Alexandre Pimentel Pulga

Alexandre “Pulga” Pimentel is an Excellent Jiu Jitsu and Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) Fighter out of the Nova Geracao academy in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Pulga has one of the most interesting games in the business, famous for his relentless search for the submission.

Alexandre Pulga in Detail

Full Name: Alexandre Concieiro de Albuquerque Maranhão Pimentel.

Lineage: Mitsuyo Maeda > Carlos Gracie > Carlson Gracie > Francisco “Toco” Albuquerque > Alexandre Pimentel.

Nickname: “Pulga” means “Flea” in Portuguese, the nickname was given because Alexandre was very small when he was a child, and his friends started calling him “Pulga”.

Main Achievements (BJJ/Grappling/MMA):

World Champion by CBJJE (2009);
South American Champion CBJJE (2006);
Brazilian Champion (2006, Lightweight Black Belt Division);
Brazilian National Team Champion (2004/2005),

Alexandre has also picked up his MMA career starting off with a perfect 9-0.

Weight Division: Peso Leve (76kg/167lbs).

Favourite Technique: Omoplata.

Team/Association: Nova Geração.

Alexandre Pulga Pimentel Biography

Alexandre Pimentel was born on the 2nd of Ocbober 1978 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. His first contact with Jiu Jitsu was after watching the famous Jiu Jitsu vs Luta Livre event, 1991.

A year later as he hung out with a friend who trained BJJ, Alex found that a gym had just opened on his street, he went for a trial class which was his first of many classes with Mestre Francisco Albuquerque “Toco”, the man who would later (in 2000) hand Alexandre his Black Belt.

In 2008 came the opportunity to fight MMA, Alexandre had already dwelled with the idea of trying MMA as he was a sparring partner for a few MMA fighters at Nova Geracao, although he never thought about being a professional of the sport. The first fight came and he enjoyed it so much that he went for it again. The contacts to continue fighting kept coming through and Alexandre always took them, before he knew it he was a successful professional MMA fighter.

Alexandre Pulga vs Thiago Santos